diff --git a/packages/core/typings/src/plugins.d.ts b/packages/core/typings/src/plugins.d.ts
index 6496c2818..a59fd1d7d 100644
--- a/packages/core/typings/src/plugins.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/typings/src/plugins.d.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import {Callback} from './callbacks';
 
-export interface Plugin {
-}
-
 export interface Plugins {
   getPluginsFor(name: string): [Plugin];
   loadInternalPlugin(name: string, options: any): void;
diff --git a/packages/embark/src/lib/index.js b/packages/embark/src/lib/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 726002668..000000000
--- a/packages/embark/src/lib/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-let pkg = require('../../package.json');
-import { Config, Events } from 'embark-core';
-import { Logger } from 'embark-logger';
-
-class Embark {
-
-  constructor(options) {
-    this.version = pkg.version;
-    this.options = options || {};
-  }
-
-  initConfig(env, options) {
-    this.events = new Events();
-    this.logger = new Logger({logLevel: 'debug', events: this.events, context: this.context});
-
-    this.config = new Config({
-      env: env,
-      logger: this.logger,
-      events: this.events,
-      context: this.context,
-      version: this.version,
-      package: pkg
-    });
-    this.config.loadConfigFiles(options);
-    this.plugins = this.config.plugins;
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = Embark;