diff --git a/external/.gitignore b/external/.gitignore
index 46ed7f281609d69afe247127d2ba51a44562b7f2..a0c1e79cd81d1cf7d5126826998951d6817c0bd1 100644
--- a/external/.gitignore
+++ b/external/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@ flib_dpb_20
 ipc/ipc
 ipc_legacy/ipc
 jsroot
-spadic/spadic
 googletest
 
diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index 20d2b6cb5b21445759cf5f2512abaf73858a00d8..8c6f00abf406db5917913466836a3baa636d4e9e 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ if(DOWNLOAD_EXTERNALS)
 
   Add_Subdirectory(ipc)
   Add_Subdirectory(flib_dpb)
-  Add_Subdirectory(spadic)
 
   Include(InstallVC.cmake)
   Include(InstallKFParticle.cmake)
diff --git a/external/spadic/CMakeLists.txt b/external/spadic/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 79ac0694b7964ab33423522019c8278181d307ea..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/external/spadic/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-# Build the spadic message reader library.
-# The code is external in github as defined in the svn:extrenals.
-# Add some extra compile warnings 
-
-download_project_if_needed(PROJECT spadic
-                           GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/spadic/spadic10-software
-                           GIT_TAG 286875d1f543a169e29388d9673d2738f337de18
-                           SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/spadic
-                           TEST_FILE setup.py
-                          )
-
-Set(INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
-  ${CBMROOT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/spadic/spadic/lib/message
-  ${CBMROOT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/spadic/spadic/lib/message/wrap/cpp
-)
-
-Set(SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
-  ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}
-  ${CBMROOT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/flib_dpb/flib_dpb
-)
-
-Include_Directories( ${INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
-Include_Directories(SYSTEM ${SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
-
-Set(LINK_DIRECTORIES
-${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}
-)
- 
-Link_Directories( ${LINK_DIRECTORIES})
-
-Set(C_SRCS
-spadic/lib/message/message.c
-spadic/lib/message/message_reader.c
-)
-
-Set(CXX_SRCS
-spadic/lib/message/wrap/cpp/Message.cpp
-)
-
-Set_Source_Files_Properties(${CXX_SRCS} COMPILE_FLAGS "-Wall -pedantic -Wextra -Winit-self -Wundef -Wold-style-cast -Woverloaded-virtual -Wwrite-strings -Wnon-virtual-dtor")
-
-Set(SRCS ${C_SRCS} ${CXX_SRCS})
-
-Set(LIBRARY_NAME spadicMessage)
-Set(DEPENDENCIES)
-
-GENERATE_LIBRARY()