diff --git a/adder/adderutils/adderutils.go b/adder/adderutils/adderutils.go
index e792557f..cd10621d 100644
--- a/adder/adderutils/adderutils.go
+++ b/adder/adderutils/adderutils.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster/adder"
-	"github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster/adder/local"
 	"github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster/adder/sharding"
 	"github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster/adder/single"
 	"github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster/api"
@@ -36,12 +35,10 @@ func AddMultipartHTTPHandler(
 	var dags adder.ClusterDAGService
 	output := make(chan *api.AddedOutput, 200)
 
-	if params.Local {
-		dags = local.New(rpc, params.PinOptions)
-	} else if params.Shard {
+	if params.Shard {
 		dags = sharding.New(rpc, params.PinOptions, output)
 	} else {
-		dags = single.New(rpc, params.PinOptions)
+		dags = single.New(rpc, params.PinOptions, params.Local)
 	}
 
 	if outputTransform == nil {
diff --git a/adder/local/dag_service.go b/adder/local/dag_service.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 35f845e7..00000000
--- a/adder/local/dag_service.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-// Package local implements a ClusterDAGService that chunks and adds content
-// to the local peer, before pinning it.
-package local
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	adder "github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster/adder"
-	"github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster/api"
-
-	cid "github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
-	ipld "github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format"
-	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
-	rpc "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-gorpc"
-)
-
-var logger = logging.Logger("localdags")
-
-// DAGService is an implementation of an adder.ClusterDAGService which
-// puts the added blocks directly in the peers allocated to them (without
-// sharding).
-type DAGService struct {
-	adder.BaseDAGService
-
-	rpcClient *rpc.Client
-
-	pinOpts api.PinOptions
-}
-
-// New returns a new Adder with the given rpc Client. The client is used
-// to perform calls to IPFS.BlockPut and Pin content on Cluster.
-func New(rpc *rpc.Client, opts api.PinOptions) *DAGService {
-	return &DAGService{
-		rpcClient: rpc,
-		pinOpts:   opts,
-	}
-}
-
-// Add puts the given node in the destination peers.
-func (dgs *DAGService) Add(ctx context.Context, node ipld.Node) error {
-	return adder.AddNodeLocal(ctx, dgs.rpcClient, node)
-}
-
-// Finalize pins the last Cid added to this DAGService.
-func (dgs *DAGService) Finalize(ctx context.Context, root cid.Cid) (cid.Cid, error) {
-	return root, adder.Pin(ctx, dgs.rpcClient, api.PinWithOpts(root, dgs.pinOpts))
-}
-
-// AddMany calls Add for every given node.
-func (dgs *DAGService) AddMany(ctx context.Context, nodes []ipld.Node) error {
-	for _, node := range nodes {
-		err := dgs.Add(ctx, node)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/adder/local/dag_service_test.go b/adder/local/dag_service_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 469c3dc0..00000000
--- a/adder/local/dag_service_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-package local
diff --git a/adder/single/dag_service.go b/adder/single/dag_service.go
index 6dc29d22..1a67d7be 100644
--- a/adder/single/dag_service.go
+++ b/adder/single/dag_service.go
@@ -30,22 +30,28 @@ type DAGService struct {
 
 	dests   []peer.ID
 	pinOpts api.PinOptions
+	local   bool
 
 	ba *adder.BlockAdder
 }
 
 // New returns a new Adder with the given rpc Client. The client is used
 // to perform calls to IPFS.BlockPut and Pin content on Cluster.
-func New(rpc *rpc.Client, opts api.PinOptions) *DAGService {
+func New(rpc *rpc.Client, opts api.PinOptions, local bool) *DAGService {
 	return &DAGService{
 		rpcClient: rpc,
 		dests:     nil,
 		pinOpts:   opts,
+		local:     local,
 	}
 }
 
 // Add puts the given node in the destination peers.
 func (dgs *DAGService) Add(ctx context.Context, node ipld.Node) error {
+	if dgs.local {
+		return adder.AddNodeLocal(ctx, dgs.rpcClient, node)
+	}
+
 	if dgs.dests == nil {
 		dests, err := adder.BlockAllocate(ctx, dgs.rpcClient, dgs.pinOpts)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -62,8 +68,11 @@ func (dgs *DAGService) Add(ctx context.Context, node ipld.Node) error {
 func (dgs *DAGService) Finalize(ctx context.Context, root cid.Cid) (cid.Cid, error) {
 	// Cluster pin the result
 	rootPin := api.PinWithOpts(root, dgs.pinOpts)
-	rootPin.Allocations = dgs.dests
+	if dgs.local {
+		return root, adder.Pin(ctx, dgs.rpcClient, rootPin)
+	}
 
+	rootPin.Allocations = dgs.dests
 	dgs.dests = nil
 
 	return root, adder.Pin(ctx, dgs.rpcClient, rootPin)
diff --git a/adder/single/dag_service_test.go b/adder/single/dag_service_test.go
index cc9e55c3..3dc86a7b 100644
--- a/adder/single/dag_service_test.go
+++ b/adder/single/dag_service_test.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func TestAdd(t *testing.T) {
 		params := api.DefaultAddParams()
 		params.Wrap = true
 
-		dags := New(client, params.PinOptions)
+		dags := New(client, params.PinOptions, false)
 		add := adder.New(dags, params, nil)
 
 		sth := test.NewShardingTestHelper()
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func TestAdd(t *testing.T) {
 		params := api.DefaultAddParams()
 		params.Layout = "trickle"
 
-		dags := New(client, params.PinOptions)
+		dags := New(client, params.PinOptions, false)
 		add := adder.New(dags, params, nil)
 
 		sth := test.NewShardingTestHelper()
diff --git a/cluster.go b/cluster.go
index 9f96a3b1..ccba752d 100644
--- a/cluster.go
+++ b/cluster.go
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) AddFile(reader *multipart.Reader, params *api.AddParams) (cid.
 	if params.Shard {
 		dags = sharding.New(c.rpcClient, params.PinOptions, nil)
 	} else {
-		dags = single.New(c.rpcClient, params.PinOptions)
+		dags = single.New(c.rpcClient, params.PinOptions, false)
 	}
 	add := adder.New(dags, params, nil)
 	return add.FromMultipart(c.ctx, reader)