diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 95ee000..49f0d49 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,7 +14,5 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
     * subscriptions
     * episode changes
     * devices
-    * device sync API
 * Flexible configuration via a TOML config file, environment variables or CLI
   arguments
-* CLI tooling for interacting with the database
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ef8cea..50497b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Gpodder, suitable for low-power devices.
     * Devices API
     * Subscriptions API
     * Episode actions API
-    * Device synchronisation API
 
 ## Configuration
 
diff --git a/src/cli/gpo.rs b/src/cli/gpo.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index cbf5dbd..0000000
--- a/src/cli/gpo.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-use clap::Subcommand;
-
-use crate::db;
-
-#[derive(Subcommand)]
-pub enum Command {
-    /// Add devices of a specific user to the same sync group
-    Sync {
-        username: String,
-        devices: Vec<String>,
-    },
-    /// List the devices for the given user
-    Devices { username: String },
-}
-
-impl Command {
-    pub fn run(&self, config: &crate::config::Config) -> u8 {
-        let pool = db::initialize_db(config.data_dir.join(crate::DB_FILENAME), true).unwrap();
-        let repo = db::SqliteRepository::from(pool);
-        let store = crate::gpodder::GpodderRepository::new(repo);
-
-        match self {
-            Self::Sync { username, devices } => {
-                let user = store.get_user(&username).unwrap();
-                store
-                    .update_device_sync_status(
-                        &user,
-                        vec![devices.iter().map(|s| s.as_ref()).collect()],
-                        Vec::new(),
-                    )
-                    .unwrap();
-            }
-            Self::Devices { username } => {
-                let user = store.get_user(&username).unwrap();
-                let devices = store.devices_for_user(&user).unwrap();
-
-                for device in devices {
-                    println!("{} ({} subscriptions)", device.id, device.subscriptions);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        0
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/cli/mod.rs b/src/cli/mod.rs
index dc0a8ba..ee50121 100644
--- a/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 mod db;
-mod gpo;
 mod serve;
 
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -50,11 +49,6 @@ pub enum Command {
     Serve,
     #[command(subcommand)]
     Db(db::DbCommand),
-
-    /// Perform operations on the database through the Gpodder abstraction, allowing operations
-    /// identical to the ones performed by the API.
-    #[command(subcommand)]
-    Gpo(gpo::Command),
 }
 
 impl Cli {
@@ -81,7 +75,6 @@ impl Cli {
         match &self.cmd {
             Command::Serve => serve::serve(&config),
             Command::Db(cmd) => cmd.run(&config),
-            Command::Gpo(cmd) => cmd.run(&config),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/gpodder/repository.rs b/src/gpodder/repository.rs
index 942ef26..d197cd5 100644
--- a/src/gpodder/repository.rs
+++ b/src/gpodder/repository.rs
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ impl GpodderRepository {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_user(&self, username: &str) -> Result<models::User, AuthErr> {
-        self.store.get_user(username)?.ok_or(AuthErr::UnknownUser)
-    }
-
     pub fn validate_credentials(
         &self,
         username: &str,