diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index af50bc75..39b90b9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -48,11 +48,3 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Build checkup image
         run: make build
-  build-traffic-gen:
-    name: Build traffic generator image
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Build traffic generator image
-        run: make build-traffic-gen
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 16acf897..6e0e8568 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -26,9 +26,5 @@ jobs:
           ${CRI_BIN} login -u ${{ secrets.QUAY_USER }} -p ${{ secrets.QUAY_TOKEN }} quay.io
       - name: Build checkup image
         run: make build
-      - name: Build traffic-gen image
-        run: make build-traffic-gen
       - name: Push checkup image
         run: make push
-      - name: Push traffic-gen image
-        run: make push-traffic-gen
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 73ef6093..0e27ead7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ ORG ?= kiagnose
 CHECKUP_IMAGE_NAME ?= kubevirt-dpdk-checkup
 CHECKUP_IMAGE_TAG ?= latest
 CHECKUP_GIT_TAG ?= $(shell git describe --always --abbrev=8 --tags)
-TRAFFIC_GEN_IMAGE_NAME ?= kubevirt-dpdk-checkup-traffic-gen
-TRAFFIC_GEN_IMAGE_TAG ?= latest
-TRAFFIC_GEN_GIT_TAG ?= $(CHECKUP_GIT_TAG)
 VM_IMAGE_BUILDER_IMAGE_NAME := kubevirt-dpdk-checkup-vm-image-builder
 VM_IMAGE_BUILDER_IMAGE_TAG ?= latest
 VIRT_BUILDER_CACHE_DIR := $(CURDIR)/_virt_builder/cache
@@ -98,16 +95,6 @@ vendor:
 	           $(GO_IMAGE_NAME):$(GO_IMAGE_TAG) go mod tidy -compat=$(GO_MOD_VERSION) && go mod vendor
 .PHONY: vendor
 
-build-traffic-gen:
-	$(CRI_BIN) build -f traffic-gen/Dockerfile -t $(REG)/$(ORG)/$(TRAFFIC_GEN_IMAGE_NAME):$(TRAFFIC_GEN_IMAGE_TAG) traffic-gen
-.PHONY: build-traffic-gen
-
-push-traffic-gen:
-	$(CRI_BIN) push $(REG)/$(ORG)/$(TRAFFIC_GEN_IMAGE_NAME):$(TRAFFIC_GEN_IMAGE_TAG)
-	$(CRI_BIN) tag $(REG)/$(ORG)/$(TRAFFIC_GEN_IMAGE_NAME):$(TRAFFIC_GEN_IMAGE_TAG) $(REG)/$(ORG)/$(TRAFFIC_GEN_IMAGE_NAME):$(TRAFFIC_GEN_GIT_TAG)
-	$(CRI_BIN) push $(REG)/$(ORG)/$(TRAFFIC_GEN_IMAGE_NAME):$(TRAFFIC_GEN_GIT_TAG)
-.PHONY: push-traffic-gen
-
 build-vm-image-builder:
 	$(CRI_BIN) build $(CURDIR)/vm/image-builder -f $(CURDIR)/vm/image-builder/Dockerfile -t $(REG)/$(ORG)/$(VM_IMAGE_BUILDER_IMAGE_NAME):$(VM_IMAGE_BUILDER_IMAGE_TAG)
 .PHONY: build-vm-image-builder
diff --git a/traffic-gen/Dockerfile b/traffic-gen/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ca32911..00000000
--- a/traffic-gen/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-FROM quay.io/centos/centos:stream9
-
-ARG TREX_VERSION=3.02
-ENV TREX_VERSION ${TREX_VERSION}
-
-# install requirements
-RUN dnf update -y && \
-    dnf install -y --nodocs \
-      wget \
-      procps \
-      python3 \
-      python3-pip \
-      pciutils \
-      gettext \
-      hostname \
-      iproute \
-      ethtool \
-      nmap iputils \
-      perf \
-      numactl \
-      sysstat \
-      rdma-core \
-      libibverbs \
-      net-tools && \
-    dnf clean all
-
-# install trex server
-WORKDIR /opt/
-RUN wget --no-check-certificate https://trex-tgn.cisco.com/trex/release/v${TREX_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
-    tar -xzf v${TREX_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
-    mv v${TREX_VERSION} trex && \
-    rm v${TREX_VERSION}.tar.gz
-
-COPY scripts /opt/scripts
-COPY templates /opt/templates
-
-WORKDIR /opt/trex
diff --git a/traffic-gen/scripts/main.sh b/traffic-gen/scripts/main.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d91e05b9..00000000
--- a/traffic-gen/scripts/main.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# This file is part of the kiagnose project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-# Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-
-set -eu
-
-echo "setting params to trex_cfg.yaml"
-/opt/scripts/set_traffic_gen_cfg_file.sh
-
-echo "setting params to traffic-gen test files"
-/opt/scripts/set_tests_files.sh
-
-echo "run traffic_gen daemon"
-/opt/scripts/run_traffic_gen_daemon.sh
diff --git a/traffic-gen/scripts/run_traffic_gen_daemon.sh b/traffic-gen/scripts/run_traffic_gen_daemon.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 392ad38f..00000000
--- a/traffic-gen/scripts/run_traffic_gen_daemon.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# This file is part of the kiagnose project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-# Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-
-set -eu
-
-if [ "${SET_VERBOSE}" == "TRUE" ]; then
-	set -x
-fi
-
-print_params() {
-	echo NUM_OF_TRAFFIC_CPUS="${NUM_OF_TRAFFIC_CPUS}"
-}
-
-print_params
-
-./t-rex-64 --no-ofed-check --no-scapy-server --no-hw-flow-stat -i -c "${NUM_OF_TRAFFIC_CPUS}" --iom 0
diff --git a/traffic-gen/scripts/set_tests_files.sh b/traffic-gen/scripts/set_tests_files.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 686ccbc3..00000000
--- a/traffic-gen/scripts/set_tests_files.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# This file is part of the kiagnose project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-# Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-
-set -eu
-
-if [ "${SET_VERBOSE}" == "TRUE" ]; then
-	set -x
-fi
-
-mkdir -p /opt/tests
-
-print_params() {
-	echo SRC_WEST_MAC_ADDRESS="${SRC_WEST_MAC_ADDRESS}"
-	echo SRC_EAST_MAC_ADDRESS="${SRC_EAST_MAC_ADDRESS}"
-	echo DST_WEST_MAC_ADDRESS="${DST_WEST_MAC_ADDRESS}"
-	echo DST_EAST_MAC_ADDRESS="${DST_EAST_MAC_ADDRESS}"
-	echo NUM_OF_TRAFFIC_CPUS="${NUM_OF_TRAFFIC_CPUS}"
-}
-
-print_params
-
-# set tests files
-envsubst < /opt/templates/testpmd.py.in > /opt/tests/testpmd.py
-envsubst < /opt/templates/testpmd_addr.py.in > /opt/tests/testpmd_addr.py
-
-cat /opt/tests/testpmd.py
-cat /opt/tests/testpmd_addr.py
diff --git a/traffic-gen/scripts/set_traffic_gen_cfg_file.sh b/traffic-gen/scripts/set_traffic_gen_cfg_file.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5eb43bd7..00000000
--- a/traffic-gen/scripts/set_traffic_gen_cfg_file.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# This file is part of the kiagnose project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-# Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-
-set -eu
-
-if [ "${SET_VERBOSE}" == "TRUE" ]; then
-	set -x
-fi
-
-expand_number_list() {
-	local input_list=$1
-	expanded_input=""
-	IFS=',' read -ra nums <<< "$input_list"
-	for num in "${nums[@]}"; do
-		if [[ $num == *"-"* ]]; then
-			IFS='-' read -ra range <<< "$num"
-			for i in $(seq "${range[0]}" "${range[1]}"); do
-				expanded_input+=",$i"
-			done
-		else
-			expanded_input+=",$num"
-		fi
-	done
-	expanded_input=${expanded_input:1} # remove the leading comma
-	echo "$expanded_input"
-}
-
-remove_number() {
-	local list=$1
-	local number=$2
-	local new_list=""
-	IFS=',' read -r -a array <<< "$list"
-	for i in "${array[@]}"; do
-		if [ "$i" != "$number" ]; then
-			new_list="$new_list,$i"
-		fi
-	done
-	new_list=${new_list:1} # remove the leading comma
-	echo "${new_list}"
-}
-
-set_pci_addresses() {
-	# set interfaces
-	IFS=',' read -r -a nics_array <<< "${!PCI_DEVICES_VAR_NAME}"
-	export PCIDEVICE_NIC_1="\"${nics_array[0]}\""
-	export PCIDEVICE_NIC_2="\"${nics_array[1]}\""
-}
-
-get_numa_socket_by_nic() {
-	local nic_without_quotes="${1//\"/}"
-	local lspci_output=$(lspci -v -nn -mm -k -s "${nic_without_quotes}")
-	local numa_socket=$(echo "$lspci_output" | grep NUMANode | awk '{print $2}')
-	echo "${numa_socket}"
-}
-
-set_numa_socket() {
-	local nic1_numa_socket=$(get_numa_socket_by_nic "${PCIDEVICE_NIC_1}")
-	local nic2_numa_socket=$(get_numa_socket_by_nic "${PCIDEVICE_NIC_2}")
-
-	if [[ "${nic1_numa_socket}" != "${nic2_numa_socket}" ]]; then
-		echo "error - NUMA socket of NICs ${PCIDEVICE_NIC_1} (=${nic1_numa_socket}), ${PCIDEVICE_NIC_2} (=${nic2_numa_socket}) do not match"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	export NUMA_SOCKET="${nic1_numa_socket}"
-}
-
-set_cpu_configs() {
-	# set master
-	CPUS=$(cat /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset/cpuset.cpus)
-	CPUS=$(expand_number_list "${CPUS}")
-	IFS=',' read -r -a cpus_array <<< "${CPUS}"
-	export MASTER=${cpus_array[0]}
-
-	# set latency
-	SIBLINGS=$(cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu"${MASTER}"/topology/core_cpus_list)
-	export LATENCY=$(remove_number "$SIBLINGS" "${MASTER}")
-
-	# set cpu
-	CPU=${CPUS}
-	CPU=$(remove_number "${CPU}" "${MASTER}")
-	CPU=$(remove_number "${CPU}" "${LATENCY}")
-	export CPU=$CPU
-}
-
-print_params() {
-	echo setting params:
-	echo PCIDEVICE_NIC_1="${PCIDEVICE_NIC_1}"
-	echo PCIDEVICE_NIC_2="${PCIDEVICE_NIC_2}"
-	echo MASTER="${MASTER}"
-	echo LATENCY="${LATENCY}"
-	echo NUMA_SOCKET="${NUMA_SOCKET}"
-	echo CPU="${CPU}"
-	echo PORT_BANDWIDTH_GB="${PORT_BANDWIDTH_GB}"
-}
-
-set_pci_addresses
-
-set_numa_socket
-
-set_cpu_configs
-
-print_params
-
-# set config_template file
-envsubst < /opt/templates/trex_cfg.yaml.in > /etc/trex_cfg.yaml
-
-cat /etc/trex_cfg.yaml
diff --git a/traffic-gen/templates/testpmd.py.in b/traffic-gen/templates/testpmd.py.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e3bcc66..00000000
--- a/traffic-gen/templates/testpmd.py.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-from trex_stl_lib.api import *
-
-from testpmd_addr import *
-
-# Wild local MACs
-mac_localport0="$SRC_EAST_MAC_ADDRESS"
-mac_localport1="$SRC_WEST_MAC_ADDRESS"
-
-class STLS1(object):
-
-    def __init__ (self):
-        self.fsize  =64; # the size of the packet
-        self.number = 0
-
-    def create_stream (self, direction = 0):
-        size = self.fsize - 4; # HW will add 4 bytes ethernet FCS
-        dport = 1026 + self.number
-        self.number = self.number + 1
-        if direction == 0:
-            base_pkt =  Ether(dst=mac_telco0,src=mac_localport0)/IP(src="16.0.0.1",dst=ip_telco0)/UDP(dport=dport,sport=1026)
-        else:
-            base_pkt =  Ether(dst=mac_telco1,src=mac_localport1)/IP(src="16.1.0.1",dst=ip_telco1)/UDP(dport=dport,sport=1026)
-        pad = (60 - len(base_pkt)) * 'x'
-
-        return STLStream(
-            packet =
-            STLPktBuilder(
-                pkt = base_pkt / pad
-            ),
-            mode = STLTXCont())
-
-
-    def get_streams (self, direction = 0, **kwargs):
-        # create multiple streams, one stream per core generating traffic...
-        s = []
-        for i in range($NUM_OF_TRAFFIC_CPUS):
-            s.append(self.create_stream(direction = direction))
-        return s
-
-# dynamic load - used for trex console or simulator
-def register():
-    return STLS1()
diff --git a/traffic-gen/templates/testpmd_addr.py.in b/traffic-gen/templates/testpmd_addr.py.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 83c7f7dd..00000000
--- a/traffic-gen/templates/testpmd_addr.py.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# wild first XL710 mac
-mac_telco0 = "$DST_EAST_MAC_ADDRESS"
-# wild second XL710 mac
-mac_telco1 = "$DST_WEST_MAC_ADDRESS"
-# we don’t care of the IP in this phase
-ip_telco0  = '10.0.0.1'
-ip_telco1 = '10.1.1.1'
diff --git a/traffic-gen/templates/trex_cfg.yaml.in b/traffic-gen/templates/trex_cfg.yaml.in
deleted file mode 100644
index c37575f1..00000000
--- a/traffic-gen/templates/trex_cfg.yaml.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-- port_limit: 2
-  version: 2
-  interfaces:
-    - $PCIDEVICE_NIC_1
-    - $PCIDEVICE_NIC_2
-  port_bandwidth_gb: $PORT_BANDWIDTH_GB
-  port_info:
-    - ip: 10.10.10.2
-      default_gw: 10.10.10.1
-    - ip: 10.10.20.2
-      default_gw: 10.10.20.1
-  platform:
-    master_thread_id: $MASTER
-    latency_thread_id: $LATENCY
-    dual_if:
-      - socket: $NUMA_SOCKET
-        threads: [$CPU]