diff --git a/Zotlabs/Lib/ProtoDriver.php b/Zotlabs/Lib/ProtoDriver.php
deleted file mode 100644
index daf887dbb..000000000
--- a/Zotlabs/Lib/ProtoDriver.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?php /** @file */
-
-namespace Zotlabs\Lib;
-
-/*
- * Abstraction class for dealing with alternate networks (which of course do not exist, hence the abstraction)
- */
-
-
-abstract class ProtoDriver {
-	abstract protected function discover($channel,$location);
-	abstract protected function deliver($item,$channel,$recipients);
-	abstract protected function collect($channel,$connection);
-	abstract protected function change_permissions($permissions,$channel,$recipient);
-	abstract protected function acknowledge_permissions($permissions,$channel,$recipient);
-	abstract protected function deliver_private($item,$channel,$recipients);
-	abstract protected function collect_private($channel,$connection);
-
-}
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Lib/ZotDriver.php b/Zotlabs/Lib/ZotDriver.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e14cc7f35..000000000
--- a/Zotlabs/Lib/ZotDriver.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?php /** @file */
-
-namespace Zotlabs\Lib;
-
-
-class ZotDriver extends ProtoDriver {
-
-	protected function discover($channel,$location) {
-
-	}
-	protected function deliver($item,$channel,$recipients) {
-
-	}
-	protected function collect($channel,$connection) {
-
-	}
-	protected function change_permissions($permissions,$channel,$recipient) {
-
-	}
-	protected function acknowledge_permissions($permissions,$channel,$recipient) {
-
-	}
-	protected function deliver_private($item,$channel,$recipients) {
-
-	}
-	protected function collect_private($channel,$connection) {
-
-	}
-
-}