diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1710a48d..5ddb5e2b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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 [[package]]
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+checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
+
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+ "num-conv",
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diff --git a/build-all-containers.sh b/build-all-containers.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 481b081a..00000000
--- a/build-all-containers.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
-# Licensed under the MIT license.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-set -e
-
-function concat_image_registry() {
-    if [ -z "$IMAGE_REGISTRY" ]; then
-        echo "$1"
-    else
-        echo "$IMAGE_REGISTRY/$1"
-    fi
-}
-
-if [ -z "$IMAGE_TAG" ]; then
-    export IMAGE_TAG="1"
-fi
-
-# Build base image for all example applications
-docker build --tag "intent_brokering_examples:base" --file ./intent_brokering/examples/applications/Dockerfile.base .
-
-# Build Intent Brokering service
-docker build --tag "$(concat_image_registry intent_brokering:"$IMAGE_TAG")" --file ./intent_brokering/examples/applications/Dockerfile.generic --build-arg APP_NAME=intent_brokering .
-
-# Build Examples
-docker build --tag "$(concat_image_registry cloud-object-detection-app:"$IMAGE_TAG")" --file ./intent_brokering/examples/applications/Dockerfile.cloud-object-detection --build-arg APP_NAME=cloud-object-detection-app .
-docker build --tag "$(concat_image_registry dog-mode-logic-app:"$IMAGE_TAG")" --file ./intent_brokering/examples/applications/Dockerfile.generic --build-arg APP_NAME=dog-mode-logic-app .
-docker build --tag "$(concat_image_registry kv-app:"$IMAGE_TAG")" --file ./intent_brokering/examples/applications/Dockerfile.generic --build-arg APP_NAME=kv-app .
-# Local object detection build is not executed as it is currently not working due to missing tensorflow libraries in the image
-# docker build --tag "$(concat_image_registry local-object-detection-app:"$IMAGE_TAG")" --file ./intent_brokering/examples/applications/Dockerfile --build-arg APP_NAME=local-object-detection-app .
-docker build --tag "$(concat_image_registry mock-vas:"$IMAGE_TAG")" --file ./intent_brokering/examples/applications/Dockerfile.mock-vas --build-arg APP_NAME=mock-vas .
-docker build --tag "$(concat_image_registry simulated-camera-app:"$IMAGE_TAG")" --file ./intent_brokering/examples/applications/Dockerfile.simulated-camera --build-arg APP_NAME=simulated-camera-app .
-docker build --tag "$(concat_image_registry lt-provider-app:"$IMAGE_TAG")" --file ./intent_brokering/examples/applications/Dockerfile.generic --build-arg APP_NAME=lt-provider-app .
diff --git a/intent_brokering/examples/applications/invoke-command/Cargo.toml b/intent_brokering/examples/applications/invoke-command/Cargo.toml
index 298f5029..796cd536 100644
--- a/intent_brokering/examples/applications/invoke-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/intent_brokering/examples/applications/invoke-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,15 +8,10 @@ license = "MIT"
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 intent_brokering_common = { workspace = true }
 intent_brokering_proto = { workspace = true }
-ess = { path = "../../../ess/" }
 examples-common = { path = "../../common/" }
-keyvalue = { path = "../../../keyvalue/" }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
-tokio-stream = { workspace = true }
 tonic = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
-uuid = { workspace = true }
-serde = "1.0.196"
 serde_json = "1.0.113"
diff --git a/intent_brokering/examples/applications/kv-app/Cargo.toml b/intent_brokering/examples/applications/kv-app/Cargo.toml
index 3c9bde1e..a99bec2a 100644
--- a/intent_brokering/examples/applications/kv-app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/intent_brokering/examples/applications/kv-app/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,13 +8,9 @@ license = "MIT"
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 intent_brokering_common = { workspace = true }
 intent_brokering_proto = { workspace = true }
-ess = { path = "../../../ess/" }
 examples-common = { path = "../../common/" }
-keyvalue = { path = "../../../keyvalue/" }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
-tokio-stream = { workspace = true }
 tonic = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
-uuid = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/intent_brokering/examples/applications/lt-consumer/Cargo.toml b/intent_brokering/examples/applications/lt-consumer/Cargo.toml
index eec2c0b6..d52c434d 100644
--- a/intent_brokering/examples/applications/lt-consumer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/intent_brokering/examples/applications/lt-consumer/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ license = "MIT"
 bollard = "0.15"
 intent_brokering_common = { workspace = true }
 examples-common = { path = "../../common/" }
-futures = { workspace = true }
 futures-util = "0.3"
 metrics-util = "0.16"
 serde = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/intent_brokering/examples/applications/simple-provider/Cargo.toml b/intent_brokering/examples/applications/simple-provider/Cargo.toml
index b2908139..6aa5d0ab 100644
--- a/intent_brokering/examples/applications/simple-provider/Cargo.toml
+++ b/intent_brokering/examples/applications/simple-provider/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,15 +8,9 @@ license = "MIT"
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 intent_brokering_common = { workspace = true }
 intent_brokering_proto = { workspace = true }
-ess = { path = "../../../ess/" }
 examples-common = { path = "../../common/" }
-keyvalue = { path = "../../../keyvalue/" }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
-tokio-stream = { workspace = true }
 tonic = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
-uuid = { workspace = true }
-serde = "1.0.196"
-serde_json = "1.0.113"
diff --git a/intent_brokering/examples/common/Cargo.toml b/intent_brokering/examples/common/Cargo.toml
index bc60b8cd..19904637 100644
--- a/intent_brokering/examples/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/intent_brokering/examples/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,20 +6,16 @@ license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
-bytes = "1.5"
 intent_brokering_common = { workspace = true }
 intent_brokering_proto = { workspace = true }
-ess = { path = "../../ess/" }
 keyvalue = { path = "../../keyvalue" }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 prost = { workspace = true }
 prost-types = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
-tokio-stream = { workspace = true }
 tonic = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
-uuid = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-build = { workspace = true }