diff --git a/beam/utils/hub.go b/beam/utils/hub.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c5f315089..0000000000
--- a/beam/utils/hub.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-package utils
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/docker/libswarm/beam"
-	"io"
-	"strings"
-	"sync"
-)
-
-// Hub passes messages to dynamically registered handlers.
-type Hub struct {
-	handlers *StackSender
-	tasks    sync.WaitGroup
-	l        sync.RWMutex
-}
-
-func NewHub() *Hub {
-	return &Hub{
-		handlers: NewStackSender(),
-	}
-}
-
-func (hub *Hub) Send(msg *beam.Message) (ret beam.Receiver, err error) {
-	if msg.Name == "register" {
-		if msg.Ret == nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("register: no return channel")
-		}
-		fmt.Printf("[hub] received %v\n", msg)
-		hIn := msg.Ret
-		if hIn == beam.RetPipe {
-			ret, hIn = beam.Pipe()
-		}
-		// This queue guarantees that the first message received by the handler
-		// is the "register" response.
-		hIn = NewQueue(hIn, 1)
-		// Reply to the handler with a "register" call of our own,
-		// passing a reference to the previous handler stack.
-		// This allows the new handler to query previous handlers
-		// without creating loops.
-		hOut, err := hIn.Send(&beam.Message{Name: "register", Ret: beam.RetPipe})
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		// Register the new handler on top of the others,
-		// and get a reference to the previous stack of handlers.
-		prevHandlers := hub.handlers.Add(hIn)
-		go beam.Copy(prevHandlers, hOut)
-		return ret, nil
-	}
-	fmt.Printf("sending %#v to %d handlers\n", msg, hub.handlers.Len())
-	return hub.handlers.Send(msg)
-}
-
-func (hub *Hub) RegisterTask(h func(beam.Receiver, beam.Sender) error) error {
-	ret, err := hub.Send(&beam.Message{Name: "register", Ret: beam.RetPipe})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	ack, err := ret.Receive(beam.Ret)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if ack.Name == "error" {
-		return fmt.Errorf(strings.Join(ack.Args, ", "))
-	}
-	if ack.Name != "register" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid response: expected verb 'register', got '%v'", ack.Name)
-	}
-	go func() {
-		h(ret, ack.Ret)
-		ack.Ret.Close()
-	}()
-	return nil
-}
-
-type Handler func(msg *beam.Message, out beam.Sender) (pass bool, err error)
-
-func (hub *Hub) RegisterName(name string, h Handler) error {
-	return hub.RegisterTask(func(in beam.Receiver, out beam.Sender) error {
-		for {
-			msg, err := in.Receive(beam.Ret)
-			if err == io.EOF {
-				break
-			}
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			var pass = true
-			if msg.Name == name || name == "" {
-				pass, err = h(msg, out)
-				if err != nil {
-					if _, err := msg.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Name: "error", Args: []string{err.Error()}}); err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			if pass {
-				if _, err := out.Send(msg); err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			} else {
-				msg.Ret.Close()
-			}
-		}
-		return nil
-	})
-}
-
-func (hub *Hub) Wait() {
-	hub.tasks.Wait()
-}
-
-func (hub *Hub) Close() error {
-	return hub.handlers.Close()
-}
diff --git a/beam/utils/hub_test.go b/beam/utils/hub_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 925e2894bc..0000000000
--- a/beam/utils/hub_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-package utils
-
-import (
-	"github.com/docker/libswarm/beam"
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/testutils"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestHubSendEmpty(t *testing.T) {
-	hub := NewHub()
-	// Send to empty hub should silently drop
-	ret, err := hub.Send(&beam.Message{Name: "hello", Args: nil, Ret: beam.RetPipe})
-	// Send must not return an error
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	// We set beam.R, so a valid return pipe must be returned
-	if ret == nil {
-		t.Fatalf("%#v", ret)
-	}
-}
-
-type CountSender int
-
-func (s *CountSender) Send(msg *beam.Message) (beam.Receiver, error) {
-	(*s)++
-	return nil, nil
-}
-
-func TestHubSendOneHandler(t *testing.T) {
-	hub := NewHub()
-	defer hub.Close()
-	testutils.Timeout(t, func() {
-		handlerIn, err := hub.Send(&beam.Message{Name: "register", Args: nil, Ret: beam.RetPipe})
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		ack, err := handlerIn.Receive(beam.Ret)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		if ack.Name != "register" {
-			t.Fatalf("%#v", err)
-		}
-		handlerOut := ack.Ret
-		if handlerOut == nil {
-			t.Fatalf("nil handler out")
-		}
-		go func() {
-			if _, err := hub.Send(&beam.Message{Name: "hello", Args: nil}); err != nil {
-				t.Fatal(err)
-			}
-		}()
-		msg, err := handlerIn.Receive(0)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		if msg.Name != "hello" {
-			t.Fatalf("%#v", msg)
-		}
-	})
-}