diff --git a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/DaqServiceConnection.java b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/DaqServiceConnection.java
index 6c02f70ca68f4ebc080c63337b2c1de65cc42cfd..6afeeba0ad7bed330a16b5dcf1740c17c15e8083 100644
--- a/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/DaqServiceConnection.java
+++ b/tools/ExperimentSynchronizer/src/gov/anl/dm/esafsync/serviceconn/DaqServiceConnection.java
@@ -1,45 +1,5 @@
 package gov.anl.dm.esafsync.serviceconn;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Properties;
-
-import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
-
-public class DaqServiceConnection extends ServiceConnection{
-
-	class Keyword {
-		static final String DAQ_EXPERIMENT_NAME = "experimentName";
-		static final String DAQ_DATA_DIRECTORY = "dataDirectory";
-	}
-	
-	class StorageServUrl {
-		static final String START_DAQ = "/experiments/startDaq";
-		static final String STOP_DAQ = "/experiments/stopDaq";
-	}
-
-	private final Properties config;
-
-	public DaqServiceConnection(Properties configProperties) {
-		this.config = configProperties;
-	}
-	
-    public final int init() {
-		String url = config.getProperty("dm.daqServ.connection");
-		return super.init(url);
-	}
-
-	public void startDaq(String experimentName) {
-		String dataDir = config.getProperty("dm.daq.datadir");
-		String directory;
-		if (dataDir.endsWith("/")) {
-			directory = dataDir + experimentName;
-		} else {
-			directory = dataDir + "/" + experimentName;
-		}
-		package gov.anl.dm.esafsync.serviceconn;
-
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -113,34 +73,3 @@ public class DaqServiceConnection extends ServiceConnection{
 }
 
 
-    	Map<String, String> data = new HashMap<>();
-    	data.put(Keyword.DAQ_EXPERIMENT_NAME, encode(experimentName));
-    	data.put(Keyword.DAQ_DATA_DIRECTORY, encode(directory));
-
-    	if ((new File(dataDir)).exists()) {
-			if ((new File(directory)).exists()) {
-		    	invokeSessionPostRequest(StorageServUrl.START_DAQ, data);    					
-			} else if (new File(directory).mkdir()) {
-				invokeSessionPostRequest(StorageServUrl.START_DAQ, data); 
-			} else {
-				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Can't start experiment " + experimentName + " in DAQ service. The experiment directory can't be created.",
-						"Warning",JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);									
-			}
-		} else {
-			if ((new File(dataDir).mkdir()) && (new File(directory).mkdir())) {
-				invokeSessionPostRequest(StorageServUrl.START_DAQ, data); 
-			} else {
-				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Can't start experiment " + experimentName + " in DAQ service. The configured data directory does not exist and can't be created.",
-						"Error",JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);									
-			}
-		}
-    }
-    
-	public void stopDaq(String experimentName) {
-    	Map<String, String> data = new HashMap<>();
-    	data.put(Keyword.DAQ_EXPERIMENT_NAME, encode(experimentName));
-		invokeSessionPostRequest(StorageServUrl.STOP_DAQ, data); 
-    }
-    
-}
-