diff --git a/src/copy_hardcoded_queries.cpp b/src/copy_hardcoded_queries.cpp
index 719a15b4f..bcfcb3abb 100644
--- a/src/copy_hardcoded_queries.cpp
+++ b/src/copy_hardcoded_queries.cpp
@@ -4,10 +4,39 @@
 
 #include <experimental/filesystem>
 namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
+
 #include "logging/streams/stdout.hpp"
 #include "query/preprocessor.hpp"
-#include "query/util.hpp"
 #include "utils/command_line/arguments.hpp"
+#include "utils/exceptions/basic_exception.hpp"
+#include "utils/file.hpp"
+#include "utils/string/file.hpp"
+#include "utils/string/trim.hpp"
+
+std::string extract_query(const fs::path &path) {
+  auto comment_mark = std::string("// ");
+  auto query_mark = comment_mark + std::string("Query: ");
+  auto lines = utils::read_lines(path);
+  // find the line with a query (the query can be split across multiple
+  // lines)
+  for (int i = 0; i < (int)lines.size(); ++i) {
+    // find query in the line
+    auto &line = lines[i];
+    auto pos = line.find(query_mark);
+    // if query doesn't exist pass
+    if (pos == std::string::npos) continue;
+    auto query = utils::trim(line.substr(pos + query_mark.size()));
+    while (i + 1 < (int)lines.size() &&
+           lines[i + 1].find(comment_mark) != std::string::npos) {
+      query += lines[i + 1].substr(lines[i + 1].find(comment_mark) +
+                                   comment_mark.length());
+      ++i;
+    }
+    return query;
+  }
+
+  throw BasicException("Unable to find query!");
+}
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   logging::init_sync();
@@ -46,4 +75,4 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   }
 
   return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/query/util.hpp b/src/query/util.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 494589099..000000000
--- a/src/query/util.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <map>
-#include <sstream>
-#include <string>
-
-#include <experimental/filesystem>
-#include "fmt/format.h"
-#include "logging/default.hpp"
-namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
-#include "utils/file.hpp"
-#include "utils/string/file.hpp"
-#include "utils/string/trim.hpp"
-#include "utils/types/byte.hpp"
-#include "query/exceptions.hpp"
-
-using std::cout;
-using std::endl;
-
-// this is a nice way how to avoid multiple definition problem with
-// headers because it will create a unique namespace for each compilation unit
-// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2727582/multiple-definition-in-header-file
-// but sometimes that might be a problem
-namespace {
-
-std::string extract_query(const fs::path &path) {
-  auto comment_mark = std::string("// ");
-  auto query_mark = comment_mark + std::string("Query: ");
-  auto lines = utils::read_lines(path);
-  // find the line with a query (the query can be split across multiple
-  // lines)
-  for (int i = 0; i < (int)lines.size(); ++i) {
-    // find query in the line
-    auto &line = lines[i];
-    auto pos = line.find(query_mark);
-    // if query doesn't exist pass
-    if (pos == std::string::npos) continue;
-    auto query = utils::trim(line.substr(pos + query_mark.size()));
-    while (i + 1 < (int)lines.size() &&
-           lines[i + 1].find(comment_mark) != std::string::npos) {
-      query += lines[i + 1].substr(lines[i + 1].find(comment_mark) +
-                                   comment_mark.length());
-      ++i;
-    }
-    return query;
-  }
-
-  throw BasicException("Unable to find query!");
-}
-
-template <typename... Args>
-std::string format(const std::string &format_str, const Args &... args) {
-  return fmt::format(format_str, args...);
-}
-
-class CoutSocket {
- public:
-  CoutSocket() : logger(logging::log->logger("Cout Socket")) {}
-
-  int write(const std::string &str) {
-    logger.info(str);
-    return str.size();
-  }
-
-  int write(const char *data, size_t len) {
-    logger.info(std::string(data, len));
-    return len;
-  }
-
-  int write(const byte *data, size_t len) {
-    std::stringstream ss;
-    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-      ss << data[i];
-    }
-    std::string output(ss.str());
-    cout << output << endl;
-    logger.info(output);
-    return len;
-  }
-
- private:
-  Logger logger;
-};
-}