diff --git a/frontend/src/global/item-list.ts b/frontend/src/global/item-list.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d70ac169..00000000
--- a/frontend/src/global/item-list.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import ldChannel from '../common-rdf/radio';
-import Collection from '../core/collection';
-import { nodeListFactory, parseResponse, userNodesFactory } from '../utilities/prefetch-utilities';
-import ItemGraph from '../common-adapters/item-graph';
-
-
-const itemList = new Collection();
-itemList.parse = parseResponse;
-const getNodeList = nodeListFactory();
-
-const userItems = new ItemGraph();
-const getUserNodes = userNodesFactory();
-
-
-/**
- * Registering our services with the radio channel.
- */
-ldChannel.once('cache:item-list', () => getNodeList(itemList, true));
-ldChannel.reply('promise:item-list', () => getNodeList(itemList, true));
-ldChannel.once('cache:user-items', () => getUserNodes(userItems, true));
-ldChannel.reply('promise:user-items', () => getUserNodes(userItems, true));
diff --git a/frontend/src/global/source-list.ts b/frontend/src/global/source-list.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b08ff1d..00000000
--- a/frontend/src/global/source-list.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import Collection from '../core/collection';
-import ItemGraph from '../common-adapters/item-graph';
-import ldChannel from '../common-rdf/radio';
-import { source } from '../common-rdf/ns';
-import { parseResponse, nodeListFactory, userNodesFactory } from '../utilities/prefetch-utilities';
-
-const sourceList = new Collection();
-sourceList.parse = parseResponse;
-const getNodeList = nodeListFactory();
-
-const userSources = new ItemGraph(source());
-const getUserNodes = userNodesFactory();
-
-/**
- * Registering our services with the radio channel.
- */
-ldChannel.once('cache:source-list', () => getNodeList(sourceList, false));
-ldChannel.reply('promise:source-list', () => getNodeList(sourceList, false));
-ldChannel.once('cache:user-sources', () => getUserNodes(userSources, false));
-ldChannel.reply('promise:user-sources', () => getUserNodes(userSources, false));
diff --git a/frontend/src/utilities/prefetch-utilities.ts b/frontend/src/utilities/prefetch-utilities.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b437975e..00000000
--- a/frontend/src/utilities/prefetch-utilities.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-import {sparqlRoot} from 'config.json';
-import ItemGraph from '../common-adapters/item-graph';
-
-import Collection from '../core/collection';
-
-import { countNodesQuery, nodesByUserQuery } from "../sparql/compile-query";
-
-/**
- * a utility function to ensure that each getUserNodes function uses its own promise
- * @returns getUserNodes function, with its own promise object
- */
-export function userNodesFactory() {
-    let promise: PromiseLike<ItemGraph> = null;
-
-    function getUserNodes(userNodes: ItemGraph, queryingItems: boolean): PromiseLike<ItemGraph> {
-        if (!promise) {
-            const query = nodesByUserQuery(queryingItems);
-            promise = userNodes.sparqlQuery(query).then(
-                () => handleSuccess(userNodes), handleError
-            );
-        }
-        return promise;
-    }
-
-    function handleSuccess(userNodes): ItemGraph {
-        promise = Promise.resolve(userNodes);
-        return userNodes;
-    }
-
-    function handleError(error: any): any {
-        promise = Promise.reject(error);
-        return error;
-    }
-
-    return getUserNodes;
-}
-
-export function nodeListFactory() {
-    let promise: PromiseLike<Collection> = null;
-
-    function getNodeList(queriedList: Collection, queryingItems: boolean): PromiseLike<Collection> {
-        if (!promise) {
-            const query = countNodesQuery(queryingItems);
-            const endpoint = queryingItems ? 'item/query' : 'source/query'
-            promise = queriedList.fetch({
-                url: sparqlRoot + endpoint,
-                data: $.param({ query: query }),
-                remove: false
-            }).then(() => handleSuccess(queriedList), handleError);
-        }
-    return promise;
-    }
-
-    function handleSuccess(queriedList): Collection {
-        promise = Promise.resolve(queriedList);
-        return queriedList;
-    }
-
-    function handleError(error: any): any {
-        promise = Promise.reject(error);
-        return error;
-    }
-
-    return getNodeList;
-}
-
-
-export function parseResponse(response): [] {
-    return response.results.bindings.map( node => node.node );
-}