diff --git a/launch/launch/launcher.py b/launch/launch/launcher.py
index 757affefd..239293fc6 100644
--- a/launch/launch/launcher.py
+++ b/launch/launch/launcher.py
@@ -391,21 +391,3 @@ def _print_process_stacktrace(self, name, future, exception):
                 print('(%s)' % name, '    ' + line.strip(), file=sys.stderr)
             print('(%s) %s: %s' % (name, type(exception).__name__, str(exception)),
                   file=sys.stderr)
-
-
-class AsynchronousLauncher(threading.Thread):
-
-    def __init__(self, launcher):
-        super(AsynchronousLauncher, self).__init__()
-        self.launcher = launcher
-
-    def terminate(self):
-        self.launcher.interrupt_launch()
-
-    def run(self):
-        if os.name != 'nt' and not isinstance(threading.current_thread(), threading._MainThread):
-            # explicitly create event loop when not running in main thread
-            loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
-            asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
-
-        self.launcher.launch()
diff --git a/launch/test/test_interrupt_asynchronous_launcher.py b/launch/test/test_interrupt_asynchronous_launcher.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 70f08b546..000000000
--- a/launch/test/test_interrupt_asynchronous_launcher.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2016 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
-#
-# 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.
-
-import sys
-
-from launch import LaunchDescriptor
-from launch.launcher import AsynchronousLauncher
-from launch.launcher import DefaultLauncher
-
-
-def test_interrupt_asynchronous_launcher():
-    desc = LaunchDescriptor()
-    desc.add_process(
-        cmd=[sys.executable, '-c', 'import time', 'time.sleep(30)'],
-        name='test_interrupt_asynchronous_launcher__python_blocking'
-    )
-
-    launcher = DefaultLauncher()
-    launcher.add_launch_descriptor(desc)
-    async_launcher = AsynchronousLauncher(launcher)
-    async_launcher.start()
-
-    # wait up to 10 seconds to get to the point where at least all of the
-    # asyncio-subprocess coroutines have been run (the processes are still
-    # not guaranteed to be running yet)
-    launcher.wait_on_processes_to_spawn(10)
-    if not launcher.are_processes_spawned():
-        # if the processes didn't launch after 10 seconds, fail the test
-        assert False, 'launcher never reported processes launched'
-    async_launcher.terminate()
-    # now wait for the launcher to finish and error if if doesn't
-    async_launcher.join(60)
-    if async_launcher.is_alive():
-        # if still running fail the test
-        assert False, 'async launcher failed to shutdown'
diff --git a/launch/test/test_module_level_launch.py b/launch/test/test_module_level_launch.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 555a7da94..000000000
--- a/launch/test/test_module_level_launch.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2015 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
-#
-# 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.
-
-import os
-import sys
-import time
-
-from launch import LaunchDescriptor
-from launch.launcher import AsynchronousLauncher
-from launch.launcher import DefaultLauncher
-from launch.loader import load_launch_file
-
-async_launcher = None
-
-
-def setup():
-    global async_launcher
-    default_launcher = DefaultLauncher()
-
-    launch_file = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 'launch_counter.py')
-    launch_descriptor = LaunchDescriptor()
-    load_launch_file(launch_file, launch_descriptor, {})
-    default_launcher.add_launch_descriptor(launch_descriptor)
-
-    async_launcher = AsynchronousLauncher(default_launcher)
-    async_launcher.start()
-
-
-def teardown():
-    global async_launcher
-    if async_launcher:
-        async_launcher.join()
-
-
-def test_one():
-    print('one', file=sys.stderr)
-    time.sleep(1)
-
-
-def test_two():
-    print('two', file=sys.stderr)
-    time.sleep(1)
-
-
-def test_three():
-    print('three', file=sys.stderr)
-    time.sleep(1)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    setup()
-    teardown()