diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/build.properties b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/build.properties
index e9c0beee7d9..8147da36f6a 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/build.properties
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/build.properties
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 bin.includes = .,\
                META-INF/,\
                about.html,\
-               icons/,\
                plugin.properties
 source.. = src/
 output.. = bin/
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/icons/full/obj16/systemcommands_obj.gif b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/icons/full/obj16/systemcommands_obj.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index 061b6e226a9..00000000000
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diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/icons/full/obj16/systemcommandslive_obj.gif b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/icons/full/obj16/systemcommandslive_obj.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index 3faca447424..00000000000
Binary files a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/icons/full/obj16/systemcommandslive_obj.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/plugin.properties b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/plugin.properties
index d36c9672bca..1a1cef189c4 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/plugin.properties
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/plugin.properties
@@ -15,6 +15,3 @@
 
 pluginName = RSE Telnet Connector Service
 providerName = Eclipse.org
-
-TelnetSystemLabel = Telnet Only
-TelnetSystemDescription = Connection for Telnet access to remote systems
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/plugin.xml b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/plugin.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c810714a0e2..00000000000
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/plugin.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
- * Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Celunite Inc. and others.
- * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
- * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
- * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
- *
- * Contributors:
- * Sheldon D'souza (Celunite) - initial API and implementation
--->
-<?eclipse version="3.1"?>
-<plugin>
-	<extension point="org.eclipse.rse.core.systemTypes">
-		<systemType
-        	description="%TelnetSystemDescription"
-        	label="%TelnetSystemLabel"
-	        icon="icons/full/obj16/systemcommands_obj.gif"
-    	    iconLive="icons/full/obj16/systemcommandslive_obj.gif"
-        	id="org.eclipse.rse.systemtype.telnet"
-	        name="Telnet Only"/>
-	</extension>
-</plugin> 
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/connectorservice/telnet/Activator.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/connectorservice/telnet/Activator.java
index ab1c4e789f3..eecfe536131 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/connectorservice/telnet/Activator.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.connectorservice.telnet/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/connectorservice/telnet/Activator.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
-import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
 import org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin;
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
 
@@ -46,17 +45,6 @@ public class Activator extends AbstractUIPlugin {
 		plugin = this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns an image descriptor for the image file at the given
-	 * plug-in relative path.
-	 *
-	 * @param path the path
-	 * @return the image descriptor
-	 */
-	public static ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor(String path) {
-		return AbstractUIPlugin.imageDescriptorFromPlugin(PLUGIN_ID, path);
-	}
-	
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin#stop(org.osgi.framework.BundleContext)