diff --git a/packages/core/src/codecs/netconf-codec.ts b/packages/core/src/codecs/netconf-codec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 05552cef0..000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/codecs/netconf-codec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-/********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2020 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
- *
- * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
- * information regarding copyright ownership.
- *
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
- * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, or the W3C Software Notice and
- * Document License (2015-05-13) which is available at
- * https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2015/copyright-software-and-document.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR W3C-20150513
- ********************************************************************************/
-
-import { ContentCodec } from "../content-serdes";
-import { DataSchema, DataSchemaValue } from "wot-typescript-definitions";
-import { createLoggers } from "../logger";
-
-const { debug } = createLoggers("core", "netconf-codec");
-
-/** default implementation offering JSON de-/serialisation */
-export default class NetconfCodec implements ContentCodec {
-    getMediaType(): string {
-        return "application/netconf";
-    }
-
-    bytesToValue(bytes: Buffer, schema?: DataSchema, parameters?: { [key: string]: string }): DataSchemaValue {
-        debug(`NetconfCodec parsing '${bytes.toString()}'`);
-
-        let parsed;
-        try {
-            parsed = JSON.parse(bytes.toString());
-        } catch (err) {
-            if (err instanceof SyntaxError) {
-                if (bytes.byteLength === 0) {
-                    // empty payload -> void/undefined
-                    parsed = undefined;
-                } else {
-                    // be relaxed about what is received -> string without quotes
-                    parsed = bytes.toString();
-                }
-            } else {
-                throw err;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return parsed;
-    }
-
-    valueToBytes(value: unknown, schema?: DataSchema, parameters?: { [key: string]: string }): Buffer {
-        debug("NetconfCodec serializing", value);
-        let body = "";
-        if (value !== undefined) {
-            const NSs = {};
-            // TODO: is value an object? how to treat numbers and strings?
-            const tmpObj = this.getPayloadNamespaces(schema, value as Record<string, unknown>, NSs, false);
-            body = JSON.stringify(tmpObj);
-        }
-
-        return Buffer.from(body);
-    }
-
-    private getPayloadNamespaces(
-        schema: DataSchema | undefined,
-        payload: Record<string, unknown>,
-        NSs: Record<string, unknown>,
-        hasNamespace: boolean
-    ) {
-        if (!schema) {
-            throw new Error(`Missing "schema" field in TD`);
-        }
-        if (hasNamespace) {
-            // expect to have xmlns
-            const properties = schema.properties;
-            if (properties == null) {
-                throw new Error(`Missing "properties" field in TD`);
-            }
-            let nsFound = false;
-            let aliasNs = "";
-            let value;
-            // TODO: Use correct type for el
-            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-            for (const [key, el] of Object.entries(properties) as [string, any]) {
-                if (payload[key] == null) {
-                    throw new Error(`Payload is missing '${key}' field specified in TD`);
-                }
-                if (el["nc:attribute"] === true && payload[key] != null) {
-                    // if (el.format && el.format === 'urn')
-                    const ns: string = payload[key] as string;
-                    aliasNs = ns.split(":")[ns.split(":").length - 1];
-                    NSs[aliasNs] = payload[key];
-                    nsFound = true;
-                } else if (payload[key] != null) {
-                    value = payload[key];
-                }
-            }
-            if (!nsFound) {
-                throw new Error(`Namespace not found in the payload`);
-            } else {
-                // change the payload in order to be parsed by the xpath2json library
-                return { payload: aliasNs + "\\" + ":" + value, NSs };
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (schema?.type === "object" && schema.properties != null) {
-            // nested object, go down
-            let tmpObj;
-            if (schema["nc:container"] != null) {
-                // check the root level
-                tmpObj = this.getPayloadNamespaces(schema, payload, NSs, true); // root case
-            } else {
-                tmpObj = this.getPayloadNamespaces(schema.properties, payload, NSs, false);
-            }
-
-            payload = tmpObj.payload as Record<string, unknown>;
-            NSs = { ...NSs, ...tmpObj.NSs };
-        }
-
-        // once here schema is properties
-        for (const key in schema) {
-            if (schema[key].type === "object" || hasNamespace) {
-                // go down only if it is a nested object or it has a namespace
-                let tmpHasNamespace = false;
-                if (schema[key].properties != null && schema[key]["nc:container"] != null) {
-                    tmpHasNamespace = true;
-                }
-                const tmpObj = this.getPayloadNamespaces(
-                    schema[key],
-                    payload[key] as Record<string, unknown>,
-                    NSs,
-                    tmpHasNamespace
-                );
-                payload[key] = tmpObj.payload;
-                NSs = { ...NSs, ...tmpObj.NSs };
-            }
-        }
-
-        return { payload, NSs }; // return objects
-    }
-}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core.ts b/packages/core/src/core.ts
index 863c752cc..2cd63ef67 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ export { default as CborCodec } from "./codecs/cbor-codec";
 export { default as TextCodec } from "./codecs/text-codec";
 export { default as Base64Codec } from "./codecs/base64-codec";
 export { default as NetconfOctetstreamCodecCodec } from "./codecs/octetstream-codec";
-export { default as NetconfCodec } from "./codecs/netconf-codec";
 
 // Protocols & Content
 export * from "./protocol-interfaces";