diff --git a/apitest-commons/src/main/java/io/mosip/testrig/apirig/testrunner/BaseTestCase.java b/apitest-commons/src/main/java/io/mosip/testrig/apirig/testrunner/BaseTestCase.java
index fa22ae839c..3d633d5144 100644
--- a/apitest-commons/src/main/java/io/mosip/testrig/apirig/testrunner/BaseTestCase.java
+++ b/apitest-commons/src/main/java/io/mosip/testrig/apirig/testrunner/BaseTestCase.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
-import org.springframework.test.context.testng.AbstractTestNGSpringContextTests;
 import org.testng.ITestContext;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterSuite;
 
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@
  * All suite level before and after tests will be completed here.
  *
  */
-public class BaseTestCase extends AbstractTestNGSpringContextTests {
+public class BaseTestCase {
 
 	protected static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(BaseTestCase.class);
 	public static OTPListener otpListener = null;
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ public static String getGlobalResourcePath() {
 		if (runTypeS.equalsIgnoreCase("JAR")) {
 			path = new File(jarURLS).getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "/MosipTestResource/MosipTemporaryTestResource";
 		} else if (runTypeS.equalsIgnoreCase("IDE")) {
-			path = new File(MosipTestRunner.class.getClassLoader().getResource("").getPath()).getAbsolutePath()
+			path = new File(BaseTestCase.class.getClassLoader().getResource("").getPath()).getAbsolutePath()
 					+ "/MosipTestResource/MosipTemporaryTestResource";
 			if (path.contains(GlobalConstants.TESTCLASSES))
 				path = path.replace(GlobalConstants.TESTCLASSES, "classes");
diff --git a/apitest-commons/src/main/java/io/mosip/testrig/apirig/testrunner/ExtractResource.java b/apitest-commons/src/main/java/io/mosip/testrig/apirig/testrunner/ExtractResource.java
index 47e585b786..246d3d902e 100644
--- a/apitest-commons/src/main/java/io/mosip/testrig/apirig/testrunner/ExtractResource.java
+++ b/apitest-commons/src/main/java/io/mosip/testrig/apirig/testrunner/ExtractResource.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public static void copyCommonResources(String moduleName) {
 	public static void getListOfFilesFromJarAndCopyToExternalResource(String key) {
 		ZipInputStream zipInputStream = null;
 		try {
-			CodeSource src = MosipTestRunner.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource();
+			CodeSource src = BaseTestCase.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource();
 			if (src != null) {
 				URL jar = src.getLocation();
 				zipInputStream = new ZipInputStream(jar.openStream());
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ private static boolean copyFilesFromJarToOutsideResource(String resourceFilePare
 			String resourceFileAbsolutePath =  resourceFileParentPath + "MosipTemporaryTestResource/" + resourceFileName;
 			File destinationFile = new File(resourceFileAbsolutePath);
 			LOGGER.info("resourceFile : " + BaseTestCase.jarURLS + "destinationFile : " + resourceFileAbsolutePath);
-			org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyInputStreamToFile(MosipTestRunner.class.getResourceAsStream("/" + resourceFileName), destinationFile);
+			org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyInputStreamToFile(BaseTestCase.class.getResourceAsStream("/" + resourceFileName), destinationFile);
 			return true;
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			LOGGER.error(
diff --git a/apitest-commons/src/main/java/io/mosip/testrig/apirig/testrunner/MosipTestRunner.java b/apitest-commons/src/main/java/io/mosip/testrig/apirig/testrunner/MosipTestRunner.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4465045970..0000000000
--- a/apitest-commons/src/main/java/io/mosip/testrig/apirig/testrunner/MosipTestRunner.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package io.mosip.testrig.apirig.testrunner;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-
-/**
- * Class to initiate mosip api test execution
- * 
- * @author Vignesh
- *
- */
-public class MosipTestRunner {
-	private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(MosipTestRunner.class);
-
-	public static String jarUrl = MosipTestRunner.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath();
-	public static List<String> languageList = new ArrayList<>();
-
-	public static void main(String[] arg) {}
-}
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