diff --git a/model/sql/entity.go b/model/sql/entity.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a683e507..00000000
--- a/model/sql/entity.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-package sql
-
-import (
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
-	"github.com/micro/go-micro/v3/codec"
-	"github.com/micro/go-micro/v3/model"
-)
-
-type sqlEntity struct {
-	id         string
-	name       string
-	value      interface{}
-	codec      codec.Marshaler
-	attributes map[string]interface{}
-}
-
-func (m *sqlEntity) Attributes() map[string]interface{} {
-	return m.attributes
-}
-
-func (m *sqlEntity) Id() string {
-	return m.id
-}
-
-func (m *sqlEntity) Name() string {
-	return m.name
-}
-
-func (m *sqlEntity) Value() interface{} {
-	return m.value
-}
-
-func newEntity(name string, value interface{}, codec codec.Marshaler) model.Entity {
-	return &sqlEntity{
-		id:         uuid.New().String(),
-		name:       name,
-		value:      value,
-		codec:      codec,
-		attributes: make(map[string]interface{}),
-	}
-}
diff --git a/model/sql/sql.go b/model/sql/sql.go
deleted file mode 100644
index af224d1f..00000000
--- a/model/sql/sql.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-// Package sql is the micro data model implementation
-package sql
-
-import (
-	"github.com/micro/go-micro/v3/codec/json"
-	"github.com/micro/go-micro/v3/model"
-	"github.com/micro/go-micro/v3/store"
-	"github.com/micro/go-micro/v3/store/memory"
-	memsync "github.com/micro/go-micro/v3/sync/memory"
-)
-
-type sqlModel struct {
-	options model.Options
-}
-
-func (m *sqlModel) Init(opts ...model.Option) error {
-	for _, o := range opts {
-		o(&m.options)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (m *sqlModel) NewEntity(name string, value interface{}) model.Entity {
-	// TODO: potentially pluralise name for tables
-	return newEntity(name, value, m.options.Codec)
-}
-
-func (m *sqlModel) Create(e model.Entity) error {
-	// lock on the name of entity
-	if err := m.options.Sync.Lock(e.Name()); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	// TODO: deal with the error
-	defer m.options.Sync.Unlock(e.Name())
-
-	// TODO: potentially add encode to entity?
-	v, err := m.options.Codec.Marshal(e.Value())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// TODO: include metadata and set database
-	return m.options.Store.Write(&store.Record{
-		Key:   e.Id(),
-		Value: v,
-	}, store.WriteTo(m.options.Database, e.Name()))
-}
-
-func (m *sqlModel) Read(opts ...model.ReadOption) ([]model.Entity, error) {
-	var options model.ReadOptions
-	for _, o := range opts {
-		o(&options)
-	}
-	// TODO: implement the options that allow querying
-	return nil, nil
-}
-
-func (m *sqlModel) Update(e model.Entity) error {
-	// TODO: read out the record first, update the fields and store
-
-	// lock on the name of entity
-	if err := m.options.Sync.Lock(e.Name()); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	// TODO: deal with the error
-	defer m.options.Sync.Unlock(e.Name())
-
-	// TODO: potentially add encode to entity?
-	v, err := m.options.Codec.Marshal(e.Value())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// TODO: include metadata and set database
-	return m.options.Store.Write(&store.Record{
-		Key:   e.Id(),
-		Value: v,
-	}, store.WriteTo(m.options.Database, e.Name()))
-}
-
-func (m *sqlModel) Delete(opts ...model.DeleteOption) error {
-	var options model.DeleteOptions
-	for _, o := range opts {
-		o(&options)
-	}
-	// TODO: implement the options that allow deleting
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (m *sqlModel) String() string {
-	return "sql"
-}
-
-func NewModel(opts ...model.Option) model.Model {
-	options := model.Options{
-		Codec: new(json.Marshaler),
-		Sync:  memsync.NewSync(),
-		Store: memory.NewStore(),
-	}
-
-	return &sqlModel{
-		options: options,
-	}
-}