diff --git a/httpserver.js b/httpserver.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b2401c503..000000000
--- a/httpserver.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-var http = require('http');
-var server = http.createServer(function (request, response) {
-  response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
-  response.end("welcome to the machine!\n");
-});
-server.listen(8080);
-console.log("Server running!");