diff --git a/weed/filer/postgres_store/postgres_store.go b/weed/filer/postgres_store/postgres_store.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c44486781..000000000
--- a/weed/filer/postgres_store/postgres_store.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,365 +0,0 @@
-package postgres_store
-
-import (
-	"database/sql"
-	"fmt"
-	"hash/crc32"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
-
-	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
-)
-
-const (
-	default_maxIdleConnections = 100
-	default_maxOpenConnections = 50
-	default_maxTableNums       = 1024
-	tableName                  = "filer_mapping"
-)
-
-var (
-	_init_db        sync.Once
-	_db_connections []*sql.DB
-)
-
-type PostgresConf struct {
-	User               string
-	Password           string
-	HostName           string
-	Port               int
-	DataBase           string
-	SslMode     string
-	MaxIdleConnections int
-	MaxOpenConnections int
-}
-
-type ShardingConf struct {
-	IsSharding bool `json:"isSharding"`
-	ShardCount int  `json:"shardCount"`
-}
-
-type PostgresStore struct {
-	dbs []*sql.DB
-	isSharding bool
-	shardCount int
-	server string
-	user string
-	password string
-}
-
-func databaseExists(db *sql.DB, databaseName string) (bool, error) {
-	sqlStatement := "SELECT datname from pg_database WHERE datname='%s'"	
-	row := db.QueryRow(fmt.Sprintf(sqlStatement, databaseName))
-
-	var dbName string
-	err := row.Scan(&dbName)
-	if err != nil {
-		if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
-			return false, nil
-		}
-		return false, err
-	}
-	return true, nil
-}
-
-func createDatabase(db *sql.DB, databaseName string) (error) {
-	sqlStatement := "CREATE DATABASE %s ENCODING='UTF8'";
-	_, err := db.Exec(fmt.Sprintf(sqlStatement, databaseName))
-	return err
-}
-
-func getDbConnection(confs []PostgresConf) []*sql.DB {
-	_init_db.Do(func() {
-		for _, conf := range confs {
-			
-			sqlUrl := fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%d user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=%s connect_timeout=30", conf.HostName, conf.Port, conf.User, conf.Password, "postgres", conf.SslMode)						
-			glog.V(3).Infoln("Opening postgres master database")
-						
-			var dbErr error
-			_db_connection, dbErr := sql.Open("postgres", sqlUrl)
-			if dbErr != nil {
-				_db_connection.Close()
-				_db_connection = nil
-				panic(dbErr)
-			}
-			
-			pingErr := _db_connection.Ping()
-			if pingErr != nil {
-				_db_connection.Close()
-				_db_connection = nil
-				panic(pingErr)
-			}			
-			
-			glog.V(3).Infoln("Checking to see if DB exists: ", conf.DataBase)
-			var existsErr error
-			dbExists, existsErr := databaseExists(_db_connection, conf.DataBase)
-			if existsErr != nil {
-				_db_connection.Close()
-				_db_connection = nil
-				panic(existsErr)
-			}			
-			
-			if !dbExists {
-			    glog.V(3).Infoln("Database doesn't exist. Attempting to create one:  ", conf.DataBase)
-				createErr := createDatabase(_db_connection, conf.DataBase)
-				if createErr != nil {
-					_db_connection.Close()
-					_db_connection = nil
-					panic(createErr)
-				}
-			}
-
-			glog.V(3).Infoln("Closing master postgres database and opening configured database: ", conf.DataBase)
-			_db_connection.Close()
-			_db_connection = nil
-			
-			sqlUrl = fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%d user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=%s connect_timeout=60 fallback_application_name=filestore", conf.HostName, conf.Port, conf.User, conf.Password, conf.DataBase, conf.SslMode)			
-			_db_connection, dbErr = sql.Open("postgres", sqlUrl)
-			if dbErr != nil {
-				_db_connection.Close()
-				_db_connection = nil
-				panic(dbErr)
-			}	
-
-			pingErr = _db_connection.Ping()
-			if pingErr != nil {
-				_db_connection.Close()
-				_db_connection = nil
-				panic(pingErr)
-			}
-			
-			var maxIdleConnections, maxOpenConnections int
-
-			if conf.MaxIdleConnections != 0 {
-				maxIdleConnections = conf.MaxIdleConnections
-			} else {
-				maxIdleConnections = default_maxIdleConnections
-			}
-			if conf.MaxOpenConnections != 0 {
-				maxOpenConnections = conf.MaxOpenConnections
-			} else {
-				maxOpenConnections = default_maxOpenConnections
-			}
-
-			_db_connection.SetMaxIdleConns(maxIdleConnections)
-			_db_connection.SetMaxOpenConns(maxOpenConnections)
-			_db_connections = append(_db_connections, _db_connection)
-		}
-	})
-	return _db_connections
-}
-
-func NewPostgresStore(confs []PostgresConf, isSharding bool, shardCount int) *PostgresStore {
-	pg := &PostgresStore{
-		dbs: getDbConnection(confs),
-		isSharding: isSharding,
-		shardCount: shardCount,
-	}
-
-	for _, db := range pg.dbs {
-		if !isSharding {
-			pg.shardCount = 1
-		} else {
-			if pg.shardCount == 0 {
-				pg.shardCount = default_maxTableNums
-			}
-		}
-		for i := 0; i < pg.shardCount; i++ {
-			if err := pg.createTables(db, tableName, i); err != nil {
-				fmt.Printf("create table failed %v", err)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	
-	return pg
-}
-
-func (s *PostgresStore) hash(fullFileName string) (instance_offset, table_postfix int) {
-	hash_value := crc32.ChecksumIEEE([]byte(fullFileName))
-	instance_offset = int(hash_value) % len(s.dbs)
-	table_postfix = int(hash_value) % s.shardCount
-	return
-}
-
-func (s *PostgresStore) parseFilerMappingInfo(path string) (instanceId int, tableFullName string, err error) {
-	instance_offset, table_postfix := s.hash(path)
-	instanceId = instance_offset
-	if s.isSharding {
-		tableFullName = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%04d", tableName, table_postfix)
-	} else {
-		tableFullName = tableName
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-func (s *PostgresStore) Get(fullFilePath string) (fid string, err error) {
-	instance_offset, tableFullName, err := s.parseFilerMappingInfo(fullFilePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("PostgresStore Get operation can not parse file path %s: err is %v", fullFilePath, err)
-	}
-	fid, err = s.query(fullFilePath, s.dbs[instance_offset], tableFullName)
-		
-	return fid, err
-}
-
-func (s *PostgresStore) Put(fullFilePath string, fid string) (err error) {
-	var tableFullName string
-
-	instance_offset, tableFullName, err := s.parseFilerMappingInfo(fullFilePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("PostgresStore Put operation can not parse file path %s: err is %v", fullFilePath, err)
-	}
-	var old_fid string
-	if old_fid, err = s.query(fullFilePath, s.dbs[instance_offset], tableFullName); err != nil && err != sql.ErrNoRows {
-		return fmt.Errorf("PostgresStore Put operation failed when querying path %s: err is %v", fullFilePath, err)
-	} else {
-		if len(old_fid) == 0 {
-			err = s.insert(fullFilePath, fid, s.dbs[instance_offset], tableFullName)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("PostgresStore Put operation failed when inserting path %s with fid %s : err is %v", fullFilePath, fid, err)
-			}
-		} else {
-			err = s.update(fullFilePath, fid, s.dbs[instance_offset], tableFullName)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("PostgresStore Put operation failed when updating path %s with fid %s : err is %v", fullFilePath, fid, err)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-func (s *PostgresStore) Delete(fullFilePath string) (err error) {
-	var fid string
-	instance_offset, tableFullName, err := s.parseFilerMappingInfo(fullFilePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("PostgresStore Delete operation can not parse file path %s: err is %v", fullFilePath, err)
-	}
-	if fid, err = s.query(fullFilePath, s.dbs[instance_offset], tableFullName); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("PostgresStore Delete operation failed when querying path %s: err is %v", fullFilePath, err)
-	} else if fid == "" {
-		return nil
-	}
-	if err = s.delete(fullFilePath, s.dbs[instance_offset], tableFullName); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("PostgresStore Delete operation failed when deleting path %s: err is %v", fullFilePath, err)
-	} else {
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
-func (s *PostgresStore) Close() {
-	for _, db := range s.dbs {
-		db.Close()
-	}
-}
-
-var createTable = `
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s (
-  id BIGSERIAL NOT NULL,
-  uriPath VARCHAR(1024) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-  fid VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-  createTime BIGINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-  updateTime BIGINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-  remark VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-  status SMALLINT NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
-  PRIMARY KEY (id),
-  CONSTRAINT %s_index_uriPath UNIQUE (uriPath)
-);
-`
-
-func (s *PostgresStore) createTables(db *sql.DB, tableName string, postfix int) error {
-	var realTableName string
-	if s.isSharding {
-		realTableName = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%04d", tableName, postfix)
-	} else {
-		realTableName = tableName
-	}	
-			
-	glog.V(3).Infoln("Creating postgres table if it doesn't exist: ", realTableName)
-				
-	sqlCreate := fmt.Sprintf(createTable, realTableName, realTableName)
-	
-	stmt, err := db.Prepare(sqlCreate)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer stmt.Close()
-
-	_, err = stmt.Exec()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *PostgresStore) query(uriPath string, db *sql.DB, tableName string) (string, error) {
-	sqlStatement := fmt.Sprintf("SELECT fid FROM %s WHERE uriPath=$1", tableName)
-		
-	row := db.QueryRow(sqlStatement, uriPath)
-	var fid string
-	err := row.Scan(&fid)
-	
-	glog.V(3).Infof("Postgres query -- looking up path '%s' and found id '%s' ", uriPath, fid)
-			
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return fid, nil
-}
-
-func (s *PostgresStore) update(uriPath string, fid string, db *sql.DB, tableName string) error {
-	sqlStatement := fmt.Sprintf("UPDATE %s SET fid=$1, updateTime=$2 WHERE uriPath=$3", tableName)
-	
-	glog.V(3).Infof("Postgres query -- updating path '%s' with id '%s'", uriPath, fid)
-	
-	res, err := db.Exec(sqlStatement, fid, time.Now().Unix(), uriPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	_, err = res.RowsAffected()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *PostgresStore) insert(uriPath string, fid string, db *sql.DB, tableName string) error {
-	sqlStatement := fmt.Sprintf("INSERT INTO %s (uriPath,fid,createTime) VALUES($1, $2, $3)", tableName)
-	
-	glog.V(3).Infof("Postgres query -- inserting path '%s' with id '%s'", uriPath, fid)
-	
-	res, err := db.Exec(sqlStatement, uriPath, fid, time.Now().Unix())	
-	
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	rows, err := res.RowsAffected()	
-	if rows != 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Postgres insert -- rows affected = %d. Expecting 1", rows)
-	}	
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *PostgresStore) delete(uriPath string, db *sql.DB, tableName string) error {
-	sqlStatement := fmt.Sprintf("DELETE FROM %s WHERE uriPath=$1", tableName)
-	
-	glog.V(3).Infof("Postgres query -- deleting path '%s'", uriPath)
-	
-	res, err := db.Exec(sqlStatement, uriPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	_, err = res.RowsAffected()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_server.go b/weed/server/filer_server.go
index fc7799efc..959bb92cb 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_server.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_server.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer/embedded_filer"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer/flat_namespace"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer/mysql_store"
-	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer/postgres_store"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer/redis_store"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/security"
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 type filerConf struct {
 	MysqlConf []mysql_store.MySqlConf `json:"mysql"`
 	mysql_store.ShardingConf
-	PostgresConf []postgres_store.PostgresConf `json:"postgres"`
 }
 
 func parseConfFile(confPath string) (*filerConf, error) {
@@ -88,9 +86,6 @@ func NewFilerServer(r *http.ServeMux, ip string, port int, master string, dir st
 	if setting.MysqlConf != nil && len(setting.MysqlConf) != 0 {
 		mysql_store := mysql_store.NewMysqlStore(setting.MysqlConf, setting.IsSharding, setting.ShardCount)
 		fs.filer = flat_namespace.NewFlatNamespaceFiler(master, mysql_store)
-	} else if setting.PostgresConf != nil && len(setting.PostgresConf) != 0 {
-		postgres_store := postgres_store.NewPostgresStore(setting.PostgresConf, setting.IsSharding, setting.ShardCount)
-		fs.filer = flat_namespace.NewFlatNamespaceFiler(master, postgres_store)
 	} else if cassandra_server != "" {
 		cassandra_store, err := cassandra_store.NewCassandraStore(cassandra_keyspace, cassandra_server)
 		if err != nil {