diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NCConfig.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NCConfig.java
index 970e8aa..2e7b498 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NCConfig.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NCConfig.java
@@ -42,15 +42,6 @@
     @Option(name = "-iodevices", usage = "Comma separated list of IO Device mount points (default: One device in default temp folder)", required = false)
     public String ioDevices = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
 
-    @Option(name = "-dcache-client-servers", usage = "Sets the list of DCache servers in the format host1:port1,host2:port2,... (default localhost:54583)")
-    public String dcacheClientServers = "localhost:54583";
-
-    @Option(name = "-dcache-client-server-local", usage = "Sets the local DCache server, if one is available, in the format host:port (default not set)")
-    public String dcacheClientServerLocal;
-
-    @Option(name = "-dcache-client-path", usage = "Sets the path to store the files retrieved from the DCache server (default /tmp/dcache-client)")
-    public String dcacheClientPath = "/tmp/dcache-client";
-
     @Option(name = "-net-thread-count", usage = "Number of threads to use for Network I/O (default: 1)")
     public int nNetThreads = 1;
 
@@ -77,14 +68,6 @@
         cList.add(dataIPAddress);
         cList.add("-iodevices");
         cList.add(ioDevices);
-        cList.add("-dcache-client-servers");
-        cList.add(dcacheClientServers);
-        if (dcacheClientServerLocal != null) {
-            cList.add("-dcache-client-server-local");
-            cList.add(dcacheClientServerLocal);
-        }
-        cList.add("-dcache-client-path");
-        cList.add(dcacheClientPath);
         cList.add("-net-thread-count");
         cList.add(String.valueOf(nNetThreads));
         cList.add("-max-memory");
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
index 9ecc083..874cbab 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@
   </build>
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
-  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.dcache</groupId>
-  		<artifactId>dcache-client</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.0.1</version>
-  		<scope>compile</scope>
-  	</dependency>
-  	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
   		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NCDriver.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NCDriver.java
index dde7abc..d31d09e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NCDriver.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NCDriver.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.dcache.client.DCacheClient;
-import edu.uci.ics.dcache.client.DCacheClientConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NCConfig;
 
 public class NCDriver {
@@ -32,13 +30,6 @@
             return;
         }
 
-        DCacheClientConfig dccConfig = new DCacheClientConfig();
-        dccConfig.servers = ncConfig.dcacheClientServers;
-        dccConfig.serverLocal = ncConfig.dcacheClientServerLocal;
-        dccConfig.path = ncConfig.dcacheClientPath;
-
-        DCacheClient.get().init(dccConfig);
-
         final NodeControllerService nService = new NodeControllerService(ncConfig);
         nService.start();
         Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread() {