diff --git a/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/filesystem/store/FileStoreRemote.java b/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/filesystem/store/FileStoreRemote.java
index 019cf289268ccc891b51957ed62fa12c688018d8..cf0d88c50ea0d5bf2ab443033c4186884daed9b2 100644
--- a/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/filesystem/store/FileStoreRemote.java
+++ b/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/filesystem/store/FileStoreRemote.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.NotImplementedException;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.exceptions.Status;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.highwatermark.FileWithHighwaterMark;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.highwatermark.HighwaterMarkWatcher;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.highwatermark.RemoteFreeSpaceProvider;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.ISimpleLogger;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogCategory;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ import ch.systemsx.cisd.datamover.filesystem.intf.FileStore;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.datamover.filesystem.intf.IExtendedFileStore;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.datamover.filesystem.intf.IFileSysOperationsFactory;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.datamover.filesystem.intf.IStoreCopier;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.datamover.utils.RemoteFreeSpaceProvider;
 
 /**
  * @author Tomasz Pylak
diff --git a/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/utils/RemoteFreeSpaceProvider.java b/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/utils/RemoteFreeSpaceProvider.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ef9a2b99009bb678a8a75ae2e0c344927cd314a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/utils/RemoteFreeSpaceProvider.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2008 ETH Zuerich, CISD
- *
- * 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 ch.systemsx.cisd.datamover.utils;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.highwatermark.HighwaterMarkWatcher.IFreeSpaceProvider;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.process.ProcessExecutionHelper;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.process.ProcessResult;
-
-/**
- * An <code>IFreeSpaceProvider</code> implementation for computing the free space on a remote
- * computer.
- * 
- * @author Christian Ribeaud
- */
-public final class RemoteFreeSpaceProvider implements IFreeSpaceProvider
-{
-    private final File sshExecutable;
-
-    private final String host;
-
-    public RemoteFreeSpaceProvider(final String host, final File sshExecutable)
-    {
-        this.host = host;
-        this.sshExecutable = sshExecutable;
-    }
-
-    //
-    // IFreeSpaceProvider
-    //
-
-    public final long freeSpaceKb(final File path) throws IOException
-    {
-        final List<String> command =
-                Arrays.asList(sshExecutable.getPath(), host, "df -k " + path.getPath() + "");
-        Logger rootLogger = Logger.getRootLogger();
-        System.out.println(command);
-        final ProcessResult processResult =
-                ProcessExecutionHelper.run(command, 2000L, rootLogger, rootLogger);
-        System.out.println(processResult.getProcessOutput());
-        return 0L;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/datamover/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/utils/RemoteFreeSpaceProviderTest.java b/datamover/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/utils/RemoteFreeSpaceProviderTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index fe83da17e08991bc6ec236a590ee0a4d9939e283..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/datamover/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/utils/RemoteFreeSpaceProviderTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2008 ETH Zuerich, CISD
- *
- * 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 ch.systemsx.cisd.datamover.utils;
-
-import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertNotNull;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.testng.annotations.Test;
-
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.utilities.OSUtilities;
-
-/**
- * Test cases for {@link RemoteFreeSpaceProvider}.
- * 
- * @author Christian Ribeaud
- */
-public final class RemoteFreeSpaceProviderTest
-{
-
-    @Test(groups = "broken")
-    public final void testFreeSpaceKb() throws IOException
-    {
-        final File sshExecutable = OSUtilities.findExecutable("ssh");
-        assertNotNull(sshExecutable);
-        final RemoteFreeSpaceProvider freeSpaceProvider =
-                new RemoteFreeSpaceProvider("sprint-ob", sshExecutable);
-        System.out.println(freeSpaceProvider.freeSpaceKb(new File("/")));
-    }
-}