diff --git a/items/items-provider.js b/items/items-provider.js
deleted file mode 100644
index eebf73e6a..000000000
--- a/items/items-provider.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-// const osgi = require('../osgi');
-const items = require('./items');
-const utils = require('../utils');
-const { AbstractProvider } = require('../provider');
-
-const ITEM_PROVIDER_CLASS = 'org.openhab.core.items.ItemProvider';
-
-class StaticItemProvider extends AbstractProvider {
-  constructor (items) {
-    super(ITEM_PROVIDER_CLASS);
-    this.items = items;
-    this.registerService();
-  }
-
-  addProviderChangeListener (listener) {
-  }
-
-  removeProviderChangeListener (listener) {
-  }
-
-  getAll () {
-    return this.items;
-  }
-}
-
-class ManagedItemProvider extends AbstractProvider {
-  constructor () {
-    super(ITEM_PROVIDER_CLASS);
-    this.items = new Set();
-    this.listeners = new Set();
-    this.registerService();
-  }
-
-  addProviderChangeListener (listener) {
-    this.listeners.add(listener);
-  }
-
-  removeProviderChangeListener (listener) {
-    this.listeners.delete(listener);
-  }
-
-  add (item) {
-    if (item instanceof items.Item) {
-      item = item.rawItem;
-    }
-
-    if (!this.items.has(item)) {
-      this.items.add(item);
-      for (const listener of this.listeners) {
-        listener.added(this.hostProvider, item);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  remove (itemOrName) {
-    if (typeof itemOrName === 'string') {
-      this.items.forEach(i => { if (i.name === itemOrName) this.remove(i); });
-    } else {
-      if (itemOrName instanceof items.Item) {
-        itemOrName = itemOrName.rawItem;
-      }
-
-      if (this.items.has(itemOrName)) {
-        this.items.delete(itemOrName);
-
-        for (const listener of this.listeners) {
-          listener.removed(this.hostProvider, itemOrName);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  update (item) {
-    if (item instanceof items.Item) {
-      item = item.rawItem;
-    }
-
-    for (const listener of this.listeners) {
-      listener.updated(this.hostProvider, item);
-    }
-  }
-
-  getAll () {
-    return utils.jsSetToJavaSet(this.items);
-  }
-}
-
-class StaticCallbackItemProvider extends AbstractProvider {
-  constructor () {
-    super(ITEM_PROVIDER_CLASS);
-    this.itemsCallbacks = [];
-  }
-
-  addProviderChangeListener (listener) {
-  }
-
-  removeProviderChangeListener (listener) {
-  }
-
-  addItemsCallback (callback) {
-    this.itemsCallbacks.push(callback);
-  }
-
-  getAll () {
-    return utils.jsArrayToJavaList(this.itemsCallbacks.flatMap(c => c()));
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  /**
-   * Creates a new instance of class StaticItemProvider.
-   * @param {HostItem[]} items
-   * @returns {StaticItemProvider}
-   */
-  staticItemProvider: (items) => new StaticItemProvider(items),
-  /**
-   * Creates a new instance of class ManagedItemProvider.
-   * @returns {ManagedItemProvider}
-   */
-  managedItemProvider: () => new ManagedItemProvider(),
-  /**
-   * Creates a new instance of StaticCallbackItemProvider.
-   * @returns {StaticCallbackItemProvider}
-   */
-  staticCallbackItemProvider: () => new StaticCallbackItemProvider()
-};
diff --git a/items/items.js b/items/items.js
index 361a9f3ad..669bef574 100644
--- a/items/items.js
+++ b/items/items.js
@@ -575,8 +575,6 @@ module.exports = {
   createItem,
   removeItem,
   Item,
-  /** @type {object} */
-  provider: require('./items-provider'),
   /**
      * Custom indexer, to allow static Item lookup.
      * @example
diff --git a/metadata/metadata-provider.js b/metadata/metadata-provider.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 506ca558d..000000000
--- a/metadata/metadata-provider.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-const { AbstractProvider } = require('../provider');
-const utils = require('../utils');
-
-const METADATA_PROVIDER_CLASS = 'org.openhab.core.items.MetadataProvider';
-
-class StaticCallbackMetadataProvider extends AbstractProvider {
-  constructor () {
-    super(METADATA_PROVIDER_CLASS);
-    this.metadataCallbacks = [];
-  }
-
-  addProviderChangeListener (listener) {
-  }
-
-  removeProviderChangeListener (listener) {
-  }
-
-  addMetadataCallback (callback) {
-    this.metadataCallbacks.push(callback);
-  }
-
-  getAll () {
-    require('../log')('metadata-provider').debug('///' + this.metadataCallbacks.length);
-    require('../log')('metadata-provider').debug('///' + this.metadataCallbacks.flatMap(c => c()).length);
-
-    for (const x of this.metadataCallbacks.flatMap(c => c())) {
-      require('../log')('metadata-provider').debug(x);
-    }
-
-    return utils.jsArrayToJavaList(this.metadataCallbacks.flatMap(c => c()));
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Returns a new instance of StaticCallbackMetadataProvider.
- *
- * @private
- * @returns {StaticCallbackMetadataProvider}
- */
-const staticCallbackMetadataProvider = () => {
-  return new StaticCallbackMetadataProvider();
-};
-
-module.exports = {
-  staticCallbackMetadataProvider
-};
diff --git a/metadata/metadata.js b/metadata/metadata.js
index 1d914cee6..bd9708197 100644
--- a/metadata/metadata.js
+++ b/metadata/metadata.js
@@ -70,6 +70,5 @@ module.exports = {
   addValue,
   updateValue,
   upsertValue,
-  provider: require('./metadata-provider'),
   itemchannellink: require('./itemchannellink')
 };
diff --git a/provider.js b/provider.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f613b7e3..000000000
--- a/provider.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-const osgi = require('./osgi');
-const log = require('./log')('provider'); // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
-// const utils = require('./utils');
-
-function getAllFunctionNames (obj) {
-  let props = [];
-  let o = obj;
-  do {
-    props = props.concat(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(o));
-    o = Object.getPrototypeOf(o);
-  } while (o.constructor.name !== 'AbstractProvider');
-
-  return props.filter(p => typeof obj[p] === 'function');
-}
-
-class AbstractProvider {
-  constructor (type) {
-    this.typeName = type.class.getName();
-    this.JavaType = Java.extend(type);// require('@runtime/osgi').classutil.extend(type);
-  }
-
-  register () {
-    const javaConfig = {};
-
-    const functionNamesToBind = getAllFunctionNames(this)
-      .filter(f => f !== 'constructor')
-      .filter(f => f !== 'javaType');
-
-    for (const fn of functionNamesToBind) {
-      javaConfig[fn] = this[fn].bind(this);
-    }
-
-    const hostProvider = this.processHostProvider(new this.JavaType(javaConfig));
-
-    this.hostProvider = hostProvider;
-
-    osgi.registerService(this.hostProvider, this.typeName);
-  }
-
-  processHostProvider (hostProvider) {
-    return hostProvider;
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  AbstractProvider
-};
diff --git a/types/items/items.d.ts b/types/items/items.d.ts
index 7a599f388..eaa8401ec 100644
--- a/types/items/items.d.ts
+++ b/types/items/items.d.ts
@@ -319,6 +319,5 @@ export class Item {
 }
 import ItemHistory = require("./item-history");
 import ItemSemantics = require("./item-semantics");
-export declare const provider: object;
 export declare function objects(): any;
 //# sourceMappingURL=items.d.ts.map
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diff --git a/types/items/items.d.ts.map b/types/items/items.d.ts.map
index 5d3d8137b..0960581ee 100644
--- a/types/items/items.d.ts.map
+++ b/types/items/items.d.ts.map
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/types/metadata/metadata.d.ts b/types/metadata/metadata.d.ts
index 060b1d139..d739109a5 100644
--- a/types/metadata/metadata.d.ts
+++ b/types/metadata/metadata.d.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@ export function updateValue(itemName: any, namespace: any, value: any, config: a
  * @returns {boolean} true if the value was added, false if it was updated
  */
 export function upsertValue(itemName: string, namespace: string, value: string, config?: Map<string, string>): boolean;
-export declare const provider: typeof import("./metadata-provider");
 export declare const itemchannellink: typeof import("./itemchannellink");
 //# sourceMappingURL=metadata.d.ts.map
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