diff --git a/cta.spec.in b/cta.spec.in
index 3cbde302f1a4598023216ae22504b53c66cd3b21..980132934869badf897fa52ac0ae875f127ae405 100644
--- a/cta.spec.in
+++ b/cta.spec.in
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ The xroot plugin
 /usr/bin/getent passwd cta || /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/nologin -c "CTA system account" -g cta cta
 %files -n cta-frontend
 %defattr(0755,root,root)
-%{_libdir}/libXrdCtaOfs.so*
 %{_libdir}/libXrdSsiCta.so*
 %attr(0755,cta,cta) %dir /var/log/cta
 %attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) /etc/logrotate.d/cta-frontend
diff --git a/xroot_plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/xroot_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 00f3d03843ae9b2baa2c6c5ef9fc78b63e0a44a8..671223ef854917c9166bf1e679b41cedd908310f 100644
--- a/xroot_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/xroot_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,27 +48,27 @@ endif (OCCI_SUPPORT)
 #
 # XRootD OFS plugin for CTA Frontend (DEPRECATED)
 #
-add_library (XrdCtaOfs MODULE
-  ListArchiveFilesCmd.cpp
-  XrdCtaFilesystem.cpp
-  XrdCtaFile.cpp
-  XrdCtaDir.cpp)
-if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
-  # Add -Wno-implicit-fallthrough compiler flag if using gcc version 7 or greater
-  if (GCC_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 7 OR GCC_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 7)
-    set_property(SOURCE XrdCtaFile.cpp APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " -Wno-implicit-fallthrough")
-  endif (GCC_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 7 OR GCC_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 7)
-endif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
-
-set_property(TARGET XrdCtaOfs PROPERTY SOVERSION "${CTA_SOVERSION}")
-set_property(TARGET XrdCtaOfs PROPERTY   VERSION "${CTA_LIBVERSION}")
-target_link_libraries (XrdCtaOfs ctacatalogue ctascheduler ctacommon ctaobjectstore cryptopp)
-set_property (TARGET XrdCtaOfs APPEND PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH ${PROTOBUF3_RPATH})
-if (OCCI_SUPPORT)
-  set_property (TARGET XrdCtaOfs APPEND PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH ${ORACLE-INSTANTCLIENT_RPATH})
-endif (OCCI_SUPPORT)
-
-install (TARGETS XrdCtaOfs DESTINATION usr/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+#add_library (XrdCtaOfs MODULE
+#  ListArchiveFilesCmd.cpp
+#  XrdCtaFilesystem.cpp
+#  XrdCtaFile.cpp
+#  XrdCtaDir.cpp)
+#if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
+#  # Add -Wno-implicit-fallthrough compiler flag if using gcc version 7 or greater
+#  if (GCC_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 7 OR GCC_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 7)
+#    set_property(SOURCE XrdCtaFile.cpp APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " -Wno-implicit-fallthrough")
+#  endif (GCC_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 7 OR GCC_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 7)
+#endif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
+#
+#set_property(TARGET XrdCtaOfs PROPERTY SOVERSION "${CTA_SOVERSION}")
+#set_property(TARGET XrdCtaOfs PROPERTY   VERSION "${CTA_LIBVERSION}")
+#target_link_libraries (XrdCtaOfs ctacatalogue ctascheduler ctacommon ctaobjectstore cryptopp)
+#set_property (TARGET XrdCtaOfs APPEND PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH ${PROTOBUF3_RPATH})
+#if (OCCI_SUPPORT)
+#  set_property (TARGET XrdCtaOfs APPEND PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH ${ORACLE-INSTANTCLIENT_RPATH})
+#endif (OCCI_SUPPORT)
+#
+#install (TARGETS XrdCtaOfs DESTINATION usr/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 #
 ####################################################################################################
 
diff --git a/xroot_plugins/cta-frontend-xrootd.conf b/xroot_plugins/cta-frontend-xrootd.conf
index 062bbd45e3f42f4bd5be62fa2602557647dd7850..a16ff1431001c385335717881a5c10ab8ac653ea 100644
--- a/xroot_plugins/cta-frontend-xrootd.conf
+++ b/xroot_plugins/cta-frontend-xrootd.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Load the CTA SSI and OFS plugins
-xrootd.fslib libXrdSsi.so libXrdCtaOfs.so
+#xrootd.fslib libXrdSsi.so libXrdCtaOfs.so
+xrootd.fslib libXrdSsi.so
 
 # Specify which paths are handled by the OFS plugin
 #
@@ -8,10 +9,10 @@ xrootd.fslib libXrdSsi.so libXrdCtaOfs.so
 #
 # Y3Rh is the Base64 encoding of cta, so this string appears at the beginning
 # of all cta admin commands
-ssi.fspath /Y3Rh
+#ssi.fspath /Y3Rh
 # L3Vzci9iaW4vY3Rh is Base64 encoding of /usr/bin/cta which appears at
 # the beginning of commands called from the EOS WFE bash script
-ssi.fspath /L3Vzci9iaW4vY3Rh
+#ssi.fspath /L3Vzci9iaW4vY3Rh
 
 # Load the SSI module
 ssi.svclib libXrdSsiCta.so
@@ -41,5 +42,5 @@ all.export /ctafrontend nolock r/w
 # There can be more than one of these; anything that starts with the prefix
 # will go to the the underlying file system. Note that this prefix cannot be
 # a substring of '/ctafrontend', so it is not possible to simply export '/'.
-all.export /Y3Rh
-all.export /L3Vzci9iaW4vY3Rh
+#all.export /Y3Rh
+#all.export /L3Vzci9iaW4vY3Rh