diff --git a/CommonLibs/Makefile.am b/CommonLibs/Makefile.am
index 22572e1..2c449e0 100644
--- a/CommonLibs/Makefile.am
+++ b/CommonLibs/Makefile.am
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 libcommon_la_SOURCES = \
 	BitVector.cpp \
 	LinkedLists.cpp \
-	Sockets.cpp \
 	Threads.cpp \
 	Timeval.cpp \
 	Logger.cpp \
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@
 	PRBS.h \
 	Interthread.h \
 	LinkedLists.h \
-	Sockets.h \
 	Threads.h \
 	Timeval.h \
 	Vector.h \
diff --git a/CommonLibs/Sockets.cpp b/CommonLibs/Sockets.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index ce8e3d5..0000000
--- a/CommonLibs/Sockets.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,287 +0,0 @@
-/*
-* Copyright 2008, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-*
-*
-* This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU Affero Public License.
-* See the COPYING file in the main directory for details.
-*
-* This use of this software may be subject to additional restrictions.
-* See the LEGAL file in the main directory for details.
-
-	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-	it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
-	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-	(at your option) any later version.
-
-	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-	GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-
-	You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-	along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-*/
-
-
-
-#include <config.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <cstdio>
-#include <sys/select.h>
-
-#include "Threads.h"
-#include "Sockets.h"
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-
-
-
-
-
-bool resolveAddress(struct sockaddr_in *address, const char *hostAndPort)
-{
-	assert(address);
-	assert(hostAndPort);
-	char *copy = strdup(hostAndPort);
-	char *colon = strchr(copy,':');
-	if (!colon) return false;
-	*colon = '\0';
-	char *host = copy;
-	unsigned port = strtol(colon+1,NULL,10);
-	bool retVal = resolveAddress(address,host,port);
-	free(copy);
-	return retVal;
-}
-
-bool resolveAddress(struct sockaddr_in *address, const char *host, unsigned short port)
-{
-	assert(address);
-	assert(host);
-	// FIXME -- Need to ignore leading/trailing spaces in hostname.
-	struct hostent *hp;
-	int h_errno_local;
-#ifdef HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME2_R
-	struct hostent hostData;
-	char tmpBuffer[2048];
-
-	// There are different flavors of gethostbyname_r(), but
-	// latest Linux use the following form:
-	if (gethostbyname2_r(host, AF_INET, &hostData, tmpBuffer, sizeof(tmpBuffer), &hp, &h_errno_local)!=0) {
-		CERR("WARNING -- gethostbyname2_r() failed for " << host << ", " << hstrerror(h_errno_local));
-		return false;
-	}
-#else
-	static Mutex sGethostbynameMutex;
-	// gethostbyname() is NOT thread-safe, so we should use a mutex here.
-	// Ideally it should be a global mutex for all non thread-safe socket
-	// operations and it should protect access to variables such as
-	// global h_errno.
-	sGethostbynameMutex.lock();
-	hp = gethostbyname(host);
-	h_errno_local = h_errno;
-	sGethostbynameMutex.unlock();
-#endif
- 	if (hp==NULL) {
-		CERR("WARNING -- gethostbyname() failed for " << host << ", " << hstrerror(h_errno_local));
-		return false;
-	}
-	if (hp->h_addrtype != AF_INET) {
-		CERR("WARNING -- gethostbyname() resolved " << host << " to something other then AF_INET");
- 		return false;
- 	}
-	address->sin_family = hp->h_addrtype;
-	assert(sizeof(address->sin_addr) == hp->h_length);
-	memcpy(&(address->sin_addr), hp->h_addr_list[0], hp->h_length);
-	address->sin_port = htons(port);
-	return true;
-}
-
-
-
-DatagramSocket::DatagramSocket()
-{
-	memset(mDestination, 0, sizeof(mDestination));
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-void DatagramSocket::nonblocking()
-{
-	fcntl(mSocketFD,F_SETFL,O_NONBLOCK);
-}
-
-void DatagramSocket::blocking()
-{
-	fcntl(mSocketFD,F_SETFL,0);
-}
-
-void DatagramSocket::close()
-{
-	::close(mSocketFD);
-}
-
-
-DatagramSocket::~DatagramSocket()
-{
-	close();
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-int DatagramSocket::write( const char * message, size_t length )
-{
-	assert(length<=MAX_UDP_LENGTH);
-	int retVal = sendto(mSocketFD, message, length, 0,
-		(struct sockaddr *)mDestination, addressSize());
-	if (retVal == -1 ) perror("DatagramSocket::write() failed");
-	return retVal;
-}
-
-int DatagramSocket::writeBack( const char * message, size_t length )
-{
-	assert(length<=MAX_UDP_LENGTH);
-	int retVal = sendto(mSocketFD, message, length, 0,
-		(struct sockaddr *)mSource, addressSize());
-	if (retVal == -1 ) perror("DatagramSocket::write() failed");
-	return retVal;
-}
-
-
-
-int DatagramSocket::write( const char * message)
-{
-	size_t length=strlen(message)+1;
-	return write(message,length);
-}
-
-int DatagramSocket::writeBack( const char * message)
-{
-	size_t length=strlen(message)+1;
-	return writeBack(message,length);
-}
-
-
-
-int DatagramSocket::send(const struct sockaddr* dest, const char * message, size_t length )
-{
-	assert(length<=MAX_UDP_LENGTH);
-	int retVal = sendto(mSocketFD, message, length, 0, dest, addressSize());
-	if (retVal == -1 ) perror("DatagramSocket::send() failed");
-	return retVal;
-}
-
-int DatagramSocket::send(const struct sockaddr* dest, const char * message)
-{
-	size_t length=strlen(message)+1;
-	return send(dest,message,length);
-}
-
-int DatagramSocket::read(char* buffer, size_t length)
-{
-	socklen_t addr_len = sizeof(mSource);
-	int rd_length = recvfrom(mSocketFD, (void *) buffer, length, 0,
-		(struct sockaddr*) &mSource, &addr_len);
-
-	if ((rd_length==-1) && (errno!=EAGAIN)) {
-		perror("DatagramSocket::read() failed");
-		throw SocketError();
-	}
-	return rd_length;
-}
-
-int DatagramSocket::read(char* buffer, size_t length, unsigned timeout)
-{
-	fd_set fds;
-	FD_ZERO(&fds);
-	FD_SET(mSocketFD,&fds);
-	struct timeval tv;
-	tv.tv_sec = timeout/1000;
-	tv.tv_usec = (timeout%1000)*1000;
-	int sel = select(mSocketFD+1,&fds,NULL,NULL,&tv);
-	if (sel<0) {
-		perror("DatagramSocket::read() select() failed");
-		throw SocketError();
-	}
-	if (sel==0) return -1;
-	if (FD_ISSET(mSocketFD,&fds)) return read(buffer, length);
-	return -1;
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-
-UDPSocket::UDPSocket(const char *wSrcIP, unsigned short wSrcPort)
-	:DatagramSocket()
-{
-	open(wSrcPort, wSrcIP);
-}
-
-
-UDPSocket::UDPSocket(const char *wSrcIP, unsigned short wSrcPort,
-		     const char *wDestIP, unsigned short wDestPort)
-	:DatagramSocket()
-{
-	open(wSrcPort, wSrcIP);
-	destination(wDestPort, wDestIP);
-}
-
-
-
-void UDPSocket::destination( unsigned short wDestPort, const char * wDestIP )
-{
-	resolveAddress((sockaddr_in*)mDestination, wDestIP, wDestPort );
-}
-
-
-void UDPSocket::open(unsigned short localPort, const char *wlocalIP)
-{
-	// create
-	mSocketFD = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0);
-	if (mSocketFD<0) {
-		perror("socket() failed");
-		throw SocketError();
-	}
-
-	// pat added: This lets the socket be reused immediately, which is needed if OpenBTS crashes.
-	int on = 1;
-	setsockopt(mSocketFD, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &on, sizeof(on));
-
-
-	// bind
-	struct sockaddr_in address;
-	size_t length = sizeof(address);
-	bzero(&address,length);
-	address.sin_family = AF_INET;
-	address.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(wlocalIP);
-	address.sin_port = htons(localPort);
-	if (bind(mSocketFD,(struct sockaddr*)&address,length)<0) {
-		perror("bind() failed");
-		throw SocketError();
-	}
-}
-
-
-
-unsigned short UDPSocket::port() const
-{
-	struct sockaddr_in name;
-	socklen_t nameSize = sizeof(name);
-	int retVal = getsockname(mSocketFD, (struct sockaddr*)&name, &nameSize);
-	if (retVal==-1) throw SocketError();
-	return ntohs(name.sin_port);
-}
-
-// vim:ts=4:sw=4
diff --git a/CommonLibs/Sockets.h b/CommonLibs/Sockets.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 71b8b22..0000000
--- a/CommonLibs/Sockets.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,173 +0,0 @@
-/*
-* Copyright 2008, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-*
-* This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU Affero Public License.
-* See the COPYING file in the main directory for details.
-*
-* This use of this software may be subject to additional restrictions.
-* See the LEGAL file in the main directory for details.
-
-	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-	it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
-	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-	(at your option) any later version.
-
-	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-	GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-
-	You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-	along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-*/
-
-
-#ifndef SOCKETS_H
-#define SOCKETS_H
-
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <netdb.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/un.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <list>
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-
-
-
-
-#define MAX_UDP_LENGTH 1500
-
-/** A function to resolve IP host names. */
-bool resolveAddress(struct sockaddr_in *address, const char *host, unsigned short port);
-
-/** Resolve an address of the form "<host>:<port>". */
-bool resolveAddress(struct sockaddr_in *address, const char *hostAndPort);
-
-/** An exception to throw when a critical socket operation fails. */
-class SocketError {};
-#define SOCKET_ERROR {throw SocketError(); }
-
-/** Abstract class for connectionless sockets. */
-class DatagramSocket {
-
-protected:
-
-	int mSocketFD;				///< underlying file descriptor
-	char mDestination[256];		///< address to which packets are sent
-	char mSource[256];		///< return address of most recent received packet
-
-public:
-
-	/** An almost-does-nothing constructor. */
-	DatagramSocket();
-
-	virtual ~DatagramSocket();
-
-	/** Return the address structure size for this socket type. */
-	virtual size_t addressSize() const = 0;
-
-	/**
-		Send a binary packet.
-		@param buffer The data bytes to send to mDestination.
-		@param length Number of bytes to send, or strlen(buffer) if defaulted to -1.
-		@return number of bytes written, or -1 on error.
-	*/
-	int write( const char * buffer, size_t length);
-
-	/**
-		Send a C-style string packet.
-		@param buffer The data bytes to send to mDestination.
-		@return number of bytes written, or -1 on error.
-	*/
-	int write( const char * buffer);
-
-	/**
-		Send a binary packet.
-		@param buffer The data bytes to send to mSource.
-		@param length Number of bytes to send, or strlen(buffer) if defaulted to -1.
-		@return number of bytes written, or -1 on error.
-	*/
-	int writeBack(const char * buffer, size_t length);
-
-	/**
-		Send a C-style string packet.
-		@param buffer The data bytes to send to mSource.
-		@return number of bytes written, or -1 on error.
-	*/
-	int writeBack(const char * buffer);
-
-
-	/**
-		Receive a packet.
-		@param buffer A char[MAX_UDP_LENGTH] procured by the caller.
-		@return The number of bytes received or -1 on non-blocking pass.
-	*/
-	int read(char* buffer, size_t length);
-
-	/**
-		Receive a packet with a timeout.
-		@param buffer A char[MAX_UDP_LENGTH] procured by the caller.
-		@param maximum wait time in milliseconds
-		@return The number of bytes received or -1 on timeout.
-	*/
-	int read(char* buffer, size_t length, unsigned timeout);
-
-
-	/** Send a packet to a given destination, other than the default. */
-	int send(const struct sockaddr *dest, const char * buffer, size_t length);
-
-	/** Send a C-style string to a given destination, other than the default. */
-	int send(const struct sockaddr *dest, const char * buffer);
-
-	/** Make the socket non-blocking. */
-	void nonblocking();
-
-	/** Make the socket blocking (the default). */
-	void blocking();
-
-	/** Close the socket. */
-	void close();
-
-};
-
-
-
-/** UDP/IP User Datagram Socket */
-class UDPSocket : public DatagramSocket {
-
-public:
-
-	/** Open a USP socket with an OS-assigned port and no default destination. */
-	UDPSocket(const char *localIP, unsigned short localPort);
-
-	/** Given a full specification, open the socket and set the dest address. */
-	UDPSocket(const char *localIP, unsigned short localPort,
-		  const char *remoteIP, unsigned short remotePort);
-
-	/** Set the destination port. */
-	void destination( unsigned short wDestPort, const char * wDestIP );
-
-	/** Return the actual port number in use. */
-	unsigned short port() const;
-
-	/** Open and bind the UDP socket to a local port. */
-	void open(unsigned short localPort=0, const char *wlocalIP="127.0.0.1");
-
-	/** Give the return address of the most recently received packet. */
-	const struct sockaddr_in* source() const { return (const struct sockaddr_in*)mSource; }
-
-	size_t addressSize() const { return sizeof(struct sockaddr_in); }
-
-};
-
-#endif
-
-
-
-// vim:ts=4:sw=4
diff --git a/Transceiver52M/Transceiver.cpp b/Transceiver52M/Transceiver.cpp
index 4fc277b..58e8719 100644
--- a/Transceiver52M/Transceiver.cpp
+++ b/Transceiver52M/Transceiver.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "proto_trxd.h"
 
 #include <osmocom/core/bits.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/socket.h>
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
@@ -120,8 +121,7 @@
                          RadioInterface *wRadioInterface,
                          double wRssiOffset, int wStackSize)
   : mBasePort(wBasePort), mLocalAddr(TRXAddress), mRemoteAddr(GSMcoreAddress),
-    mClockSocket(TRXAddress, wBasePort, GSMcoreAddress, wBasePort + 100),
-    mTransmitLatency(wTransmitLatency), mRadioInterface(wRadioInterface),
+    mClockSocket(-1), mTransmitLatency(wTransmitLatency), mRadioInterface(wRadioInterface),
     rssiOffset(wRssiOffset), stackSize(wStackSize),
     mSPSTx(tx_sps), mSPSRx(rx_sps), mChans(chans), mEdge(false), mOn(false), mForceClockInterface(false),
     mTxFreq(0.0), mRxFreq(0.0), mTSC(0), mMaxExpectedDelayAB(0), mMaxExpectedDelayNB(0),
@@ -142,14 +142,19 @@
 
   sigProcLibDestroy();
 
+  if (mClockSocket >= 0)
+    close(mClockSocket);
+
   for (size_t i = 0; i < mChans; i++) {
     mControlServiceLoopThreads[i]->cancel();
     mControlServiceLoopThreads[i]->join();
     delete mControlServiceLoopThreads[i];
 
     mTxPriorityQueues[i].clear();
-    delete mCtrlSockets[i];
-    delete mDataSockets[i];
+    if (mCtrlSockets[i] >= 0)
+      close(mCtrlSockets[i]);
+    if (mDataSockets[i] >= 0)
+      close(mDataSockets[i]);
   }
 }
 
@@ -180,8 +185,8 @@
   mExtRACH = ext_rach;
   mEdge = edge;
 
-  mDataSockets.resize(mChans);
-  mCtrlSockets.resize(mChans);
+  mDataSockets.resize(mChans, -1);
+  mCtrlSockets.resize(mChans, -1);
   mControlServiceLoopThreads.resize(mChans);
   mTxPriorityQueueServiceLoopThreads.resize(mChans);
   mRxServiceLoopThreads.resize(mChans);
@@ -195,14 +200,30 @@
     mStates[0].mRetrans = true;
 
   /* Setup sockets */
+  mClockSocket = osmo_sock_init2(AF_UNSPEC, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP,
+				    mLocalAddr.c_str(), mBasePort,
+				    mRemoteAddr.c_str(), mBasePort + 100,
+				    OSMO_SOCK_F_BIND | OSMO_SOCK_F_CONNECT);
+
   for (size_t i = 0; i < mChans; i++) {
     c_srcport = mBasePort + 2 * i + 1;
     c_dstport = mBasePort + 2 * i + 101;
     d_srcport = mBasePort + 2 * i + 2;
     d_dstport = mBasePort + 2 * i + 102;
 
-    mCtrlSockets[i] = new UDPSocket(mLocalAddr.c_str(), c_srcport, mRemoteAddr.c_str(), c_dstport);
-    mDataSockets[i] = new UDPSocket(mLocalAddr.c_str(), d_srcport, mRemoteAddr.c_str(), d_dstport);
+    mCtrlSockets[i] = osmo_sock_init2(AF_UNSPEC, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP,
+                                      mLocalAddr.c_str(), c_srcport,
+                                      mRemoteAddr.c_str(), c_dstport,
+				      OSMO_SOCK_F_BIND | OSMO_SOCK_F_CONNECT);
+    if (mCtrlSockets[i] < 0)
+      return false;
+
+    mDataSockets[i] = osmo_sock_init2(AF_UNSPEC, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP,
+                                      mLocalAddr.c_str(), d_srcport,
+                                      mRemoteAddr.c_str(), d_dstport,
+				      OSMO_SOCK_F_BIND | OSMO_SOCK_F_CONNECT);
+    if (mCtrlSockets[i] < 0)
+      return false;
   }
 
   /* Randomize the central clock */
@@ -707,9 +728,11 @@
   int msgLen;
 
   /* Attempt to read from control socket */
-  msgLen = mCtrlSockets[chan]->read(buffer, MAX_PACKET_LENGTH);
-  if (msgLen < 1)
+  msgLen = read(mCtrlSockets[chan], buffer, MAX_PACKET_LENGTH);
+  if (msgLen <= 0) {
+    LOGCHAN(chan, DTRXCTRL, WARNING) << "mCtrlSockets read(" << mCtrlSockets[chan] << ") failed: " << msgLen;
     return;
+  }
 
   /* Zero-terminate received string */
   buffer[msgLen] = '\0';
@@ -854,16 +877,23 @@
   }
 
   LOGCHAN(chan, DTRXCTRL, INFO) << "response is '" << response << "'";
-  mCtrlSockets[chan]->write(response, strlen(response) + 1);
+  msgLen = write(mCtrlSockets[chan], response, strlen(response) + 1);
+  if (msgLen <= 0)
+    LOGCHAN(chan, DTRXCTRL, WARNING) << "mCtrlSockets write(" << mCtrlSockets[chan] << ") failed: " << msgLen;
 }
 
 bool Transceiver::driveTxPriorityQueue(size_t chan)
 {
+  int msgLen;
   int burstLen;
   char buffer[EDGE_BURST_NBITS + 50];
 
   // check data socket
-  size_t msgLen = mDataSockets[chan]->read(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+  msgLen = read(mDataSockets[chan], buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+  if (msgLen <= 0) {
+    LOGCHAN(chan, DTRXCTRL, WARNING) << "mDataSockets read(" << mCtrlSockets[chan] << ") failed: " << msgLen;
+    return false;
+  }
 
   if (msgLen == gSlotLen + 1 + 4 + 1) {
     burstLen = gSlotLen;
@@ -937,6 +967,7 @@
 
 void Transceiver::driveReceiveFIFO(size_t chan)
 {
+  int msgLen;
   int TOAint;  // in 1/256 symbols
 
   struct trx_ul_burst_ind bi;
@@ -963,7 +994,9 @@
   /* +1: Historical reason. There's an uninitizalied byte in there: pkt->soft_bits[bi.nbits] */
   pkt->soft_bits[bi.nbits + 1] = '\0';
 
-  mDataSockets[chan]->write(burstString, sizeof(struct trxd_hdr_v0) + bi.nbits + 2);
+  msgLen = write(mDataSockets[chan], burstString, sizeof(struct trxd_hdr_v0) + bi.nbits + 2);
+  if (msgLen <= 0)
+    LOGCHAN(chan, DTRXCTRL, WARNING) << "mDataSockets write(" << mCtrlSockets[chan] << ") failed: " << msgLen;
 }
 
 void Transceiver::driveTxFIFO()
@@ -1023,13 +1056,16 @@
 
 void Transceiver::writeClockInterface()
 {
+  int msgLen;
   char command[50];
   // FIXME -- This should be adaptive.
   sprintf(command,"IND CLOCK %llu",(unsigned long long) (mTransmitDeadlineClock.FN()+2));
 
   LOG(INFO) << "ClockInterface: sending " << command;
 
-  mClockSocket.write(command, strlen(command) + 1);
+  msgLen = write(mClockSocket, command, strlen(command) + 1);
+  if (msgLen <= 0)
+    LOG(WARNING) << "mClockSocket write(" << mClockSocket << ") failed: " << msgLen;
 
   mLastClockUpdateTime = mTransmitDeadlineClock;
 
diff --git a/Transceiver52M/Transceiver.h b/Transceiver52M/Transceiver.h
index 80047b3..e4d0440 100644
--- a/Transceiver52M/Transceiver.h
+++ b/Transceiver52M/Transceiver.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "radioInterface.h"
 #include "Interthread.h"
 #include "GSMCommon.h"
-#include "Sockets.h"
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
@@ -167,9 +166,9 @@
   std::string mLocalAddr;
   std::string mRemoteAddr;
 
-  std::vector<UDPSocket *> mDataSockets;  ///< socket for writing to/reading from GSM core
-  std::vector<UDPSocket *> mCtrlSockets;  ///< socket for writing/reading control commands from GSM core
-  UDPSocket mClockSocket;                 ///< socket for writing clock updates to GSM core
+  std::vector<int> mDataSockets;  ///< socket for writing to/reading from GSM core
+  std::vector<int> mCtrlSockets;  ///< socket for writing/reading control commands from GSM core
+  int mClockSocket;               ///< socket for writing clock updates to GSM core
 
   std::vector<VectorQueue> mTxPriorityQueues;   ///< priority queue of transmit bursts received from GSM core
   std::vector<VectorFIFO *>  mReceiveFIFO;      ///< radioInterface FIFO of receive bursts
diff --git a/tests/CommonLibs/Makefile.am b/tests/CommonLibs/Makefile.am
index 2a9a021..26b49e2 100644
--- a/tests/CommonLibs/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/CommonLibs/Makefile.am
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = BitVectorTest.ok \
              PRBSTest.ok \
              InterthreadTest.ok \
-             SocketsTest.ok \
              TimevalTest.ok \
              VectorTest.ok \
              LogTest.ok \
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@
 	BitVectorTest \
 	PRBSTest \
 	InterthreadTest \
-	SocketsTest \
 	TimevalTest \
 	VectorTest \
 	LogTest
@@ -30,10 +28,6 @@
 InterthreadTest_LDADD = $(COMMON_LA)
 InterthreadTest_LDFLAGS = -lpthread $(AM_LDFLAGS)
 
-SocketsTest_SOURCES = SocketsTest.cpp
-SocketsTest_LDADD = $(COMMON_LA)
-SocketsTest_LDFLAGS = -lpthread $(AM_LDFLAGS)
-
 TimevalTest_SOURCES = TimevalTest.cpp
 TimevalTest_LDADD = $(COMMON_LA)
 
diff --git a/tests/CommonLibs/SocketsTest.cpp b/tests/CommonLibs/SocketsTest.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e4eef54..0000000
--- a/tests/CommonLibs/SocketsTest.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-/*
-* Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-*
-*
-* This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU Affero Public License.
-* See the COPYING file in the main directory for details.
-*
-* This use of this software may be subject to additional restrictions.
-* See the LEGAL file in the main directory for details.
-
-	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-	it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
-	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-	(at your option) any later version.
-
-	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-	GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-
-	You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-	along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-*/
-
-
-
-
-#include "Sockets.h"
-#include "Threads.h"
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-
-static const int gNumToSend = 10;
-
-static void sigalarm_handler(int foo)
-{
-	printf("FAIL: test did not run successfully\n");
-	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-}
-
-void *testReaderIP(void *param)
-{
-	UDPSocket *readSocket = (UDPSocket *)param;
-	readSocket->nonblocking();
-	int rc = 0;
-	while (rc<gNumToSend) {
-		char buf[MAX_UDP_LENGTH+1] = { 0 };
-		int count = readSocket->read(buf, MAX_UDP_LENGTH);
-		if (count>0) {
-			buf[count] = 0;
-			CERR("read: " << buf);
-			rc++;
-		} else {
-			sleep(2);
-		}
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char * argv[] )
-{
-  int count;
-
-  if (signal(SIGALRM, sigalarm_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
-    perror("signal");
-    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-  }
-
-  /* If the test takes longer than 2*gNumToSend seconds, abort it */
-  alarm(2* gNumToSend);
-
-  UDPSocket readSocket("127.0.0.1", 0);
-  UDPSocket socket1("127.0.0.1", 0, "localhost", readSocket.port());
-
-  CERR("socket1: " << socket1.port() << ", readSocket: " << readSocket.port());
-
-  Thread readerThreadIP;
-  readerThreadIP.start(testReaderIP, &readSocket);
-
-  // give the readers time to open
-  sleep(1);
-
-  for (int i=0; i<gNumToSend; i++) {
-    CERR("write");
-    count = socket1.write("Hello IP land");
-    if (count < 0) {
-      COUT("FAIL: write");
-      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-    sleep(1);
-  }
-
-  readerThreadIP.join();
-
-  printf("Done\n");
-}
-
-// vim: ts=4 sw=4
diff --git a/tests/CommonLibs/SocketsTest.ok b/tests/CommonLibs/SocketsTest.ok
deleted file mode 100644
index a965a70..0000000
--- a/tests/CommonLibs/SocketsTest.ok
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Done
diff --git a/tests/testsuite.at b/tests/testsuite.at
index f83ac65..0ac870d 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite.at
+++ b/tests/testsuite.at
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@
 AT_CHECK([$abs_top_builddir/tests/CommonLibs/PRBSTest], [], [expout], [])
 AT_CLEANUP
 
-AT_SETUP([SocketsTest])
-AT_KEYWORDS([SocketsTest])
-cat $abs_srcdir/CommonLibs/SocketsTest.ok > expout
-AT_CHECK([$abs_top_builddir/tests/CommonLibs/SocketsTest], [], [expout], [ignore])
-AT_CLEANUP
-
 AT_SETUP([TimevalTest])
 AT_KEYWORDS([TimevalTest])
 cat $abs_srcdir/CommonLibs/TimevalTest.ok > expout