diff --git a/smartgears/smartgears/files/TokenGenerator.java b/smartgears/smartgears/files/TokenGenerator.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 22480cfa..00000000
--- a/smartgears/smartgears/files/TokenGenerator.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-import static org.gcube.common.authorization.client.Constants.authorizationService;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileWriter;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.gcube.common.authorization.client.proxy.AuthorizationProxy;
-import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.provider.ContainerInfo;
-import org.gcube.common.authorization.library.provider.SecurityTokenProvider;
- 
-public class TokenGenerator {
- 
-	//call with parameters : token host port filePath scope1 ... scopeN
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
- 
-    	String host = args[0];
-        String adminToken = args[1];
-        int port = Integer.parseInt(args[2]);
-        File file = new File(args[3]);
-        
-        
-        try {
-            file.createNewFile();
-        } catch (IOException e1) {
-            System.out.println("error creating file "+file.getAbsolutePath());
-            e1.printStackTrace();
-            System.exit(10);
-	}
-          
-        ContainerInfo containerInfo =  new ContainerInfo(host, port);
- 
-        AuthorizationProxy proxy = authorizationService();
- 
-        try(FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(file)){
-            for (int index =4; index<args.length; index++ ){
-                SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(adminToken);
-            	try {
-                    String token = proxy.requestActivation(containerInfo, args[index] );
-                    fw.write("<token>"+token+"</token>\n");
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-                    System.out.println("error generating token for context "+args[index]);
-                    e.printStackTrace();
-                } finally{
-                	SecurityTokenProvider.instance.reset();
-                }
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            System.out.println("error writing file "+file.getAbsolutePath());
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            System.exit(10);	
-	}
- 
-    }
- 
-}