diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/exception/Communication.cpp b/tapeserver/castor/exception/Communication.cpp
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index df8a0f8b9348e2365e2e196986ccc67a4f3cdd5e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tapeserver/castor/exception/Communication.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +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 Files
-#include "serrno.h"
-#include "castor/exception/Communication.hpp"
-
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Constructor
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-castor::exception::Communication::Communication(std::string requestId,
-                                                int errorCode) :
-  castor::exception::Exception(errorCode), m_requestId(requestId) {}
-
-
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Getting the request ID itself
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-std::string castor::exception::Communication::getRequestId() {
-  return m_requestId;
-}
diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/exception/Communication.hpp b/tapeserver/castor/exception/Communication.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index cc76802d0b38afea2ef3300994dbee1588a21dfc..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tapeserver/castor/exception/Communication.hpp
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-/******************************************************************************
- *
- * 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.
- *
- *
- * Communication error exception
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-#pragma once
-
-// Include Files
-#include "castor/exception/Exception.hpp"
-#include <string>
-
-namespace castor {
-
-  namespace exception {
-
-    /**
-     * Communication exception
-     */
-    class Communication : public castor::exception::Exception {
-      
-    public:
-      
-      /**
-       * Constructor
-       */
-      Communication(std::string requestId,
-                    int errorCode);
-      
-      /**
-        * Empty Destructor, explicitely non-throwing (needed for std::exception
-        * inheritance)
-        */
-      virtual ~Communication() throw() {}
-
-      std::string getRequestId();
-
-    private:
-      std::string m_requestId;
-
-    };
-
-
-      
-  } // end of namespace exception
-
-} // end of namespace castor
-