diff --git a/archiva-discoverer/pom.xml b/archiva-discoverer/pom.xml
index 6dcd73f97..15eca39ce 100755
--- a/archiva-discoverer/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-discoverer/pom.xml
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
   <artifactId>archiva-discoverer</artifactId>
   <name>Archiva Artifact Discoverer</name>
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>archiva-utils</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
diff --git a/archiva-indexer/pom.xml b/archiva-indexer/pom.xml
index 7bf3125cc..718397e99 100644
--- a/archiva-indexer/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-indexer/pom.xml
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>archiva-utils</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-digest</artifactId>
diff --git a/archiva-reports-standard/pom.xml b/archiva-reports-standard/pom.xml
index 29cc5b48c..74c1c1c73 100755
--- a/archiva-reports-standard/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-reports-standard/pom.xml
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>archiva-utils</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-repository-layer</artifactId>
diff --git a/archiva-utils/pom.xml b/archiva-utils/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5225338f0..000000000
--- a/archiva-utils/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software 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.
-  -->
-
-<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.apache.maven.archiva</groupId>
-    <artifactId>archiva</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <artifactId>archiva-utils</artifactId>
-  <name>Archiva Digester Utilities</name>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/archiva-utils/src/test/resources/test-file.txt b/archiva-utils/src/test/resources/test-file.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ece41df91..000000000
--- a/archiva-utils/src/test/resources/test-file.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-the quick brown fox, and all that
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2d6bc4c7..15e8360c4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@
     <module>archiva-discoverer</module>
     <module>archiva-reports-standard</module>
     <module>archiva-indexer</module>
-    <module>archiva-utils</module>
     <module>archiva-webapp</module>
     <module>archiva-proxy</module>
     <module>archiva-core</module>
@@ -234,11 +233,6 @@
         <artifactId>archiva-proxy</artifactId>
         <version>${pom.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.archiva</groupId>
-        <artifactId>archiva-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>${pom.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.archiva</groupId>
         <artifactId>archiva-applet</artifactId>