diff --git a/v2/pkg/passive/sources.go b/v2/pkg/passive/sources.go
index 03ff7bdce..7e7f995e7 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/passive/sources.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/passive/sources.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/subfinder/v2/pkg/subscraping/sources/certspotter"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/subfinder/v2/pkg/subscraping/sources/chaos"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/subfinder/v2/pkg/subscraping/sources/chinaz"
-	"github.com/projectdiscovery/subfinder/v2/pkg/subscraping/sources/columbus"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/subfinder/v2/pkg/subscraping/sources/commoncrawl"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/subfinder/v2/pkg/subscraping/sources/crtsh"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/subfinder/v2/pkg/subscraping/sources/digitorus"
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ var AllSources = [...]subscraping.Source{
 	&certspotter.Source{},
 	&chaos.Source{},
 	&chinaz.Source{},
-	&columbus.Source{},
 	&commoncrawl.Source{},
 	&crtsh.Source{},
 	&digitorus.Source{},
diff --git a/v2/pkg/passive/sources_test.go b/v2/pkg/passive/sources_test.go
index 3866c064e..c99716d58 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/passive/sources_test.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/passive/sources_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ var (
 		"certspotter",
 		"chaos",
 		"chinaz",
-		"columbus",
 		"commoncrawl",
 		"crtsh",
 		"digitorus",
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ var (
 		"censys",
 		"chaos",
 		"chinaz",
-		"columbus",
 		"crtsh",
 		"digitorus",
 		"dnsdumpster",
diff --git a/v2/pkg/subscraping/sources/columbus/columbus.go b/v2/pkg/subscraping/sources/columbus/columbus.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 83432ab92..000000000
--- a/v2/pkg/subscraping/sources/columbus/columbus.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-// Package columbus logic
-package columbus
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
-
-	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
-
-	"github.com/projectdiscovery/subfinder/v2/pkg/subscraping"
-)
-
-// Source is the passive scraping agent
-type Source struct {
-	timeTaken time.Duration
-	errors    int
-	results   int
-}
-
-// Run function returns all subdomains found with the service
-func (s *Source) Run(ctx context.Context, domain string, session *subscraping.Session) <-chan subscraping.Result {
-	results := make(chan subscraping.Result)
-	s.errors = 0
-	s.results = 0
-
-	go func() {
-		defer func(startTime time.Time) {
-			s.timeTaken = time.Since(startTime)
-			close(results)
-		}(time.Now())
-
-		resp, err := session.SimpleGet(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("https://columbus.elmasy.com/api/lookup/%s", domain))
-		if err != nil {
-			results <- subscraping.Result{Source: s.Name(), Type: subscraping.Error, Error: err}
-			s.errors++
-			session.DiscardHTTPResponse(resp)
-			return
-		}
-
-		var subdomains []string
-		err = jsoniter.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&subdomains)
-		if err != nil {
-			results <- subscraping.Result{Source: s.Name(), Type: subscraping.Error, Error: err}
-			s.errors++
-			resp.Body.Close()
-			return
-		}
-
-		resp.Body.Close()
-
-		for _, record := range subdomains {
-			if record == "" {
-				continue
-			}
-			results <- subscraping.Result{Source: s.Name(), Type: subscraping.Subdomain, Value: record + "." + domain}
-			s.results++
-		}
-
-	}()
-
-	return results
-}
-
-// Name returns the name of the source
-func (s *Source) Name() string {
-	return "columbus"
-}
-
-func (s *Source) IsDefault() bool {
-	return true
-}
-
-func (s *Source) HasRecursiveSupport() bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-func (s *Source) NeedsKey() bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-func (s *Source) AddApiKeys(_ []string) {
-	// no key needed
-}
-
-func (s *Source) Statistics() subscraping.Statistics {
-	return subscraping.Statistics{
-		Errors:    s.errors,
-		Results:   s.results,
-		TimeTaken: s.timeTaken,
-	}
-}