diff --git a/modules/dataverse-spi/src/main/java/io/gdcc/spi/export/ExportDataOption.java b/modules/dataverse-spi/src/main/java/io/gdcc/spi/export/ExportDataOption.java
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index 69f813f83ce..00000000000
--- a/modules/dataverse-spi/src/main/java/io/gdcc/spi/export/ExportDataOption.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-package io.gdcc.spi.export;
-
-/**
- *
- * @author landreev
- * Provides a mechanism for defining various data retrieval options for the 
- * export subsystem in a way that should allow us adding support for more 
- * options going forward with minimal or no changes to the existing code in 
- * export plugins. 
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class ExportDataOption {
-    
-    public enum SupportedOptions {
-        DatasetMetadataOnly,
-        PublicFilesOnly;
-    }
-    
-    private SupportedOptions optionType; 
-    
-    /*public static ExportDataOption addOption(String option) {
-        ExportDataOption ret = new ExportDataOption(); 
-        
-        for (SupportedOptions supported : SupportedOptions.values()) {
-            if (supported.toString().equals(option)) {
-                ret.optionType = supported;
-            }
-        }
-        return ret; 
-    }*/
-    
-    public static ExportDataOption addDatasetMetadataOnly() {
-        ExportDataOption ret = new ExportDataOption();
-        ret.optionType = SupportedOptions.DatasetMetadataOnly;
-        return ret; 
-    }
-    
-    public static ExportDataOption addPublicFilesOnly() {
-        ExportDataOption ret = new ExportDataOption();
-        ret.optionType = SupportedOptions.PublicFilesOnly;
-        return ret; 
-    }
-    
-    public boolean isDatasetMetadataOnly() {
-        return SupportedOptions.DatasetMetadataOnly.equals(optionType);
-    }
-    
-    public boolean isPublicFilesOnly() {
-        return SupportedOptions.PublicFilesOnly.equals(optionType);
-    }
-}