diff --git a/dhp-build/dhp-shaded-libs/pom.xml b/dhp-build/dhp-shaded-libs/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c091c46f0..000000000
--- a/dhp-build/dhp-shaded-libs/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <parent>
-        <artifactId>dhp-build</artifactId>
-        <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-        <version>1.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <artifactId>dhp-shaded-libs</artifactId>
-<dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-        <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3-jre</version>
-    </dependency>
-</dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.3</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>shade</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <relocations>
-                                <relocation>
-                                    <pattern>com.google.guava</pattern>
-                                    <shadedPattern>shaded.com.google.guava</shadedPattern>
-                                </relocation>
-                            </relocations>
-                            <artifactSet>
-                                <includes>
-                                    <include>*:*</include>
-                                </includes>
-                            </artifactSet>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dhp-build/pom.xml b/dhp-build/pom.xml
index 040842000..3b54b4e61 100644
--- a/dhp-build/pom.xml
+++ b/dhp-build/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 	<modules>
 		<module>dhp-build-assembly-resources</module>
 		<module>dhp-build-properties-maven-plugin</module>
-		<module>dhp-shaded-libs</module>
 	</modules>
 
 </project>