diff --git a/cta-dcache/CMakeLists.txt b/cta-dcache/CMakeLists.txt
index 99784ce9ea7019fbb9b59bf3a23cd190a5488666..6875832b1af78046121fddeb9052bff32ed9c2cd 100644
--- a/cta-dcache/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cta-dcache/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # @project        The CERN Tape Archive (CTA)
-# @copyright      2021 DESY
+# @copyright      Copyright(C) 2021 DESY
 # @license        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
@@ -15,4 +15,48 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
 
-add_subdirectory(gRPC)
+find_package(Protobuf3 REQUIRED)
+find_package(GRPC REQUIRED)
+
+include_directories(${PROTOBUF3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+set(PROTOBUF_CTADCACHE_DIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cta-dcache/grpc-proto/protobuf)
+file(GLOB ProtoFilesCtaDcache "${PROTOBUF_CTADCACHE_DIR}/*.proto")
+
+# depends on CTA_EOS definitions
+set(PROTOBUF_EOS_CTA_DIR ${XRD_SSI_PB_DIR}/eos_cta/protobuf)
+file(GLOB ProtoFilesEosCta "${PROTOBUF_EOS_CTA_DIR}/*.proto")
+
+set(PROTOBUF3_INCLUDE_PATH "${PROTOBUF_EOS_CTA_DIR}:${PROTOBUF_CTADCACHE_DIR}:${PROTOBUF3_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+PROTOBUF3_GENERATE_CPP(ProtoSourcesCtaDcache ProtoHeadersCtaDcache ${ProtoFilesCtaDcache})
+
+set(GRPC_PROTOBUF_PATH "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cta-dcache")
+set(PROTOBUF3_IMPORT_DIRS "${PROTOBUF_EOS_CTA_DIR}:${PROTOBUF3_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+grpc_generate_cpp(ProtoGrpcSourcesCtaDcache ProtoGrpcHeadersCtaDcache ${GRPC_PROTOBUF_PATH} ${ProtoFilesCtaDcache})
+
+set_source_files_properties(
+        ${ProtoSourcesCtaDcache} ${ProtoHeadersCtaDcache}
+        ${ProtoGrpcSourcesCtaDcache} ${ProtoGrpcHeadersCtaDcache}
+        PROPERTIES GENERATED TRUE)
+
+foreach(PROTO_SRC ${ProtoSourcesCtaDcache} ${ProtoGrpcSourcesCtaDcache})
+    set_property(SOURCE ${PROTO_SRC} PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " -Wno-missing-field-initializers -fPIC -Wno-narrowing -Wno-implicit-fallthrough")
+    # Add -Wno-narrowing -Wno-implicit-fallthrough compiler flags if using gcc version 7 or greater
+    if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
+        if(GCC_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 7 OR GCC_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 7)
+            set_property(SOURCE ${PROTO_SRC} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " -Wno-narrowing -Wno-implicit-fallthrough")
+        endif(GCC_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 7 OR GCC_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 7)
+    endif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
+endforeach(PROTO_SRC)
+
+include_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cta-dcache ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/eos_cta
+                    ${PROTOBUF3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+add_executable(cta-dcache FrontendGRpcSvc.cpp ${ProtoSourcesCtaDcache} ${ProtoGrpcSourcesCtaDcache})
+
+target_link_libraries(cta-dcache ${PROTOBUF3_LIBRARIES} ${GRPC_GRPC++_LIBRARY}
+        ctascheduler ctacommon ctaobjectstore ctacatalogue)
+set_property(TARGET cta-dcache APPEND PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH ${PROTOBUF3_RPATH})
+
+install(TARGETS cta-dcache DESTINATION usr/bin)
+install (FILES cta-dcache.service DESTINATION etc/systemd/system)
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diff --git a/cta-dcache/gRPC/FrontendGRpcSvc.cpp b/cta-dcache/FrontendGRpcSvc.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from cta-dcache/gRPC/FrontendGRpcSvc.cpp
rename to cta-dcache/FrontendGRpcSvc.cpp
diff --git a/cta-dcache/gRPC/FrontendGRpcSvc.h b/cta-dcache/FrontendGRpcSvc.h
similarity index 100%
rename from cta-dcache/gRPC/FrontendGRpcSvc.h
rename to cta-dcache/FrontendGRpcSvc.h
diff --git a/cta-dcache/gRPC/cta-dcache.service b/cta-dcache/cta-dcache.service
similarity index 100%
rename from cta-dcache/gRPC/cta-dcache.service
rename to cta-dcache/cta-dcache.service
diff --git a/cta-dcache/gRPC/CMakeLists.txt b/cta-dcache/gRPC/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a5a1242eda75b10855b2e8871e900585054d1e2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/cta-dcache/gRPC/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-# @project        The CERN Tape Archive (CTA)
-# @copyright      Copyright(C) 2021 DESY
-# @license        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(Protobuf3 REQUIRED)
-find_package(GRPC REQUIRED)
-
-include_directories(${PROTOBUF3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-
-set(PROTOBUF_CTADCACHE_DIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cta-dcache/grpc-proto/protobuf)
-file(GLOB ProtoFilesCtaDcache "${PROTOBUF_CTADCACHE_DIR}/*.proto")
-
-# depends on CTA_EOS definitions
-set(PROTOBUF_EOS_CTA_DIR ${XRD_SSI_PB_DIR}/eos_cta/protobuf)
-file(GLOB ProtoFilesEosCta "${PROTOBUF_EOS_CTA_DIR}/*.proto")
-
-set(PROTOBUF3_INCLUDE_PATH "${PROTOBUF_EOS_CTA_DIR}:${PROTOBUF_CTADCACHE_DIR}:${PROTOBUF3_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-PROTOBUF3_GENERATE_CPP(ProtoSourcesCtaDcache ProtoHeadersCtaDcache ${ProtoFilesCtaDcache})
-
-set(GRPC_PROTOBUF_PATH "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cta-dcache/gRPC")
-set(PROTOBUF3_IMPORT_DIRS "${PROTOBUF_EOS_CTA_DIR}:${PROTOBUF3_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-grpc_generate_cpp(ProtoGrpcSourcesCtaDcache ProtoGrpcHeadersCtaDcache ${GRPC_PROTOBUF_PATH} ${ProtoFilesCtaDcache})
-
-set_source_files_properties(
-        ${ProtoSourcesCtaDcache} ${ProtoHeadersCtaDcache}
-        ${ProtoGrpcSourcesCtaDcache} ${ProtoGrpcHeadersCtaDcache}
-        PROPERTIES GENERATED TRUE)
-
-foreach(PROTO_SRC ${ProtoSourcesCtaDcache} ${ProtoGrpcSourcesCtaDcache})
-    set_property(SOURCE ${PROTO_SRC} PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " -Wno-missing-field-initializers -fPIC -Wno-narrowing -Wno-implicit-fallthrough")
-    # Add -Wno-narrowing -Wno-implicit-fallthrough compiler flags if using gcc version 7 or greater
-    if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
-        if(GCC_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 7 OR GCC_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 7)
-            set_property(SOURCE ${PROTO_SRC} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " -Wno-narrowing -Wno-implicit-fallthrough")
-        endif(GCC_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 7 OR GCC_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 7)
-    endif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
-endforeach(PROTO_SRC)
-
-include_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cta-dcache/gRPC ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/eos_cta
-                    ${PROTOBUF3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-
-add_executable(cta-dcache FrontendGRpcSvc.cpp ${ProtoSourcesCtaDcache} ${ProtoGrpcSourcesCtaDcache})
-
-target_link_libraries(cta-dcache ${PROTOBUF3_LIBRARIES} ${GRPC_GRPC++_LIBRARY}
-        ctascheduler ctacommon ctaobjectstore ctacatalogue)
-set_property(TARGET cta-dcache APPEND PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH ${PROTOBUF3_RPATH})
-
-install(TARGETS cta-dcache DESTINATION usr/bin)
-install (FILES cta-dcache.service DESTINATION etc/systemd/system)
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