diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 38fc4a9d..79bbc4d3 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,4 @@
 
 %w{ debian ubuntu centos redhat scientific fedora amazon arch oracle freebsd windows suse xenserver}.each do |os|
   supports os
-end
-
-depends "windows"
+end
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diff --git a/recipes/windows.rb b/recipes/windows.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 8480edc4..00000000
--- a/recipes/windows.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Author:: Kendrick Martin (<kendrick.martin@webtrends.com>)
-# Cookbook Name:: java
-# Recipe:: windows
-#
-# Copyright 2008-2012 Webtrends, Inc.
-#
-# 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.
-#
-
-Chef::Log.warn("No download url set for java installer.") unless node['java']['windows']['url']
-
-windows_package node['java']['windows']['package_name'] do
-  source node['java']['windows']['url']
-  action :install
-  installer_type :custom
-  options "/s"
-end
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diff --git a/spec/windows_spec.rb b/spec/windows_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a93423d3..00000000
--- a/spec/windows_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-require 'chefspec'
-
-describe 'java::windows' do
-  let(:chef_run) { ChefSpec::ChefRunner.new.converge 'java::windows' }
-  it 'should do something' do
-    pending 'Your recipe examples go here.'
-  end
-end