diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/groovy/GroovyPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/groovy/GroovyPlugin.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d7122b6..00000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/groovy/GroovyPlugin.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-package com.beust.kobalt.plugin.groovy
-
-import com.beust.kobalt.TaskResult
-import com.beust.kobalt.api.*
-import com.beust.kobalt.maven.DependencyManager
-import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles
-import com.beust.kobalt.misc.Strings
-import com.beust.kobalt.misc.log
-import com.google.inject.Inject
-import com.google.inject.Singleton
-import java.io.File
-import java.net.URLClassLoader
-
-@Singleton
-class GroovyPlugin @Inject constructor(val groovyCompiler: GroovyCompiler) : ICompilerContributor {
-    override fun affinity(project: Project, context: KobaltContext) =
-            if (hasSourceFiles(project)) 1 else 0
-
-    // ICompilerContributor
-    val compiler = CompilerDescription(GroovyCompiler.SUFFIXES, "groovy", groovyCompiler)
-
-    override fun compilersFor(project: Project, context: KobaltContext) = listOf(compiler)
-
-    private fun hasSourceFiles(project: Project)
-        = KFiles.findSourceFiles(project.directory, project.sourceDirectories, GroovyCompiler.SUFFIXES).size > 0
-}
-
-class GroovyCompiler @Inject constructor(dependencyManager: DependencyManager) : ICompiler {
-    companion object {
-        val SUFFIXES = listOf("groovy")
-    }
-
-    private val groovyCompilerClass: Class<*> by lazy {
-        val jarFile = dependencyManager.create("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy:2.4.7").jarFile.get()
-        val classLoader = URLClassLoader(arrayOf(jarFile.toURI().toURL()))
-        classLoader.loadClass("org.codehaus.groovy.tools.FileSystemCompiler")
-    }
-
-    private fun invokeGroovyCompiler(info: CompilerActionInfo) : TaskResult {
-        val cls = groovyCompilerClass
-        val main = cls.getMethod("commandLineCompile", Array<String>::class.java)
-        val classpath = info.dependencies.map { it.jarFile.get() }.joinToString(File.pathSeparator)
-        try {
-            main.invoke(null, arrayOf("-classpath", classpath, "-d", info.outputDir.path,
-                    *info.sourceFiles.toTypedArray()))
-            return TaskResult()
-        } catch(ex: Exception) {
-            return TaskResult(success = false, errorMessage = ex.cause.toString())
-        }
-    }
-
-    override fun compile(project: Project, context: KobaltContext, info: CompilerActionInfo): TaskResult {
-        val size = info.sourceFiles.size
-        log(1, "Groovy compiling " + size + " " + Strings.pluralize(size, "file"))
-        val result = invokeGroovyCompiler(info)
-        return result
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/kobalt-core-plugin.xml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/kobalt-core-plugin.xml
index 4824d5cf..3186b3f5 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/kobalt-core-plugin.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/kobalt-core-plugin.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
         <class-name>com.beust.kobalt.plugin.publish.PublishPlugin</class-name>
         <class-name>com.beust.kobalt.plugin.apt.AptPlugin</class-name>
         <class-name>com.beust.kobalt.internal.JvmCompilerPlugin</class-name>
-        <class-name>com.beust.kobalt.plugin.groovy.GroovyPlugin</class-name>
 
         <!-- These classes manage -init for Java and Kotlin -->
         <class-name>com.beust.kobalt.app.Templates</class-name>