diff --git a/mediachanger/AcsProxyZmqSingleton.cpp b/mediachanger/AcsProxyZmqSingleton.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 572807d11ff7f314b479d6c415cc6bbe676beb93..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/mediachanger/AcsProxyZmqSingleton.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +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/exception/Exception.hpp"
-#include "common/utils/utils.hpp"
-#include "mediachanger/AcsProxyZmqSingleton.hpp"
-
-namespace cta {
-namespace mediachanger {
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// s_mutex
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-std::mutex AcsProxyZmqSingleton::s_mutex;
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// s_instance
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-std::unique_ptr<AcsProxyZmqSingleton> AcsProxyZmqSingleton::s_instance;
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// instance
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-AcsProxyZmqSingleton &AcsProxyZmqSingleton::instance(void *const zmqContext) {
-  try {
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(s_mutex);
-
-    if(nullptr == s_instance) {
-      s_instance.reset(new AcsProxyZmqSingleton(zmqContext));
-    }
-    return *s_instance;
-  } catch(exception::Exception &ex) {
-    throw exception::Exception(std::string(__FUNCTION__) + " failed: " + ex.getMessage().str());
-  }
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// constructor
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-AcsProxyZmqSingleton::AcsProxyZmqSingleton(void *const zmqContext, const unsigned short serverPort) throw():
-  AcsProxyZmq(zmqContext, serverPort) {
-}
-
-} // namespace mediachanger
-} // namespace cta
diff --git a/mediachanger/AcsProxyZmqSingleton.hpp b/mediachanger/AcsProxyZmqSingleton.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index c0dd110766bca35f6d331c3a1fab3571b6eeb094..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/mediachanger/AcsProxyZmqSingleton.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +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 "mediachanger/Constants.hpp"
-#include "mediachanger/AcsProxyZmq.hpp"
-
-#include <memory>
-#include <mutex>
-
-namespace cta {
-namespace mediachanger {
-
-/**
- * A singleton class.
- */
-class AcsProxyZmqSingleton: public AcsProxyZmq {
-public:
-
-  /**
-   * Delete the default constructor.
-   */
-  AcsProxyZmqSingleton() = delete;
-
-  /**
-   * Delete the copy constructor.
-   */
-  AcsProxyZmqSingleton(const AcsProxyZmqSingleton&) = delete;
-
-  /**
-   * Delete the move constructor.
-   */
-  AcsProxyZmqSingleton(AcsProxyZmqSingleton&&) = delete;
-
-  /**
-   * Delete the copy assignment oprator.
-   */
-  AcsProxyZmqSingleton &operator=(const AcsProxyZmqSingleton&) = delete;
-
-  /**
-   * Delete the move assignment oprator.
-   */
-  AcsProxyZmqSingleton &operator=(AcsProxyZmqSingleton&&) = delete;
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the singleton instance.
-   *
-   * @param zmqContext The ZMQ context to be used to construct the instance if
-   * the instance does not already exist.
-   * @return the singleton instance.
-   */
-  static AcsProxyZmqSingleton &instance(void *const zmqContext);
-
-private:
-
-  /**
-   * Provate constructor to only be used by the instance() method.
-   *
-   * @param zmqContext The ZMQ context.
-   * @param serverPort The TCP/IP port on which the CASTOR ACS daemon is
-   * listening for ZMQ messages.
-   */
-  AcsProxyZmqSingleton(void *const zmqContext, const unsigned short serverPort = ACS_PORT) throw();
-
-  /**
-   * Mutex used to implement a critical region around the implementation of the
-   * instance() method.
-   */
-  static std::mutex s_mutex;
-
-  /**
-   * The single instance.
-   */
-  static std::unique_ptr<AcsProxyZmqSingleton> s_instance;
-
-}; // class AcsProxyZmqSingleton
-
-} // namespace mediachanger
-} // namespace cta
diff --git a/mediachanger/CMakeLists.txt b/mediachanger/CMakeLists.txt
index 80f8edbb08af4869377d91ff5746da5170e1e8fc..ef15b0556c8c4b838bafc17cef376c0d83684c06 100644
--- a/mediachanger/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mediachanger/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ PROTOBUF_GENERATE_CPP(ProtoSources ProtoHeaders ${ProtoFiles})
 set (MEDIACHANGER_LIB_SRC_FILES
   AcsLibrarySlot.cpp
   AcsProxyZmq.cpp
-  AcsProxyZmqSingleton.cpp
   CmdLine.cpp
   CmdLineTool.cpp
   CommonMarshal.cpp