diff --git a/pkg/utils/hwaddr/hwaddr.go b/pkg/utils/hwaddr/hwaddr.go
deleted file mode 100644
index aaf3b8a0..00000000
--- a/pkg/utils/hwaddr/hwaddr.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2016 CNI authors
-//
-// 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 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 hwaddr
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
-)
-
-const (
-	ipRelevantByteLen      = 4
-	PrivateMACPrefixString = "0a:58"
-)
-
-var (
-	// private mac prefix safe to use
-	PrivateMACPrefix = []byte{0x0a, 0x58}
-)
-
-type SupportIp4OnlyErr struct{ msg string }
-
-func (e SupportIp4OnlyErr) Error() string { return e.msg }
-
-type MacParseErr struct{ msg string }
-
-func (e MacParseErr) Error() string { return e.msg }
-
-type InvalidPrefixLengthErr struct{ msg string }
-
-func (e InvalidPrefixLengthErr) Error() string { return e.msg }
-
-// GenerateHardwareAddr4 generates 48 bit virtual mac addresses based on the IP4 input.
-func GenerateHardwareAddr4(ip net.IP, prefix []byte) (net.HardwareAddr, error) {
-	switch {
-
-	case ip.To4() == nil:
-		return nil, SupportIp4OnlyErr{msg: "GenerateHardwareAddr4 only supports valid IPv4 address as input"}
-
-	case len(prefix) != len(PrivateMACPrefix):
-		return nil, InvalidPrefixLengthErr{msg: fmt.Sprintf(
-			"Prefix has length %d instead  of %d", len(prefix), len(PrivateMACPrefix)),
-		}
-	}
-
-	ipByteLen := len(ip)
-	return (net.HardwareAddr)(
-		append(
-			prefix,
-			ip[ipByteLen-ipRelevantByteLen:ipByteLen]...),
-	), nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/hwaddr/hwaddr_suite_test.go b/pkg/utils/hwaddr/hwaddr_suite_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d5e7f169..00000000
--- a/pkg/utils/hwaddr/hwaddr_suite_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2016 CNI authors
-//
-// 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 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 hwaddr_test
-
-import (
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
-	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestHwaddr(t *testing.T) {
-	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
-	RunSpecs(t, "pkg/utils/hwaddr")
-}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/hwaddr/hwaddr_test.go b/pkg/utils/hwaddr/hwaddr_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ab89a58e..00000000
--- a/pkg/utils/hwaddr/hwaddr_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2016 CNI authors
-//
-// 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 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 hwaddr_test
-
-import (
-	"net"
-
-	"github.com/containernetworking/plugins/pkg/utils/hwaddr"
-
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
-	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-)
-
-var _ = Describe("Hwaddr", func() {
-	Context("Generate Hardware Address", func() {
-		It("generate hardware address based on ipv4 address", func() {
-			testCases := []struct {
-				ip          net.IP
-				expectedMAC net.HardwareAddr
-			}{
-				{
-					ip:          net.ParseIP("10.0.0.2"),
-					expectedMAC: (net.HardwareAddr)(append(hwaddr.PrivateMACPrefix, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02)),
-				},
-				{
-					ip:          net.ParseIP("10.250.0.244"),
-					expectedMAC: (net.HardwareAddr)(append(hwaddr.PrivateMACPrefix, 0x0a, 0xfa, 0x00, 0xf4)),
-				},
-				{
-					ip:          net.ParseIP("172.17.0.2"),
-					expectedMAC: (net.HardwareAddr)(append(hwaddr.PrivateMACPrefix, 0xac, 0x11, 0x00, 0x02)),
-				},
-				{
-					ip:          net.IPv4(byte(172), byte(17), byte(0), byte(2)),
-					expectedMAC: (net.HardwareAddr)(append(hwaddr.PrivateMACPrefix, 0xac, 0x11, 0x00, 0x02)),
-				},
-			}
-
-			for _, tc := range testCases {
-				mac, err := hwaddr.GenerateHardwareAddr4(tc.ip, hwaddr.PrivateMACPrefix)
-				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				Expect(mac).To(Equal(tc.expectedMAC))
-			}
-		})
-
-		It("return error if input is not ipv4 address", func() {
-			testCases := []net.IP{
-				net.ParseIP(""),
-				net.ParseIP("2001:db8:0:1:1:1:1:1"),
-			}
-			for _, tc := range testCases {
-				_, err := hwaddr.GenerateHardwareAddr4(tc, hwaddr.PrivateMACPrefix)
-				Expect(err).To(BeAssignableToTypeOf(hwaddr.SupportIp4OnlyErr{}))
-			}
-		})
-
-		It("return error if prefix is invalid", func() {
-			_, err := hwaddr.GenerateHardwareAddr4(net.ParseIP("10.0.0.2"), []byte{0x58})
-			Expect(err).To(BeAssignableToTypeOf(hwaddr.InvalidPrefixLengthErr{}))
-		})
-	})
-})