diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 96bedc494877b4a79cde961a5ff35163b02b5db6..19faead6aea16314f12fba2b06f331341d6909c4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ if (${COMPILE_PACKAGING} STREQUAL "1")
     RPMTools_ADD_RPM_TARGETS(
       ${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_NAME}.spec.in)
   endif (RPMTools_FOUND)
-  add_dependencies(cta_rpm cta_python_package_rpm)
 endif (${COMPILE_PACKAGING} STREQUAL "1")
 
 #add_custom_target(test test/castorUnitTests
diff --git a/cta.spec.in b/cta.spec.in
index 36e7e4ad911f64419dd39d09e910c17e345a8ccf..f015c7e3b23d0211848c78148108f0d987fffb12 100644
--- a/cta.spec.in
+++ b/cta.spec.in
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@ Summary: Tape aware garbage collector daemon to run on an EOS FST
 Group: Application/CTA
 Requires: eos-client
 Requires: python
-Requires: python-cta = %{version}-%{release}
 %description -n cta-fst-gcd
 cta-fst-gcd is a daemon that runs on an EOS FST and garbage
 collects EOS disk copies that have been safely stored to tape.
diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 77c3334d6eb477d2d84723222315f393d9f2f392..6ddf4d3aec1154dab7028858cc92809bcc0089e9 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,4 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
 
-#install (PROGRAMS cta-fst-gcd DESTINATION usr/bin)
-#install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cta-fst-gcd.1cta DESTINATION /usr/share/man/man1)
-
 add_subdirectory(eosfstgcd)
-add_subdirectory(package)
diff --git a/python/eosfstgcd/cta-fst-gcd b/python/eosfstgcd/cta-fst-gcd
index c9741a3679f04511a9e6f47db9f2c1de77813d88..bcd8c5d7ec5b9dcdc15af846f1272369020a5e12 100755
--- a/python/eosfstgcd/cta-fst-gcd
+++ b/python/eosfstgcd/cta-fst-gcd
@@ -16,6 +16,265 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-import cta.fst.gc
+import argparse
+import ConfigParser
+import datetime
+import getpass
+import logging
+import logging.config
+import os
+import re
+import socket
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
 
-cta.fst.gc.main()
+class UserError(Exception):
+  pass
+
+class Gc:
+  def get_env_mgmhost(self):
+    if "EOS_MGM_URL" in self.env:
+      mgm_url = self.env["EOS_MGM_URL"]
+      if mgm_url:
+        return re.sub("^x?root://", "", mgm_url)
+
+  def get_sysconfig_file_mgmhost(self, sysconfig_file):
+    for line in sysconfig_file:
+      mgmhostline = re.match("^EOS_MGM_HOST=.*", line)
+      if mgmhostline:
+        splitmgmhostline = mgmhostline.group(0).split('=')
+        if 2 == len(splitmgmhostline):
+          return splitmgmhostline[1]
+
+  def get_syconfig_mgmhost(self):
+    if os.path.isfile("/etc/sysconfig/eos_env"):
+      sysconfig_file = open("/etc/sysconfig/eos_env", "r")
+      return self.get_sysconfig_file_mgmhost(sysconfig_file)
+
+  def setmgmhost(self):
+    self.mgmhost = self.get_env_mgmhost()
+    if self.mgmhost:
+      return
+
+    self.mgmhost = self.get_syconfig_mgmhost()
+    if self.mgmhost:
+      return
+
+    raise Exception("Failed to determine the MGM host")
+
+  def configuredummylogging(self):
+    config = {
+      'version': 1,
+      'disable_existing_loggers': False,
+      'loggers': {
+        'gc' : {
+          'level': 'INFO'
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    logging.config.dictConfig(config)
+
+  def configurereallogging(self):
+    if None == self.logfilepath:
+      raise Exception("Cannot configure file based logging because the log file path has not been set")
+
+    loggingdir = os.path.dirname(self.logfilepath)
+    if not os.path.isdir(loggingdir):
+      raise UserError("The logging directory {} is not a directory or does not exist".format(loggingdir))
+    if not os.access(loggingdir, os.W_OK):
+      raise UserError("The logging directory {} cannot be written to by {}".format(loggingdir, self.programname))
+
+    config = {
+      'version': 1,
+      'disable_existing_loggers': False,
+      'formatters': { 
+        'stdout': { 
+            'format': '%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d000 %(levelname)s ' + self.programname +
+              ': LVL="%(levelname)s" PID="%(process)d" TID="%(process)d" MSG="%(message)s"',
+            'datefmt': '%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S'
+        }
+      },
+      'handlers': { 
+        'logfile': { 
+          'level': 'INFO',
+          'formatter': 'stdout',
+          'class': 'logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler',
+          'filename' : self.logfilepath,
+          'when' : 'midnight'
+        }
+      },
+      'loggers': {
+        'gc' : {
+          'handlers': ['logfile'],
+          'level': 'INFO'
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    # Failing to configure the logging system is usually a user error
+    try:
+      logging.config.dictConfig(config)
+    except Exception as err:
+      raise UserError(err)
+
+  def configurelogging(self):
+    if None == self.logfilepath:
+      self.configuredummylogging()
+    else:
+      self.configurereallogging()
+
+  def __init__(self, env, logfilepath = '/var/log/eos/fst/cta-fst-gcd.log'):
+    self.programname = 'cta-fst-gcd'
+    self.env = env
+    self.conffilepath = '/etc/cta/cta-fst-gcd.conf'
+    self.logfilepath = logfilepath
+    self.fqdn = socket.getfqdn()
+    self.localfilesystempaths = []
+
+  def eosfsls(self):
+    mgmurl = "root://{}".format(self.mgmhost)
+    cmd = "eos -r 0 0 {} fs ls -m".format(mgmurl)
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env["XrdSecPROTOCOL"] = "sss"
+    process = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=env)
+    stdout,stderr = process.communicate()
+    if 0 != process.returncode:
+      raise Exception(
+        "\n"
+        "Failed to to execute: {}\n"
+        "Return code         : {}\n"
+        "Return code strerror: {}\n"
+        "Standard error      : {}".format(cmd, process.returncode, os.strerror(process.returncode), stderr))
+  
+    result = []
+    lines = stdout.splitlines();
+    for l in lines:
+      linedict = {}
+      pairs = l.split()
+      for p in pairs:
+        splitpair = p.split('=')
+        if 2 == len(splitpair):
+          linedict[splitpair[0]] = splitpair[1]
+      if linedict:
+        result.append(linedict)
+
+    return result
+
+  def eosstagerrm(self, fxid):
+    logger = logging.getLogger('gc')
+    mgmurl = "root://{}".format(self.mgmhost)
+    cmd = "eos {} stagerrm fxid:{}".format(mgmurl, fxid)
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env["XrdSecPROTOCOL"] = "sss"
+    process = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=env)
+    stdout,stderr = process.communicate()
+    if 0 == process.returncode:
+      logger.info("Executed {}".format(cmd))
+
+  def processfile(self, subdir, fstfile):
+    statvfs = os.statvfs(subdir)
+    freebytes = statvfs.f_frsize * statvfs.f_bavail
+    spaceshouldefreed = freebytes < self.minfreebytes
+
+    if spaceshouldefreed:
+      fullpath = os.path.join(subdir,fstfile)
+      statinfo = os.stat(fullpath)
+      now = time.time()
+      agesecs = now - statinfo.st_ctime
+      if agesecs > self.gcagesecs:
+        self.eosstagerrm(fstfile)
+
+  def processfssubdir(self, subdir):
+    logger = logging.getLogger('gc')
+    fstfiles = [f for f in os.listdir(subdir)
+      if re.match('^[0-9A-Fa-f]{8}$', f) and os.path.isfile(os.path.join(subdir, f))]
+    for fstfile in fstfiles:
+      self.processfile(subdir, fstfile)
+
+  def processfs(self, path):
+    fssubdirs = [os.path.join(path, f) for f in os.listdir(path)
+      if re.match('^[0-9A-Fa-f]{8}$', f) and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(path, f))]
+    for fssubdir in fssubdirs:
+      self.processfssubdir(fssubdir)
+
+  def logfilesystempaths(self):
+    logger = logging.getLogger('gc')
+    logger.info('Number of local file systems is {}'.format(len(self.localfilesystempaths)))
+    i = 0
+    for path in self.localfilesystempaths:
+      statvfs = os.statvfs(path)
+      freebytes = statvfs.f_frsize * statvfs.f_bavail
+      logger.info('Local file system {}: path={} freebytes={}'.format(i, path, freebytes))
+      i = i + 1
+
+  def processallfs(self):
+    filesystems = self.eosfsls()
+    newlocalfilesystempaths = [fs["path"] for fs in filesystems if "path" in fs and "host" in fs and self.fqdn == fs["host"]]
+    if newlocalfilesystempaths != self.localfilesystempaths:
+      self.localfilesystempaths = newlocalfilesystempaths
+      self.logfilesystempaths();
+    for path in self.localfilesystempaths:
+      self.processfs(path)
+
+  def logconf(self):
+    logger = logging.getLogger('gc')
+    logger.info("config minfreebytes={}".format(self.minfreebytes))
+    logger.info("config gcagesecs={}".format(self.gcagesecs))
+
+  def readconf(self):
+    if not os.path.isfile(self.conffilepath):
+      raise UserError("The configuration file {} is not a directory or does not exist".format(self.conffilepath))
+    if not os.access(self.conffilepath, os.R_OK):
+      raise UserError("The configuration file {} cannot be read by {}".format(self.conffilepath, self.programname))
+
+    config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+    config.read(self.conffilepath)
+
+    try:
+      self.minfreebytes = config.getint('main', 'minfreebytes')
+      self.gcagesecs = config.getint('main', 'gcagesecs')
+    except ConfigParser.Error as err:
+      raise UserError("Error with configuration file {}: {}".format(self.conffilepath, err))
+
+  def run(self):
+    username = getpass.getuser()
+    if 'daemon' != username:
+      raise UserError('{} must be executed as user daemon and not user {}'.format(self.programname, username))
+
+    self.setmgmhost()
+
+    self.configurelogging()
+    logger = logging.getLogger('gc')
+    logger.info('{} started'.format(self.programname))
+    logger.info('The EOS MGM host is {}'.format(self.mgmhost))
+    logger.info('The fqdn of this machine is {}'.format(self.fqdn))
+    self.readconf()
+    self.logconf()
+
+    minperiod = 300 # In seconds
+
+    while True:
+      before = time.time()
+      self.processallfs()
+      after = time.time()
+      period = after - before
+      if period < minperiod:
+        sleeptime = minperiod - period
+        logger.debug('Sleeping {} seconds'.format(sleeptime))
+        time.sleep(sleeptime)
+
+def main():
+  programname = 'cta-fst-gcd'
+
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+  args = parser.parse_args()
+
+  gc = Gc(os.environ)
+
+  try:
+    gc.run()
+  except UserError as err:
+    print "User error: {}".format(err)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  main()
diff --git a/python/package/CMakeLists.txt b/python/package/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f6c3d55e7f104744ee746311e07773d2c24c634b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/python/package/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +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/>.
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
-
-find_package (python REQUIRED)
-
-configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/setup.py.in
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/setup.py)
-
-set (CTA_PYTHON_PACKAGE_SRC_FILES
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cta/__init__.py
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cta/fst/__init__.py
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cta/fst/gc.py
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cta/exceptions.py)
-
-set (CTA_PYTHON_PACKAGE_RPMS
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dist/python-cta-${CTA_VERSION}.${CTA_RELEASE}.noarch.rpm
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dist/python-cta-${CTA_VERSION}.${CTA_RELEASE}.src.rpm)
-
-add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CTA_PYTHON_PACKAGE_RPMS}
-  COMMAND ${PYTHON_PROGRAM} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/setup.py bdist_rpm --release ${CTA_RELEASE}.el7.cern
-  DEPENDS ${CTA_PYTHON_PACKAGE_SRC_FILES})
-
-add_custom_target(cta_python_package_rpm DEPENDS ${CTA_PYTHON_PACKAGE_RPMS})
diff --git a/python/package/LICENSE b/python/package/LICENSE
deleted file mode 100644
index 94a9ed024d3859793618152ea559a168bbcbb5e2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/python/package/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,674 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/python/package/README b/python/package/README
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c65fcc67a171cef04c03741f746b71d9442d365..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/python/package/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-The tape aware FST garbage collector implemented under the CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project.
diff --git a/python/package/cta/__init__.py b/python/package/cta/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c8499d1436375d1eee5be5c6395815deb09c3d16..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/python/package/cta/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +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/>.
-
diff --git a/python/package/cta/exceptions.py b/python/package/cta/exceptions.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 28277cb194c17dbd4e1a86d3ddeee944f24975a4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/python/package/cta/exceptions.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +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/>.
-
-class UserError(Exception):
-  pass
diff --git a/python/package/cta/fst/__init__.py b/python/package/cta/fst/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c8499d1436375d1eee5be5c6395815deb09c3d16..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/python/package/cta/fst/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +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/>.
-
diff --git a/python/package/cta/fst/gc.py b/python/package/cta/fst/gc.py
deleted file mode 100755
index c6fdb09de3fc4b0b932e7958711aaa03c6bc24b0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/python/package/cta/fst/gc.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,275 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/python
-
-# 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/>.
-
-import argparse
-import ConfigParser
-import datetime
-import getpass
-import logging
-import logging.config
-import os
-import re
-import socket
-import subprocess
-import sys
-import time
-
-from cta.exceptions import UserError
-
-class Gc:
-  def get_env_mgmhost(self):
-    if "EOS_MGM_URL" in self.env:
-      mgm_url = self.env["EOS_MGM_URL"]
-      if mgm_url:
-        return re.sub("^x?root://", "", mgm_url)
-
-  def get_sysconfig_file_mgmhost(self, sysconfig_file):
-    for line in sysconfig_file:
-      mgmhostline = re.match("^EOS_MGM_HOST=.*", line)
-      if mgmhostline:
-        splitmgmhostline = mgmhostline.group(0).split('=')
-        if 2 == len(splitmgmhostline):
-          return splitmgmhostline[1]
-
-  def get_syconfig_mgmhost(self):
-    if os.path.isfile("/etc/sysconfig/eos_env"):
-      sysconfig_file = open("/etc/sysconfig/eos_env", "r")
-      return self.get_sysconfig_file_mgmhost(sysconfig_file)
-
-  def setmgmhost(self):
-    self.mgmhost = self.get_env_mgmhost()
-    if self.mgmhost:
-      return
-
-    self.mgmhost = self.get_syconfig_mgmhost()
-    if self.mgmhost:
-      return
-
-    raise Exception("Failed to determine the MGM host")
-
-  def configuredummylogging(self):
-    config = {
-      'version': 1,
-      'disable_existing_loggers': False,
-      'loggers': {
-        'gc' : {
-          'level': 'INFO'
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    logging.config.dictConfig(config)
-
-  def configurereallogging(self):
-    if None == self.logfilepath:
-      raise Exception("Cannot configure file based logging because the log file path has not been set")
-
-    loggingdir = os.path.dirname(self.logfilepath)
-    if not os.path.isdir(loggingdir):
-      raise UserError("The logging directory {} is not a directory or does not exist".format(loggingdir))
-    if not os.access(loggingdir, os.W_OK):
-      raise UserError("The logging directory {} cannot be written to by {}".format(loggingdir, self.programname))
-
-    config = {
-      'version': 1,
-      'disable_existing_loggers': False,
-      'formatters': { 
-        'stdout': { 
-            'format': '%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d000 %(levelname)s ' + self.programname +
-              ': LVL="%(levelname)s" PID="%(process)d" TID="%(process)d" MSG="%(message)s"',
-            'datefmt': '%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S'
-        }
-      },
-      'handlers': { 
-        'logfile': { 
-          'level': 'INFO',
-          'formatter': 'stdout',
-          'class': 'logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler',
-          'filename' : self.logfilepath,
-          'when' : 'midnight'
-        }
-      },
-      'loggers': {
-        'gc' : {
-          'handlers': ['logfile'],
-          'level': 'INFO'
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    # Failing to configure the logging system is usually a user error
-    try:
-      logging.config.dictConfig(config)
-    except Exception as err:
-      raise UserError(err)
-
-  def configurelogging(self):
-    if None == self.logfilepath:
-      self.configuredummylogging()
-    else:
-      self.configurereallogging()
-
-  def __init__(self, env, logfilepath = '/var/log/eos/fst/cta-fst-gcd.log'):
-    self.programname = 'cta-fst-gcd'
-    self.env = env
-    self.conffilepath = '/etc/cta/cta-fst-gcd.conf'
-    self.logfilepath = logfilepath
-    self.fqdn = socket.getfqdn()
-    self.localfilesystempaths = []
-
-  def eosfsls(self):
-    mgmurl = "root://{}".format(self.mgmhost)
-    cmd = "eos -r 0 0 {} fs ls -m".format(mgmurl)
-    env = os.environ.copy()
-    env["XrdSecPROTOCOL"] = "sss"
-    process = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=env)
-    stdout,stderr = process.communicate()
-    if 0 != process.returncode:
-      raise Exception(
-        "\n"
-        "Failed to to execute: {}\n"
-        "Return code         : {}\n"
-        "Return code strerror: {}\n"
-        "Standard error      : {}".format(cmd, process.returncode, os.strerror(process.returncode), stderr))
-  
-    result = []
-    lines = stdout.splitlines();
-    for l in lines:
-      linedict = {}
-      pairs = l.split()
-      for p in pairs:
-        splitpair = p.split('=')
-        if 2 == len(splitpair):
-          linedict[splitpair[0]] = splitpair[1]
-      if linedict:
-        result.append(linedict)
-
-    return result
-
-  def eosstagerrm(self, fxid):
-    logger = logging.getLogger('gc')
-    mgmurl = "root://{}".format(self.mgmhost)
-    cmd = "eos {} stagerrm fxid:{}".format(self.mgmurl, fxid)
-    env = os.environ.copy()
-    env["XrdSecPROTOCOL"] = "sss"
-    process = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=env)
-    stdout,stderr = process.communicate()
-    if 0 == process.returncode:
-      logger.info("Executed {}".format(cmd))
-
-  def processfile(self, subdir, fstfile):
-    statvfs = os.statvfs(subdir)
-    spaceshouldefreed = statvfs.f_frsize * statvfs.f_bavail > self.minfreebytes
-
-    if spaceshouldefreed:
-      fullpath = os.path.join(subdir,fstfile)
-      statinfo = os.stat(fullpath)
-      now = time.time()
-      agesecs = now - statinfo.st_ctime
-      if agesecs > self.gcagesecs:
-        self.eosstagerrm(fstfile)
-
-  def processfssubdir(self, subdir):
-    logger = logging.getLogger('gc')
-    fstfiles = [f for f in os.listdir(subdir)
-      if re.match('^[0-9A-Fa-f]{8}$', f) and os.path.isfile(os.path.join(subdir, f))]
-    for fstfile in fstfiles:
-      self.processfile(subdir, fstfile)
-
-  def processfs(self, path):
-    fssubdirs = [os.path.join(path, f) for f in os.listdir(path)
-      if re.match('^[0-9A-Fa-f]{8}$', f) and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(path, f))]
-    for fssubdir in fssubdirs:
-      self.processfssubdir(fssubdir)
-
-  def logfilesystempaths(self):
-    logger = logging.getLogger('gc')
-    logger.info('Number of local file systems is {}'.format(len(self.localfilesystempaths)))
-    i = 0
-    for path in self.localfilesystempaths:
-      logger.info('Local file system {}: {}'.format(i, path))
-      i = i + 1
-
-  def processallfs(self):
-    filesystems = self.eosfsls()
-    newlocalfilesystempaths = [fs["path"] for fs in filesystems if "path" in fs and "host" in fs and self.fqdn == fs["host"]]
-    if newlocalfilesystempaths != self.localfilesystempaths:
-      self.localfilesystempaths = newlocalfilesystempaths
-      self.logfilesystempaths();
-    for path in self.localfilesystempaths:
-      self.processfs(path)
-
-  def logconf(self):
-    logger = logging.getLogger('gc')
-    logger.info("config minfreebytes={}".format(self.minfreebytes))
-    logger.info("config gcagesecs={}".format(self.gcagesecs))
-
-  def readconf(self):
-    if not os.path.isfile(self.conffilepath):
-      raise UserError("The configuration file {} is not a directory or does not exist".format(self.conffilepath))
-    if not os.access(self.conffilepath, os.R_OK):
-      raise UserError("The configuration file {} cannot be read by {}".format(self.conffilepath, self.programname))
-
-    config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
-    config.read(self.conffilepath)
-
-    try:
-      self.minfreebytes = config.get('main', 'minfreebytes')
-      self.gcagesecs = config.get('main', 'gcagesecs')
-    except ConfigParser.Error as err:
-      raise UserError("Error with configuration file {}: {}".format(self.conffilepath, err))
-
-  def run(self):
-    username = getpass.getuser()
-    if 'daemon' != username:
-      raise UserError('{} must be executed as user daemon and not user {}'.format(self.programname, username))
-
-    self.setmgmhost()
-
-    self.configurelogging()
-    logger = logging.getLogger('gc')
-    logger.info('{} started'.format(self.programname))
-    logger.info('The fqdn of this machine is {}'.format(self.fqdn))
-    self.readconf()
-    self.logconf()
-
-    minperiod = 300 # In seconds
-
-    while True:
-      before = time.time()
-      self.processallfs()
-      after = time.time()
-      period = after - before
-      if period < minperiod:
-        sleeptime = minperiod - period
-        logger.debug('Sleeping {} seconds'.format(sleeptime))
-        time.sleep(sleeptime)
-
-def main():
-  programname = 'cta-fst-gcd'
-
-  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-  args = parser.parse_args()
-
-  gc = Gc(os.environ)
-
-  try:
-    gc.run()
-  except UserError as err:
-    print "User error: {}".format(err)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-  main()
diff --git a/python/package/cta/fst/test_Gc.py b/python/package/cta/fst/test_Gc.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 53b0f4c7c72b97a567dc3e5cbff7f02ea1f306b5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/python/package/cta/fst/test_Gc.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/python
-
-# 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/>.
-
-import cStringIO
-import unittest
-
-from cta.fst.gc import Gc
-
-class GcTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
-  def setUp(self):
-    self.programname = "test"
-    self.minfreebytes = 1
-    self.gcagesecs = 1
-    self.cmdline_mgmhost = None
-    self.logfilepath = None
-
-  def tearDown(self):
-    pass
-
-  def test_get_env_mgmhost_hostname(self):
-    hostname = "hostname";
-    env = {"EOS_MGM_URL" : hostname}
-    gc = Gc(self.programname, env, self.minfreebytes, self.gcagesecs, self.cmdline_mgmhost, self.logfilepath)
-    self.assertEqual(hostname, gc.get_env_mgmhost())
-
-  def test_get_env_mgmhost_root_hostname(self):
-    hostname = "hostname";
-    env = {"EOS_MGM_URL" : "root://" + hostname}
-    gc = Gc(self.programname, env, self.minfreebytes, self.gcagesecs, self.cmdline_mgmhost, self.logfilepath)
-    self.assertEqual(hostname, gc.get_env_mgmhost())
-
-  def test_get_env_mgmhost_xroot_hostname(self):
-    hostname = "hostname";
-    env = {"EOS_MGM_URL" : "xroot://" + hostname}
-    gc = Gc(self.programname, env, self.minfreebytes, self.gcagesecs, self.cmdline_mgmhost, self.logfilepath)
-    self.assertEqual(hostname, gc.get_env_mgmhost())
-
-  def test_get_env_mgmhost_none(self):
-    env = {}
-    gc = Gc(self.programname, env, self.minfreebytes, self.gcagesecs, self.cmdline_mgmhost, self.logfilepath)
-    self.assertEqual(None, gc.get_env_mgmhost())
-
-  def test_get_sysconfig_file_mgmhost(self):
-    hostname = "hostname";
-    sysconfig_file = cStringIO.StringIO()
-    sysconfig_file.write("EOS_MGM_HOST=" + hostname + "\n")
-    sysconfig_file.seek(0)
-    env = {}
-    gc = Gc(self.programname, env, self.minfreebytes, self.gcagesecs, self.cmdline_mgmhost, self.logfilepath)
-    self.assertEqual(hostname, gc.get_sysconfig_file_mgmhost(sysconfig_file))
-
-  def test_get_sysconfig_file_mgmhost_empty(self):
-    sysconfig_file = cStringIO.StringIO()
-    env = {}
-    gc = Gc(self.programname, env, self.minfreebytes, self.gcagesecs, self.cmdline_mgmhost, self.logfilepath)
-    self.assertEqual(None, gc.get_sysconfig_file_mgmhost(sysconfig_file))
diff --git a/python/package/setup.py.in b/python/package/setup.py.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c7d1bbffa7680587b17f6d74ab797b935251432..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/python/package/setup.py.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-from distutils.core import setup
-
-setup(
-  name='python-cta',
-  version='@CTA_VERSION@',
-  package_dir={
-    '': '@CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@'
-  },
-  packages=['cta', 'cta.fst'],
-  license='GPLv3+',
-  long_description=open('@CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/README').read(),
-)
diff --git a/python/package/test_cta_fst.py b/python/package/test_cta_fst.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 703b34ab3e90a6297f1ffeaad4d96c37699d2bd6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/python/package/test_cta_fst.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/python
-
-# 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/>.
-
-import cta.fst.test_Gc
-import unittest
-
-suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(cta.fst.test_Gc.GcTestCase)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-  unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)