diff --git a/API.js b/API.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e9f4cbc43..000000000
--- a/API.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,184 +0,0 @@
-var WalletFactory = require('./js/models/WalletFactory');
-
-var API = function(opts) {
-  this._init(opts);
-};
-
-API.prototype._init = function(opts) {
-  var self = this;
-
-  opts = opts || {};
-  self.opts = opts;
-
-  this.walletFactory = new WalletFactory(opts);
-};
-
-API._coerceArgTypes = function(args, argTypes) {
-  for (var i in args) {
-    var arg = args[i];
-    var argType = argTypes[i][1];
-    if (typeof arg == 'string') {
-      switch (argType) {
-        case 'object':
-          args[i] = JSON.parse(arg);
-          break;
-        case 'number':
-          args[i] = Number(arg);
-          break;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  return args;
-};
-
-API.prototype._command = function(command, args, callback) {
-  var self = this;
-
-  if (!command || command[0] == "_")
-    return callback(new Error('invalid command'));
-
-  if (!API._checkArgTypes(command, args)) {
-    var argTypes = API.prototype[command].argTypes;
-    API._coerceArgTypes(args, argTypes)
-    if (!API._checkArgTypes(command, args))
-      throw new Error('invalid arguments');
-  }
-
-  if (typeof self["_cmd_" + command] == 'function') {
-    var f = API.prototype[command];
-    if (f.argTypes[f.argTypes.length - 1][1] == 'function')
-      return self["_cmd_" + command].apply(self, args.concat([callback]));
-    else
-      return callback(null, self["_cmd_" + command].apply(self, args));
-  };
-
-  return callback(new Error('invalid command'));
-};
-
-API._checkArgTypes = function(command, args) {
-  var f = API.prototype[command];
-
-  if (f.argTypes.length != args.length) {
-
-    //if the function doesn't have a callback
-    if (!(f.argTypes.length == args.length + 1 && f.argTypes[f.argTypes.length - 1][1] == 'function'))
-      return false;
-  }
-
-  for (var i in args) {
-    if (typeof args[i] != f.argTypes[i][1])
-      return false;
-  }
-  return true;
-};
-
-function decorate(command, argTypes) {
-  var d = function() {
-    API.prototype._command.call(this, command, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0));
-  };
-
-  d.argTypes = argTypes;
-
-  return d;
-};
-
-API.prototype._cmd_echo = function(str, callback) {
-  var self = this;
-
-  return callback(null, str);
-};
-
-API.prototype.echo = decorate('echo', [
-  ['str', 'string'],
-  ['callback', 'function']
-]);
-
-API.prototype._cmd_echoNumber = function(num, callback) {
-  var self = this;
-
-  return callback(null, num);
-};
-
-API.prototype.echoNumber = decorate('echoNumber', [
-  ['num', 'number'],
-  ['callback', 'function']
-]);
-
-API.prototype._cmd_echoObject = function(obj, callback) {
-  var self = this;
-
-  return callback(null, obj);
-};
-
-API.prototype.echoObject = decorate('echoObject', [
-  ['obj', 'object'],
-  ['callback', 'function']
-]);
-
-/*
-API.prototype.getBalance = function(callback) {
-  var self = this;
-
-  return callback(null, self.wallet.getBalance([]));
-};
-
-API.prototype.getBalance.argTypes =
-  [
-  ['callback', 'function']
-  ];
-*/
-
-API.prototype._cmd_getArgTypes = function(command, callback) {
-  var self = this;
-
-  if (command[0] == '_' || typeof API.prototype[command] != 'function')
-    return callback(new Error('Invalid command'));
-
-  var argTypes = API.prototype[command].argTypes;
-
-  return callback(null, argTypes);
-};
-
-API.prototype.getArgTypes = decorate('getArgTypes', [
-  ['command', 'string'],
-  ['callback', 'function']
-]);
-
-API.prototype._cmd_getCommands = function(callback) {
-  var self = this;
-
-  var fs = [];
-
-  for (var i in API.prototype) {
-    var f = API.prototype[i];
-    if (typeof f == 'function' && i[0] != "_")
-      fs.push(i);
-  };
-
-  return callback(null, fs);
-};
-
-API.prototype.getCommands = decorate('getCommands', [
-  ['callback', 'function']
-]);
-
-API.prototype._cmd_getWallets = function(callback) {
-  var self = this;
-
-  return callback(null, self.walletFactory.getWallets());
-};
-
-API.prototype.getWallets = decorate('getWallets', [
-  ['callback', 'function']
-]);
-
-API.prototype._cmd_help = function(callback) {
-  this._cmd_getCommands.apply(this, arguments);
-};
-
-API.prototype.help = decorate('help', [
-  ['callback', 'function']
-]);
-
-module.exports = API;