diff --git a/contribs/railsim/pom.xml b/contribs/railsim/pom.xml
index 5398dba3ae7..b6172ab206c 100644
--- a/contribs/railsim/pom.xml
+++ b/contribs/railsim/pom.xml
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@
 			<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		
-		<dependency>
-      		<groupId>org.matsim.contrib</groupId>
-      		<artifactId>osm</artifactId>
-      		<version>16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      		<scope>compile</scope>
-    	</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/contribs/railsim/src/main/java/ch/sbb/matsim/contrib/railsim/prepare/RunRailOsmNetworkReader.java b/contribs/railsim/src/main/java/ch/sbb/matsim/contrib/railsim/prepare/RunRailOsmNetworkReader.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f483d5c5185..00000000000
--- a/contribs/railsim/src/main/java/ch/sbb/matsim/contrib/railsim/prepare/RunRailOsmNetworkReader.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package ch.sbb.matsim.contrib.railsim.prepare;
-
-import org.matsim.api.core.v01.network.Network;
-import org.matsim.api.core.v01.network.NetworkWriter;
-import org.matsim.contrib.osm.networkReader.OsmRailwayReader;
-import org.matsim.core.network.algorithms.NetworkCleaner;
-import org.matsim.core.utils.geometry.CoordinateTransformation;
-import org.matsim.core.utils.geometry.transformations.TransformationFactory;
-
-public class RunRailOsmNetworkReader {
-
-	private static final String baseDirectory = "path/to/directory/";
-	
-	private static final String inputFile = baseDirectory + "switzerland-latest.osm.pbf";
-	private static final String outputFile1 = baseDirectory + "switzerland_network.xml.gz";
-	private static final String outputFile2 = baseDirectory + "switzerland_network_cleaned.xml.gz";
-
-	private static final CoordinateTransformation coordinateTransformation = TransformationFactory.getCoordinateTransformation(TransformationFactory.WGS84, "EPSG:2056");
-
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
-		
-		Network network = new OsmRailwayReader.Builder()
-				.setCoordinateTransformation(coordinateTransformation)
-				.setPreserveNodeWithId(id -> true) // this filter keeps the detailed geometries, only required for cosmetic reasons
-				.build()
-				.read(inputFile);
-		
-		network.getAttributes().putAttribute("data_origin", "OSM");
-		
-		new NetworkWriter(network).write(outputFile1);
-		
-		new NetworkCleaner().run(network);
-		new NetworkWriter(network).write(outputFile2);
-	}
-}