diff --git a/spec/core_proxy.spec.js b/spec/core_proxy.spec.js
index 5cd4a70..94ba531 100644
--- a/spec/core_proxy.spec.js
+++ b/spec/core_proxy.spec.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
   let app;
 
-  describe('The core proxy routes', () => {
+  xdescribe('The core proxy routes [REST API moved to chameleon]', () => {
 
     // stub for GET method
     stub.makeStub('getSuccess', request, 'get', cb => {
diff --git a/src/routes/core_proxy.js b/src/routes/core_proxy.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 75d2840..0000000
--- a/src/routes/core_proxy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-(function () {
-  'use strict';
-
-  const request = require('superagent');
-  const logger = require('../config/logger.js');
-
-  module.exports = function(app) {
-
-    const proxyRequest = (req, res) => {
-
-      // debugging helper
-      if(!req.headers['x-csrftoken']){
-        logger.log('warn', `csrftoken is missing and is required for authentication for ${req.url}`);
-      }
-      if(!req.headers['x-sessionid']){
-        logger.log('warn', `Session id is missing and is required for authentication for ${req.url}`);
-      }
-
-      const config = require('../config/config.js').xos;
-      // pick the correct method from superAgent
-      const makeReq = request[req.method.toLowerCase()];
-
-      // start the request
-      let sentReq = makeReq(`${config.host}:${config.port}${req.url}`);
-      
-      // if needed add a body to the request
-      if(req.method === 'POST' || req.method === 'PUT') {
-        sentReq = sentReq
-          .send(req.body)
-      }
-
-      // extend with auth info
-      if(req.headers['x-csrftoken'] && req.headers['x-sessionid']){
-        sentReq = sentReq
-          .set('x-csrftoken', req.headers['x-csrftoken'] || null)
-          .set('cookie', `xoscsrftoken=${req.headers['x-csrftoken']}; xossessionid=${req.headers['x-sessionid']}` || null)
-      }
-
-      // handle response
-      sentReq
-        .end((err, r) => {
-          if(err) {
-            logger.log('error', sentReq.method, sentReq.url, err);
-            let errRes;
-            try {
-              errRes = err.response.error;
-            }
-            catch(e) {
-              errRes = err;
-            }
-            return res.status(err.status).send(errRes);
-          }
-          logger.log('debug', sentReq.method, sentReq.url, r.status);
-          logger.log('silly', r.text)
-          return res.status(r.status).type('json').send(r.body);
-        });
-    };
-
-    app.all('/api/core', proxyRequest);
-    app.all('/api/core/*', proxyRequest);
-    app.all('/api/service', proxyRequest);
-    app.all('/api/service/*', proxyRequest);
-    app.all('/api/tenant', proxyRequest);
-    app.all('/api/tenant/*', proxyRequest);
-    app.all('/api/utility', proxyRequest);
-    app.all('/api/utility/*', proxyRequest);
-  };
-})();
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index c132cab..4524ea1 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
   app.use(bodyParser.json());
 
   // Load routes
-  require('./routes/core_proxy.js')(app);
+  // require('./routes/core_proxy.js')(app);
 
   app.get('/', function(req, res) {
-    res.send('Hello world');
+    res.send('Welcome to the websocket server for XOS');
   });
 
   const startServer = (port) => {