diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/machineLearningService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/machineLearningService.ts
index a944e4cf2..26d9e69dd 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/machineLearningService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/machineLearningService.ts
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ import arcfaceCropService from "./arcfaceCropService";
 import FaceService from "./faceService";
 import laplacianBlurDetectionService from "./laplacianBlurDetectionService";
 import mobileFaceNetEmbeddingService from "./mobileFaceNetEmbeddingService";
-import PeopleService from "./peopleService";
 
 import { fetchImageBitmapForContext } from "../face/image";
+import { syncPeopleIndex } from "../face/people";
 import yoloFaceDetectionService from "./yoloFaceDetectionService";
 
 /**
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ class MachineLearningService {
     public async syncIndex(syncContext: MLSyncContext) {
         await this.getMLLibraryData(syncContext);
 
-        await PeopleService.syncPeopleIndex(syncContext);
+        await syncPeopleIndex(syncContext);
 
         await this.persistMLLibraryData(syncContext);
     }
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/peopleService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/peopleService.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2224f4200..000000000
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/peopleService.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-import log from "@/next/log";
-import mlIDbStorage from "services/face/db";
-import { Face, MLSyncContext, Person } from "services/face/types";
-import { fetchImageBitmap, getLocalFile } from "../face/image";
-import FaceService, { isDifferentOrOld } from "./faceService";
-
-class PeopleService {
-    async syncPeopleIndex(syncContext: MLSyncContext) {
-        const filesVersion = await mlIDbStorage.getIndexVersion("files");
-        if (
-            filesVersion <= (await mlIDbStorage.getIndexVersion("people")) &&
-            !isDifferentOrOld(syncContext.mlLibraryData?.faceClusteringMethod, {
-                value: "Hdbscan",
-                version: 1,
-            })
-        ) {
-            log.info(
-                "[MLService] Skipping people index as already synced to latest version",
-            );
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // TODO: have faces addresable through fileId + faceId
-        // to avoid index based addressing, which is prone to wrong results
-        // one way could be to match nearest face within threshold in the file
-        const allFacesMap = await FaceService.getAllSyncedFacesMap(syncContext);
-        const allFaces = getAllFacesFromMap(allFacesMap);
-
-        await FaceService.runFaceClustering(syncContext, allFaces);
-        await this.syncPeopleFromClusters(syncContext, allFacesMap, allFaces);
-
-        await mlIDbStorage.setIndexVersion("people", filesVersion);
-    }
-
-    private async syncPeopleFromClusters(
-        syncContext: MLSyncContext,
-        allFacesMap: Map<number, Array<Face>>,
-        allFaces: Array<Face>,
-    ) {
-        const clusters =
-            syncContext.mlLibraryData.faceClusteringResults?.clusters;
-        if (!clusters || clusters.length < 1) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        for (const face of allFaces) {
-            face.personId = undefined;
-        }
-        await mlIDbStorage.clearAllPeople();
-        for (const [index, cluster] of clusters.entries()) {
-            const faces = cluster.map((f) => allFaces[f]).filter((f) => f);
-
-            // TODO: take default display face from last leaves of hdbscan clusters
-            const personFace = findFirstIfSorted(
-                faces,
-                (a, b) => b.detection.probability - a.detection.probability,
-            );
-
-            if (personFace && !personFace.crop?.cacheKey) {
-                const file = await getLocalFile(personFace.fileId);
-                const imageBitmap = await fetchImageBitmap(file);
-                await FaceService.saveFaceCrop(
-                    imageBitmap,
-                    personFace,
-                    syncContext,
-                );
-            }
-
-            const person: Person = {
-                id: index,
-                files: faces.map((f) => f.fileId),
-                displayFaceId: personFace?.id,
-                faceCropCacheKey: personFace?.crop?.cacheKey,
-            };
-
-            await mlIDbStorage.putPerson(person);
-
-            faces.forEach((face) => {
-                face.personId = person.id;
-            });
-            // log.info("Creating person: ", person, faces);
-        }
-
-        await mlIDbStorage.updateFaces(allFacesMap);
-    }
-}
-
-export default new PeopleService();
-
-function findFirstIfSorted<T>(
-    elements: Array<T>,
-    comparator: (a: T, b: T) => number,
-) {
-    if (!elements || elements.length < 1) {
-        return;
-    }
-    let first = elements[0];
-
-    for (let i = 1; i < elements.length; i++) {
-        const comp = comparator(elements[i], first);
-        if (comp < 0) {
-            first = elements[i];
-        }
-    }
-
-    return first;
-}
-
-function getAllFacesFromMap(allFacesMap: Map<number, Array<Face>>) {
-    const allFaces = [...allFacesMap.values()].flat();
-
-    return allFaces;
-}