diff --git a/protocols/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BgpMessageDecoder.java b/protocols/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BgpMessageDecoder.java
index 8c24a01df3..43bc7cbf4c 100644
--- a/protocols/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BgpMessageDecoder.java
+++ b/protocols/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BgpMessageDecoder.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder;
 import org.onosproject.bgpio.protocol.BgpMessage;
-import org.onlab.util.HexDump;
 import org.onosproject.bgpio.protocol.BgpFactories;
 import org.onosproject.bgpio.protocol.BgpMessageReader;
 import org.onosproject.bgpio.types.BgpHeader;
diff --git a/protocols/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BgpMessageEncoder.java b/protocols/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BgpMessageEncoder.java
index 9606e69ed6..7f520e4a6b 100644
--- a/protocols/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BgpMessageEncoder.java
+++ b/protocols/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/BgpMessageEncoder.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.oneone.OneToOneEncoder;
 import org.onosproject.bgpio.protocol.BgpMessage;
-import org.onlab.util.HexDump;
-
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
diff --git a/protocols/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/HexDump.java b/protocols/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/HexDump.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3e2ccfb07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/bgp/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgp/controller/impl/HexDump.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.bgp.controller.impl;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * HexDump class an utility to dump buffer in hex format.
+ */
+public final class HexDump {
+    protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HexDump.class);
+
+    private HexDump() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Dump the buffer content in hex format.
+     *
+     * @param buff buffer content to dump in hex format
+     */
+    public static void dump(ChannelBuffer buff) {
+        buff.markReaderIndex();
+        try {
+            do {
+                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+                for (int k = 0; (k < 16) && (buff.readableBytes() != 0); ++k) {
+                    if (0 == k % 4) {
+                        sb.append(String.format(" ")); // blank after 4 bytes
+                    }
+                    sb.append(String.format("%02X ", buff.readByte()));
+                }
+                log.debug(sb.toString());
+            } while (buff.readableBytes() != 0);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("[HexDump] Invalid buffer: " + e.toString());
+        }
+        buff.resetReaderIndex();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/util/HexDump.java b/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/util/HexDump.java
index 43857c2d98..02d68c7197 100644
--- a/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/util/HexDump.java
+++ b/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/util/HexDump.java
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * HexDump class an utility to dump buffer in hex format.
+ *
+ * @deprecated in 1.11.0
  */
+@Deprecated
 public final class HexDump {
     protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HexDump.class);