diff --git a/stmx/Commands/DummyCommand.cs b/stmx/Commands/DummyCommand.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c25c0d..0000000
--- a/stmx/Commands/DummyCommand.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-using System.CommandLine;
-using System.CommandLine.Invocation;
-
-using stmx.Services;
-
-namespace stmx.Commands;
-
-class DummyCommand : Command
-{
-    private readonly DummyService _dummy;
-
-    public DummyCommand(DummyService dummy) : base("dummy", "echoes back value")
-    {
-        _dummy = dummy ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dummy));
-
-        var dataInputOption = new Option<string>("--input", ["-i"]);
-        dataInputOption.Description = "value to echo back";
-        dataInputOption.DefaultValueFactory = _ => _dummy.Options.DefaultDataInput;
-
-        Add(dataInputOption);
-
-        SetAction(async (parseResult, cancellationToken) =>
-        {
-            var dataInputOptionValue = parseResult.GetValue(dataInputOption);
-            await Execute(dataInputOptionValue!);
-        });
-    }
-
-    private async Task Execute(string dataInput)
-    {
-        var retValue = await _dummy.GetDummyData(dataInput);
-        Console.WriteLine(retValue);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/stmx/Program.cs b/stmx/Program.cs
index 94d1b04..ea8ea52 100644
--- a/stmx/Program.cs
+++ b/stmx/Program.cs
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ class Program
     static async Task<int> Main(string[] args)
     {
         var services = new ServiceCollection();
-        services.AddTransient<Command, DummyCommand>();
         services.AddTransient<Command, BatteryCommand>();
         services.AddTransient<Command, MemoryCommand>();
         services.AddTransient<Command, CpuCommand>();
-        services.AddTransient<DummyService>();
 
         // TODO: introduce a switch to load based on OS
         services.AddTransient<ISystemStatsService, LinuxSystemStatsService>();
diff --git a/stmx/Services/DummyService.cs b/stmx/Services/DummyService.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 585fbf7..0000000
--- a/stmx/Services/DummyService.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-namespace stmx.Services;
-
-class DummyService()
-{
-    public DummyServiceOptions Options { get; } = new DummyServiceOptions();
-
-    public Task<string> GetDummyData(string? dataInput = null)
-    {
-        if (dataInput == null) dataInput = Options.DefaultDataInput;
-        var retValue = $"dummy data return: {dataInput}";
-
-        return Task.FromResult(retValue);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/stmx/Services/DummyServiceOptions.cs b/stmx/Services/DummyServiceOptions.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e06877..0000000
--- a/stmx/Services/DummyServiceOptions.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-namespace stmx.Services;
-
-class DummyServiceOptions
-{
-    public string DefaultDataInput { get; set; } = "default input";
-}