diff --git a/src/documents/consumer.py b/src/documents/consumer.py
index 65febc937..8fed01c30 100755
--- a/src/documents/consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/consumer.py
@@ -208,10 +208,7 @@ class Consumer(LoggingMixin):
         created = file_info.created or date or timezone.make_aware(
             datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(stats.st_mtime))
 
-        if settings.PASSPHRASE:
-            storage_type = Document.STORAGE_TYPE_GPG
-        else:
-            storage_type = Document.STORAGE_TYPE_UNENCRYPTED
+        storage_type = Document.STORAGE_TYPE_UNENCRYPTED
 
         with open(self.path, "rb") as f:
             document = Document.objects.create(
@@ -260,8 +257,4 @@ class Consumer(LoggingMixin):
     def _write(self, document, source, target):
         with open(source, "rb") as read_file:
             with open(target, "wb") as write_file:
-                if document.storage_type == Document.STORAGE_TYPE_UNENCRYPTED:
-                    write_file.write(read_file.read())
-                    return
-                self.log("debug", "Encrypting")
-                write_file.write(GnuPG.encrypted(read_file))
+                write_file.write(read_file.read())
diff --git a/src/documents/management/commands/document_importer.py b/src/documents/management/commands/document_importer.py
index 208a0ef37..5f50f08f6 100644
--- a/src/documents/management/commands/document_importer.py
+++ b/src/documents/management/commands/document_importer.py
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ class Command(Renderable, BaseCommand):
     def _import_files_from_manifest(self):
 
         storage_type = Document.STORAGE_TYPE_UNENCRYPTED
-        if settings.PASSPHRASE:
-            storage_type = Document.STORAGE_TYPE_GPG
 
         for record in self.manifest:
 
@@ -105,23 +103,8 @@ class Command(Renderable, BaseCommand):
 
             create_source_path_directory(document.source_path)
 
-            if settings.PASSPHRASE:
-
-                with open(document_path, "rb") as unencrypted:
-                    with open(document.source_path, "wb") as encrypted:
-                        print("Encrypting {} and saving it to {}".format(
-                            doc_file, document.source_path))
-                        encrypted.write(GnuPG.encrypted(unencrypted))
-
-                with open(thumbnail_path, "rb") as unencrypted:
-                    with open(document.thumbnail_path, "wb") as encrypted:
-                        print("Encrypting {} and saving it to {}".format(
-                            thumb_file, document.thumbnail_path))
-                        encrypted.write(GnuPG.encrypted(unencrypted))
-
-            else:
-                print(f"Moving {document_path} to {document.source_path}")
-                shutil.copy(document_path, document.source_path)
-                shutil.copy(thumbnail_path, document.thumbnail_path)
+            print(f"Moving {document_path} to {document.source_path}")
+            shutil.copy(document_path, document.source_path)
+            shutil.copy(thumbnail_path, document.thumbnail_path)
 
             document.save()