diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 13b8805..79ff5be 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ FILE (GLOB_RECURSE core_SRCS
     ./include/Network/Downloader.h
     ./include/Version.h
     ./include/CoreGlobal.h
-    ./include/Visualization/VisualizationController.h
     ./include/PluginManager/PluginManager.h
     ./include/Variable/VariableModel2.h
     ./include/Variable/VariableSynchronizationGroup2.h
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ FILE (GLOB_RECURSE core_SRCS
     ./src/Common/SignalWaiter.cpp
     ./src/Network/NetworkController.cpp
     ./src/Network/Downloader.cpp
-    ./src/Visualization/VisualizationController.cpp
     ./src/PluginManager/PluginManager.cpp
     ./src/Variable/VariableController2.cpp
     ./src/Variable/VariableModel2.cpp
diff --git a/include/Visualization/VisualizationController.h b/include/Visualization/VisualizationController.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f106b20..0000000
--- a/include/Visualization/VisualizationController.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef SCIQLOP_VISUALIZATIONCONTROLLER_H
-#define SCIQLOP_VISUALIZATIONCONTROLLER_H
-
-#include "CoreGlobal.h"
-
-#include <Common/spimpl.h>
-#include <Data/DateTimeRange.h>
-#include <QLoggingCategory>
-#include <QObject>
-#include <QUuid>
-
-Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_VisualizationController)
-
-class DataSourceItem;
-class Variable2;
-
-/**
- * @brief The VisualizationController class aims to make the link between
- * SciQlop and its plugins. This is the intermediate class that SciQlop has to
- * use in the way to connect a data source. Please first use register method to
- * initialize a plugin specified by its metadata name (JSON plugin source) then
- * others specifics method will be able to access it. You can load a data source
- * driver plugin then create a data source.
- */
-class SCIQLOP_CORE_EXPORT VisualizationController : public QObject
-{
-  Q_OBJECT
-public:
-  explicit VisualizationController(QObject* parent = 0);
-  virtual ~VisualizationController();
-
-signals:
-  /// Signal emitted when a variable is about to be deleted from SciQlop
-  void variableAboutToBeDeleted(std::shared_ptr<Variable2> variable);
-
-  /// Signal emitted when a data acquisition is requested on a range for a
-  /// variable
-  void rangeChanged(std::shared_ptr<Variable2> variable,
-                    const DateTimeRange& range);
-
-public slots:
-  /// Manage init/end of the controller
-  void initialize();
-  void finalize();
-
-private:
-  void waitForFinish();
-
-  class VisualizationControllerPrivate;
-  spimpl::unique_impl_ptr<VisualizationControllerPrivate> impl;
-};
-
-#endif // SCIQLOP_VISUALIZATIONCONTROLLER_H
diff --git a/src/Visualization/VisualizationController.cpp b/src/Visualization/VisualizationController.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index ded1928..0000000
--- a/src/Visualization/VisualizationController.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#include <QDir>
-#include <QMutex>
-#include <QStandardPaths>
-#include <QThread>
-#include <Visualization/VisualizationController.h>
-
-Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_VisualizationController, "VisualizationController")
-
-class VisualizationController::VisualizationControllerPrivate
-{
-public:
-  QMutex m_WorkingMutex;
-};
-
-VisualizationController::VisualizationController(QObject* parent)
-    : impl{spimpl::make_unique_impl<VisualizationControllerPrivate>()}
-{
-  qCDebug(LOG_VisualizationController())
-      << tr("VisualizationController construction") << QThread::currentThread();
-}
-
-VisualizationController::~VisualizationController()
-{
-  qCDebug(LOG_VisualizationController())
-      << tr("VisualizationController destruction") << QThread::currentThread();
-  this->waitForFinish();
-}
-
-void VisualizationController::initialize()
-{
-  qCDebug(LOG_VisualizationController())
-      << tr("VisualizationController init") << QThread::currentThread();
-  impl->m_WorkingMutex.lock();
-  qCDebug(LOG_VisualizationController())
-      << tr("VisualizationController init END");
-}
-
-void VisualizationController::finalize() { impl->m_WorkingMutex.unlock(); }
-
-void VisualizationController::waitForFinish()
-{
-  QMutexLocker locker{&impl->m_WorkingMutex};
-}