diff --git a/patterns/hexagonal/pom.xml b/patterns/hexagonal/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f6cbf176b..0000000000
--- a/patterns/hexagonal/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <artifactId>hexagonal</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0</version>
-    <name>hexagonal</name>
-    <description>A quick and practical example of Hexagonal Architecture in Java</description>
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
-        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/WeatherForecasterApp.java b/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/WeatherForecasterApp.java
deleted file mode 100644
index fb21f9a877..0000000000
--- a/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/WeatherForecasterApp.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal;
-
-import com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.repository.RepositoryFactory;
-import com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.repository.WeatherRepository;
-import com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.service.WeatherForecasterService;
-import com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.ui.WeatherForecasterConsoleUI;
-import com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.ui.WeatherForecasterUI;
-
-public class WeatherForecasterApp {
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
-        WeatherRepository repository = RepositoryFactory.getMockWeatherRepository();
-        WeatherForecasterService service = new WeatherForecasterService(repository);
-        WeatherForecasterUI ui = new WeatherForecasterConsoleUI(service);
-
-        ui.start();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/MockWeatherRepository.java b/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/MockWeatherRepository.java
deleted file mode 100644
index cdb68b9086..0000000000
--- a/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/MockWeatherRepository.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.repository;
-
-public class MockWeatherRepository implements WeatherRepository {
-    @Override
-    public double getTemperature(String location) {
-        switch (location) {
-        case "cluj-napoca":
-            return 17;
-        case "bucharest":
-            return 22;
-        case "new york":
-            return 15;
-        default:
-            return 20;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/RepositoryFactory.java b/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/RepositoryFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d1c74f4b6d..0000000000
--- a/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/RepositoryFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.repository;
-
-public class RepositoryFactory {
-    private RepositoryFactory() {
-        super();
-    }
-
-    public static WeatherRepository getMockWeatherRepository() {
-        return new MockWeatherRepository();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/WeatherRepository.java b/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/WeatherRepository.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c41c712ec..0000000000
--- a/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/WeatherRepository.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.repository;
-
-public interface WeatherRepository {
-    double getTemperature(String location);
-}
diff --git a/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/service/WeatherForecasterService.java b/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/service/WeatherForecasterService.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c39f01235b..0000000000
--- a/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/service/WeatherForecasterService.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.service;
-
-import com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.repository.WeatherRepository;
-
-public class WeatherForecasterService {
-    private final WeatherRepository repository;
-
-    public WeatherForecasterService(WeatherRepository repository) {
-        this.repository = repository;
-    }
-
-    public double forecast(String location) {
-        String normalizedLocation = getNormalizedLocation(location);
-        return repository.getTemperature(normalizedLocation);
-    }
-
-    private String getNormalizedLocation(String location) {
-        return location == null ? "" : location.toLowerCase();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/ui/WeatherForecasterConsoleUI.java b/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/ui/WeatherForecasterConsoleUI.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3877563694..0000000000
--- a/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/ui/WeatherForecasterConsoleUI.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.ui;
-
-import com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.service.WeatherForecasterService;
-
-import java.io.PrintStream;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.Scanner;
-
-public class WeatherForecasterConsoleUI implements WeatherForecasterUI {
-    private WeatherForecasterService service;
-    private Scanner in;
-    private PrintStream out;
-
-    public WeatherForecasterConsoleUI(WeatherForecasterService service) {
-        this.service = service;
-        this.in = new Scanner(System.in);
-        this.out = new PrintStream(System.out, true, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void start() {
-        String input = getInput();
-        while (isNotExit(input)) {
-            showTemperature(input);
-            input = getInput();
-        }
-        stop();
-    }
-
-    private String getInput() {
-        out.print("Location: ");
-        return in.nextLine();
-    }
-
-    private boolean isNotExit(String input) {
-        return !input.equalsIgnoreCase("exit");
-    }
-
-    private void showTemperature(String input) {
-        double temperature = service.forecast(input);
-        out.printf("%.2f\u00B0C%n", temperature);
-    }
-
-    private void stop() {
-        in.close();
-        out.close();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/ui/WeatherForecasterUI.java b/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/ui/WeatherForecasterUI.java
deleted file mode 100644
index da25cec7bb..0000000000
--- a/patterns/hexagonal/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/ui/WeatherForecasterUI.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.ui;
-
-public interface WeatherForecasterUI {
-    void start();
-}
diff --git a/patterns/pom.xml b/patterns/pom.xml
index be419ace86..112eecb606 100644
--- a/patterns/pom.xml
+++ b/patterns/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+<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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>patterns</artifactId>
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
         <module>cqrs-es</module>
         <module>front-controller</module>
         <module>hexagonal-architecture</module>
-        <module>hexagonal</module>
         <module>intercepting-filter</module>
         <module>solid</module>
         <module>clean-architecture</module>