diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/exception/DismountFailed.cpp b/tapeserver/castor/exception/DismountFailed.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index c05fca4ee8380c05692071927eff4cdf08881cb6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tapeserver/castor/exception/DismountFailed.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/******************************************************************************
- *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  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 2
- * 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, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- * 
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-#include "castor/exception/DismountFailed.hpp"
-#include "serrno.h"
-
-
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Constructor
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-castor::exception::DismountFailed::DismountFailed():
-  castor::exception::Exception(ETDISMOUNTFAILED) {
-}
diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/exception/DismountFailed.hpp b/tapeserver/castor/exception/DismountFailed.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 1140b6dc8f7faede8cebd726bf39d21e5458955c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tapeserver/castor/exception/DismountFailed.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/******************************************************************************
- *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  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 2
- * 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, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- *
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "common/exception/Exception.hpp"
-
-namespace castor { namespace exception {
-
-    /**
-     * Failed to dismount volume.
-     */
-    class DismountFailed : public cta::exception::Exception {
-      
-    public:
-      
-      /**
-       * Constructor
-       */
-      DismountFailed();
-
-    }; // class DismountFailed
-
-} } // namespace castor exception
-
diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/mediachanger/DismountCmd.hpp b/tapeserver/castor/mediachanger/DismountCmd.hpp
index 9d8a0ff46b9ffcc159cc7bd786223f7905ca7d69..621653cd96571df8ae3de1792e9b9f8dc10fbd46 100644
--- a/tapeserver/castor/mediachanger/DismountCmd.hpp
+++ b/tapeserver/castor/mediachanger/DismountCmd.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 #include "castor/exception/InvalidArgument.hpp"
 #include "castor/exception/MissingOperand.hpp"
-#include "castor/exception/DismountFailed.hpp"
 #include "castor/mediachanger/CmdLineTool.hpp"
 #include "castor/mediachanger/DismountCmdLine.hpp"