diff --git a/cmd/rekor-cli/app/get.go b/cmd/rekor-cli/app/get.go
index 6c85222198f39db0481a13c161239ce0b39562c7..fe66a27a21a27608068da495330d63f5581702bb 100644
--- a/cmd/rekor-cli/app/get.go
+++ b/cmd/rekor-cli/app/get.go
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ func parseEntry(uuid string, e models.LogEntryAnon) (interface{}, error) {
 
 	if e.Attestation != nil {
 		obj.Attestation = string(e.Attestation.Data)
-		obj.AttestationType = e.Attestation.MediaType
 	}
 
 	return &obj, nil
diff --git a/openapi.yaml b/openapi.yaml
index 63c64b20c0dd6975b65253953d50fab3cc57f6d6..2c0987ca09383a7312286e5befdcc122297a22e7 100644
--- a/openapi.yaml
+++ b/openapi.yaml
@@ -468,9 +468,7 @@ definitions:
           type: object
           properties:
             data:
-              format: byte
-            mediaType:
-              format: string
+              format: byte       
 
           format: byte
         verification:
diff --git a/pkg/api/entries.go b/pkg/api/entries.go
index fd6d2bb74cdf673fe583fa89f2727ad1db160b45..58701e29f978553cc2f94b02863e339988a0df1c 100644
--- a/pkg/api/entries.go
+++ b/pkg/api/entries.go
@@ -94,13 +94,12 @@ func logEntryFromLeaf(ctx context.Context, signer signature.Signer, tc TrillianC
 
 	uuid := hex.EncodeToString(leaf.MerkleLeafHash)
 	if viper.GetBool("enable_attestation_storage") {
-		att, typ, err := storageClient.FetchAttestation(ctx, uuid)
+		att, err := storageClient.FetchAttestation(ctx, uuid)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Logger.Errorf("error fetching attestation: %s %s", uuid, err)
 		} else {
 			logEntryAnon.Attestation = &models.LogEntryAnonAttestation{
-				Data:      att,
-				MediaType: typ,
+				Data: att,
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -210,12 +209,12 @@ func createLogEntry(params entries.CreateLogEntryParams) (models.LogEntry, middl
 	if viper.GetBool("enable_attestation_storage") {
 
 		go func() {
-			typ, attestation := entry.Attestation()
-			if typ == "" {
+			attestation := entry.Attestation()
+			if attestation == nil {
 				log.RequestIDLogger(params.HTTPRequest).Infof("no attestation for %s", uuid)
 				return
 			}
-			if err := storeAttestation(context.Background(), uuid, typ, attestation); err != nil {
+			if err := storeAttestation(context.Background(), uuid, attestation); err != nil {
 				log.RequestIDLogger(params.HTTPRequest).Errorf("error storing attestation: %s", err)
 			}
 		}()
diff --git a/pkg/api/index.go b/pkg/api/index.go
index 8aa088a70552222fde47c114d231a1a0d4704c7f..27a9f5c82954ca112c84d07adbe903b2e162f0b5 100644
--- a/pkg/api/index.go
+++ b/pkg/api/index.go
@@ -96,6 +96,6 @@ func addToIndex(ctx context.Context, key, value string) error {
 	return redisClient.Do(ctx, radix.Cmd(nil, "LPUSH", key, value))
 }
 
-func storeAttestation(ctx context.Context, uuid, attestationType string, attestation []byte) error {
-	return storageClient.StoreAttestation(ctx, uuid, attestationType, attestation)
+func storeAttestation(ctx context.Context, uuid string, attestation []byte) error {
+	return storageClient.StoreAttestation(ctx, uuid, attestation)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/generated/models/log_entry.go b/pkg/generated/models/log_entry.go
index c1ab0777c4861f0bad4c2e7ce8af2ed7e3e147a0..6aa7f4efa9b35e5ea7768b68aa2518ae0054dbc4 100644
--- a/pkg/generated/models/log_entry.go
+++ b/pkg/generated/models/log_entry.go
@@ -300,9 +300,6 @@ type LogEntryAnonAttestation struct {
 	// data
 	// Format: byte
 	Data strfmt.Base64 `json:"data,omitempty"`
-
-	// media type
-	MediaType string `json:"mediaType,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Validate validates this log entry anon attestation
diff --git a/pkg/generated/restapi/embedded_spec.go b/pkg/generated/restapi/embedded_spec.go
index 7441c7920489a8575e060fdfdc9544705514288b..0dde72c6aba50e3411cac030e198f36783698f8d 100644
--- a/pkg/generated/restapi/embedded_spec.go
+++ b/pkg/generated/restapi/embedded_spec.go
@@ -498,9 +498,6 @@ func init() {
             "properties": {
               "data": {
                 "format": "byte"
-              },
-              "mediaType": {
-                "format": "string"
               }
             }
           },
@@ -1982,9 +1979,6 @@ func init() {
           "properties": {
             "data": {
               "format": "byte"
-            },
-            "mediaType": {
-              "format": "string"
             }
           }
         },
@@ -2025,9 +2019,6 @@ func init() {
       "properties": {
         "data": {
           "format": "byte"
-        },
-        "mediaType": {
-          "format": "string"
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/pkg/storage/storage.go b/pkg/storage/storage.go
index bf2c76d9b44bd222134b2495c61d976b38b306c3..2e182e495a7f1be1015d6148410a6b4a301161d7 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/storage.go
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type AttestationStorage interface {
-	StoreAttestation(ctx context.Context, key string, attestationType string, attestation []byte) error
-	FetchAttestation(ctx context.Context, key string) ([]byte, string, error)
+	StoreAttestation(ctx context.Context, key string, attestation []byte) error
+	FetchAttestation(ctx context.Context, key string) ([]byte, error)
 }
 
 func NewAttestationStorage() (AttestationStorage, error) {
@@ -53,11 +53,9 @@ type Blob struct {
 	bucket *blob.Bucket
 }
 
-func (b *Blob) StoreAttestation(ctx context.Context, key, attestationType string, attestation []byte) error {
-	log.Logger.Infof("storing attestation of type %s at %s", attestationType, key)
-	w, err := b.bucket.NewWriter(ctx, key, &blob.WriterOptions{
-		ContentType: attestationType,
-	})
+func (b *Blob) StoreAttestation(ctx context.Context, key string, attestation []byte) error {
+	log.Logger.Infof("storing attestation at %s", key)
+	w, err := b.bucket.NewWriter(ctx, key, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -67,23 +65,19 @@ func (b *Blob) StoreAttestation(ctx context.Context, key, attestationType string
 	return w.Close()
 }
 
-func (b *Blob) FetchAttestation(ctx context.Context, key string) ([]byte, string, error) {
+func (b *Blob) FetchAttestation(ctx context.Context, key string) ([]byte, error) {
 	log.Logger.Infof("fetching attestation %s", key)
 	exists, err := b.bucket.Exists(ctx, key)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, "", err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	if !exists {
-		return nil, "", nil
-	}
-	att, err := b.bucket.Attributes(ctx, key)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, "", err
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 
 	data, err := b.bucket.ReadAll(ctx, key)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, "", err
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return data, att.ContentType, nil
+	return data, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/types/alpine/v0.0.1/entry.go b/pkg/types/alpine/v0.0.1/entry.go
index a148f63da40c7912e132fdae736cf249d569df24..311685273966b19349623cd2a854ea399fc8ecb9 100644
--- a/pkg/types/alpine/v0.0.1/entry.go
+++ b/pkg/types/alpine/v0.0.1/entry.go
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ func (v V001Entry) validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (v V001Entry) Attestation() (string, []byte) {
-	return "", nil
+func (v V001Entry) Attestation() []byte {
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (v V001Entry) CreateFromArtifactProperties(ctx context.Context, props types.ArtifactProperties) (models.ProposedEntry, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/types/entries.go b/pkg/types/entries.go
index 0d5c3ebafd912cb6a72d6b9b9668e1137c1b687a..dda638ba401a4ac977d9d152afd6d081f98c0435 100644
--- a/pkg/types/entries.go
+++ b/pkg/types/entries.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type EntryImpl interface {
 	IndexKeys() ([]string, error)                     // the keys that should be added to the external index for this entry
 	Canonicalize(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) // marshal the canonical entry to be put into the tlog
 	Unmarshal(e models.ProposedEntry) error           // unmarshal the abstract entry into the specific struct for this versioned type
-	Attestation() (string, []byte)
+	Attestation() []byte
 	CreateFromArtifactProperties(context.Context, ArtifactProperties) (models.ProposedEntry, error)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/types/hashedrekord/v0.0.1/entry.go b/pkg/types/hashedrekord/v0.0.1/entry.go
index 9bb3702c1cb3094870c450d02df08cff057226b6..1cb646cc07e7847d241d81caa03c08c45312f9f6 100644
--- a/pkg/types/hashedrekord/v0.0.1/entry.go
+++ b/pkg/types/hashedrekord/v0.0.1/entry.go
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ func (v *V001Entry) validate() (pki.Signature, pki.PublicKey, error) {
 	return sigObj, keyObj, nil
 }
 
-func (v V001Entry) Attestation() (string, []byte) {
-	return "", nil
+func (v V001Entry) Attestation() []byte {
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (v V001Entry) CreateFromArtifactProperties(ctx context.Context, props types.ArtifactProperties) (models.ProposedEntry, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/types/helm/v0.0.1/entry.go b/pkg/types/helm/v0.0.1/entry.go
index 2665f81222028452ff44234a4d278f778351200a..545d3cc519077dddb18b4b0234da9054821bb49e 100644
--- a/pkg/types/helm/v0.0.1/entry.go
+++ b/pkg/types/helm/v0.0.1/entry.go
@@ -299,8 +299,8 @@ func (v V001Entry) validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (v V001Entry) Attestation() (string, []byte) {
-	return "", nil
+func (v V001Entry) Attestation() []byte {
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (v V001Entry) CreateFromArtifactProperties(ctx context.Context, props types.ArtifactProperties) (models.ProposedEntry, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/types/intoto/v0.0.1/entry.go b/pkg/types/intoto/v0.0.1/entry.go
index 1c2fc280426beb81c71dd42160c57c81669fc097..66cc065f3bf5ce0d9f359f58fe8f076cc4c0131c 100644
--- a/pkg/types/intoto/v0.0.1/entry.go
+++ b/pkg/types/intoto/v0.0.1/entry.go
@@ -193,12 +193,12 @@ func (v *V001Entry) validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (v *V001Entry) Attestation() (string, []byte) {
+func (v *V001Entry) Attestation() []byte {
 	if len(v.env.Payload) > viper.GetInt("max_attestation_size") {
 		log.Logger.Infof("Skipping attestation storage, size %d is greater than max %d", len(v.env.Payload), viper.GetInt("max_attestation_size"))
-		return "", nil
+		return nil
 	}
-	return v.env.PayloadType, []byte(v.env.Payload)
+	return []byte(v.env.Payload)
 }
 
 type verifier struct {
diff --git a/pkg/types/jar/v0.0.1/entry.go b/pkg/types/jar/v0.0.1/entry.go
index 8a7574948f9aff2fff3cf9df24c7edd4ade11b92..6bbbe00997060577b8d37992539c069443b47f18 100644
--- a/pkg/types/jar/v0.0.1/entry.go
+++ b/pkg/types/jar/v0.0.1/entry.go
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ func extractPKCS7SignatureFromJAR(inz *zip.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("unable to locate signature in JAR file")
 }
 
-func (v V001Entry) Attestation() (string, []byte) {
-	return "", nil
+func (v V001Entry) Attestation() []byte {
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (v V001Entry) CreateFromArtifactProperties(ctx context.Context, props types.ArtifactProperties) (models.ProposedEntry, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/types/rekord/v0.0.1/entry.go b/pkg/types/rekord/v0.0.1/entry.go
index c7b4b8b86ce5836073a1662ef24c4c9d3b46ac32..d0f6d4c4a34c84be1fbf9350ef00c682c1615419 100644
--- a/pkg/types/rekord/v0.0.1/entry.go
+++ b/pkg/types/rekord/v0.0.1/entry.go
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ func (v V001Entry) validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (v V001Entry) Attestation() (string, []byte) {
-	return "", nil
+func (v V001Entry) Attestation() []byte {
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (v V001Entry) CreateFromArtifactProperties(ctx context.Context, props types.ArtifactProperties) (models.ProposedEntry, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/types/rfc3161/v0.0.1/entry.go b/pkg/types/rfc3161/v0.0.1/entry.go
index f67e1e5f7225899f7c0d976e9a685d4eee20d69e..67450a3e8232b86baf27259e189456a78595ac01 100644
--- a/pkg/types/rfc3161/v0.0.1/entry.go
+++ b/pkg/types/rfc3161/v0.0.1/entry.go
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ func (v V001Entry) validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (v V001Entry) Attestation() (string, []byte) {
-	return "", nil
+func (v V001Entry) Attestation() []byte {
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (v V001Entry) CreateFromArtifactProperties(_ context.Context, props types.ArtifactProperties) (models.ProposedEntry, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/types/rpm/v0.0.1/entry.go b/pkg/types/rpm/v0.0.1/entry.go
index 219b4a338e5afeff2840169e12a0fd623a398e4d..72e66952b1c24a572524caccf38efec94342f57c 100644
--- a/pkg/types/rpm/v0.0.1/entry.go
+++ b/pkg/types/rpm/v0.0.1/entry.go
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ func (v V001Entry) validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (v V001Entry) Attestation() (string, []byte) {
-	return "", nil
+func (v V001Entry) Attestation() []byte {
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (v V001Entry) CreateFromArtifactProperties(ctx context.Context, props types.ArtifactProperties) (models.ProposedEntry, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/types/test_util.go b/pkg/types/test_util.go
index bd663e0ee529300d6174f89c62bbb7140e7f97b4..5b91104f0a17a2510027bb883ed636566f88a785 100644
--- a/pkg/types/test_util.go
+++ b/pkg/types/test_util.go
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ func (u BaseUnmarshalTester) Validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (u BaseUnmarshalTester) Attestation() (string, []byte) {
-	return "", nil
+func (u BaseUnmarshalTester) Attestation() []byte {
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (u BaseUnmarshalTester) CreateFromArtifactProperties(_ context.Context, _ ArtifactProperties) (models.ProposedEntry, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/types/tuf/v0.0.1/entry.go b/pkg/types/tuf/v0.0.1/entry.go
index 40204937559b6d112a8f066fddff2f69b93a390a..9820463893d53786e33bda734d1fcfd482e66862 100644
--- a/pkg/types/tuf/v0.0.1/entry.go
+++ b/pkg/types/tuf/v0.0.1/entry.go
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ func (v V001Entry) Validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (v *V001Entry) Attestation() (string, []byte) {
-	return "", nil
+func (v *V001Entry) Attestation() []byte {
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (v V001Entry) CreateFromArtifactProperties(ctx context.Context, props types.ArtifactProperties) (models.ProposedEntry, error) {