diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc
index 43d7656f..656f7156 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc
+++ b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 (ns reitit.core
   (:require [meta-merge.core :refer [meta-merge]]
             [clojure.string :as str]
-            [reitit.trie :as trie]
             [reitit.segment :as segment]
             [reitit.impl :as impl #?@(:cljs [:refer [Route]])])
   #?(:clj
@@ -220,47 +219,6 @@
          (if-let [match (impl/fast-get lookup name)]
            (match params)))))))
 
-(defn prefix-tree-router
-  "Creates a prefix-tree router from resolved routes and optional
-  expanded options. See [[router]] for available options"
-  ([routes]
-   (prefix-tree-router routes {}))
-  ([routes opts]
-   (let [compiled (compile-routes routes opts)
-         names (find-names routes opts)
-         [pl nl] (reduce
-                   (fn [[pl nl] [p {:keys [name] :as data} result]]
-                     (let [{:keys [params] :as route} (impl/create [p data result])
-                           f #(if-let [path (impl/path-for route %)]
-                                (->Match p data result % path)
-                                (->PartialMatch p data result % params))]
-                       [(trie/insert pl p (->Match p data result nil nil))
-                        (if name (assoc nl name f) nl)]))
-                   [nil {}] compiled)
-         lookup (impl/fast-map nl)]
-     ^{:type ::router}
-     (reify
-       Router
-       (router-name [_]
-         :prefix-tree-router)
-       (routes [_]
-         compiled)
-       (options [_]
-         opts)
-       (route-names [_]
-         names)
-       (match-by-path [_ path]
-         (if-let [match (trie/lookup pl path {})]
-           (-> (:data match)
-               (assoc :params (:params match))
-               (assoc :path path))))
-       (match-by-name [_ name]
-         (if-let [match (impl/fast-get lookup name)]
-           (match nil)))
-       (match-by-name [_ name params]
-         (if-let [match (impl/fast-get lookup name)]
-           (match params)))))))
-
 (defn segment-router
   "Creates a special prefix-tree style segment router from resolved routes and optional
   expanded options. See [[router]] for available options"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f2208d3..00000000
--- a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,241 +0,0 @@
-(ns reitit.trie
-  (:require [reitit.impl :as impl]
-            [clojure.string :as str]))
-
-;;
-;; original https://github.com/pedestal/pedestal/blob/master/route/src/io/pedestal/http/route/prefix_tree.clj
-;;
-
-(declare insert)
-
-(defn- char-key [s i]
-  (if (< i (count s))
-    (subs s i (inc i))))
-
-(defn- maybe-wild-node [children]
-  (get children ":"))
-
-(defn- maybe-catch-all-node [children]
-  (get children "*"))
-
-(defprotocol Node
-  (lookup [this path params])
-  (get-segment [this])
-  (update-segment [this subs lcs])
-  (get-data [this])
-  (set-data [this data])
-  (get-chidren [this])
-  (add-child [this key child])
-  (insert-child [this key path-spec data]))
-
-(extend-protocol Node
-  nil
-  (lookup [_ _ _])
-  (get-segment [_]))
-
-(defrecord Match [data params])
-
-(defn- wild-node [segment param children data]
-  (let [?wild (maybe-wild-node children)
-        ?catch (maybe-catch-all-node children)
-        children' (impl/fast-map children)]
-    ^{:type ::node}
-    (reify
-      Node
-      (lookup [_ path params]
-        (let [i (.indexOf ^String path "/")]
-          (if (pos? i)
-            (let [value (subs path 0 i)]
-              (let [child (impl/fast-get children' (char-key path (inc i)))
-                    path' (subs path (inc i))
-                    params (assoc params param value)]
-                (or (lookup child path' params)
-                    (lookup ?wild path' params)
-                    (lookup ?catch path' params))))
-            (->Match data (assoc params param path)))))
-      (get-segment [_]
-        segment)
-      (get-data [_]
-        data)
-      (set-data [_ data]
-        (wild-node segment param children data))
-      (get-chidren [_]
-        children)
-      (add-child [_ key child]
-        (wild-node segment param (assoc children key child) data))
-      (insert-child [_ key path-spec child-data]
-        (wild-node segment param (update children key insert path-spec child-data) data)))))
-
-(defn- catch-all-node [segment children param data]
-  ^{:type ::node}
-  (reify
-    Node
-    (lookup [_ path params]
-      (->Match data (assoc params param path)))
-    (get-segment [_]
-      segment)
-    (get-data [_]
-      data)
-    (get-chidren [_]
-      children)))
-
-(defn- static-node [^String segment children data]
-  (let [size (count segment)
-        ?wild (maybe-wild-node children)
-        ?catch (maybe-catch-all-node children)
-        children' (impl/fast-map children)]
-    ^{:type ::node}
-    (reify
-      Node
-      (lookup [_ path params]
-        (if (#?(:clj .equals, :cljs =) segment path)
-          (->Match data params)
-          (let [p (if (>= (count path) size) (subs path 0 size))]
-            (if (#?(:clj .equals, :cljs =) segment p)
-              (let [child (impl/fast-get children' (char-key path size))
-                    path (subs path size)]
-                (or (lookup child path params)
-                    (lookup ?wild path params)
-                    (lookup ?catch path params)))))))
-      (get-segment [_]
-        segment)
-      (update-segment [_ subs lcs]
-        (static-node (subs segment lcs) children data))
-      (get-data [_]
-        data)
-      (set-data [_ data]
-        (static-node segment children data))
-      (get-chidren [_]
-        children)
-      (add-child [_ key child]
-        (static-node segment (assoc children key child) data))
-      (insert-child [_ key path-spec child-data]
-        (static-node segment (update children key insert path-spec child-data) data)))))
-
-(defn- make-node
-  "Given a path-spec segment string and a payload object, return a new
-  tree node."
-  [segment data]
-  (cond
-    (impl/wild-param segment)
-    (wild-node segment (keyword (subs segment 1)) nil data)
-
-    (impl/catch-all-param segment)
-    (catch-all-node segment (keyword (subs segment 1)) nil data)
-
-    :else
-    (static-node segment nil data)))
-
-(defn partition-wilds
-  "Given a path-spec string, return a seq of strings with wildcards
-  and catch-alls separated into their own strings. Eats the forward
-  slash following a wildcard."
-  [path-spec]
-  (let [groups (partition-by impl/wild? (str/split path-spec #"/"))
-        first-groups (butlast groups)
-        last-group (last groups)]
-    (flatten
-      (conj (mapv #(if (impl/wild? (first %))
-                     %
-                     (str (str/join "/" %) "/"))
-                  first-groups)
-            (if (impl/wild? (first last-group))
-              last-group
-              (str/join "/" last-group))))))
-
-(defn- new-node
-  "Given a path-spec and a payload object, return a new tree node. If
-  the path-spec contains wildcards or catch-alls, will return parent
-  node of a tree (linked list)."
-  [path-spec data]
-  (if (impl/contains-wilds? path-spec)
-    (let [parts (partition-wilds path-spec)]
-      (reduce (fn [child segment]
-                (when (impl/catch-all-param segment)
-                  (throw (ex-info "catch-all may only appear at the end of a path spec"
-                                  {:patch-spec path-spec})))
-                (-> (make-node segment nil)
-                    (add-child (subs (get-segment child) 0 1) child)))
-              (let [segment (last parts)]
-                (make-node segment data))
-              (reverse (butlast parts))))
-    (make-node path-spec data)))
-
-(defn- calc-lcs
-  "Given two strings, return the end index of the longest common
-  prefix string."
-  [s1 s2]
-  (loop [i 1]
-    (cond (or (< (count s1) i)
-              (< (count s2) i))
-          (dec i)
-
-          (= (subs s1 0 i)
-             (subs s2 0 i))
-          (recur (inc i))
-
-          :else (dec i))))
-
-(defn- split
-  "Given a node, a path-spec, a payload object to insert into the tree
-  and the lcs, split the node and return a new parent node with the
-  old contents of node and the new item as children.
-  lcs is the index of the longest common string in path-spec and the
-  segment of node."
-  [node path-spec data lcs]
-  (let [segment (get-segment node)
-        common (subs path-spec 0 lcs)
-        parent (new-node common nil)]
-    (if (= common path-spec)
-      (-> (set-data parent data)
-          (add-child (char-key segment lcs) (update-segment node subs lcs)))
-      (-> parent
-          (add-child (char-key segment lcs) (update-segment node subs lcs))
-          (insert-child (char-key path-spec lcs) (subs path-spec lcs) data)))))
-
-(defn insert
-  "Given a tree node, a path-spec and a payload object, return a new
-  tree with payload inserted."
-  [node path-spec data]
-  (let [segment (get-segment node)]
-    (cond (nil? node)
-          (new-node path-spec data)
-
-          (= segment path-spec)
-          (set-data node data)
-
-          ;; handle case where path-spec is a wildcard param
-          (impl/wild-param path-spec)
-          (let [lcs (calc-lcs segment path-spec)
-                common (subs path-spec 0 lcs)]
-            (if (= common segment)
-              (let [path-spec (subs path-spec (inc lcs))]
-                (insert-child node (subs path-spec 0 1) path-spec data))
-              (throw (ex-info "route conflict"
-                              {:node node
-                               :path-spec path-spec
-                               :segment segment}))))
-
-          ;; in the case where path-spec is a catch-all, node should always be nil.
-          ;; getting here means we have an invalid route specification
-          (impl/catch-all-param path-spec)
-          (throw (ex-info "route conflict"
-                          {:node node
-                           :path-spec path-spec
-                           :segment segment}))
-
-          :else
-          (let [lcs (calc-lcs segment path-spec)]
-            (cond (= lcs (count segment))
-                  (insert-child node (char-key path-spec lcs) (subs path-spec lcs) data)
-
-                  :else
-                  (split node path-spec data lcs))))))
-
-(defn view
-  "Returns a view representation of a prefix-tree."
-  [x]
-  (vec (concat
-         [(get-segment x)]
-         (some->> (get-chidren x) vals seq (map view))
-         (some->> (get-data x) vector))))
diff --git a/perf-test/clj/reitit/prefix_tree_perf_test.clj b/perf-test/clj/reitit/prefix_tree_perf_test.clj
index 7996201f..1f09421e 100644
--- a/perf-test/clj/reitit/prefix_tree_perf_test.clj
+++ b/perf-test/clj/reitit/prefix_tree_perf_test.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 (ns reitit.prefix-tree-perf-test
   (:require [clojure.test :refer :all]
             [io.pedestal.http.route.prefix-tree :as p]
-            [reitit.trie :as trie]
             [reitit.segment :as segment]
             [criterium.core :as cc]))
 
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@
       (p/insert acc p d))
     nil routes))
 
-(def reitit-tree
+#_(def reitit-tree
   (reduce
     (fn [acc [p d]]
       (trie/insert acc p d))
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@
   ;; 0.8ms (flattened matching)
   ;; 0.8ms (return route-data)
   ;; 0.8ms (fix payloads)
-  (cc/quick-bench
+  #_(cc/quick-bench
     (dotimes [_ 1000]
       (trie/lookup reitit-tree "/v1/orgs/1/topics" {})))
 
@@ -120,5 +119,5 @@
 
 (comment
   (p/lookup pedestal-tree "/v1/orgs/1/topics")
-  (trie/lookup reitit-tree "/v1/orgs/1/topics" {})
+  #_(trie/lookup reitit-tree "/v1/orgs/1/topics" {})
   (segment/lookup reitit-segment "/v1/orgs/1/topics"))
diff --git a/test/cljc/reitit/core_test.cljc b/test/cljc/reitit/core_test.cljc
index ef518ffa..0062cccb 100644
--- a/test/cljc/reitit/core_test.cljc
+++ b/test/cljc/reitit/core_test.cljc
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
             )))
 
       r/linear-router :linear-router
-      #_#_r/prefix-tree-router :prefix-tree-router
       r/segment-router :segment-router
       r/mixed-router :mixed-router))
 
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@
       r/lookup-router :lookup-router
       r/single-static-path-router :single-static-path-router
       r/linear-router :linear-router
-      r/prefix-tree-router :prefix-tree-router
       r/segment-router :segment-router
       r/mixed-router :mixed-router))