diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/build.xml b/apps/routerconsole/java/build.xml
index afd523b4fc..259a0f360a 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/build.xml
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/build.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
                 <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/javax.servlet.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/jetty-i2p.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../systray/java/build/obj" />
-                <pathelement location="../../systray/java/lib/systray4j.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../desktopgui/build" />
                 <pathelement location="../../../installer/lib/wrapper/all/wrapper.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../jrobin/jrobin-1.5.9.1.jar" />
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@
                 <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/javax.servlet.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/jetty-i2p.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../systray/java/build/systray.jar" />
-                <pathelement location="../../systray/java/lib/systray4j.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../desktopgui/dist/desktopgui.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../../installer/lib/wrapper/all/wrapper.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../jrobin/jrobin-1.5.9.1.jar" />
@@ -374,7 +372,6 @@
                 <pathelement location="${ant.home}/lib/ant.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/jetty-i2p.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../systray/java/build/obj" />
-                <pathelement location="../../systray/java/lib/systray4j.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../desktopgui/dist/desktopgui.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../../installer/lib/wrapper/all/wrapper.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="build/routerconsole.jar" />
@@ -412,7 +409,6 @@
                 <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/jetty-util.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/jetty-i2p.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../systray/java/build/obj" />
-                <pathelement location="../../systray/java/lib/systray4j.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../desktopgui/dist/desktopgui.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="../../../installer/lib/wrapper/all/wrapper.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="build/routerconsole.jar" />
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/RouterConsoleRunner.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/RouterConsoleRunner.java
index b37ed050de..e9e132712b 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/RouterConsoleRunner.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/RouterConsoleRunner.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import net.i2p.I2PAppContext;
 import net.i2p.app.ClientAppManager;
 import net.i2p.app.ClientAppState;
 import static net.i2p.app.ClientAppState.*;
-import net.i2p.apps.systray.SysTray;
 import net.i2p.crypto.KeyStoreUtil;
 import net.i2p.data.DataHelper;
 import net.i2p.jetty.I2PLogger;
@@ -294,8 +293,8 @@ public class RouterConsoleRunner implements RouterApp {
                 // required true for jrobin to work
           	System.setProperty("java.awt.headless", "true");
                 // this check is in SysTray but do it here too
-                if (SystemVersion.isWindows() && (!Boolean.getBoolean("systray.disable")) && (!SystemVersion.is64Bit()))
-                    SysTray.getInstance();
+                //if (SystemVersion.isWindows() && (!Boolean.getBoolean("systray.disable")) && (!SystemVersion.is64Bit()))
+                //    SysTray.getInstance();
             }
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             t.printStackTrace();
diff --git a/apps/systray/java/build.xml b/apps/systray/java/build.xml
index c5eb70731c..f647ec30eb 100644
--- a/apps/systray/java/build.xml
+++ b/apps/systray/java/build.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
             <!-- Depend on classes instead of jars where available -->
             <classpath>
                 <pathelement location="../../../core/java/build/obj" />
-                <pathelement location="lib/systray4j.jar" />
             </classpath>
         </depend>
     </target>
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@
             destdir="./build/obj"
             includeAntRuntime="false"
             includes="**/*.java"
-            classpath="./lib/systray4j.jar:../../../core/java/build/i2p.jar" >
+            classpath="../../../core/java/build/i2p.jar" >
             <compilerarg line="${javac.compilerargs}" />
         </javac>
     </target>
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@
         <jar destfile="./build/systray.jar" basedir="./build/obj" includes="**/*.class">
             <manifest>
                 <attribute name="Main-Class" value="net.i2p.apps.systray.SysTray" />
-                <attribute name="Class-Path" value="systray4j.jar" />
                 <attribute name="Implementation-Version" value="${full.version}" />
                 <attribute name="Built-By" value="${build.built-by}" />
                 <attribute name="Build-Date" value="${build.timestamp}" />
@@ -90,7 +88,7 @@
         <mkdir dir="./build/javadoc" />
         <javadoc
             sourcepath="./src"
-            classpath="./src:./lib/systray4j.jar"
+            classpath="./src"
             destdir="./build/javadoc"
             packagenames="*"
             use="true"
diff --git a/apps/systray/java/lib/systray4j.dll b/apps/systray/java/lib/systray4j.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index e099992f7c..0000000000
Binary files a/apps/systray/java/lib/systray4j.dll and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/apps/systray/java/lib/systray4j.jar b/apps/systray/java/lib/systray4j.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 35286cec18..0000000000
Binary files a/apps/systray/java/lib/systray4j.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/apps/systray/java/src/net/i2p/apps/systray/SysTray.java b/apps/systray/java/src/net/i2p/apps/systray/SysTray.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ecdf115b0..0000000000
--- a/apps/systray/java/src/net/i2p/apps/systray/SysTray.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-package net.i2p.apps.systray;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-
-import net.i2p.util.SystemVersion;
-
-/**
- * A system tray control for launching the I2P router console.
- *
- * Not part of the public API. Works on 32-bit Windows only.
- * To be removed or replaced.
- *
- * @since implementation moved to SysTrayImpl in 0.9.26
- */
-public class SysTray {
-
-    /**
-     *  Warning - systray4j.jar may not be present - may return null.
-     *  As of 0.9.26, uses reflection so we may compile without systray4j.jar.
-     *
-     *  @return null if not supported, since 0.9.26 (prior to that would throw NoClassDefFoundError)
-     *  @since 0.8.1
-     */
-    public static SysTray getInstance() {
-        if (SystemVersion.isWindows() && !SystemVersion.is64Bit())
-            return getImpl();
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *  Warning - systray4j.jar may not be present - may return null
-     *
-     *  @return null if not supported
-     *  @since 0.9.26
-     */
-    private static SysTray getImpl() {
-        try {
-            Class<?> impl = Class.forName("net.i2p.apps.systray.SysTrayImpl", true, ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader());
-            Method getInstance = impl.getMethod("getInstance");
-            return (SysTray) getInstance.invoke(null,(Object[])  null);
-        } catch (Throwable t) {
-            System.out.println("WARN: Unable to start systray");
-            t.printStackTrace();
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *  This mimics what is now in SysTrayImpl.main(),
-     *  not that anybody was using that.
-     */
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
-        SysTray impl = getImpl();
-        if (impl == null) {
-            System.out.println("No systray implementation found");
-            System.exit(1);
-        }
-        System.err.println("Hit ^C to exit");
-        Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
-        synchronized(t) {
-            try {
-                t.wait();
-            } catch (InterruptedException ie) {}
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/apps/systray/java/src/net/i2p/apps/systray/SysTrayImpl.java b/apps/systray/java/src/net/i2p/apps/systray/SysTrayImpl.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 18a25951bb..0000000000
--- a/apps/systray/java/src/net/i2p/apps/systray/SysTrayImpl.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,218 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * I2P - An anonymous, secure, and fully-distributed communication network.
- *
- * SysTray.java
- * 2004 The I2P Project
- * http://www.i2p.net
- * This code is public domain.
- */
-
-package net.i2p.apps.systray;
-
-import java.awt.Frame;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import net.i2p.I2PAppContext;
-import net.i2p.util.SimpleTimer;
-import net.i2p.util.SimpleTimer2;
-import net.i2p.util.SystemVersion;
-import snoozesoft.systray4j.SysTrayMenu;
-import snoozesoft.systray4j.SysTrayMenuEvent;
-import snoozesoft.systray4j.SysTrayMenuIcon;
-import snoozesoft.systray4j.SysTrayMenuItem;
-import snoozesoft.systray4j.SysTrayMenuListener;
-
-/**
- * A system tray control for launching the I2P router console.
- *
- * Not part of the public API. Works on 32-bit Windows only.
- * To be removed or replaced.
- * This source file may be safely removed in non-Windows builds.
- *
- * @author hypercubus
- * @since moved from SysTray in 0.9.26
- * @deprecated
- */
-@Deprecated
-class SysTrayImpl extends SysTray implements SysTrayMenuListener {
-
-    private static BrowserChooser _browserChooser;
-    private static String         _browserString;
-    private static ConfigFile     _configFile     = new ConfigFile();
-    private static Frame          _frame;
-    private static SysTrayImpl    _instance;
-    private static String         _portString;
-    private static boolean        _showIcon;
-    private static final boolean _is64 = SystemVersion.is64Bit();
-
-    static {
-        File config = new File(I2PAppContext.getGlobalContext().getConfigDir(), "systray.config");
-        if (!_configFile.init(config.getAbsolutePath())) {
-            _configFile.setProperty("browser", "default");
-            _configFile.setProperty("port", "7657");
-        }
-
-        _browserString = _configFile.getProperty("browser", "default");
-        _portString = _configFile.getProperty("port", "7657");
-        _showIcon = Boolean.parseBoolean(_configFile.getProperty("visible", "true"));
-
-        //if (!(new File("router.config")).exists())
-        //    openRouterConsole("http://localhost:" + _portString + "/index.jsp");
-
-        if ( (SystemVersion.isWindows()) && (!Boolean.getBoolean("systray.disable")) && (!_is64))
-            _instance = new SysTrayImpl();
-    }
-
-    private SysTrayMenuItem _itemOpenConsole   = new SysTrayMenuItem("Open router console", "openconsole");
-    private SysTrayMenuItem _itemSelectBrowser = new SysTrayMenuItem("Select browser...", "selectbrowser");
-//    private SysTrayMenuItem _itemShutdown      = new SysTrayMenuItem("Shut down I2P router", "shutdown");
-    private SysTrayMenuIcon _sysTrayMenuIcon   = new SysTrayMenuIcon("icons/iggy");
-    private SysTrayMenu     _sysTrayMenu       = new SysTrayMenu(_sysTrayMenuIcon, "I2P Control");
-
-    private SysTrayImpl() {
-        _sysTrayMenuIcon.addSysTrayMenuListener(this);
-        createSysTrayMenu();
-        SimpleTimer2.getInstance().addPeriodicEvent(new RefreshDisplayEvent(), REFRESH_DISPLAY_FREQUENCY);
-    }
-    
-    private static final long REFRESH_DISPLAY_FREQUENCY = 30*1000;
-    private class RefreshDisplayEvent implements SimpleTimer.TimedEvent {
-        public void timeReached() {
-            refreshDisplay();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *  Warning - systray4j.jar may not be present - may throw NoClassDefFoundError
-     *
-     *  @throws NoClassDefFoundError
-     *  @since 0.8.1
-     */
-    public static synchronized SysTrayImpl getInstance() {
-        return _instance;
-    }
-
-    private static void openRouterConsole(String url) {
-
-        String browser = null;
-        UrlLauncher urlLauncher = new UrlLauncher();
-
-        if (_browserString == null || _browserString.equals("default")) {
-            try {
-                if (urlLauncher.openUrl(url))
-                    return;
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
-                // Fall through.
-            }
-        } else {
-            try {
-                if (urlLauncher.openUrl(url, _browserString))
-                    return;
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
-                // Fall through.
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (!(browser = promptForBrowser("Please select another browser")).equals("nullnull"))
-            setBrowser(browser);
-    }
-
-    private static String promptForBrowser(String windowTitle) {
-
-        String browser = null;
-
-        _frame = new Frame();
-        _browserChooser = new BrowserChooser(_frame, windowTitle);
-        browser = _browserChooser.getDirectory() + _browserChooser.getFile();
-        _browserChooser = null;
-        _frame = null;
-        return browser;
-    }
-
-    private static void setBrowser(String browser) {
-        _browserString = browser;
-        _configFile.setProperty("browser", browser);
-    }
-
-    public void refreshDisplay() {
-        if (_showIcon)
-            _sysTrayMenu.showIcon();
-        else
-            _sysTrayMenu.hideIcon();
-    }
-    
-    public void hide() {
-        _configFile.setProperty("visible", "false");
-        _showIcon = false;
-        _sysTrayMenu.hideIcon();
-    }
-
-    public void iconLeftClicked(SysTrayMenuEvent e) {}
-
-    public void iconLeftDoubleClicked(SysTrayMenuEvent e) {
-        openRouterConsole("http://127.0.0.1:" + _portString + "/index.jsp");
-    }
-
-    public void menuItemSelected(SysTrayMenuEvent e) {
-
-        String browser = null;
-
-//        if (e.getActionCommand().equals("shutdown")) {
-//            _browserChooser = null;
-//            _frame = null;
-//            _itemShutdown = null;
-//            _itemSelectBrowser = null;
-//            _sysTrayMenuIcon = null;
-//            _sysTrayMenu = null;
-//            _browserChooser = null;
-//            _frame = null;
-//            System.exit(0);
-        if (e.getActionCommand().equals("selectbrowser")) {
-            if (!(browser = promptForBrowser("Select browser")).equals("nullnull"))
-                setBrowser(browser);
-        } else if (e.getActionCommand().equals("openconsole")) {
-            openRouterConsole("http://127.0.0.1:" + _portString + "/index.jsp");
-        }
-    }
-
-    public void show() {
-        _configFile.setProperty("visible", "true");
-        _showIcon = true;
-        _sysTrayMenu.showIcon();
-    }
-
-    private void createSysTrayMenu() {
-//        _itemShutdown.addSysTrayMenuListener(this);
-        _itemSelectBrowser.addSysTrayMenuListener(this);
-        _itemOpenConsole.addSysTrayMenuListener(this);
-//        _sysTrayMenu.addItem(_itemShutdown);
-//        _sysTrayMenu.addSeparator();
-        // hide it, as there have been reports of b0rked behavior on some JVMs.
-        // specifically, that on XP & sun1.5.0.1, a user launching i2p w/out the
-        // service wrapper would create netDb/, peerProfiles/, and other files
-        // underneath each directory browsed to - as if the router's "." directory
-        // is changing whenever the itemSelectBrowser's JFileChooser changed
-        // directories.  This has not been reproduced or confirmed yet, but is
-        // pretty scary, and this function isn't too necessary.
-        //_sysTrayMenu.addItem(_itemSelectBrowser);
-        _sysTrayMenu.addItem(_itemOpenConsole);
-        refreshDisplay();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *  Starts SysTray, even on linux (but requires kde3 libsystray4j.so to do anything)
-     *  @since 0.8.1
-     */
-    public static void main(String args[]) {
-        System.err.println("SysTray4j version " + SysTrayMenu.VERSION);
-        System.err.println("Hit ^C to exit");
-        new SysTrayImpl();
-        Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
-        synchronized(t) {
-            try {
-                t.wait();
-            } catch (InterruptedException ie) {}
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 4e7752c95a..17806f4f99 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
         <jar destfile="./build/launchi2p.jar">
             <manifest>
                 <attribute name="Main-Class" value="net.i2p.router.RouterLaunch" />
-                <attribute name="Class-Path" value="lib/i2p.jar lib/router.jar lib/jbigi.jar lib/BOB.jar lib/sam.jar lib/mstreaming.jar lib/streaming.jar lib/routerconsole.jar lib/i2ptunnel.jar lib/org.mortbay.jetty.jar lib/javax.servlet.jar lib/jasper-runtime.jar lib/commons-logging.jar lib/commons-el.jar lib/wrapper.jar lib/systray.jar lib/systray4j.jar lib/desktopgui.jar lib/i2psnark.jar lib/jrobin.jar lib/jstl.jar lib/standard.jar lib/jetty-continuation.jar lib/jetty-deploy.jar lib/jetty-http.jar lib/jetty-i2p.jar lib/jetty-io.jar lib/jetty-rewrite-handler.jar lib/jetty-security.jar lib/jetty-servlet.jar lib/jetty-servlets.jar lib/jetty-start.jar lib/jetty-util.jar lib/jetty-webapp.jar lib/jetty-xml.jar" />
+                <attribute name="Class-Path" value="lib/i2p.jar lib/router.jar lib/jbigi.jar lib/BOB.jar lib/sam.jar lib/mstreaming.jar lib/streaming.jar lib/routerconsole.jar lib/i2ptunnel.jar lib/org.mortbay.jetty.jar lib/javax.servlet.jar lib/jasper-runtime.jar lib/commons-logging.jar lib/commons-el.jar lib/wrapper.jar lib/systray.jar lib/desktopgui.jar lib/i2psnark.jar lib/jrobin.jar lib/jstl.jar lib/standard.jar lib/jetty-continuation.jar lib/jetty-deploy.jar lib/jetty-http.jar lib/jetty-i2p.jar lib/jetty-io.jar lib/jetty-rewrite-handler.jar lib/jetty-security.jar lib/jetty-servlet.jar lib/jetty-servlets.jar lib/jetty-start.jar lib/jetty-util.jar lib/jetty-webapp.jar lib/jetty-xml.jar" />
                 <attribute name="Built-By" value="${build.built-by}" />
                 <attribute name="Build-Date" value="${build.timestamp}" />
                 <attribute name="Base-Revision" value="${workspace.version}" />
@@ -778,7 +778,6 @@
                 <pathelement location="apps/jetty/jettylib/jetty-util.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="apps/jetty/jettylib/jetty-webapp.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="apps/jetty/jettylib/jetty-xml.jar" />
-                <pathelement location="apps/systray/java/lib/systray4j.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="apps/jrobin/jrobin-1.5.9.1.jar" />
                 <pathelement location="installer/lib/wrapper/all/wrapper.jar" />
                 <!-- following are only for debian builds -->
@@ -1162,10 +1161,6 @@
 
     <target name="preppkg-windows" depends="preppkg-base, preplicenses-windows, buildUtilityJar, buildexe">
         <copy file="build/i2p.exe" todir="pkg-temp/" failonerror="false" />
-        <copy file="apps/systray/java/lib/systray4j.jar" todir="pkg-temp/lib" />
-        <copy file="apps/systray/java/lib/systray4j.dll" todir="pkg-temp/lib" />
-        <copy file="apps/systray/java/resources/iggy.ico" todir="pkg-temp/icons" />
-        <copy file="apps/systray/java/resources/iggy.xpm" todir="pkg-temp/icons" />
         <copy file="installer/resources/eepget.bat" todir="pkg-temp/" />
         <copy file="installer/resources/i2prouter.bat" todir="pkg-temp/" />
         <copy file="installer/resources/fixperms.bat" todir="pkg-temp/" />
@@ -1889,7 +1884,7 @@
             <arg value="-output"/>
             <arg value="i2p.fba"/>
             <arg value="-auxclasspath"/>
-            <arg value="build/commons-el.jar:build/commons-logging.jar:build/jasper-runtime.jar:build/javax.servlet.jar:build/org.mortbay.jetty.jar:apps/jrobin/jrobin-1.5.9.1.jar:apps/systray/java/lib/systray4j.jar:installer/lib/wrapper/all/wrapper.jar:apps/susidns/src/lib/standard.jar:apps/susidns/src/lib/jstl.jar:apps/jrobin/jrobin-1.5.9.1.jar"/>
+            <arg value="build/commons-el.jar:build/commons-logging.jar:build/jasper-runtime.jar:build/javax.servlet.jar:build/org.mortbay.jetty.jar:apps/jrobin/jrobin-1.5.9.1.jar:installer/lib/wrapper/all/wrapper.jar:apps/susidns/src/lib/standard.jar:apps/susidns/src/lib/jstl.jar:apps/jrobin/jrobin-1.5.9.1.jar"/>
             <arg value="-sourcepath"/>
             <arg value="apps/BOB/src/:apps/addressbook/java/src/:apps/i2psnark/java/src/:apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/:apps/ministreaming/java/src/:apps/routerconsole/java/src/:apps/sam/java/src/:apps/streaming/java/src/:apps/susidns/src/java/src/:apps/susimail/src/src/:apps/systray/java/src/:core/java/src/:router/java/src/:installer/java/src"/>
             <!-- start of the files to be analyzed -->
@@ -2190,9 +2185,6 @@
           <!--
             <fileset dir="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/core/java/src/org/apache/http" />
            -->
-            <!-- systray4j -->
-            <fileset dir="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/apps/systray/java/lib" />
-            <file name="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/apps/systray/java/src/net/i2p/apps/systray/SysTrayImpl.java" />
             <!-- geoip-database -->
             <file name="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/installer/resources/geoip.txt" />
             <file name="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/installer/resources/geoipv6.dat.gz" />
@@ -2275,9 +2267,6 @@
           <!--
             <fileset dir="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/core/java/src/org/apache/http" />
            -->
-            <!-- systray4j -->
-            <fileset dir="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/apps/systray/java/lib" />
-            <file name="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/apps/systray/java/src/net/i2p/apps/systray/SysTrayImpl.java" />
             <!-- geoip-database -->
             <file name="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/installer/resources/geoip.txt" />
             <file name="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/installer/resources/geoipv6.dat.gz" />
@@ -2358,8 +2347,6 @@
           <!--
             <fileset dir="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/core/java/src/org/apache/http" />
            -->
-            <fileset dir="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/apps/systray/java/lib" />
-            <file name="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/apps/systray/java/src/net/i2p/apps/systray/SysTrayImpl.java" />
             <file name="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/installer/resources/geoip.txt" />
             <file name="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/installer/resources/geoipv6.dat.gz" />
             <fileset dir="../i2p-${Extended.Version}/apps/jetty/jetty-distribution-8.1.17.v20150415" />
@@ -2489,9 +2476,6 @@
 	</target>
 <!-- *3* os dependent procedure/commands -->
 	<target name = "preppkg-portable-win32" depends="preppkg-portable-win32-jbigi,preppkg-portable-basic">
-			<!-- systray4.j  - why do we need trayicons for portable version ? dependency hardcoded in console -->
-		<copy file="apps/systray/java/lib/systray4j.dll" todir="pkg-temp/lib" />
-		<copy file="apps/systray/java/lib/systray4j.jar" todir="pkg-temp/lib" />
 			<!--wrapper - dont even think about it. i2p cosumes appreantly more mem without it on win32-->
 		<copy file="installer/lib/wrapper/win32/wrapper.dll" todir="pkg-temp/lib" />
 		<copy file="installer/lib/wrapper/all/wrapper.jar" todir="pkg-temp/lib" />