diff --git a/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestDeviceProvider.java b/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestDeviceProvider.java
index 7f6d9e8..51f82ef 100644
--- a/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestDeviceProvider.java
+++ b/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestDeviceProvider.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 import org.onosproject.net.behaviour.DevicesDiscovery;
 import org.onosproject.net.behaviour.PortAdmin;
 import org.onosproject.net.behaviour.PortDiscovery;
-import org.onosproject.net.config.ConfigException;
 import org.onosproject.net.config.ConfigFactory;
 import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigEvent;
 import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigListener;
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@
 import static org.onlab.util.Tools.groupedThreads;
 import static org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigEvent.Type.CONFIG_ADDED;
 import static org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigEvent.Type.CONFIG_UPDATED;
-import static org.onosproject.net.config.basics.SubjectFactories.APP_SUBJECT_FACTORY;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 
 /**
@@ -133,15 +131,6 @@
             SharedScheduledExecutors.getPoolThreadExecutor();
 
     private final List<ConfigFactory> factories = ImmutableList.of(
-            new ConfigFactory<ApplicationId, RestProviderConfig>(APP_SUBJECT_FACTORY,
-                                                                 RestProviderConfig.class,
-                                                                 "rest_devices",
-                                                                 true) {
-                @Override
-                public RestProviderConfig createConfig() {
-                    return new RestProviderConfig();
-                }
-            },
             new ConfigFactory<DeviceId, RestDeviceConfig>(SubjectFactories.DEVICE_SUBJECT_FACTORY,
                                                           RestDeviceConfig.class,
                                                           REST) {
@@ -166,7 +155,6 @@
         );
         cfgService.addListener(configListener);
         executor.execute(RestDeviceProvider.this::createAndConnectDevices);
-        executor.execute(RestDeviceProvider.this::createDevices);
         scheduledTask = schedulePolling();
         log.info("Started");
     }
@@ -375,20 +363,6 @@
                 }).collect(Collectors.toSet()));
     }
 
-    //Old method to register devices provided via net-cfg under apps/rest/ tree
-    private void createDevices() {
-        RestProviderConfig cfg = cfgService.getConfig(appId, RestProviderConfig.class);
-        try {
-            if (cfg != null && cfg.getDevicesAddresses() != null) {
-                connectDevices(cfg.getDevicesAddresses());
-
-            }
-        } catch (ConfigException e) {
-            log.error("Configuration error {}", e);
-        }
-        log.debug("REST Devices {}", controller.getDevices());
-    }
-
     private void connectDevices(Set<RestSBDevice> devices) {
         //Precomputing the devices to be removed
         Set<RestSBDevice> toBeRemoved = new HashSet<>(controller.getDevices().values());
@@ -479,19 +453,12 @@
     private class InternalNetworkConfigListener implements NetworkConfigListener {
         @Override
         public void event(NetworkConfigEvent event) {
-            if (event.configClass().equals(RestDeviceConfig.class)) {
-                executor.execute(RestDeviceProvider.this::createAndConnectDevices);
-            } else {
-                log.warn("Injecting device via this Json is deprecated, " +
-                                 "please put configuration under devices/");
-                executor.execute(RestDeviceProvider.this::createDevices);
-            }
+            executor.execute(RestDeviceProvider.this::createAndConnectDevices);
         }
 
         @Override
         public boolean isRelevant(NetworkConfigEvent event) {
-            return (event.configClass().equals(RestDeviceConfig.class) ||
-                    event.configClass().equals(RestProviderConfig.class)) &&
+            return event.configClass().equals(RestDeviceConfig.class) &&
                     (event.type() == CONFIG_ADDED ||
                             event.type() == CONFIG_UPDATED);
         }
diff --git a/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestProviderConfig.java b/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestProviderConfig.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 21d9774..0000000
--- a/providers/rest/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/rest/device/impl/RestProviderConfig.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Foundation
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.onosproject.provider.rest.device.impl;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
-import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
-import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
-import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
-import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
-import org.onosproject.net.config.Config;
-import org.onosproject.net.config.ConfigException;
-import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.DefaultRestSBDevice;
-import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBDevice;
-import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBDevice.AuthenticationScheme;
-
-import java.util.Set;
-
-/**
- * Configuration for RestSB provider.
- *
- * @deprecated 1.10.0 Kingfisher. Please Use RestDeviceConfig
- */
-@Deprecated
-@Beta
-public class RestProviderConfig extends Config<ApplicationId> {
-
-    public static final String CONFIG_VALUE_ERROR = "Error parsing config value";
-    private static final String IP = "ip";
-    private static final int DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT = 80;
-    private static final String PORT = "port";
-    private static final String USERNAME = "username";
-    private static final String PASSWORD = "password";
-    private static final String PROTOCOL = "protocol";
-    private static final String URL = "url";
-    private static final String TESTURL = "testUrl";
-    private static final String MANUFACTURER = "manufacturer";
-    private static final String HWVERSION = "hwVersion";
-    private static final String SWVERSION = "swVersion";
-    private static final String AUTHENTICATION_SCHEME = "authenticationScheme";
-    private static final String TOKEN = "token";
-
-    public Set<RestSBDevice> getDevicesAddresses() throws ConfigException {
-        Set<RestSBDevice> devicesAddresses = Sets.newHashSet();
-
-        try {
-            for (JsonNode node : array) {
-                String ip = node.path(IP).asText();
-                IpAddress ipAddr = ip.isEmpty() ? null : IpAddress.valueOf(ip);
-                int port = node.path(PORT).asInt(DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT);
-                String username = node.path(USERNAME).asText();
-                String password = node.path(PASSWORD).asText();
-                String protocol = node.path(PROTOCOL).asText();
-                String url = node.path(URL).asText();
-                String testUrl = node.path(TESTURL).asText();
-                String manufacturer = node.path(MANUFACTURER).asText();
-                String hwVersion = node.path(HWVERSION).asText();
-                String swVersion = node.path(SWVERSION).asText();
-                AuthenticationScheme authenticationScheme = AuthenticationScheme.valueOf(node.path(
-                        AUTHENTICATION_SCHEME).asText().toUpperCase());
-                String token = node.path(TOKEN).asText();
-
-                devicesAddresses.add(new DefaultRestSBDevice(ipAddr, port, username,
-                        password, protocol,
-                        url, false, testUrl, manufacturer,
-                        hwVersion, swVersion, authenticationScheme, token));
-            }
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-            throw new ConfigException(CONFIG_VALUE_ERROR, e);
-        }
-
-        return devicesAddresses;
-    }
-
-}