diff --git a/services/filestore/Makefile b/services/filestore/Makefile
index a19cf67af4..8fa89b5692 100644
--- a/services/filestore/Makefile
+++ b/services/filestore/Makefile
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ lint:
 lint_fix:
 	$(RUN_LINTING) lint:fix
 
+lint_styles:
+	$(RUN_LINTING) lint:styles
+
+lint_styles_fix:
+	$(RUN_LINTING) lint:styles:fix
+
 typecheck:
 	$(RUN_LINTING) types:check
 
diff --git a/services/filestore/app.js b/services/filestore/app.js
index 149417d366..74b5fff246 100644
--- a/services/filestore/app.js
+++ b/services/filestore/app.js
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ app.delete(
   fileController.deleteProject
 )
 
+app.get(
+  '/project/:project_id/size',
+  keyBuilder.userProjectKeyMiddleware,
+  fileController.directorySize
+)
+
 app.head(
   '/template/:template_id/v/:version/:format',
   keyBuilder.templateFileKeyMiddleware,
@@ -107,39 +113,6 @@ app.post(
   fileController.insertFile
 )
 
-app.head(
-  '/project/:project_id/public/:public_file_id',
-  keyBuilder.publicFileKeyMiddleware,
-  fileController.getFileHead
-)
-app.get(
-  '/project/:project_id/public/:public_file_id',
-  keyBuilder.publicFileKeyMiddleware,
-  fileController.getFile
-)
-app.post(
-  '/project/:project_id/public/:public_file_id',
-  keyBuilder.publicFileKeyMiddleware,
-  fileController.insertFile
-)
-app.put(
-  '/project/:project_id/public/:public_file_id',
-  keyBuilder.publicFileKeyMiddleware,
-  bodyParser.json(),
-  fileController.copyFile
-)
-app.delete(
-  '/project/:project_id/public/:public_file_id',
-  keyBuilder.publicFileKeyMiddleware,
-  fileController.deleteFile
-)
-
-app.get(
-  '/project/:project_id/size',
-  keyBuilder.publicProjectKeyMiddleware,
-  fileController.directorySize
-)
-
 app.get(
   '/bucket/:bucket/key/*',
   keyBuilder.bucketFileKeyMiddleware,
diff --git a/services/filestore/app/js/KeyBuilder.js b/services/filestore/app/js/KeyBuilder.js
index fa6d969922..f67a0e81d7 100644
--- a/services/filestore/app/js/KeyBuilder.js
+++ b/services/filestore/app/js/KeyBuilder.js
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ module.exports = {
   addCachingToKey,
   userFileKeyMiddleware,
   userProjectKeyMiddleware,
-  publicFileKeyMiddleware,
-  publicProjectKeyMiddleware,
   bucketFileKeyMiddleware,
   templateFileKeyMiddleware,
 }
@@ -40,23 +38,12 @@ function userFileKeyMiddleware(req, res, next) {
 
 function userProjectKeyMiddleware(req, res, next) {
   const { project_id: projectId } = req.params
+  req.project_id = projectId
   req.key = `${projectId}/`
   req.bucket = settings.filestore.stores.user_files
   next()
 }
 
-function publicFileKeyMiddleware(req, res, next) {
-  if (settings.filestore.stores.public_files == null) {
-    return res.status(501).send('public files not available')
-  }
-
-  const { project_id: projectId, public_file_id: publicFileId } = req.params
-  req.key = `${projectId}/${publicFileId}`
-  req.bucket = settings.filestore.stores.public_files
-
-  next()
-}
-
 function bucketFileKeyMiddleware(req, res, next) {
   req.bucket = req.params.bucket
   req.key = req.params[0]
@@ -82,12 +69,3 @@ function templateFileKeyMiddleware(req, res, next) {
 
   next()
 }
-
-function publicProjectKeyMiddleware(req, res, next) {
-  const { project_id: projectId } = req.params
-
-  req.project_id = projectId
-  req.bucket = settings.filestore.stores.user_files
-
-  next()
-}
diff --git a/services/filestore/buildscript.txt b/services/filestore/buildscript.txt
index 694badea11..e9dda3ed60 100644
--- a/services/filestore/buildscript.txt
+++ b/services/filestore/buildscript.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ filestore
 --data-dirs=uploads,user_files,template_files
 --dependencies=s3,gcs
 --docker-repos=gcr.io/overleaf-ops,us-east1-docker.pkg.dev/overleaf-ops/ol-docker
---env-add=ENABLE_CONVERSIONS="true",USE_PROM_METRICS="true",AWS_S3_USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME=fake_user_files,AWS_S3_TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME=fake_template_files,AWS_S3_PUBLIC_FILES_BUCKET_NAME=fake_public_files,GCS_USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME=fake_userfiles,GCS_TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME=fake_templatefiles,GCS_PUBLIC_FILES_BUCKET_NAME=fake_publicfiles
+--env-add=ENABLE_CONVERSIONS="true",USE_PROM_METRICS="true",AWS_S3_USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME=fake_user_files,AWS_S3_TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME=fake_template_files,GCS_USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME=fake_userfiles,GCS_TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME=fake_templatefiles
 --env-pass-through=
 --esmock-loader=False
 --node-version=18.20.2
diff --git a/services/filestore/config/settings.defaults.js b/services/filestore/config/settings.defaults.js
index 35c5b678b6..08fa66408f 100644
--- a/services/filestore/config/settings.defaults.js
+++ b/services/filestore/config/settings.defaults.js
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ if (process.env.BACKEND == null) {
       process.env.AWS_S3_USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME
     process.env.TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME =
       process.env.AWS_S3_TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME
-    process.env.PUBLIC_FILES_BUCKET_NAME =
-      process.env.AWS_S3_PUBLIC_FILES_BUCKET_NAME
   } else {
     process.env.BACKEND = 'fs'
     process.env.USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME = Path.join(__dirname, '../user_files')
@@ -26,10 +24,6 @@ if (process.env.BACKEND == null) {
       __dirname,
       '../template_files'
     )
-    process.env.PUBLIC_FILES_BUCKET_NAME = Path.join(
-      __dirname,
-      '../public_files'
-    )
   }
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +73,6 @@ const settings = {
     stores: {
       user_files: process.env.USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME,
       template_files: process.env.TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME,
-      public_files: process.env.PUBLIC_FILES_BUCKET_NAME,
     },
 
     fallback: process.env.FALLBACK_BACKEND
diff --git a/services/filestore/docker-compose.ci.yml b/services/filestore/docker-compose.ci.yml
index 01d13e08c5..aaa11bea6b 100644
--- a/services/filestore/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/services/filestore/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -35,10 +35,8 @@ services:
       USE_PROM_METRICS: "true"
       AWS_S3_USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME: fake_user_files
       AWS_S3_TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME: fake_template_files
-      AWS_S3_PUBLIC_FILES_BUCKET_NAME: fake_public_files
       GCS_USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME: fake_userfiles
       GCS_TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME: fake_templatefiles
-      GCS_PUBLIC_FILES_BUCKET_NAME: fake_publicfiles
     depends_on:
       s3:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ services:
   s3:
     image: adobe/s3mock:2.4.14
     environment:
-      - initialBuckets=fake_user_files,fake_template_files,fake_public_files,bucket
+      - initialBuckets=fake_user_files,fake_template_files,bucket
     healthcheck:
       test: wget --quiet --output-document=/dev/null http://localhost:9090
       interval: 1s
diff --git a/services/filestore/docker-compose.yml b/services/filestore/docker-compose.yml
index c7a671d711..427384e452 100644
--- a/services/filestore/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/filestore/docker-compose.yml
@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ services:
       USE_PROM_METRICS: "true"
       AWS_S3_USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME: fake_user_files
       AWS_S3_TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME: fake_template_files
-      AWS_S3_PUBLIC_FILES_BUCKET_NAME: fake_public_files
       GCS_USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME: fake_userfiles
       GCS_TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME: fake_templatefiles
-      GCS_PUBLIC_FILES_BUCKET_NAME: fake_publicfiles
     user: node
     depends_on:
       s3:
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ services:
   s3:
     image: adobe/s3mock:2.4.14
     environment:
-      - initialBuckets=fake_user_files,fake_template_files,fake_public_files,bucket
+      - initialBuckets=fake_user_files,fake_template_files,bucket
     healthcheck:
       test: wget --quiet --output-document=/dev/null http://localhost:9090
       interval: 1s
diff --git a/services/filestore/test/acceptance/js/FilestoreTests.js b/services/filestore/test/acceptance/js/FilestoreTests.js
index edf71cfebf..441a179c59 100644
--- a/services/filestore/test/acceptance/js/FilestoreTests.js
+++ b/services/filestore/test/acceptance/js/FilestoreTests.js
@@ -88,10 +88,8 @@ describe('Filestore', function () {
 
       const BUCKET_NAMES = [
         process.env.GCS_USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME,
-        process.env.GCS_PUBLIC_FILES_BUCKET_NAME,
         process.env.GCS_TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME,
         `${process.env.GCS_USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME}-deleted`,
-        `${process.env.GCS_PUBLIC_FILES_BUCKET_NAME}-deleted`,
         `${process.env.GCS_TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME}-deleted`,
       ]
 
diff --git a/services/filestore/test/acceptance/js/TestConfig.js b/services/filestore/test/acceptance/js/TestConfig.js
index 9cb1948722..4b72bc971d 100644
--- a/services/filestore/test/acceptance/js/TestConfig.js
+++ b/services/filestore/test/acceptance/js/TestConfig.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ function s3Stores() {
   return {
     user_files: process.env.AWS_S3_USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME,
     template_files: process.env.AWS_S3_TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME,
-    public_files: process.env.AWS_S3_PUBLIC_FILES_BUCKET_NAME,
   }
 }
 
@@ -44,14 +43,12 @@ function gcsStores() {
   return {
     user_files: process.env.GCS_USER_FILES_BUCKET_NAME,
     template_files: process.env.GCS_TEMPLATE_FILES_BUCKET_NAME,
-    public_files: process.env.GCS_PUBLIC_FILES_BUCKET_NAME,
   }
 }
 
 function fsStores() {
   return {
     user_files: Path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../user_files'),
-    public_files: Path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../public_files'),
     template_files: Path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../template_files'),
   }
 }
@@ -59,7 +56,6 @@ function fsStores() {
 function fallbackStores(primaryConfig, fallbackConfig) {
   return {
     [primaryConfig.user_files]: fallbackConfig.user_files,
-    [primaryConfig.public_files]: fallbackConfig.public_files,
     [primaryConfig.template_files]: fallbackConfig.template_files,
   }
 }