diff --git a/src/common/Config/XMLConfig.cpp b/src/common/Config/XMLConfig.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index a28d8dfa..00000000
--- a/src/common/Config/XMLConfig.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#include "XMLConfig.h"
-#include <boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp>
-#include <boost/property_tree/xml_parser.hpp>
-#include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
-#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
-#include <boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp>
-#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
-
-namespace Core {
-   // instanciate and load a config
-   XMLConfig::XMLConfig()
-   {
-
-   }
-
-   XMLConfig::~XMLConfig()
-   {
-
-   }
-
-   using boost::property_tree::ptree;
-   const ptree& empty_ptree()
-   {
-      static ptree t;
-      return t;
-   };
-
-   bool XMLConfig::loadConfig( const std::string& fileName )
-   {
-
-      boost::property_tree::read_xml( fileName, m_propTree );
-      return true;
-   }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/common/Config/XMLConfig.h b/src/common/Config/XMLConfig.h
deleted file mode 100644
index cf9395b2..00000000
--- a/src/common/Config/XMLConfig.h
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@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __XMLCONFIG_H
-#define __XMLCONFIG_H
-
-#include <stdint.h>
-
-#include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
-
-#include <map>
-
-namespace Core {
-
-   // very simple XML parser class
-   // this hasn't gotten much attention yet as it works good as it is.
-   class XMLConfig
-   {
-   public:
-      typedef std::map<std::string, std::string> SettingMap;
-      typedef std::map<std::string, SettingMap> CategoryMap;
-
-      // instanciate and load a config
-      XMLConfig();
-
-      ~XMLConfig();
-
-      // load a config file
-      bool loadConfig( const std::string& fileName );
-
-      template< class T >
-      T getValue( const std::string& name, T defaultValue = T() )
-      {
-         try
-         {
-            return m_propTree.get< T >( name );
-         }
-         catch( ... )
-         {
-            return defaultValue;
-         }
-      }
-
-      template< class T >
-      void setValue( const std::string& name, T defaultValue = T() )
-      {
-         m_propTree.put( name, defaultValue );
-      }
-
-      template< class T >
-      T getAttrValue( boost::property_tree::ptree node, const std::string& name, T defaultValue = T() )
-      {
-         try
-         {
-            T outVal = node.get< T >( "<xmlattr>." + name );
-            return outVal;
-         }
-         catch( const std::runtime_error& )
-         {
-            T outVal = defaultValue;
-            return outVal;
-         }
-      }
-
-      boost::property_tree::ptree getChild( const std::string& name )
-      {
-         auto val = m_propTree.get_child( name );
-         return val;
-      }
-
-   private:
-      boost::property_tree::ptree m_propTree;
-   };
-
-}
-#endif