diff --git a/force_bdss/api.py b/force_bdss/api.py
index fa2fddd8cf2847e007b6e89f4c410f7011edc862..f7501e098dcfe6a1cad7065d3e06910ccbd60f34 100644
--- a/force_bdss/api.py
+++ b/force_bdss/api.py
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ from .notification_listeners.base_notification_listener import BaseNotificationL
 from .notification_listeners.base_notification_listener_factory import BaseNotificationListenerFactory  # noqa
 from .notification_listeners.base_notification_listener_model import BaseNotificationListenerModel  # noqa
 
-from .local_traits import (ZMQSocketURL, Identifier)  # noqa
+from .local_traits import Identifier  # noqa
diff --git a/force_bdss/local_traits.py b/force_bdss/local_traits.py
index f2aa3859b2c8488d50dce64996d0ce098ac0066a..f759aed8596558d9783bae4e0ce1f35671f3059c 100644
--- a/force_bdss/local_traits.py
+++ b/force_bdss/local_traits.py
@@ -1,32 +1,10 @@
-import re
-from traits.api import Regex, BaseStr, String
+from traits.api import Regex, String
 
 #: Used for variable names, but allow also empty string as it's the default
 #: case and it will be present if the workflow is saved before actually
 #: specifying the value.
 Identifier = Regex(regex="(^[^\d\W]\w*\Z|^\Z)")
 
-
-class ZMQSocketURL(BaseStr):
-    def validate(self, object, name, value):
-        super(ZMQSocketURL, self).validate(object, name, value)
-        m = re.match(
-            "tcp://(\\d{1,3})\.(\\d{1,3})\.(\\d{1,3})\.(\\d{1,3}):(\\d+)",
-            value)
-        if m is None:
-            self.error(object, name, value)
-
-        a, b, c, d, port = m.groups()
-
-        if not all(map(lambda x: 0 <= int(x) <= 255, (a, b, c, d))):
-            self.error(object, name, value)
-
-        if not (1 <= int(port) <= 65535):
-            self.error(object, name, value)
-
-        return value
-
-
 #: Identifies a CUBA type with its key. At the moment a String with
 #: no validation, but will come later.
 CUBAType = String()
diff --git a/force_bdss/tests/test_local_traits.py b/force_bdss/tests/test_local_traits.py
index d66a863206a887c90073feec2ce0b749cb4c83a9..d61e6d2c89520653d65431a0030ad89b362f18be 100644
--- a/force_bdss/tests/test_local_traits.py
+++ b/force_bdss/tests/test_local_traits.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import unittest
 from traits.api import HasStrictTraits, TraitError
 
-from force_bdss.local_traits import Identifier, CUBAType, ZMQSocketURL
+from force_bdss.local_traits import Identifier, CUBAType
 
 
 class Traited(HasStrictTraits):
     val = Identifier()
     cuba = CUBAType()
-    socket_url = ZMQSocketURL()
 
 
 class TestLocalTraits(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -26,22 +25,3 @@ class TestLocalTraits(unittest.TestCase):
         c = Traited()
         c.cuba = "PRESSURE"
         self.assertEqual(c.cuba, "PRESSURE")
-
-    def test_zmq_socket_url(self):
-        c = Traited()
-
-        for working in ["tcp://127.0.0.1:12345",
-                        "tcp://255.255.255.255:65535",
-                        "tcp://1.1.1.1:65535"]:
-            c.socket_url = working
-            self.assertEqual(c.socket_url, working)
-
-        for broken in ["tcp://270.0.0.1:12345",
-                       "tcp://0.270.0.1:12345",
-                       "tcp://0.0.270.1:12345",
-                       "tcp://0.0.0.270:12345",
-                       "url://255.255.255.255:65535",
-                       "whatever",
-                       "tcp://1.1.1.1:100000"]:
-            with self.assertRaises(TraitError):
-                c.socket_url = broken