diff --git a/common/CMakeLists.txt b/common/CMakeLists.txt
index d49c2f73315f6869f2d88edd3916d81b70976249..4e94819a076c3d372c070bd949265544af0c9a8a 100644
--- a/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ set (COMMON_LIB_SRC_FILES
   dataStructures/VerifyInfo.cpp
   dataStructures/WriteTestResult.cpp
   dataStructures/utils.cpp
-  archiveRoutes/ArchiveRoute.cpp
   checksum/Checksum.cpp
   exception/AcceptConnectionInterrupted.cpp
   exception/AcsQueryVolumeCmd.cpp
diff --git a/common/archiveRoutes/ArchiveRoute.cpp b/common/archiveRoutes/ArchiveRoute.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index cfb3f57899c96d658afd605cc5c219440abf5517..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/common/archiveRoutes/ArchiveRoute.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
- * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include "common/archiveRoutes/ArchiveRoute.hpp"
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// constructor
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cta::common::archiveRoute::ArchiveRoute::ArchiveRoute():
-  copyNb(0) {
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// destructor
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cta::common::archiveRoute::ArchiveRoute::~ArchiveRoute() throw() {
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// constructor
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cta::common::archiveRoute::ArchiveRoute::ArchiveRoute(
-  const std::string &storageClassName,
-  const uint16_t copyNb,
-  const std::string &tapePoolName,
-  const CreationLog &creationLog):
-  storageClassName(storageClassName),
-  copyNb(copyNb),
-  tapePoolName(tapePoolName),
-  creationLog(creationLog) {
-}
diff --git a/common/archiveRoutes/ArchiveRoute.hpp b/common/archiveRoutes/ArchiveRoute.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 737c2a3791c6f33c38d7d8fa25dc31b7ba8cefe3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/common/archiveRoutes/ArchiveRoute.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
- * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "common/UserIdentity.hpp"
-#include "common/CreationLog.hpp"
-
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <string>
-#include <time.h>
-
-namespace cta { namespace common { namespace archiveRoute {
-
-/**
- * An archive route.
- */
-struct ArchiveRoute {
-
-  /**
-   * Constructor.
-   */
-  ArchiveRoute();
-
-  /**
-   * Destructor.
-   */
-  ~ArchiveRoute() throw();
-
-  /**
-   * Constructor.
-   *
-   * @param storageClassName The name of the storage class that identifies the
-   * source disk files.
-   * @param copyNb The tape copy number.  Copy numbers start from 1.
-   * @param tapePoolName The name of the destination tape pool.
-   * @param creationLog The who, where, when an why of this modification.
-   * time is used.
-   */
-  ArchiveRoute(
-    const std::string &storageClassName,
-    const uint16_t copyNb,
-    const std::string &tapePoolName,
-    const CreationLog &creationLog);
-
-  /**
-   * The name of the storage class that identifies the source disk files.
-   */
-  std::string storageClassName;
-
-  /**
-   * The tape copy number.
-   */
-  uint32_t copyNb;
-
-  /**
-   * The name of the destination tape pool.
-   */
-  std::string tapePoolName;
-
-  /**
-   * The record of the entry's creation
-   */
-  CreationLog creationLog;
-
-}; // class ArchiveRoute
-
-}}} // namespace cta::common::archiveRoute 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scheduler/OStoreDB/OStoreDB.cpp b/scheduler/OStoreDB/OStoreDB.cpp
index 3c36de78ecbbfb979e9e6ea558f7aee7f068b0fa..d825dae4ac580e7ac4688b2b2e546703be226eef 100644
--- a/scheduler/OStoreDB/OStoreDB.cpp
+++ b/scheduler/OStoreDB/OStoreDB.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 //#include "objectstore/RetrieveRequest.hpp"
 #include "objectstore/Helpers.hpp"
 #include "common/exception/Exception.hpp"
-#include "common/archiveRoutes/ArchiveRoute.hpp"
 #include "common/utils/utils.hpp"
 #include "scheduler/LogicalLibrary.hpp"
 #include "common/dataStructures/MountPolicy.hpp"
diff --git a/scheduler/SchedulerDatabase.hpp b/scheduler/SchedulerDatabase.hpp
index 5b03fdc36f566ded4b26ac00b30470e8fa857837..5bbc23ee71cbc0d0e0c753e3b1803c25e78dc7f4 100644
--- a/scheduler/SchedulerDatabase.hpp
+++ b/scheduler/SchedulerDatabase.hpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "common/archiveRoutes/ArchiveRoute.hpp"
 #include "common/dataStructures/RetrieveFileQueueCriteria.hpp"
 #include "common/dataStructures/DriveState.hpp"
 #include "common/MountControl.hpp"
@@ -49,11 +48,6 @@
 
 namespace cta {
 // Forward declarations for opaque references.
-namespace common {
-namespace archiveRoute {
-  class ArchiveRoute;
-} // cta::common::archiveRoute
-} // cta::common
 class ArchiveRequest;
 class LogicalLibrary;
 class RetrieveRequestDump;
diff --git a/scheduler/SchedulerDatabaseTest.cpp b/scheduler/SchedulerDatabaseTest.cpp
index 74908b9945fc62db2f62de465524774a1a7a089c..2f4671fba538d5a95d1d39ea828cff7ce5252089 100644
--- a/scheduler/SchedulerDatabaseTest.cpp
+++ b/scheduler/SchedulerDatabaseTest.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "objectstore/BackendRadosTestSwitch.hpp"
 #include "tests/TestsCompileTimeSwitches.hpp"
 #include "common/UserIdentity.hpp"
-#include "common/archiveRoutes/ArchiveRoute.hpp"
 #include "scheduler/SchedulerDatabase.hpp"
 #include "scheduler/SchedulerDatabaseFactory.hpp"
 #include "common/dataStructures/SecurityIdentity.hpp"
diff --git a/scheduler/SchedulerTest.cpp b/scheduler/SchedulerTest.cpp
index a5b7a339744149e29446fe4dd89796bbaf448dd0..978f6e098fb9f69cbacb237c64682e2ff8948979 100644
--- a/scheduler/SchedulerTest.cpp
+++ b/scheduler/SchedulerTest.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 #include "catalogue/InMemoryCatalogue.hpp"
 #include "catalogue/SchemaCreatingSqliteCatalogue.hpp"
-#include "common/archiveRoutes/ArchiveRoute.hpp"
 #include "common/log/DummyLogger.hpp"
 #include "common/make_unique.hpp"
 #include "scheduler/ArchiveMount.hpp"