diff --git a/client/components/admin/post-modal-link.tsx b/client/components/admin/post-modal-link.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a8fcbbe..00000000
--- a/client/components/admin/post-modal-link.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-import { Link, Modal, useModal } from "@geist-ui/core"
-import { Post } from "@lib/types"
-import Cookies from "js-cookie"
-import useSWR from "swr"
-import { adminFetcher } from "."
-import styles from "./admin.module.css"
-
-const PostModal = ({ id }: { id: string }) => {
-	const { visible, setVisible, bindings } = useModal()
-	const { data: post, error } = useSWR<Post>(
-		`/server-api/admin/post/${id}`,
-		adminFetcher
-	)
-	if (error) return <Modal>failed to load</Modal>
-	if (!post) return <Modal>loading...</Modal>
-
-	const deletePost = async () => {
-		await fetch(`/server-api/admin/post/${id}`, {
-			method: "DELETE",
-			headers: {
-				"Content-Type": "application/json",
-				Authorization: `Bearer ${Cookies.get("drift-token")}`
-			}
-		})
-		setVisible(false)
-	}
-
-	return (
-		<>
-			<Link href="#" color onClick={() => setVisible(true)}>
-				{post.title}
-			</Link>
-			<Modal width={"var(--main-content)"} {...bindings}>
-				<Modal.Title>{post.title}</Modal.Title>
-				<Modal.Subtitle>Click an item to expand</Modal.Subtitle>
-				{post.files?.map((file) => (
-					<div key={file.id} className={styles.postModal}>
-						<Modal.Content>
-							<details>
-								<summary>{file.title}</summary>
-								<div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: file.html }}></div>
-							</details>
-						</Modal.Content>
-					</div>
-				))}
-				<Modal.Action type="warning" onClick={deletePost}>
-					Delete
-				</Modal.Action>
-				<Modal.Action passive onClick={() => setVisible(false)}>
-					Close
-				</Modal.Action>
-			</Modal>
-		</>
-	)
-}
-
-export default PostModal
diff --git a/server/src/routes/admin.ts b/server/src/routes/admin.ts
index 89716be4..457247de 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/admin.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/admin.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ admin.delete("/users/:id", async (req, res, next) => {
 				error: "User not found"
 			})
 		}
+		// TODO: verify CASCADE is removing files + posts
 		await user.destroy()
 
 		res.json({