diff --git a/govc/tags/categories/update.go b/govc/tags/categories/update.go
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index 3cc11b75a..000000000
--- a/govc/tags/categories/update.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright (c) 2018 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
-
-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 tags
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"flag"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/govc/cli"
-	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/govc/flags"
-	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vapi/tags"
-)
-
-type update struct {
-	*flags.ClientFlag
-	name        string
-	description string
-	types       string
-	multi       string
-}
-
-func init() {
-	cli.Register("tags.category.update", &update{})
-}
-
-func (cmd *update) Register(ctx context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet) {
-	cmd.ClientFlag, ctx = flags.NewClientFlag(ctx)
-	cmd.ClientFlag.Register(ctx, f)
-	f.StringVar(&cmd.name, "n", "", "name of category")
-	f.StringVar(&cmd.description, "d", "", "description of category")
-	f.StringVar(&cmd.types, "t", "", "associable_types of category")
-	f.StringVar(&cmd.multi, "m", "", "cardinality of category")
-}
-
-func (cmd *update) Process(ctx context.Context) error {
-	if err := cmd.ClientFlag.Process(ctx); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (cmd *update) Usage() string {
-	return `Update existing category. cardinality can be either "SINGLE" or "MULTIPLE."
-Examples:
-  govc tags.category.update -n "name" -d "description" -t "associable_types" -m "cardinality" ID`
-}
-
-func (cmd *update) Run(ctx context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet) error {
-	if f.NArg() != 1 {
-		return flag.ErrHelp
-	}
-	id := f.Arg(0)
-
-	return withClient(ctx, cmd.ClientFlag, func(c *tags.RestClient) error {
-
-		category := new(tags.CategoryUpdateSpec)
-		categoryTemp := new(tags.CategoryUpdate)
-		if cmd.name != "" {
-			categoryTemp.Name = cmd.name
-		}
-
-		if cmd.description != "" {
-			categoryTemp.Description = cmd.description
-		}
-
-		if cmd.types != "" {
-			typesField := strings.Split(cmd.types, ",")
-			categoryTemp.AssociableTypes = typesField
-		}
-		if cmd.multi != "" {
-			categoryTemp.Cardinality = cmd.multi
-		}
-
-		category.UpdateSpec = *categoryTemp
-		return c.UpdateCategory(ctx, id, category)
-
-	})
-}