diff --git a/core-kotlin/pom.xml b/core-kotlin/pom.xml
index 8b871f28ee..ed79ebc01b 100644
--- a/core-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/core-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -72,17 +72,6 @@
             <artifactId>injekt-core</artifactId>
             <version>1.16.1</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>uy.kohesive.kovert</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kovert-vertx</artifactId>
-            <version>[1.5.0,1.6.0)</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>nl.komponents.kovenant</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>kovenant</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/AnnotatedServer.kt b/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/AnnotatedServer.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index da2bbe4208..0000000000
--- a/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/AnnotatedServer.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.kovert
-
-import io.vertx.ext.web.Router
-import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext
-import nl.komponents.kovenant.functional.bind
-import org.kodein.di.Kodein
-import org.kodein.di.conf.global
-import org.slf4j.Logger
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.ClassResourceConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.ReferenceConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.kodein.importConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.loadConfig
-import uy.klutter.vertx.kodein.KodeinVertx
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.core.HttpVerb
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.core.Location
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.core.Verb
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.core.VerbAlias
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.bindController
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KodeinKovertVertx
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVerticle
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVerticleModule
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVertx
-
-
-class AnnotatedServer {
-    companion object {
-        private val LOG: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AnnotatedServer::class.java)
-
-        @JvmStatic
-        fun main(args: Array<String>) {
-            AnnotatedServer().start()
-        }
-    }
-
-    @VerbAlias("show", HttpVerb.GET)
-    class AnnotatedController {
-        fun RoutingContext.showStringById(id: String) = id
-
-        @Verb(HttpVerb.GET)
-        @Location("/ping/:id")
-        fun RoutingContext.ping(id: String) = id
-    }
-
-    fun start() {
-        Kodein.global.addImport(Kodein.Module {
-            importConfig(loadConfig(ClassResourceConfig("/kovert.conf", AnnotatedServer::class.java), ReferenceConfig())) {
-                import("kovert.vertx", KodeinKovertVertx.configModule)
-                import("kovert.server", KovertVerticleModule.configModule)
-            }
-
-            // includes jackson ObjectMapper to match compatibility with Vertx, app logging via Vertx facade to Slf4j
-            import(KodeinVertx.moduleWithLoggingToSlf4j)
-            // Kovert boot
-            import(KodeinKovertVertx.module)
-            import(KovertVerticleModule.module)
-        })
-
-        val initControllers = fun Router.() {
-            bindController(AnnotatedController(), "api")
-        }
-
-        // startup asynchronously...
-        KovertVertx.start() bind { vertx ->
-            KovertVerticle.deploy(vertx, routerInit = initControllers)
-        } success { deploymentId ->
-            LOG.warn("Deployment complete.")
-        } fail { error ->
-            LOG.error("Deployment failed!", error)
-        }
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/ErrorServer.kt b/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/ErrorServer.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index a596391ed8..0000000000
--- a/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/ErrorServer.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.kovert
-
-import io.vertx.ext.web.Router
-import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext
-import nl.komponents.kovenant.functional.bind
-import org.kodein.di.Kodein
-import org.kodein.di.conf.global
-import org.slf4j.Logger
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.ClassResourceConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.ReferenceConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.kodein.importConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.loadConfig
-import uy.klutter.vertx.kodein.KodeinVertx
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.core.HttpErrorCode
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.core.HttpErrorCodeWithBody
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.core.HttpErrorForbidden
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.bindController
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KodeinKovertVertx
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVerticle
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVerticleModule
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVertx
-
-
-class ErrorServer {
-    companion object {
-        private val LOG: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ErrorServer::class.java)
-
-        @JvmStatic
-        fun main(args: Array<String>) {
-            ErrorServer().start()
-        }
-    }
-
-    class ErrorController {
-        fun RoutingContext.getForbidden() {
-            throw HttpErrorForbidden()
-        }
-        fun RoutingContext.getError() {
-            throw HttpErrorCode("Something went wrong", 590)
-        }
-        fun RoutingContext.getErrorbody() {
-            throw HttpErrorCodeWithBody("Something went wrong", 591, "Body here")
-        }
-    }
-
-    fun start() {
-        Kodein.global.addImport(Kodein.Module {
-            importConfig(loadConfig(ClassResourceConfig("/kovert.conf", ErrorServer::class.java), ReferenceConfig())) {
-                import("kovert.vertx", KodeinKovertVertx.configModule)
-                import("kovert.server", KovertVerticleModule.configModule)
-            }
-
-            // includes jackson ObjectMapper to match compatibility with Vertx, app logging via Vertx facade to Slf4j
-            import(KodeinVertx.moduleWithLoggingToSlf4j)
-            // Kovert boot
-            import(KodeinKovertVertx.module)
-            import(KovertVerticleModule.module)
-        })
-
-        val initControllers = fun Router.() {
-            bindController(ErrorController(), "api")
-        }
-
-        // startup asynchronously...
-        KovertVertx.start() bind { vertx ->
-            KovertVerticle.deploy(vertx, routerInit = initControllers)
-        } success { deploymentId ->
-            LOG.warn("Deployment complete.")
-        } fail { error ->
-            LOG.error("Deployment failed!", error)
-        }
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/JsonServer.kt b/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/JsonServer.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 310fe2a7a0..0000000000
--- a/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/JsonServer.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.kovert
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty
-import io.vertx.ext.web.Router
-import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext
-import nl.komponents.kovenant.functional.bind
-import org.kodein.di.Kodein
-import org.kodein.di.conf.global
-import org.slf4j.Logger
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.ClassResourceConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.ReferenceConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.kodein.importConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.loadConfig
-import uy.klutter.vertx.kodein.KodeinVertx
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.bindController
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KodeinKovertVertx
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVerticle
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVerticleModule
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVertx
-
-class JsonServer {
-    companion object {
-        private val LOG: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JsonServer::class.java)
-
-        @JvmStatic
-        fun main(args: Array<String>) {
-            JsonServer().start()
-        }
-    }
-
-    data class Person(
-            @JsonProperty("_id")
-            val id: String,
-            val name: String,
-            val job: String
-    )
-
-    class JsonController {
-        fun RoutingContext.getPersonById(id: String) = Person(
-                id = id,
-                name = "Tony Stark",
-                job = "Iron Man"
-        )
-        fun RoutingContext.putPersonById(id: String, person: Person) = person
-    }
-
-    fun start() {
-        Kodein.global.addImport(Kodein.Module {
-            importConfig(loadConfig(ClassResourceConfig("/kovert.conf", JsonServer::class.java), ReferenceConfig())) {
-                import("kovert.vertx", KodeinKovertVertx.configModule)
-                import("kovert.server", KovertVerticleModule.configModule)
-            }
-
-            // includes jackson ObjectMapper to match compatibility with Vertx, app logging via Vertx facade to Slf4j
-            import(KodeinVertx.moduleWithLoggingToSlf4j)
-            // Kovert boot
-            import(KodeinKovertVertx.module)
-            import(KovertVerticleModule.module)
-        })
-
-        val initControllers = fun Router.() {
-            bindController(JsonController(), "api")
-        }
-
-        // startup asynchronously...
-        KovertVertx.start() bind { vertx ->
-            KovertVerticle.deploy(vertx, routerInit = initControllers)
-        } success { deploymentId ->
-            LOG.warn("Deployment complete.")
-        } fail { error ->
-            LOG.error("Deployment failed!", error)
-        }
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/NoopServer.kt b/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/NoopServer.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 98ce775e66..0000000000
--- a/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/NoopServer.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.kovert
-
-import io.vertx.ext.web.Router
-import nl.komponents.kovenant.functional.bind
-import org.kodein.di.Kodein
-import org.kodein.di.conf.global
-import org.slf4j.Logger
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.ClassResourceConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.ReferenceConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.kodein.importConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.loadConfig
-import uy.klutter.vertx.kodein.KodeinVertx
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KodeinKovertVertx
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVerticle
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVerticleModule
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVertx
-
-class NoopServer {
-    companion object {
-        private val LOG: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NoopServer::class.java)
-
-        @JvmStatic
-        fun main(args: Array<String>) {
-            NoopServer().start()
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    fun start() {
-        Kodein.global.addImport(Kodein.Module {
-            importConfig(loadConfig(ClassResourceConfig("/kovert.conf", NoopServer::class.java), ReferenceConfig())) {
-                import("kovert.vertx", KodeinKovertVertx.configModule)
-                import("kovert.server", KovertVerticleModule.configModule)
-            }
-
-            // includes jackson ObjectMapper to match compatibility with Vertx, app logging via Vertx facade to Slf4j
-            import(KodeinVertx.moduleWithLoggingToSlf4j)
-            // Kovert boot
-            import(KodeinKovertVertx.module)
-            import(KovertVerticleModule.module)
-        })
-
-        val initControllers = fun Router.() {
-        }
-
-        // startup asynchronously...
-        KovertVertx.start() bind { vertx ->
-            KovertVerticle.deploy(vertx, routerInit = initControllers)
-        } success { deploymentId ->
-            LOG.warn("Deployment complete.")
-        } fail { error ->
-            LOG.error("Deployment failed!", error)
-        }
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/SecuredServer.kt b/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/SecuredServer.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 86ca482808..0000000000
--- a/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/SecuredServer.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.kovert
-
-import io.vertx.ext.web.Router
-import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext
-import nl.komponents.kovenant.functional.bind
-import org.kodein.di.Kodein
-import org.kodein.di.conf.global
-import org.slf4j.Logger
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.ClassResourceConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.ReferenceConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.kodein.importConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.loadConfig
-import uy.klutter.vertx.kodein.KodeinVertx
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.bindController
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KodeinKovertVertx
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVerticle
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVerticleModule
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVertx
-
-
-class SecuredServer {
-    companion object {
-        private val LOG: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SecuredServer::class.java)
-
-        @JvmStatic
-        fun main(args: Array<String>) {
-            SecuredServer().start()
-        }
-    }
-
-    class SecuredContext(private val routingContext: RoutingContext) {
-        val authenticated = routingContext.request().getHeader("Authorization") == "Secure"
-    }
-
-    class SecuredController {
-        fun SecuredContext.getSecured() = this.authenticated
-    }
-
-    fun start() {
-        Kodein.global.addImport(Kodein.Module {
-            importConfig(loadConfig(ClassResourceConfig("/kovert.conf", SecuredServer::class.java), ReferenceConfig())) {
-                import("kovert.vertx", KodeinKovertVertx.configModule)
-                import("kovert.server", KovertVerticleModule.configModule)
-            }
-
-            // includes jackson ObjectMapper to match compatibility with Vertx, app logging via Vertx facade to Slf4j
-            import(KodeinVertx.moduleWithLoggingToSlf4j)
-            // Kovert boot
-            import(KodeinKovertVertx.module)
-            import(KovertVerticleModule.module)
-        })
-
-        val initControllers = fun Router.() {
-            bindController(SecuredController(), "api")
-        }
-
-        // startup asynchronously...
-        KovertVertx.start() bind { vertx ->
-            KovertVerticle.deploy(vertx, routerInit = initControllers)
-        } success { deploymentId ->
-            LOG.warn("Deployment complete.")
-        } fail { error ->
-            LOG.error("Deployment failed!", error)
-        }
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/SimpleServer.kt b/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/SimpleServer.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 172469ab46..0000000000
--- a/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kovert/SimpleServer.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.kovert
-
-import io.vertx.ext.web.Router
-import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext
-import nl.komponents.kovenant.functional.bind
-import org.kodein.di.Kodein
-import org.kodein.di.conf.global
-import org.slf4j.Logger
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.ClassResourceConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.ReferenceConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.kodein.importConfig
-import uy.klutter.config.typesafe.loadConfig
-import uy.klutter.vertx.kodein.KodeinVertx
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.bindController
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KodeinKovertVertx
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVerticle
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVerticleModule
-import uy.kohesive.kovert.vertx.boot.KovertVertx
-
-
-class SimpleServer {
-    companion object {
-        private val LOG: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SimpleServer::class.java)
-
-        @JvmStatic
-        fun main(args: Array<String>) {
-            SimpleServer().start()
-        }
-    }
-
-    class SimpleController {
-        fun RoutingContext.getStringById(id: String) = id
-        fun RoutingContext.get_truncatedString_by_id(id: String, length: Int = 1) = id.subSequence(0, length)
-    }
-
-    fun start() {
-        Kodein.global.addImport(Kodein.Module {
-            importConfig(loadConfig(ClassResourceConfig("/kovert.conf", SimpleServer::class.java), ReferenceConfig())) {
-                import("kovert.vertx", KodeinKovertVertx.configModule)
-                import("kovert.server", KovertVerticleModule.configModule)
-            }
-
-            // includes jackson ObjectMapper to match compatibility with Vertx, app logging via Vertx facade to Slf4j
-            import(KodeinVertx.moduleWithLoggingToSlf4j)
-            // Kovert boot
-            import(KodeinKovertVertx.module)
-            import(KovertVerticleModule.module)
-        })
-
-        val initControllers = fun Router.() {
-            bindController(SimpleController(), "api")
-        }
-
-        // startup asynchronously...
-        KovertVertx.start() bind { vertx ->
-            KovertVerticle.deploy(vertx, routerInit = initControllers)
-        } success { deploymentId ->
-            LOG.warn("Deployment complete.")
-        } fail { error ->
-            LOG.error("Deployment failed!", error)
-        }
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/core-kotlin/src/main/resources/kovert.conf b/core-kotlin/src/main/resources/kovert.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b08641693..0000000000
--- a/core-kotlin/src/main/resources/kovert.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-   kovert: {
-       vertx: {
-            clustered: false
-       }
-       server: {
-           listeners: [
-                 {
-                       host: "0.0.0.0"
-                       port: "8000"
-                 }
-           ]
-       }
-   }
-}