diff --git a/bcconn/bcconn.go b/bcconn/bcconn.go
deleted file mode 100644
index acb3b8a75..000000000
--- a/bcconn/bcconn.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-package bcconn
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/gob"
-
-	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/log"
-	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p"
-)
-
-//NodeInfo struct exists to share information on the node
-type NodeInfo struct { //TODO: to be merged with Leo's nodeinfo.
-	Self p2p.Peer
-	PubK []byte
-}
-
-//ResponseRandomNumber struct for exchanging random information
-type ResponseRandomNumber struct {
-	NumberOfShards     int
-	NumberOfNodesAdded int
-	Leaders            []*NodeInfo
-}
-
-// SerializeNodeInfo is for serializing nodeinfo
-func SerializeNodeInfo(nodeinfo *NodeInfo) []byte {
-	var result bytes.Buffer
-	encoder := gob.NewEncoder(&result)
-	err := encoder.Encode(nodeinfo)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Could not serialize node info", err)
-	}
-	return result.Bytes()
-}
-
-// DeserializeNodeInfo deserializes the nodeinfo
-func DeserializeNodeInfo(d []byte) *NodeInfo {
-	var wn NodeInfo
-	r := bytes.NewBuffer(d)
-	decoder := gob.NewDecoder(r)
-	err := decoder.Decode(&wn)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Could not de-serialize node info", err)
-	}
-	return &wn
-}
-
-// SerializeRandomInfo serializes random number informations
-func SerializeRandomInfo(response ResponseRandomNumber) []byte {
-	//Needs to escape the serialization of unexported fields
-	var result bytes.Buffer
-	encoder := gob.NewEncoder(&result)
-	err := encoder.Encode(response)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Crit("Could not serialize randomn number information", "error", err)
-	}
-
-	return result.Bytes()
-}
-
-// DeserializeRandomInfo deserializes the random informations
-func DeserializeRandomInfo(d []byte) ResponseRandomNumber {
-	var wn ResponseRandomNumber
-	r := bytes.NewBuffer(d)
-	decoder := gob.NewDecoder(r)
-	err := decoder.Decode(&wn)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Crit("Could not de-serialize random number information")
-	}
-	return wn
-}
diff --git a/bcconn/bcconn_test.go b/bcconn/bcconn_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ab8aaf70c..000000000
--- a/bcconn/bcconn_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-package bcconn
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p"
-	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/utils"
-)
-
-func TestSerializeDeserializeNodeInfo(t *testing.T) {
-	var ip, port string
-	ip = "127.0.0.1"
-	port = "8080"
-	self := p2p.Peer{IP: ip, Port: port}
-	_, pk := utils.GenKey(ip, port)
-	pkb, err := pk.MarshalBinary()
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("problem marshalling binary from public key")
-	}
-	nodeInfo := &NodeInfo{Self: self, PubK: pkb}
-	serializedNI := SerializeNodeInfo(nodeInfo)
-	deserializedNI := DeserializeNodeInfo(serializedNI)
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(nodeInfo, deserializedNI) {
-		t.Fatalf("serialized and deserializing nodeinfo does not lead to origina nodeinfo")
-	}
-
-}
-
-func TestSerializeDeserializeRandomInfo(t *testing.T) {
-	var ip, port string
-
-	ip = "127.0.0.1"
-	port = "8080"
-	self := p2p.Peer{IP: ip, Port: port}
-	_, pk := utils.GenKey(ip, port)
-	pkb, err := pk.MarshalBinary()
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("problem marshalling binary from public key")
-	}
-	nodeInfo1 := &NodeInfo{Self: self, PubK: pkb}
-
-	ip = "127.0.0.1"
-	port = "9080"
-	self2 := p2p.Peer{IP: ip, Port: port}
-	_, pk2 := utils.GenKey(ip, port)
-	pkb2, err := pk2.MarshalBinary()
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("problem marshalling binary from public key")
-	}
-	nodeInfo2 := &NodeInfo{Self: self2, PubK: pkb2}
-
-	leaders := make([]*NodeInfo, 2)
-	leaders[0] = nodeInfo1
-	leaders[1] = nodeInfo2
-
-	rrn := ResponseRandomNumber{NumberOfShards: 5, NumberOfNodesAdded: 10, Leaders: leaders}
-	serializedrrn := SerializeRandomInfo(rrn)
-	deserializedrrn := DeserializeRandomInfo(serializedrrn)
-	fmt.Println(rrn)
-	fmt.Println(deserializedrrn)
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(rrn, deserializedrrn) {
-		t.Fatalf("serializin g and deserializing random response does not lead to original randominfo")
-	}
-}