diff --git a/src/actor.ts b/src/actor.ts
index 1b29d2e72f..6e78b3f050 100644
--- a/src/actor.ts
+++ b/src/actor.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import type {
     StorageOpenOptions,
     UseStateOptions,
 } from '@crawlee/core';
-import { Dataset, EventType, purgeDefaultStorages, RequestQueue, serviceLocator } from '@crawlee/core';
+import { Dataset, EventType, KeyValueStore, purgeDefaultStorages, RequestQueue, serviceLocator } from '@crawlee/core';
 import type { Awaitable, Constructor, Dictionary, StorageBackend } from '@crawlee/types';
 import { sleep } from '@crawlee/utils';
 import type {
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import { ChargingManager, pushDataAndCharge } from './charging.js';
 import type { ConfigurationOptions } from './configuration.js';
 import { Configuration } from './configuration.js';
 import { getDefaultsFromInputSchema, noActorInputSchemaDefinedMarker, readInputSchema } from './input-schemas.js';
-import { KeyValueStore } from './key_value_store.js';
 import { PlatformEventManager } from './platform_event_manager.js';
 import type { ProxyConfigurationOptions } from './proxy_configuration.js';
 import { ProxyConfiguration } from './proxy_configuration.js';
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 552f94417b..2d374d87de 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export { ChargeOptions, ChargeResult, ActorPricingInfo, ChargingManager } from '
 export * from './configuration.js';
 export * from './proxy_configuration.js';
 export * from './platform_event_manager.js';
-export * from './key_value_store.js';
 export {
     Dataset,
     DatasetDataOptions,
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ export {
     RequestQueue,
     RequestQueueOperationOptions,
     RequestQueueOptions,
+    KeyValueStore,
     KeyConsumer,
     KeyValueStoreOptions,
     RecordOptions,
diff --git a/src/key_value_store.ts b/src/key_value_store.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a7a7969e45..0000000000
--- a/src/key_value_store.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-import type { StorageOpenOptions } from '@crawlee/core';
-import { KeyValueStore as CoreKeyValueStore, serviceLocator } from '@crawlee/core';
-import type { KeyValueStoreInfo } from '@crawlee/types';
-
-import { createHmacSignature } from '@apify/utilities';
-
-import { ApifyKeyValueStoreBackend } from './apify_key_value_store_backend.js';
-import type { Configuration } from './configuration.js';
-
-// crawlee v4 dropped the `storageObject` cache from `KeyValueStore`, so the
-// per-store `urlSigningSecretKey` (which is part of the platform's metadata
-// response but not declared on `@crawlee/types`' `KeyValueStoreInfo`) has to
-// be fetched on demand and accessed through a structural-typed augmentation.
-type ApifyKeyValueStoreInfo = KeyValueStoreInfo & {
-    urlSigningSecretKey?: string;
-};
-
-/**
- * @inheritDoc
- */
-export class KeyValueStore extends CoreKeyValueStore {
-    /**
-     * Returns a URL for the given key that may be used to publicly
-     * access the value in the remote key-value store.
-     *
-     * On the Apify platform the URL is signed with the store's
-     * `urlSigningSecretKey` so that anyone with the URL can read the record
-     * without authentication. Locally we delegate to crawlee's default
-     * implementation (which produces a `file://` URL or returns `undefined`).
-     */
-    override async getPublicUrl(key: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
-        const config = serviceLocator.getConfiguration() as Configuration;
-
-        // Detect a remote (Apify) store by its backend type rather than by
-        // `isAtHome`, so that a `forceCloud` store opened locally still gets a
-        // signed Apify URL (matching the platform behaviour). `backend` is
-        // `private` on `CoreKeyValueStore`, so bypass the visibility check.
-        const { backend } = this as unknown as { backend: unknown };
-
-        if (!(backend instanceof ApifyKeyValueStoreBackend)) {
-            return super.getPublicUrl(key);
-        }
-
-        const publicUrl = new URL(`${config.apiPublicBaseUrl}/v2/key-value-stores/${this.id}/records/${key}`);
-
-        const metadata = (await backend.getMetadata()) as ApifyKeyValueStoreInfo;
-
-        if (metadata?.urlSigningSecretKey) {
-            publicUrl.searchParams.append('signature', createHmacSignature(metadata.urlSigningSecretKey, key));
-        }
-
-        return publicUrl.toString();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @inheritDoc
-     */
-    static override async open(
-        storeIdOrName?: string | null,
-        options: StorageOpenOptions = {},
-    ): Promise<KeyValueStore> {
-        return super.open(storeIdOrName, options) as unknown as KeyValueStore;
-    }
-}