diff --git a/apps/foo/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/foo/NettyLoggingHandler.java b/apps/foo/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/foo/NettyLoggingHandler.java
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index b35a46f781..0000000000
--- a/apps/foo/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/foo/NettyLoggingHandler.java
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@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package org.onlab.onos.foo;
-
-import org.onlab.netty.Message;
-import org.onlab.netty.MessageHandler;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-/**
- * A MessageHandler that simply logs the information.
- */
-public class NettyLoggingHandler implements MessageHandler {
-
-    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
-
-    @Override
-    public void handle(Message message) {
-        //log.info("Received message. Payload has {} bytes", message.payload().length);
-    }
-}