diff --git a/build-coatjava.sh b/build-coatjava.sh
index dcb6bdf617..121b0f78e2 100755
--- a/build-coatjava.sh
+++ b/build-coatjava.sh
@@ -311,10 +311,6 @@ cp -r libexec $prefix_dir/
 which python3 >& /dev/null && python=python3 || python=python
 $python etc/bankdefs/util/bankSplit.py $prefix_dir/etc/bankdefs/hipo4 || exit 1
 
-# FIXME:  this is still needed by one of the tests
-mkdir -p $prefix_dir/lib/utils
-cp external-dependencies/jclara-4.3-SNAPSHOT.jar $prefix_dir/lib/utils
-
 # build (and test)
 unset CLAS12DIR
 if $runUnitTests; then
diff --git a/common-tools/coat-libs/pom.xml b/common-tools/coat-libs/pom.xml
index a7dafd7878..3c0755611c 100644
--- a/common-tools/coat-libs/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/coat-libs/pom.xml
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@
               <exclude>cnuphys:jogl-all</exclude>
               <exclude>cnuphys:jogl</exclude>
               <exclude>cnuphys:gluegen</exclude>
-              <exclude>org.jlab.coda:jclara</exclude>
               <exclude>org.jacoco</exclude>
             </excludes>
           </artifactSet>
diff --git a/external-dependencies/jclara-4.3-SNAPSHOT.jar b/external-dependencies/jclara-4.3-SNAPSHOT.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 65cc502dab..0000000000
Binary files a/external-dependencies/jclara-4.3-SNAPSHOT.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/libexec/env.sh b/libexec/env.sh
index 8497746346..bbdc8edb30 100644
--- a/libexec/env.sh
+++ b/libexec/env.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ if [ "${1-}" != '--no-classpath' ]; then
   jar_dirs=(
     $CLAS12DIR/lib/clas # prioritize the shaded JAR
     $CLAS12DIR/lib/services
-    $CLAS12DIR/lib/utils
   )
   for jar_dir in ${jar_dirs[@]}; do
     if [ -d $jar_dir ]; then