diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index 56046f7..8e67891 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -45,5 +45,10 @@
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+  		<version>2.4</version>
+  	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/FileRemoveOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/FileRemoveOperatorDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf7ff33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/FileRemoveOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2013 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameWriter;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorNodePushable;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IRecordDescriptorProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IOperatorDescriptorRegistry;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractOperatorNodePushable;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor;
+
+public class FileRemoveOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor {
+
+    private final IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider;
+
+    public FileRemoveOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvder) {
+        super(spec, 0, 0);
+        this.fileSplitProvider = fileSplitProvder;
+    }
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    @Override
+    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
+            IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final FileSplit split = fileSplitProvider.getFileSplits()[partition];
+        return new AbstractOperatorNodePushable() {
+
+            @Override
+            public void setOutputFrameWriter(int index, IFrameWriter writer, RecordDescriptor recordDesc) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void initialize() throws HyracksDataException {
+                File f = split.getLocalFile().getFile();
+                try {
+                    FileUtils.deleteDirectory(f);
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+                }
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public IFrameWriter getInputFrameWriter(int index) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public int getInputArity() {
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void deinitialize() throws HyracksDataException {
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+}