diff --git a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/neo4j.py b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/neo4j.py
index f95e80d2842..74c4999681d 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/neo4j.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/neo4j.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import shutil
 import sys
 
 from galaxy.datatypes.data import Data
-from galaxy.datatypes.binary import Binary
 from galaxy.datatypes.images import Html
 from galaxy.util import FILENAME_VALID_CHARS
 
@@ -175,9 +174,6 @@ class Neo4jDBzip(Neo4j, Data):
                                 is_binary=True)
 
 
-Binary.register_sniffable_binary_format(
-    "neostore.zip", "neostore.zip", Neo4jDBzip)
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import doctest
     doctest.testmod(sys.modules[__name__])