diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f19768..df5bde5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # XOS Northbound Rest Interface
 
-This is an abstraction layer that provide REST APIs and WebSockets access to XOS.
+This is an abstraction layer that provide WebSockets read access to XOS.
 
 ## Development
 
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 By default the used config is:
 ```
 default:
-  xos:
-    host: xos
-    port: 9999
   redis:
     host: redis
     port: 6379
@@ -41,12 +38,6 @@
 
 ## Notes
 
-### Sample request to core authenticated method:
-
-```
-curl -H "x-csrftoken: TOKEN" -H "cookie: xoscsrftoken=TOKEN;xossessionid=SESSION_ID" 127.0.0.1:3000/api/core/instances/
-```
-
 ### Websocket
 
 Socket.io client library will be available at: `http://localhost:3000/socket.io/socket.io.js`
diff --git a/spec/core_proxy.spec.js b/spec/core_proxy.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index aa0dbca..0000000
--- a/spec/core_proxy.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,201 +0,0 @@
-
-/*
- * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
-
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-
-(function () {
-  'use strict';
-  
-  const chai = require('chai');
-  const expect = chai.expect;
-  const sinonChai = require('sinon-chai');
-  const supertest = require('supertest');
-  const mockery = require('mockery');
-  chai.use(sinonChai);
-
-  const request = require('superagent');
-  const stub = require('./spec_helper.js');
-
-  const configMock = {
-    xos: {
-      host: 'http://test-xos-url',
-      port: '80'
-    }
-  };
-
-  let app;
-
-  xdescribe('The core proxy routes [REST API moved to chameleon]', () => {
-
-    // stub for GET method
-    stub.makeStub('getSuccess', request, 'get', cb => {
-        cb(null, {
-        status: 200, 
-        body: {msg: 'successfully proxied'}
-      });
-    });
-
-    // stub for POST method
-    stub.makeStub('postSuccess', request, 'post', cb => {
-        cb(null, {
-        status: 201, 
-        body: {msg: 'successfully proxied'}
-      });
-    });
-
-    // stub for PUT method
-    stub.makeStub('putSuccess', request, 'put', cb => {
-        cb(null, {
-        status: 200, 
-        body: {msg: 'successfully proxied'}
-      });
-    });
-
-    // stub for DELETE method
-    stub.makeStub('deleteSuccess', request, 'delete', cb => {
-        cb(null, {
-        status: 204
-      });
-    });
-
-    // mocking the config.rest module
-    before(() => {
-      mockery.enable({
-        warnOnReplace: true,
-        warnOnUnregistered: false
-      });
-      mockery.registerMock('../config/config.js', configMock);
-
-      app = require('../src/server.js').app;
-    });
-
-    after(() => {
-      mockery.deregisterMock('../config/config.js');
-      mockery.disable();
-    });
-
-    it('should read XOS address from config.rest module', (done) => {
-      const myStub = stub.getStub('getSuccess');
-
-      supertest(app)
-      .get('/api/core/')
-      .end((err) => {
-        if (err) return done(err);
-        expect(myStub.get.called).to.be.true;
-        expect(myStub.get).to.have.been.calledWith('http://test-xos-url:80/api/core/');
-        done();
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should pass token and cookies along with the request', (done) => {
-      const myStub = stub.getStub('getSuccess');
-
-      supertest(app)
-      .get('/api/core/')
-      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
-      .set('x-csrftoken', 'testToken')
-      .set('x-sessionid', 'testSession')
-      .end(function(err) {
-        if (err) return done(err);
-        expect(myStub.set.getCall(0)).to.have.been.calledWith('x-csrftoken', 'testToken');
-        expect(myStub.set.getCall(1)).to.have.been.calledWith('cookie', 'xoscsrftoken=testToken; xossessionid=testSession');
-        done();
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should pass query paramenters along with the request', (done) => {
-      const myStub = stub.getStub('getSuccess');
-
-      supertest(app)
-      .get('/api/core/instances/?no_hyperlink=1&node=1')
-      .end((err) => {
-        if (err) return done(err);
-        expect(myStub.get.called).to.be.true;
-        expect(myStub.get).to.have.been.calledWith('http://test-xos-url:80/api/core/instances/?no_hyperlink=1&node=1');
-        done();
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should proxy GET request to XOS', (done) => {
-      supertest(app)
-      .get('/api/core/')
-      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
-      .set('x-csrftoken', 'testToken')
-      .set('cookie', 'testCookie')
-      .end(function(err, res) {
-        if (err) return done(err);
-        expect(res.status).to.equal(200);
-        expect(res.body).to.deep.equal({msg: 'successfully proxied'});
-        done();
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should proxy POST request to XOS', (done) => {
-
-      const myStub = stub.getStub('postSuccess');
-
-      supertest(app)
-      .post('/api/core/')
-      .send({foo: 'bar'})
-      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
-      .set('x-csrftoken', 'testToken')
-      .set('cookie', 'testCookie')
-      .end(function(err, res) {
-        if (err) return done(err);
-        expect(myStub.send.getCall(0)).to.have.been.calledWith({foo: 'bar'});
-        expect(res.status).to.equal(201);
-        expect(res.body).to.deep.equal({msg: 'successfully proxied'});
-        done();
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should proxy PUT request to XOS', (done) => {
-
-      const myStub = stub.getStub('putSuccess');
-
-      supertest(app)
-      .put('/api/core/')
-      .send({foo: 'bar'})
-      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
-      .set('x-csrftoken', 'testToken')
-      .set('cookie', 'testCookie')
-      .end(function(err, res) {
-        if (err) return done(err);
-        expect(myStub.send.getCall(0)).to.have.been.calledWith({foo: 'bar'});
-        expect(res.status).to.equal(200);
-        expect(res.body).to.deep.equal({msg: 'successfully proxied'});
-        done();
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should proxy DELETE request to XOS', (done) => {
-
-      const myStub = stub.getStub('deleteSuccess');
-
-      supertest(app)
-      .delete('/api/core/')
-      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
-      .set('x-csrftoken', 'testToken')
-      .set('cookie', 'testCookie')
-      .end(function(err, res) {
-        if (err) return done(err);
-        expect(myStub.send).not.to.have.been.called;
-        expect(res.status).to.equal(204);
-        done();
-      });
-    });
-  });
-})();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/config/config.js b/src/config/config.js
index b7c8889..7ce4c0c 100644
--- a/src/config/config.js
+++ b/src/config/config.js
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@
   }
 
   module.exports = {
-    xos: {
-      host: (config && config.xos) ? config.xos.host : 'xos',
-      port: (config && config.xos) ? config.xos.port : 8000
-    },
     redis: {
       host: (config && config.redis) ? config.redis.host : 'redis',
       port: (config && config.redis) ? config.redis.port : 6379
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 01cf1e5..0cebf74 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
   app.use(cors());
   app.use(bodyParser.json());
 
-  // Load routes
-  // require('./routes/core_proxy.js')(app);
-
   app.get('/', function(req, res) {
     res.send('Welcome to the websocket server for XOS');
   });