diff --git a/packages/network/events.go b/packages/network/events.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7903376b6b4b18ad7622707354bea038ad235ce6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages/network/events.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package network
-
-import (
-	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/events"
-)
-
-type BufferedConnectionEvents struct {
-	ReceiveData *events.Event
-	Close       *events.Event
-	Error       *events.Event
-}
-
-func dataCaller(handler interface{}, params ...interface{}) {
-	handler.(func([]byte))(params[0].([]byte))
-}
diff --git a/packages/network/managed_connection.go b/packages/network/managed_connection.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 012a59d8a7134e3411971ab5635b457819cbeaf4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages/network/managed_connection.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-package network
-
-import (
-	"io"
-	"net"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/events"
-)
-
-type ManagedConnection struct {
-	Conn         net.Conn
-	Events       BufferedConnectionEvents
-	readTimeout  time.Duration
-	writeTimeout time.Duration
-	closeOnce    sync.Once
-}
-
-func NewManagedConnection(conn net.Conn) *ManagedConnection {
-	bufferedConnection := &ManagedConnection{
-		Conn: conn,
-		Events: BufferedConnectionEvents{
-			ReceiveData: events.NewEvent(dataCaller),
-			Close:       events.NewEvent(events.CallbackCaller),
-			Error:       events.NewEvent(events.ErrorCaller),
-		},
-	}
-
-	return bufferedConnection
-}
-
-func (this *ManagedConnection) Read(receiveBuffer []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	defer this.Close()
-
-	totalReadBytes := 0
-	for {
-		if err := this.setReadTimeoutBasedDeadline(); err != nil {
-			return totalReadBytes, err
-		}
-
-		byteCount, err := this.Conn.Read(receiveBuffer)
-		if byteCount > 0 {
-			totalReadBytes += byteCount
-
-			receivedData := make([]byte, byteCount)
-			copy(receivedData, receiveBuffer)
-
-			this.Events.ReceiveData.Trigger(receivedData)
-		}
-
-		if err != nil {
-			if err != io.EOF {
-				this.Events.Error.Trigger(err)
-			}
-
-			return totalReadBytes, err
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (this *ManagedConnection) Write(data []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	if err := this.setWriteTimeoutBasedDeadline(); err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-
-	return this.Conn.Write(data)
-}
-
-func (this *ManagedConnection) Close() error {
-	err := this.Conn.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		this.Events.Error.Trigger(err)
-	}
-
-	this.closeOnce.Do(func() {
-		this.Events.Close.Trigger()
-	})
-
-	return err
-}
-
-func (this *ManagedConnection) LocalAddr() net.Addr {
-	return this.Conn.LocalAddr()
-}
-
-func (this *ManagedConnection) RemoteAddr() net.Addr {
-	return this.Conn.RemoteAddr()
-}
-
-func (this *ManagedConnection) SetDeadline(t time.Time) error {
-	return this.Conn.SetDeadline(t)
-}
-
-func (this *ManagedConnection) SetReadDeadline(t time.Time) error {
-	return this.Conn.SetReadDeadline(t)
-}
-
-func (this *ManagedConnection) SetWriteDeadline(t time.Time) error {
-	return this.Conn.SetWriteDeadline(t)
-}
-
-func (this *ManagedConnection) SetTimeout(d time.Duration) error {
-	if err := this.SetReadTimeout(d); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if err := this.SetWriteTimeout(d); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (this *ManagedConnection) SetReadTimeout(d time.Duration) error {
-	this.readTimeout = d
-
-	if err := this.setReadTimeoutBasedDeadline(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (this *ManagedConnection) SetWriteTimeout(d time.Duration) error {
-	this.writeTimeout = d
-
-	if err := this.setWriteTimeoutBasedDeadline(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (this *ManagedConnection) setReadTimeoutBasedDeadline() error {
-	if this.readTimeout != 0 {
-		if err := this.Conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(this.readTimeout)); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	} else {
-		if err := this.Conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Time{}); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (this *ManagedConnection) setWriteTimeoutBasedDeadline() error {
-	if this.writeTimeout != 0 {
-		if err := this.Conn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(this.writeTimeout)); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	} else {
-		if err := this.Conn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Time{}); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/packages/network/parameters.go b/packages/network/parameters.go
deleted file mode 100644
index bad4b1bab0265b334f737698e67f3e150848497b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages/network/parameters.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package network
-
-const (
-	READ_BUFFER_SIZE = 81920
-)
diff --git a/packages/network/tcp/server.go b/packages/network/tcp/server.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d962043fd2112b2310d031d81f2534d13bd466a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages/network/tcp/server.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-package tcp
-
-import (
-	"net"
-	"strconv"
-	"sync"
-
-	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/network"
-	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/events"
-)
-
-type Server struct {
-	socket      net.Listener
-	socketMutex sync.RWMutex
-	Events      serverEvents
-}
-
-func (this *Server) GetSocket() net.Listener {
-	this.socketMutex.RLock()
-	defer this.socketMutex.RUnlock()
-	return this.socket
-}
-
-func (this *Server) Shutdown() {
-	this.socketMutex.Lock()
-	defer this.socketMutex.Unlock()
-	if this.socket != nil {
-		socket := this.socket
-		this.socket = nil
-
-		socket.Close()
-	}
-}
-
-func (this *Server) Listen(port int) *Server {
-	socket, err := net.Listen("tcp4", "0.0.0.0:"+strconv.Itoa(port))
-	if err != nil {
-		this.Events.Error.Trigger(err)
-
-		return this
-	} else {
-		this.socketMutex.Lock()
-		this.socket = socket
-		this.socketMutex.Unlock()
-	}
-
-	this.Events.Start.Trigger()
-	defer this.Events.Shutdown.Trigger()
-
-	for this.GetSocket() != nil {
-		if socket, err := this.GetSocket().Accept(); err != nil {
-			if this.GetSocket() != nil {
-				this.Events.Error.Trigger(err)
-			}
-		} else {
-			peer := network.NewManagedConnection(socket)
-
-			go this.Events.Connect.Trigger(peer)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return this
-}
-
-func NewServer() *Server {
-	return &Server{
-		Events: serverEvents{
-			Start:    events.NewEvent(events.CallbackCaller),
-			Shutdown: events.NewEvent(events.CallbackCaller),
-			Connect:  events.NewEvent(managedConnectionCaller),
-			Error:    events.NewEvent(events.ErrorCaller),
-		},
-	}
-}
diff --git a/packages/network/tcp/server_events.go b/packages/network/tcp/server_events.go
deleted file mode 100644
index bf4e8aea2425719a938dc32b1732401615419fa4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages/network/tcp/server_events.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package tcp
-
-import (
-	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/network"
-	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/events"
-)
-
-type serverEvents struct {
-	Start    *events.Event
-	Shutdown *events.Event
-	Connect  *events.Event
-	Error    *events.Event
-}
-
-func managedConnectionCaller(handler interface{}, params ...interface{}) {
-	handler.(func(*network.ManagedConnection))(params[0].(*network.ManagedConnection))
-}
diff --git a/packages/network/tcp/types.go b/packages/network/tcp/types.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 44856584f1590f95f495fe2b6a64a585fe26d008..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages/network/tcp/types.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package tcp
-
-import "github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/network"
-
-type Callback = func()
-
-type ErrorConsumer = func(e error)
-
-type PeerConsumer = func(conn *network.ManagedConnection)
diff --git a/packages/network/types.go b/packages/network/types.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a31faf507dc59e0d61d3980ce5920815ce37a89..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages/network/types.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package network
-
-type Callback func()
-
-type ErrorConsumer func(err error)
-
-type DataConsumer func(data []byte)
diff --git a/plugins/analysis/client/plugin.go b/plugins/analysis/client/plugin.go
index f3ad4f700b7c87b54576a64f3144d3a0260ca2e5..369702a4ba73de559b1dbd69eac2dab54deacd81 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis/client/plugin.go
+++ b/plugins/analysis/client/plugin.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/autopeering/discover"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/autopeering/selection"
-	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/network"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/parameter"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/shutdown"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/plugins/analysis/types/addnode"
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/daemon"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/events"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/logger"
+	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/network"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/node"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/timeutil"
 )
diff --git a/plugins/analysis/server/plugin.go b/plugins/analysis/server/plugin.go
index ab1b14453cc5e4b0c5daf20a40b6c7d1f053b6f6..215eefa19743648dbc073eacd69b164f686f81f4 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis/server/plugin.go
+++ b/plugins/analysis/server/plugin.go
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"math"
 
-	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/network"
-	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/network/tcp"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/parameter"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/shutdown"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/plugins/analysis/types/addnode"
@@ -17,13 +15,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/daemon"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/events"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/logger"
+	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/network"
+	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/network/tcp"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/node"
 )
 
 var (
 	ErrInvalidPackageHeader          = errors.New("invalid package header")
 	ErrExpectedInitialAddNodePackage = errors.New("expected initial add node package")
-	server                           *tcp.Server
+	server                           *tcp.TCPServer
 	log                              *logger.Logger
 )
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func Configure(plugin *node.Plugin) {
 func Run(plugin *node.Plugin) {
 	daemon.BackgroundWorker("Analysis Server", func(shutdownSignal <-chan struct{}) {
 		log.Infof("Starting Server (port %d) ... done", parameter.NodeConfig.GetInt(CFG_SERVER_PORT))
-		go server.Listen(parameter.NodeConfig.GetInt(CFG_SERVER_PORT))
+		go server.Listen("0.0.0.0", parameter.NodeConfig.GetInt(CFG_SERVER_PORT))
 		<-shutdownSignal
 		Shutdown()
 	}, shutdown.ShutdownPriorityAnalysis)