diff --git a/blockExplorerApi/app.go b/blockExplorerApi/app.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9047b1d3aa..0000000000
--- a/blockExplorerApi/app.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-//@NOTE SHYFT main func for api, sets up router and spins up a server
-//to run server 'go run blockExplorerApi/*.go'
-import (
-	"log"
-	"net/http"
-
-	"github.com/gorilla/handlers"
-)
-
-func main() {
-
-	router := NewRouter()
-	port := "8080"
-	log.Printf("Listening on port " + " " + port)
-	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":"+port, handlers.CORS(handlers.AllowedHeaders([]string{"X-Requested-With", "Content-Type", "Authorization"}), handlers.AllowedMethods([]string{"GET", "POST", "PUT", "HEAD", "OPTIONS"}), handlers.AllowedOrigins([]string{"*"}))(router)))
-}