diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/APIFramework.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/APIFramework.java
index aec19e8..3e722cc 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/APIFramework.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/APIFramework.java
@@ -29,13 +29,12 @@
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.apache.asterix.algebra.base.ILangExpressionToPlanTranslator;
 import org.apache.asterix.algebra.base.ILangExpressionToPlanTranslatorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.ResultUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.CompilerProperties;
-import org.apache.asterix.common.config.ExternalProperties;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.OptimizationConfUtil;
-import org.apache.hyracks.control.common.config.OptionTypes;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ACIDException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.Job;
@@ -63,8 +62,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.JobIdFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.CompiledStatements.ICompiledDmlStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.IStatementExecutor.Stats;
-import org.apache.asterix.utils.ResourceUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.SessionConfig;
+import org.apache.asterix.utils.ResourceUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.constraints.AlgebricksAbsolutePartitionConstraint;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.constraints.AlgebricksPartitionConstraint;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
@@ -74,15 +73,14 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.compiler.api.ICompilerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalPlan;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.IOptimizationContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.ExpressionRuntimeProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.IConflictingTypeResolver;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.IExpressionEvalSizeComputer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.IExpressionTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.IMergeAggregationExpressionFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.IMissableTypeComputer;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.ExpressionRuntimeProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.prettyprint.AlgebricksAppendable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.prettyprint.LogicalOperatorPrettyPrintVisitor;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.prettyprint.PlanPlotter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.prettyprint.PlanPrettyPrinter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.AlgebricksOptimizationContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IOptimizationContextFactory;
@@ -90,12 +88,11 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.client.IClusterInfoCollector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.client.NodeControllerInfo;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.config.IOptionType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.config.IOptionType;
+import org.apache.hyracks.control.common.config.OptionTypes;
 
 /**
  * Provides helper methods for compilation of a query into a JobSpec and submission
@@ -204,14 +201,6 @@
             }
             printPlanPostfix(conf);
         }
-
-        //print the plot for the logical plan
-        ExternalProperties xProps = AppContextInfo.INSTANCE.getExternalProperties();
-        Boolean plot = xProps.getIsPlottingEnabled();
-        if (plot) {
-            PlanPlotter.printLogicalPlan(plan);
-        }
-
         CompilerProperties compilerProperties = AppContextInfo.INSTANCE.getCompilerProperties();
         int frameSize = compilerProperties.getFrameSize();
         Map<String, String> querySpecificConfig = metadataProvider.getConfig();
@@ -249,10 +238,6 @@
         ICompiler compiler = compilerFactory.createCompiler(plan, metadataProvider, t.getVarCounter());
         if (conf.isOptimize()) {
             compiler.optimize();
-            //plot optimized logical plan
-            if (plot) {
-                PlanPlotter.printOptimizedLogicalPlan(plan);
-            }
             if (conf.is(SessionConfig.OOB_OPTIMIZED_LOGICAL_PLAN)) {
                 if (conf.is(SessionConfig.FORMAT_ONLY_PHYSICAL_OPS)) {
                     // For Optimizer tests.
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
index 42cc42c..ce7eb3d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
@@ -93,12 +93,6 @@
     </description>
   </property>
   <property>
-    <name>plot.activate</name>
-    <value>false</value>
-    <description>Enabling plot of Algebricks plan to tmp folder. (Default = false)
-    </description>
-  </property>
-  <property>
     <name>messaging.frame.size</name>
     <value>4096</value>
     <description>The frame size to be used for NC to NC messaging. (Default = 4kb)
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration2.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration2.xml
index 4418f49..af17901 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration2.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration2.xml
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@
         </description>
     </property>
     <property>
-        <name>plot.activate</name>
-        <value>false</value>
-        <description>Enabling plot of Algebricks plan to tmp folder. (Default = false)
-        </description>
-    </property>
-    <property>
         <name>messaging.frame.size</name>
         <value>4096</value>
         <description>The frame size to be used for NC to NC messaging. (Default = 4kb)
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration3.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration3.xml
index 4aa4a89..06ac7b5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration3.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration3.xml
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@
         </description>
     </property>
     <property>
-        <name>plot.activate</name>
-        <value>false</value>
-        <description>Enabling plot of Algebricks plan to tmp folder. (Default = false)
-        </description>
-    </property>
-    <property>
         <name>messaging.frame.size</name>
         <value>4096</value>
         <description>The frame size to be used for NC to NC messaging. (Default = 4kb)
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration4.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration4.xml
index 4d97f71..bfa51dd 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration4.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration4.xml
@@ -73,12 +73,6 @@
         </description>
     </property>
     <property>
-        <name>plot.activate</name>
-        <value>false</value>
-        <description>Enabling plot of Algebricks plan to tmp folder. (Default = false)
-        </description>
-    </property>
-    <property>
         <name>messaging.frame.size</name>
         <value>4096</value>
         <description>The frame size to be used for NC to NC messaging. (Default = 4kb)
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.adm
index aebf817..251aeb6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.adm
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     "metadata.listen.port" : 0,
     "metadata.node" : "asterix_nc1",
     "metadata.registration.timeout.secs" : 60,
-    "plot.activate" : false,
     "replication.log.batchsize" : 4096,
     "replication.log.buffer.numpages" : 8,
     "replication.log.buffer.pagesize" : 131072,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.adm
index 47ea9d6..485a983 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.adm
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     "metadata.listen.port" : 0,
     "metadata.node" : "asterix_nc1",
     "metadata.registration.timeout.secs" : 60,
-    "plot.activate" : false,
     "replication.log.batchsize" : 4096,
     "replication.log.buffer.numpages" : 8,
     "replication.log.buffer.pagesize" : 131072,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.adm
index b39ccd7..ec0ae4a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.adm
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     "metadata.listen.port" : 0,
     "metadata.node" : "asterix_nc1",
     "metadata.registration.timeout.secs" : 60,
-    "plot.activate" : false,
     "replication.log.batchsize" : 4096,
     "replication.log.buffer.numpages" : 8,
     "replication.log.buffer.pagesize" : 131072,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/ExternalProperties.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/ExternalProperties.java
index 4ab1d97..bde8303 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/ExternalProperties.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/ExternalProperties.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
         LOG_LEVEL(LEVEL, java.util.logging.Level.WARNING, "The logging level for master and slave processes"),
         MAX_WAIT_ACTIVE_CLUSTER(INTEGER, 60, "The max pending time (in seconds) for cluster startup. After the " +
                 "threshold, if the cluster still is not up and running, it is considered unavailable"),
-        PLOT_ACTIVATE(BOOLEAN, false, null),
         CC_JAVA_OPTS(STRING, "-Xmx1024m", "The JVM options passed to the cluster controller process by managix"),
         NC_JAVA_OPTS(STRING, "-Xmx1024m", "The JVM options passed to the node controller process(es) by managix");
 
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@
                     return Section.CC;
                 case LOG_LEVEL:
                 case MAX_WAIT_ACTIVE_CLUSTER:
-                case PLOT_ACTIVATE:
                     return Section.COMMON;
                 case CC_JAVA_OPTS:
                 case NC_JAVA_OPTS:
@@ -112,10 +110,6 @@
         return accessor.getInt(Option.MAX_WAIT_ACTIVE_CLUSTER);
     }
 
-    public boolean getIsPlottingEnabled() {
-        return accessor.getBoolean(Option.PLOT_ACTIVATE);
-    }
-
     public String getNCJavaParams() {
         return accessor.getString(Option.NC_JAVA_OPTS);
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-doc/src/site/markdown/ncservice.md b/asterixdb/asterix-doc/src/site/markdown/ncservice.md
index cd19db6..aadecc2 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-doc/src/site/markdown/ncservice.md
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-doc/src/site/markdown/ncservice.md
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@
 | common  | metadata.listen.port                      | IP port to bind metadata listener (0 = random port) | 0 |
 | common  | metadata.node                             | the node which should serve as the metadata node | &lt;undefined&gt; |
 | common  | metadata.registration.timeout.secs        | how long in seconds to wait for the metadata node to register with the CC | 60 |
-| common  | plot.activate                             | N/A | false |
 | common  | replication.log.batchsize                 | The size in bytes to replicate in each batch | 4096 (4 kB) |
 | common  | replication.log.buffer.numpages           | The number of log buffer pages | 8 |
 | common  | replication.log.buffer.pagesize           | The size in bytes of each log buffer page | 131072 (128 kB) |
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/asterix-configuration.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/asterix-configuration.xml
index ed8e70a..35d114e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/asterix-configuration.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/asterix-configuration.xml
@@ -265,11 +265,4 @@
     </description>
   </property>
 
-  <property>
-    <name>plot.activate</name>
-    <value>false</value>
-    <description>Enabling plot of Algebricks plan to tmp folder. (Default = false)
-    </description>
-  </property>
-
 </asterixConfiguration>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/integrationts/asterix-configuration.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/integrationts/asterix-configuration.xml
index a5ecc6b..9583485 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/integrationts/asterix-configuration.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-installer/src/test/resources/integrationts/asterix-configuration.xml
@@ -258,11 +258,4 @@
     </description>
   </property>
 
-  <property>
-    <name>plot.activate</name>
-    <value>false</value>
-    <description>Enabling plot of Algebricks plan to tmp folder. (Default = false)
-    </description>
-  </property>
-
 </asterixConfiguration>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-yarn/src/main/resources/base-asterix-configuration.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-yarn/src/main/resources/base-asterix-configuration.xml
index a1b369e..17d88ae 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-yarn/src/main/resources/base-asterix-configuration.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-yarn/src/main/resources/base-asterix-configuration.xml
@@ -250,11 +250,4 @@
     </description>
   </property>
 
-  <property>
-    <name>plot.activate</name>
-    <value>false</value>
-    <description>Enabling plot of Algebricks plan to tmp folder. (Default = false)
-    </description>
-  </property>
-
 </asterixConfiguration>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-yarn/src/main/resources/configs/base-asterix-configuration.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-yarn/src/main/resources/configs/base-asterix-configuration.xml
index a1b369e..17d88ae 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-yarn/src/main/resources/configs/base-asterix-configuration.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-yarn/src/main/resources/configs/base-asterix-configuration.xml
@@ -250,11 +250,4 @@
     </description>
   </property>
 
-  <property>
-    <name>plot.activate</name>
-    <value>false</value>
-    <description>Enabling plot of Algebricks plan to tmp folder. (Default = false)
-    </description>
-  </property>
-
 </asterixConfiguration>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
index 5af7208..8621eb9 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/prettyprint/PlanPlotter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/prettyprint/PlanPlotter.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b98ebd..0000000
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/prettyprint/PlanPlotter.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you 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 at
- *
- *   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 org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.prettyprint;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Random;
-
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.Mutable;
-
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalOperator;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalPlan;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.AbstractLogicalOperator;
-
-public class PlanPlotter {
-
-    static Random randomGenerator = new Random();
-
-    public static void printLogicalPlan(ILogicalPlan plan) throws AlgebricksException {
-        int indent = 5;
-        StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
-        int randomInt = 10000 + randomGenerator.nextInt(100);
-        appendln(out, "digraph G {");
-        for (Mutable<ILogicalOperator> root : plan.getRoots()) {
-            printVisualizationGraph((AbstractLogicalOperator) root.getValue(), indent, out, "", randomInt);
-        }
-        appendln(out, "\n}\n}");
-        try {
-            File file = File.createTempFile("logicalPlan", ".txt");
-            FileUtils.writeStringToFile(file, out.toString());
-            file.deleteOnExit();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static void printOptimizedLogicalPlan(ILogicalPlan plan) throws AlgebricksException {
-        int indent = 5;
-        StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
-        int randomInt = 10000 + randomGenerator.nextInt(100);
-        appendln(out, "digraph G {");
-        for (Mutable<ILogicalOperator> root : plan.getRoots()) {
-            printVisualizationGraph((AbstractLogicalOperator) root.getValue(), indent, out, "", randomInt);
-        }
-        appendln(out, "\n}\n}");
-        try {
-            File file = File.createTempFile("logicalOptimizedPlan", ".txt");
-            FileUtils.writeStringToFile(file, out.toString());
-            file.deleteOnExit();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * DFS traversal function. Calls iteratively all children, and for each calls itself recursively
-     * Includes slim-maps only (no gathering of mappers to one)
-     */
-    public static void printVisualizationGraph(AbstractLogicalOperator op, int indent, StringBuilder out,
-            String current_supernode_name, int randomInt) {
-        if (!op.getInputs().isEmpty()) {
-            //String stringToVisualize = op.toStringForVisualizationGraph();
-            String stringToVisualize = op.getOperatorTag().name();
-            int firstOccurenceOf_ = stringToVisualize.indexOf("_");
-            String supernode_current = stringToVisualize.substring(firstOccurenceOf_ + 1, stringToVisualize.length());
-            if (current_supernode_name.isEmpty()) {
-                current_supernode_name = supernode_current;
-                appendln(out, new String("subgraph cluster_" + supernode_current + " {"));
-                pad(out, indent);
-                appendln(out, new String("node [style=filled, color = lightgray];"));
-                pad(out, indent);
-                appendln(out, new String("color=blue;"));
-                pad(out, indent);
-                String op_id = op.toString().substring(op.toString().indexOf("@") + 1, op.toString().length());
-                appendln(out, new String("label = \"" + supernode_current + "ID" + op_id + "\";"));
-                pad(out, indent);
-            }
-
-            for (Mutable<ILogicalOperator> i : op.getInputs()) {
-                String op_id = i.toString().substring(i.toString().indexOf("@") + 1, i.toString().length());
-                String logOpStr = ((AbstractLogicalOperator) i.getValue()).getOperatorTag().name() + "ID" + op_id;
-                firstOccurenceOf_ = logOpStr.indexOf("_");
-                String supernode_child = logOpStr.substring(firstOccurenceOf_ + 1, logOpStr.length());
-                if (!supernode_current.equals(supernode_child)) {
-                    appendln(out, new String("node [style=filled, color = lightgray];"));
-                    pad(out, indent);
-                    appendln(out, new String("color=blue"));
-                    pad(out, indent);
-                    appendln(out, new String("label = \"" + supernode_child + "\";"));
-                    pad(out, indent);
-                }
-
-                op_id = op.toString().substring(op.toString().indexOf("@") + 1, op.toString().length());
-                appendln(out, stringToVisualize + "ID" + op_id + "[style = filled]");
-                AbstractLogicalOperator child = (AbstractLogicalOperator) i.getValue();
-
-                pad(out, indent);
-                String op_id1 = op.toString().substring(op.toString().indexOf("@") + 1, op.toString().length());
-                append(out, op.getOperatorTag().name() + "ID" + op_id1 + " -> ");
-                String opc_id = child.toString()
-                        .substring(child.toString().indexOf("@") + 1, child.toString().length());
-                appendln(out, child.getOperatorTag().name() + "ID" + opc_id);
-
-                printVisualizationGraph(child, indent, out, supernode_current, (randomGenerator.nextInt(100) + 10000));
-
-            }
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    private static void appendln(StringBuilder buf, String s) {
-        buf.append(s);
-        buf.append("\n");
-    }
-
-    private static void append(StringBuilder buf, String s) {
-        buf.append(s);
-    }
-
-    private static void pad(StringBuilder buf, int indent) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < indent; ++i) {
-            buf.append(' ');
-        }
-    }
-}