diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/http/servlet/RESTAPIServlet.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/http/servlet/RESTAPIServlet.java
index 56df590..7a4f1aa 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/http/servlet/RESTAPIServlet.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/http/servlet/RESTAPIServlet.java
@@ -48,26 +48,6 @@
     private static final String HYRACKS_CONNECTION_ATTR = "edu.uci.ics.asterix.HYRACKS_CONNECTION";
 
     private static final String HYRACKS_DATASET_ATTR = "edu.uci.ics.asterix.HYRACKS_DATASET";
-
-    private void serveAsStaticFile(String resourcePath, PrintWriter out, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
-        InputStream is = APIServlet.class.getResourceAsStream(resourcePath);
-        if (is == null) {
-            response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
-            return;
-        }
-        InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
-        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
-        String line = br.readLine();
-
-        while (line != null) {
-            sb.append(line);
-            line = br.readLine();
-        }
-
-        out.println(sb.toString());
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
         response.setContentType("application/json");
@@ -75,12 +55,6 @@
 
         PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
 
-        String requestURI = request.getRequestURI();
-        if (requestURI.startsWith("/sdk/static/")) {
-            serveAsStaticFile(requestURI, out, response);
-            return;
-        }
-
         DisplayFormat format = DisplayFormat.HTML;
 
         String contentType = request.getContentType();