diff --git a/utils/catalyst/pom.xml b/utils/catalyst/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5527a8a..0000000
--- a/utils/catalyst/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <parent>
-        <artifactId>onlab-utils</artifactId>
-        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <artifactId>utils.catalyst</artifactId>
-    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-
-    <description>ONLab catalyst dependency</description>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.atomix.catalyst</groupId>
-            <artifactId>catalyst-netty</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.0-rc5</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <artifactSet>
-                        <includes>
-                            <include>io/atomix/catalyst/**</include>
-                        </includes>
-                    </artifactSet>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>shade</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <instructions>
-                        <Export-Package>
-                            io.atomix.catalyst.*
-                        </Export-Package>
-                    </instructions>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/catalyst/src/main/java/org/onlab/catalyst/OnlabCatalyst.java b/utils/catalyst/src/main/java/org/onlab/catalyst/OnlabCatalyst.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c3ecc86..0000000
--- a/utils/catalyst/src/main/java/org/onlab/catalyst/OnlabCatalyst.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package org.onlab.catalyst;
-
-/**
- * Created by admin on 11/24/15.
- */
-public class OnlabCatalyst {
-}
diff --git a/utils/catalyst/src/main/java/org/onlab/catalyst/package-info.java b/utils/catalyst/src/main/java/org/onlab/catalyst/package-info.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fdb9ea..0000000
--- a/utils/catalyst/src/main/java/org/onlab/catalyst/package-info.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Created by admin on 11/24/15.
- */
-package org.onlab.catalyst;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/pom.xml b/utils/pom.xml
index 2a7e69b..a571965 100644
--- a/utils/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
         <module>stc</module>
         <module>jdvue</module>
         <module>jnc</module>
-        <module>catalyst</module> <!-- FIXME publish and remove before release -->
     </modules>
 
     <dependencies>