diff --git a/cps-application/src/main/resources/application.yml b/cps-application/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 89969b9..8dafdec 100644
--- a/cps-application/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/cps-application/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -114,10 +114,6 @@
 
 notification:
     enabled: true
-    data-updated:
-        topic: ${CPS_CHANGE_EVENT_TOPIC:cps.data-updated-events}
-        filters:
-            enabled-dataspaces: ${NOTIFICATION_DATASPACE_FILTER_PATTERNS:""}
     async:
         executor:
             core-pool-size: 2
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-rest/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/rest/executor/CpsNcmpTaskExecutorSpec.groovy b/cps-ncmp-rest/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/rest/executor/CpsNcmpTaskExecutorSpec.groovy
index 870c36c..5559016 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-rest/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/rest/executor/CpsNcmpTaskExecutorSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ncmp-rest/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/rest/executor/CpsNcmpTaskExecutorSpec.groovy
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import ch.qos.logback.core.read.ListAppender
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
-import org.onap.cps.notification.NotificationErrorHandler
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@
 
     @AfterEach
     void teardown() {
-        ((Logger) LoggerFactory.getLogger(NotificationErrorHandler.class)).detachAndStopAllAppenders();
+        ((Logger) LoggerFactory.getLogger(CpsNcmpTaskExecutor.class)).detachAndStopAllAppenders();
     }
 
     def 'Execute successful task.'() {
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpsDataServiceImpl.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpsDataServiceImpl.java
index e74e0ad..6672d68 100755
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpsDataServiceImpl.java
+++ b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpsDataServiceImpl.java
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
 
 package org.onap.cps.api.impl;
 
-import static org.onap.cps.notification.Operation.CREATE;
-import static org.onap.cps.notification.Operation.DELETE;
-import static org.onap.cps.notification.Operation.UPDATE;
-
 import io.micrometer.core.annotation.Timed;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
@@ -43,8 +39,6 @@
 import org.onap.cps.api.CpsDataService;
 import org.onap.cps.api.CpsDeltaService;
 import org.onap.cps.cpspath.parser.CpsPathUtil;
-import org.onap.cps.notification.NotificationService;
-import org.onap.cps.notification.Operation;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.CpsDataPersistenceService;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.FetchDescendantsOption;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.DataValidationException;
@@ -70,7 +64,6 @@
     private final CpsDataPersistenceService cpsDataPersistenceService;
     private final CpsAdminService cpsAdminService;
     private final YangTextSchemaSourceSetCache yangTextSchemaSourceSetCache;
-    private final NotificationService notificationService;
     private final CpsValidator cpsValidator;
     private final TimedYangParser timedYangParser;
     private final CpsDeltaService cpsDeltaService;
@@ -90,7 +83,6 @@
         final Anchor anchor = cpsAdminService.getAnchor(dataspaceName, anchorName);
         final Collection<DataNode> dataNodes = buildDataNodes(anchor, ROOT_NODE_XPATH, nodeData, contentType);
         cpsDataPersistenceService.storeDataNodes(dataspaceName, anchorName, dataNodes);
-        processDataUpdatedEventAsync(anchor, ROOT_NODE_XPATH, CREATE, observedTimestamp);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -109,7 +101,6 @@
         final Anchor anchor = cpsAdminService.getAnchor(dataspaceName, anchorName);
         final Collection<DataNode> dataNodes = buildDataNodes(anchor, parentNodeXpath, nodeData, contentType);
         cpsDataPersistenceService.addChildDataNodes(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath, dataNodes);
-        processDataUpdatedEventAsync(anchor, parentNodeXpath, CREATE, observedTimestamp);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -127,7 +118,6 @@
             cpsDataPersistenceService.addListElements(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath,
                                                       listElementDataNodeCollection);
         }
-        processDataUpdatedEventAsync(anchor, parentNodeXpath, UPDATE, observedTimestamp);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -141,7 +131,6 @@
                 buildDataNodes(anchor, parentNodeXpath, jsonDataList, ContentType.JSON);
         cpsDataPersistenceService.addMultipleLists(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath,
                 listElementDataNodeCollections);
-        processDataUpdatedEventAsync(anchor, parentNodeXpath, UPDATE, observedTimestamp);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -177,7 +166,6 @@
         final Map<String, Map<String, Serializable>> xpathToUpdatedLeaves = dataNodesInPatch.stream()
                 .collect(Collectors.toMap(DataNode::getXpath, DataNode::getLeaves));
         cpsDataPersistenceService.batchUpdateDataLeaves(dataspaceName, anchorName, xpathToUpdatedLeaves);
-        processDataUpdatedEventAsync(anchor, parentNodeXpath, UPDATE, observedTimestamp);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -194,7 +182,6 @@
         for (final DataNode dataNodeUpdate : dataNodeUpdates) {
             processDataNodeUpdate(anchor, dataNodeUpdate);
         }
-        processDataUpdatedEventAsync(anchor, parentNodeXpath, UPDATE, observedTimestamp);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -244,7 +231,6 @@
         final Anchor anchor = cpsAdminService.getAnchor(dataspaceName, anchorName);
         final Collection<DataNode> dataNodes = buildDataNodes(anchor, parentNodeXpath, jsonData, ContentType.JSON);
         cpsDataPersistenceService.updateDataNodesAndDescendants(dataspaceName, anchorName, dataNodes);
-        processDataUpdatedEventAsync(anchor, parentNodeXpath, UPDATE, observedTimestamp);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -257,8 +243,6 @@
         final Anchor anchor = cpsAdminService.getAnchor(dataspaceName, anchorName);
         final Collection<DataNode> dataNodes = buildDataNodes(anchor, nodesJsonData);
         cpsDataPersistenceService.updateDataNodesAndDescendants(dataspaceName, anchorName, dataNodes);
-        nodesJsonData.keySet().forEach(nodeXpath ->
-            processDataUpdatedEventAsync(anchor, nodeXpath, UPDATE, observedTimestamp));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -279,9 +263,7 @@
     public void replaceListContent(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String parentNodeXpath,
             final Collection<DataNode> dataNodes, final OffsetDateTime observedTimestamp) {
         cpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName);
-        final Anchor anchor = cpsAdminService.getAnchor(dataspaceName, anchorName);
         cpsDataPersistenceService.replaceListContent(dataspaceName, anchorName, parentNodeXpath, dataNodes);
-        processDataUpdatedEventAsync(anchor, parentNodeXpath, UPDATE, observedTimestamp);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -290,9 +272,7 @@
     public void deleteDataNode(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String dataNodeXpath,
                                final OffsetDateTime observedTimestamp) {
         cpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName);
-        final Anchor anchor = cpsAdminService.getAnchor(dataspaceName, anchorName);
         cpsDataPersistenceService.deleteDataNode(dataspaceName, anchorName, dataNodeXpath);
-        processDataUpdatedEventAsync(anchor, dataNodeXpath, DELETE, observedTimestamp);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -302,9 +282,6 @@
                                 final Collection<String> dataNodeXpaths, final OffsetDateTime observedTimestamp) {
         cpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName);
         cpsDataPersistenceService.deleteDataNodes(dataspaceName, anchorName, dataNodeXpaths);
-        final Anchor anchor = cpsAdminService.getAnchor(dataspaceName, anchorName);
-        dataNodeXpaths.forEach(dataNodeXpath ->
-            processDataUpdatedEventAsync(anchor, dataNodeXpath, DELETE, observedTimestamp));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -313,8 +290,6 @@
     public void deleteDataNodes(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName,
                                 final OffsetDateTime observedTimestamp) {
         cpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName);
-        final Anchor anchor = cpsAdminService.getAnchor(dataspaceName, anchorName);
-        processDataUpdatedEventAsync(anchor, ROOT_NODE_XPATH, DELETE, observedTimestamp);
         cpsDataPersistenceService.deleteDataNodes(dataspaceName, anchorName);
     }
 
@@ -325,9 +300,6 @@
                                 final OffsetDateTime observedTimestamp) {
         cpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName);
         cpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(anchorNames);
-        for (final Anchor anchor : cpsAdminService.getAnchors(dataspaceName, anchorNames)) {
-            processDataUpdatedEventAsync(anchor, ROOT_NODE_XPATH, DELETE, observedTimestamp);
-        }
         cpsDataPersistenceService.deleteDataNodes(dataspaceName, anchorNames);
     }
 
@@ -337,9 +309,7 @@
     public void deleteListOrListElement(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName, final String listNodeXpath,
         final OffsetDateTime observedTimestamp) {
         cpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName);
-        final Anchor anchor = cpsAdminService.getAnchor(dataspaceName, anchorName);
         cpsDataPersistenceService.deleteListDataNode(dataspaceName, anchorName, listNodeXpath);
-        processDataUpdatedEventAsync(anchor, listNodeXpath, DELETE, observedTimestamp);
     }
 
     private Collection<DataNode> buildDataNodes(final Anchor anchor, final Map<String, String> nodesJsonData) {
@@ -385,16 +355,6 @@
             .collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
 
-    private void processDataUpdatedEventAsync(final Anchor anchor, final String xpath,
-                                              final Operation operation, final OffsetDateTime observedTimestamp) {
-        try {
-            notificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, xpath, operation, observedTimestamp);
-        } catch (final Exception exception) {
-            //If async message can't be queued for notification service, the initial request should not fail.
-            log.error("Failed to send message to notification service", exception);
-        }
-    }
-
     private SchemaContext getSchemaContext(final Anchor anchor) {
         return yangTextSchemaSourceSetCache
             .get(anchor.getDataspaceName(), anchor.getSchemaSetName()).getSchemaContext();
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/CpsDataUpdatedEventFactory.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/CpsDataUpdatedEventFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 696fd60..0000000
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/CpsDataUpdatedEventFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Bell Canada.
- * Modifications Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Nordix Foundation
- * Modifications Copyright (C) 2023 TechMahindra Ltd.
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.cps.notification;
-
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
-import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
-import java.util.UUID;
-import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.SneakyThrows;
-import org.onap.cps.api.CpsDataService;
-import org.onap.cps.event.model.Content;
-import org.onap.cps.event.model.CpsDataUpdatedEvent;
-import org.onap.cps.event.model.Data;
-import org.onap.cps.spi.FetchDescendantsOption;
-import org.onap.cps.spi.model.Anchor;
-import org.onap.cps.spi.model.DataNode;
-import org.onap.cps.utils.DataMapUtils;
-import org.onap.cps.utils.PrefixResolver;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
-
-@Component
-@AllArgsConstructor(onConstructor = @__(@Lazy))
-public class CpsDataUpdatedEventFactory {
-
-    private static final DateTimeFormatter DATE_TIME_FORMATTER =
-        DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ");
-
-    @Lazy
-    private final CpsDataService cpsDataService;
-
-    @Lazy
-    private final PrefixResolver prefixResolver;
-
-    /**
-     * Generates CPS Data Updated event. If observedTimestamp is not provided, then current timestamp is used.
-     *
-     * @param anchor            anchor
-     * @param observedTimestamp observedTimestamp
-     * @param operation         operation
-     * @return CpsDataUpdatedEvent
-     */
-    public CpsDataUpdatedEvent createCpsDataUpdatedEvent(final Anchor anchor,
-        final OffsetDateTime observedTimestamp, final Operation operation) {
-        final var dataNode = (operation == Operation.DELETE) ? null :
-            cpsDataService.getDataNodes(anchor.getDataspaceName(), anchor.getName(),
-                "/", FetchDescendantsOption.INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS).iterator().next();
-        return toCpsDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, dataNode, observedTimestamp, operation);
-    }
-
-    @SneakyThrows(URISyntaxException.class)
-    private CpsDataUpdatedEvent toCpsDataUpdatedEvent(final Anchor anchor,
-                                                      final DataNode dataNode,
-                                                      final OffsetDateTime observedTimestamp,
-                                                      final Operation operation) {
-        final CpsDataUpdatedEvent cpsDataUpdatedEvent = new CpsDataUpdatedEvent();
-        cpsDataUpdatedEvent.withContent(createContent(anchor, dataNode, observedTimestamp, operation));
-        cpsDataUpdatedEvent.withId(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-        cpsDataUpdatedEvent.withSchema(new URI("urn:cps:org.onap.cps:data-updated-event-schema:v1"));
-        cpsDataUpdatedEvent.withSource(new URI("urn:cps:org.onap.cps"));
-        cpsDataUpdatedEvent.withType("org.onap.cps.data-updated-event");
-        return cpsDataUpdatedEvent;
-    }
-
-    private Data createData(final DataNode dataNode, final String prefix) {
-        final Data data = new Data();
-        DataMapUtils.toDataMapWithIdentifier(dataNode, prefix).forEach(data::setAdditionalProperty);
-        return data;
-    }
-
-    private Content createContent(final Anchor anchor, final DataNode dataNode,
-        final OffsetDateTime observedTimestamp, final Operation operation) {
-        final var content = new Content();
-        content.withAnchorName(anchor.getName());
-        content.withDataspaceName(anchor.getDataspaceName());
-        content.withSchemaSetName(anchor.getSchemaSetName());
-        content.withOperation(Content.Operation.fromValue(operation.name()));
-        content.withObservedTimestamp(
-            DATE_TIME_FORMATTER.format(observedTimestamp == null ? OffsetDateTime.now() : observedTimestamp));
-        if (dataNode != null) {
-            final String prefix = prefixResolver.getPrefix(anchor, dataNode.getXpath());
-            content.withData(createData(dataNode, prefix));
-        }
-        return content;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/KafkaProducerListener.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/KafkaProducerListener.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f4b68c0..0000000
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/KafkaProducerListener.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2021 Bell Canada. All rights reserved.
- *  ================================================================================
- *  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.
- *
- *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.cps.notification;
-
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
-import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.RecordMetadata;
-import org.springframework.kafka.support.ProducerListener;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
-
-@Slf4j
-@Component
-public class KafkaProducerListener<K, V> implements ProducerListener<K, V> {
-
-    private NotificationErrorHandler notificationErrorHandler;
-
-    public KafkaProducerListener(final NotificationErrorHandler notificationErrorHandler) {
-        this.notificationErrorHandler = notificationErrorHandler;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onSuccess(final ProducerRecord<K, V> producerRecord, final RecordMetadata recordMetadata) {
-        log.debug("Message sent to event-bus topic :'{}' with body : {} ", producerRecord.topic(),
-            producerRecord.value());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onError(final ProducerRecord<K, V> producerRecord,
-            final RecordMetadata recordMetadata,
-            final Exception exception) {
-        notificationErrorHandler.onException("Failed to send message to message bus",
-            exception, producerRecord, recordMetadata);
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationErrorHandler.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationErrorHandler.java
deleted file mode 100644
index eef028d..0000000
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationErrorHandler.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2021 Bell Canada. All rights reserved.
- *  ================================================================================
- *  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.
- *
- *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.cps.notification;
-
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
-
-@Component
-@Slf4j
-public class NotificationErrorHandler {
-
-    void onException(final Exception exception, final Object... context) {
-        onException("Failed to process", exception, context);
-    }
-
-    void onException(final String message, final Exception exception, final Object... context) {
-        log.error("{} \n Error cause: {} \n Error context: {}",
-            message,
-            exception.getCause() != null ? exception.getCause().toString() : exception.getMessage(),
-            context,
-            exception);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationProperties.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationProperties.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b8a7144..0000000
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationProperties.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2021 Bell Canada. All rights reserved.
- *  ================================================================================
- *  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.
- *
- *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.cps.notification;
-
-import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Map;
-import lombok.Data;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
-import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
-
-@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "notification.data-updated")
-@Component
-@Data
-@Validated
-public class NotificationProperties {
-
-    @NotNull
-    private String topic;
-    private Map<String, String> filters = Collections.emptyMap();
-
-    @Value("${notification.enabled:true}")
-    private boolean enabled;
-}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationPublisher.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationPublisher.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d87488..0000000
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationPublisher.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (c) 2021 Bell Canada.
- *  ================================================================================
- *  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.
- *
- *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.cps.notification;
-
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
-import org.onap.cps.event.model.CpsDataUpdatedEvent;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
-import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
-
-@Component
-@Slf4j
-public class NotificationPublisher {
-
-    private KafkaTemplate<String, CpsDataUpdatedEvent> kafkaTemplate;
-    private String topicName;
-
-    /**
-     * Create an instance of Notification Publisher.
-     *
-     * @param kafkaTemplate kafkaTemplate is send event using kafka
-     * @param topicName     topic, to which cpsDataUpdatedEvent is sent, is provided by setting
-     *                      'notification.data-updated.topic' in the application properties
-     */
-    @Autowired
-    public NotificationPublisher(
-        final KafkaTemplate<String, CpsDataUpdatedEvent> kafkaTemplate,
-        final @Value("${notification.data-updated.topic}") String topicName) {
-        this.kafkaTemplate = kafkaTemplate;
-        this.topicName = topicName;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Send event to Kafka with correct message key.
-     *
-     * @param cpsDataUpdatedEvent event to be sent to kafka
-     */
-    public void sendNotification(@NonNull final CpsDataUpdatedEvent cpsDataUpdatedEvent) {
-        final var messageKey = cpsDataUpdatedEvent.getContent().getDataspaceName() + ","
-            + cpsDataUpdatedEvent.getContent().getAnchorName();
-        log.debug("Data Updated event is being sent with messageKey: '{}' & body : {} ",
-            messageKey, cpsDataUpdatedEvent);
-        kafkaTemplate.send(topicName, messageKey, cpsDataUpdatedEvent);
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationService.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationService.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c29d042..0000000
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationService.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Bell Canada.
- * Modifications Copyright (C) 2022-2023 Nordix Foundation
- * ================================================================================
- * 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.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.cps.notification;
-
-import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
-import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
-import java.util.concurrent.Future;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import org.onap.cps.api.CpsAdminService;
-import org.onap.cps.spi.model.Anchor;
-import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
-
-@Service
-@Slf4j
-@RequiredArgsConstructor
-public class NotificationService {
-
-    private final NotificationProperties notificationProperties;
-    private final NotificationPublisher notificationPublisher;
-    private final CpsDataUpdatedEventFactory cpsDataUpdatedEventFactory;
-    private final NotificationErrorHandler notificationErrorHandler;
-    private final CpsAdminService cpsAdminService;
-    private List<Pattern> dataspacePatterns;
-
-    @PostConstruct
-    public void init() {
-        log.info("Notification Properties {}", notificationProperties);
-        this.dataspacePatterns = getDataspaceFilterPatterns(notificationProperties);
-    }
-
-    private List<Pattern> getDataspaceFilterPatterns(final NotificationProperties notificationProperties) {
-        if (notificationProperties.isEnabled()) {
-            return Arrays.stream(notificationProperties.getFilters()
-                .getOrDefault("enabled-dataspaces", "")
-                .split(","))
-                .map(filterPattern -> Pattern.compile(filterPattern, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE))
-                .collect(Collectors.toList());
-        } else {
-            return Collections.emptyList();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Process Data Updated Event and publishes the notification.
-     *
-     * @param anchor            anchor
-     * @param xpath             xpath of changed data node
-     * @param operation         operation
-     * @param observedTimestamp observedTimestamp
-     * @return future
-     */
-    @Async("notificationExecutor")
-    public Future<Void> processDataUpdatedEvent(final Anchor anchor, final String xpath, final Operation operation,
-                                                final OffsetDateTime observedTimestamp) {
-
-        log.debug("process data updated event for anchor '{}'", anchor);
-        try {
-            if (shouldSendNotification(anchor.getDataspaceName())) {
-                final var cpsDataUpdatedEvent =
-                        cpsDataUpdatedEventFactory.createCpsDataUpdatedEvent(anchor,
-                                observedTimestamp, getRootNodeOperation(xpath, operation));
-                log.debug("data updated event to be published {}", cpsDataUpdatedEvent);
-                notificationPublisher.sendNotification(cpsDataUpdatedEvent);
-            }
-        } catch (final Exception exception) {
-            /* All the exceptions are handled to not to propagate it to caller.
-               CPS operation should not fail if sending event fails for any reason.
-             */
-            notificationErrorHandler.onException("Failed to process cps-data-updated-event.",
-                    exception, anchor, xpath, operation);
-        }
-        return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
-    }
-
-    /*
-        Add more complex rules based on dataspace and anchor later
-     */
-    private boolean shouldSendNotification(final String dataspaceName) {
-
-        return notificationProperties.isEnabled()
-            && dataspacePatterns.stream()
-            .anyMatch(pattern -> pattern.matcher(dataspaceName).find());
-    }
-
-    private Operation getRootNodeOperation(final String xpath, final Operation operation) {
-        return isRootXpath(xpath) || isRootContainerNodeXpath(xpath) ? operation : Operation.UPDATE;
-    }
-
-    private static boolean isRootXpath(final String xpath) {
-        return "/".equals(xpath) || "".equals(xpath);
-    }
-
-    private static boolean isRootContainerNodeXpath(final String xpath) {
-        return 0 == xpath.lastIndexOf('/');
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/Operation.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/Operation.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 83e1ccf..0000000
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/notification/Operation.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (c) 2022 Bell Canada.
- *  ================================================================================
- *  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.
- *
- *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.cps.notification;
-
-public enum Operation {
-    CREATE,
-    UPDATE,
-    DELETE
-}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpsDataServiceImplSpec.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpsDataServiceImplSpec.groovy
index a914598..6ff708a 100644
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpsDataServiceImplSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/CpsDataServiceImplSpec.groovy
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 import org.onap.cps.TestUtils
 import org.onap.cps.api.CpsAdminService
 import org.onap.cps.api.CpsDeltaService
-import org.onap.cps.notification.NotificationService
-import org.onap.cps.notification.Operation
 import org.onap.cps.spi.CpsDataPersistenceService
 import org.onap.cps.spi.FetchDescendantsOption
 import org.onap.cps.spi.exceptions.ConcurrencyException
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@
 import org.onap.cps.spi.model.Anchor
 import org.onap.cps.spi.model.DataNode
 import org.onap.cps.spi.model.DataNodeBuilder
-import org.onap.cps.spi.model.DeltaReportBuilder
 import org.onap.cps.spi.utils.CpsValidator
 import org.onap.cps.utils.ContentType
 import org.onap.cps.utils.TimedYangParser
@@ -54,13 +51,12 @@
     def mockCpsDataPersistenceService = Mock(CpsDataPersistenceService)
     def mockCpsAdminService = Mock(CpsAdminService)
     def mockYangTextSchemaSourceSetCache = Mock(YangTextSchemaSourceSetCache)
-    def mockNotificationService = Mock(NotificationService)
     def mockCpsValidator = Mock(CpsValidator)
     def timedYangParser = new TimedYangParser()
     def mockCpsDeltaService = Mock(CpsDeltaService);
 
     def objectUnderTest = new CpsDataServiceImpl(mockCpsDataPersistenceService, mockCpsAdminService,
-            mockYangTextSchemaSourceSetCache, mockNotificationService, mockCpsValidator, timedYangParser, mockCpsDeltaService)
+            mockYangTextSchemaSourceSetCache, mockCpsValidator, timedYangParser, mockCpsDeltaService)
 
     def setup() {
 
@@ -92,8 +88,6 @@
                     { dataNode -> dataNode.xpath[0] == '/test-tree' })
         and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName'
             1 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName)
-        and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, '/', Operation.CREATE, observedTimestamp)
         where: 'given parameters'
             scenario | dataFile         | contentType
             'json'   | 'test-tree.json' | ContentType.JSON
@@ -115,18 +109,6 @@
             'invalid xml'   | '<invalid xml'  | ContentType.XML  || 'Failed to parse xml data'
     }
 
-    def 'Saving #scenarioDesired data exception during notification.'() {
-        given: 'schema set for given anchor and dataspace references test-tree model'
-            setupSchemaSetMocks('test-tree.yang')
-        and: 'the notification service throws an exception'
-            mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(*_) >> { throw new RuntimeException('to be ignored')}
-        when: 'save data method is invoked with test-tree json data'
-            def data = TestUtils.getResourceFileContent('test-tree.json')
-            objectUnderTest.saveData(dataspaceName, anchorName, data, observedTimestamp)
-        then: 'the exception is ignored'
-            noExceptionThrown()
-    }
-
     def 'Saving list element data fragment under Root node.'() {
         given: 'schema set for given anchor and dataspace references bookstore model'
             setupSchemaSetMocks('bookstore.yang')
@@ -145,8 +127,6 @@
             )
         and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName'
             1 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName)
-        and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, '/', Operation.UPDATE, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def 'Saving child data fragment under existing node.'() {
@@ -160,8 +140,6 @@
                 { dataNode -> dataNode.xpath[0] == '/test-tree/branch[@name=\'New\']' })
         and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName'
             1 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName)
-        and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, '/test-tree', Operation.CREATE, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def 'Saving list element data fragment under existing node.'() {
@@ -182,8 +160,6 @@
             )
         and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName'
             1 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName)
-        and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, '/test-tree', Operation.UPDATE, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def 'Saving collection of a batch with data fragment under existing node.'() {
@@ -202,8 +178,6 @@
                     assert listOfXpaths.containsAll(['/test-tree/branch[@name=\'B\']','/test-tree/branch[@name=\'A\']'])
                 }
             }
-        and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, '/test-tree', Operation.UPDATE, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def 'Saving empty list element data fragment.'() {
@@ -266,8 +240,6 @@
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.batchUpdateDataLeaves(dataspaceName, anchorName, {dataNode -> dataNode.keySet()[0] == expectedNodeXpath})
         and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName'
             1 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName)
-        and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, parentNodeXpath, Operation.UPDATE, observedTimestamp)
         where: 'following parameters were used'
             scenario         | parentNodeXpath | jsonData                        || expectedNodeXpath
             'top level node' | '/'             | '{"test-tree": {"branch": []}}' || '/test-tree'
@@ -300,8 +272,6 @@
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.batchUpdateDataLeaves(dataspaceName, anchorName, {dataNode -> dataNode.keySet()[index] == expectedNodeXpath})
         and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName'
             1 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName)
-        and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, parentNodeXpath, Operation.UPDATE, observedTimestamp)
         where: 'the following parameters were used'
             index | expectedNodeXpath
             0     | '/first-container'
@@ -325,8 +295,6 @@
                     .iterator().next() == "/bookstore/categories[@code='01']/books[@title='new']"})
         and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName'
             1 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName)
-        and: 'the data updated event is sent to the notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, '/bookstore', Operation.UPDATE, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def 'Replace data node using singular data node: #scenario.'() {
@@ -337,8 +305,6 @@
         then: 'the persistence service method is invoked with correct parameters'
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.updateDataNodesAndDescendants(dataspaceName, anchorName,
                     { dataNode -> dataNode.xpath == expectedNodeXpath})
-        and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, parentNodeXpath, Operation.UPDATE, observedTimestamp)
         and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName'
             1 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName)
         where: 'following parameters were used'
@@ -356,10 +322,6 @@
         then: 'the persistence service method is invoked with correct parameters'
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.updateDataNodesAndDescendants(dataspaceName, anchorName,
                 { dataNode -> dataNode.xpath == expectedNodeXpath})
-        and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            nodesJsonData.keySet().each {
-                1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, it, Operation.UPDATE, observedTimestamp)
-            }
         and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName'
             1 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName)
         where: 'following parameters were used'
@@ -399,8 +361,6 @@
             )
         and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName twice'
             2 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName)
-        and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, '/test-tree', Operation.UPDATE, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def 'Replace whole list content with empty list element.'() {
@@ -420,8 +380,6 @@
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.deleteListDataNode(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/test-tree/branch')
         and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName'
             1 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName)
-        and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, '/test-tree/branch', Operation.DELETE, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def 'Delete multiple list elements under existing node.'() {
@@ -431,8 +389,6 @@
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.deleteDataNodes(dataspaceName, anchorName, ['/test-tree/branch[@name="A"]', '/test-tree/branch[@name="B"]'])
         and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName'
             1 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName)
-        and: 'two data updated events are sent to notification service'
-            2 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, _, Operation.DELETE, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def 'Delete data node under anchor and dataspace.'() {
@@ -442,16 +398,12 @@
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.deleteDataNode(dataspaceName, anchorName, '/data-node')
         and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName'
             1 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName)
-        and: 'data updated event is sent to notification service'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, '/data-node', Operation.DELETE, observedTimestamp)
     }
 
     def 'Delete all data nodes for a given anchor and dataspace.'() {
         when: 'delete data nodes method is invoked with correct parameters'
             objectUnderTest.deleteDataNodes(dataspaceName, anchorName, observedTimestamp)
-        then: 'data updated event is sent to notification service before the delete'
-            1 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, '/', Operation.DELETE, observedTimestamp)
-        and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName'
+        then: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspaceName and AnchorName'
             1 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(dataspaceName, anchorName)
         and: 'the persistence service method is invoked with the correct parameters'
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.deleteDataNodes(dataspaceName, anchorName)
@@ -479,9 +431,7 @@
                  new Anchor(name: 'anchor2', dataspaceName: dataspaceName)]
         when: 'delete data node method is invoked with correct parameters'
             objectUnderTest.deleteDataNodes(dataspaceName, ['anchor1', 'anchor2'], observedTimestamp)
-        then: 'data updated events are sent to notification service before the delete'
-            2 * mockNotificationService.processDataUpdatedEvent(_, '/', Operation.DELETE, observedTimestamp)
-        and: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspace name and the anchor names'
+        then: 'the CpsValidator is called on the dataspace name and the anchor names'
             2 * mockCpsValidator.validateNameCharacters(_)
         and: 'the persistence service method is invoked with the correct parameters'
             1 * mockCpsDataPersistenceService.deleteDataNodes(dataspaceName, _ as Collection<String>)
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/E2ENetworkSliceSpec.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/E2ENetworkSliceSpec.groovy
index 1b873ec..118ee1c 100755
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/E2ENetworkSliceSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/api/impl/E2ENetworkSliceSpec.groovy
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import org.onap.cps.TestUtils
 import org.onap.cps.api.CpsAdminService
 import org.onap.cps.api.CpsDeltaService
-import org.onap.cps.notification.NotificationService
+import org.onap.cps.spi.CpsDataPersistenceService
 import org.onap.cps.spi.CpsDataPersistenceService
 import org.onap.cps.spi.CpsModulePersistenceService
 import org.onap.cps.spi.model.Anchor
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     def mockModuleStoreService = Mock(CpsModulePersistenceService)
     def mockDataStoreService = Mock(CpsDataPersistenceService)
     def mockCpsAdminService = Mock(CpsAdminService)
-    def mockNotificationService = Mock(NotificationService)
     def mockYangTextSchemaSourceSetCache = Mock(YangTextSchemaSourceSetCache)
     def mockCpsValidator = Mock(CpsValidator)
     def timedYangTextSchemaSourceSetBuilder = new TimedYangTextSchemaSourceSetBuilder()
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@
             mockYangTextSchemaSourceSetCache, mockCpsAdminService, mockCpsValidator,timedYangTextSchemaSourceSetBuilder)
 
     def cpsDataServiceImpl = new CpsDataServiceImpl(mockDataStoreService, mockCpsAdminService,
-            mockYangTextSchemaSourceSetCache, mockNotificationService, mockCpsValidator, timedYangParser, mockCpsDeltaService)
+            mockYangTextSchemaSourceSetCache, mockCpsValidator, timedYangParser, mockCpsDeltaService)
 
     def dataspaceName = 'someDataspace'
     def anchorName = 'someAnchor'
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/config/AsyncConfigSpec.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/config/AsyncConfigSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f4e81a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/config/AsyncConfigSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ *  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation
+ *  ================================================================================
+ *  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.
+ *
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.cps.config
+
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+class AsyncConfigSpec extends Specification {
+
+    def objectUnderTest = new AsyncConfig()
+
+    def 'Create Async Config and validate it'() {
+        when: 'we set some test properties to tune taskexecutor'
+            objectUnderTest.setCorePoolSize(5)
+            objectUnderTest.setMaxPoolSize(50)
+            objectUnderTest.setQueueCapacity(100)
+            objectUnderTest.setThreadNamePrefix('Test-')
+            objectUnderTest.setWaitForTasksToCompleteOnShutdown(true)
+        then: 'we can instantiate a Async Config object'
+            assert objectUnderTest != null
+        and: 'taskexector is configured with correct properties'
+            def tasExecutor = objectUnderTest.getThreadAsyncExecutorForNotification()
+            assert tasExecutor.properties['corePoolSize'] == 5
+            assert tasExecutor.properties['maxPoolSize'] == 50
+            assert tasExecutor.properties['queueCapacity'] == 100
+            assert tasExecutor.properties['keepAliveSeconds'] == 60
+            assert tasExecutor.properties['threadNamePrefix'] == 'Test-'
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/CpsDataUpdatedEventFactorySpec.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/CpsDataUpdatedEventFactorySpec.groovy
deleted file mode 100644
index 49f4bf3..0000000
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/CpsDataUpdatedEventFactorySpec.groovy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Bell Canada.
- *  Modifications Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Nordix Foundation
- *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2023 TechMahindra Ltd.
- *  ================================================================================
- *  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.
- *
- *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.cps.notification
-
-import org.onap.cps.spi.model.DataNode
-
-import java.time.OffsetDateTime
-import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
-import org.onap.cps.utils.DateTimeUtility
-import org.onap.cps.utils.PrefixResolver
-import org.onap.cps.api.CpsDataService
-import org.onap.cps.event.model.Content
-import org.onap.cps.event.model.Data
-import org.onap.cps.spi.FetchDescendantsOption
-import org.onap.cps.spi.model.Anchor
-import org.onap.cps.spi.model.DataNodeBuilder
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils
-import spock.lang.Specification
-
-class CpsDataUpdatedEventFactorySpec extends Specification {
-
-    def mockCpsDataService = Mock(CpsDataService)
-
-    def mockPrefixResolver = Mock(PrefixResolver)
-
-    def objectUnderTest = new CpsDataUpdatedEventFactory(mockCpsDataService, mockPrefixResolver)
-
-    def dateTimeFormat = 'yyyy-MM-dd\'T\'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ'
-
-    def 'Create a CPS data updated event successfully: #scenario'() {
-        given: 'an anchor which has been updated'
-            def anchor = new Anchor('my-anchorname', 'my-dataspace', 'my-schemaset-name')
-        and: 'cps data service returns the data node details'
-            def xpath = '/xpath'
-            def dataNode = new DataNodeBuilder().withXpath(xpath).withLeaves(['leafName': 'leafValue']).build()
-            mockCpsDataService.getDataNodes(
-                    'my-dataspace', 'my-anchorname', '/', FetchDescendantsOption.INCLUDE_ALL_DESCENDANTS) >> [dataNode]
-        when: 'CPS data updated event is created'
-            def cpsDataUpdatedEvent = objectUnderTest.createCpsDataUpdatedEvent(anchor,
-                    DateTimeUtility.toOffsetDateTime(inputObservedTimestamp), Operation.CREATE)
-        then: 'CPS data updated event is created with correct envelope'
-            with(cpsDataUpdatedEvent) {
-                type == 'org.onap.cps.data-updated-event'
-                source == new URI('urn:cps:org.onap.cps')
-                schema == new URI('urn:cps:org.onap.cps:data-updated-event-schema:v1')
-                StringUtils.hasText(id)
-                content != null
-            }
-        and: 'correct content'
-            with(cpsDataUpdatedEvent.content) {
-                assert isExpectedDateTimeFormat(observedTimestamp): "$observedTimestamp is not in $dateTimeFormat format"
-                if (inputObservedTimestamp != null)
-                    assert observedTimestamp == inputObservedTimestamp
-                else
-                    assert OffsetDateTime.now().minusSeconds(20).isBefore(
-                            DateTimeUtility.toOffsetDateTime(observedTimestamp))
-                assert anchorName == 'my-anchorname'
-                assert dataspaceName == 'my-dataspace'
-                assert schemaSetName == 'my-schemaset-name'
-                assert operation == Content.Operation.CREATE
-                assert data == new Data().withAdditionalProperty('xpath', ['leafName': 'leafValue'])
-            }
-        where:
-            scenario                        | inputObservedTimestamp
-            'with observed timestamp -0400' | '2021-01-01T23:00:00.345-0400'
-            'with observed timestamp +0400' | '2021-01-01T23:00:00.345+0400'
-            'missing observed timestamp'    | null
-    }
-
-    def 'Create a delete CPS data updated event successfully'() {
-        given: 'an anchor which has been deleted'
-            def anchor = new Anchor('my-anchorname', 'my-dataspace', 'my-schemaset-name')
-            def deletionTimestamp = '2021-01-01T23:00:00.345-0400'
-        when: 'a delete root data node event is created'
-            def cpsDataUpdatedEvent = objectUnderTest.createCpsDataUpdatedEvent(anchor,
-                    DateTimeUtility.toOffsetDateTime(deletionTimestamp), Operation.DELETE)
-        then: 'CPS data updated event is created with correct envelope'
-            with(cpsDataUpdatedEvent) {
-                type == 'org.onap.cps.data-updated-event'
-                source == new URI('urn:cps:org.onap.cps')
-                schema == new URI('urn:cps:org.onap.cps:data-updated-event-schema:v1')
-                StringUtils.hasText(id)
-                content != null
-            }
-        and: 'correct content'
-            with(cpsDataUpdatedEvent.content) {
-                assert isExpectedDateTimeFormat(observedTimestamp): "$observedTimestamp is not in $dateTimeFormat format"
-                assert observedTimestamp == deletionTimestamp
-                assert anchorName == 'my-anchorname'
-                assert dataspaceName == 'my-dataspace'
-                assert schemaSetName == 'my-schemaset-name'
-                assert operation == Content.Operation.DELETE
-                assert data == null
-            }
-    }
-
-    def 'Create CPS Data Event with URI Syntax Exception'() {
-        given: 'an anchor'
-            def anchor = new Anchor('my-anchorname', 'my-dataspace', 'my-schemaset-name')
-        and: 'a mocked data Node (collection)'
-            def mockDataNode = Mock(DataNode)
-            mockCpsDataService.getDataNodes(*_) >> [ mockDataNode ]
-        and: 'a URI syntax exception is thrown somewhere (using datanode as cannot manipulate hardcoded URIs'
-            def originalException = new URISyntaxException('input', 'reason', 0)
-            mockDataNode.getXpath() >> { throw originalException }
-        when: 'attempt to create data updated event'
-            objectUnderTest.createCpsDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, OffsetDateTime.now(), Operation.UPDATE)
-        then: 'the same exception is thrown up'
-            def thrownUp = thrown(URISyntaxException)
-            assert thrownUp == originalException
-    }
-
-    def isExpectedDateTimeFormat(String observedTimestamp) {
-        try {
-            DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(dateTimeFormat).parse(observedTimestamp)
-        } catch (DateTimeParseException) {
-            return false
-        }
-        return true
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/KafkaPublisherSpecBase.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/KafkaPublisherSpecBase.groovy
deleted file mode 100644
index b60b38f..0000000
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/KafkaPublisherSpecBase.groovy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2021 Bell Canada. All rights reserved.
- *  ================================================================================
- *  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.
- *
- *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.cps.notification
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.kafka.KafkaAutoConfiguration
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest
-import org.springframework.kafka.config.TopicBuilder
-import org.springframework.kafka.core.ConsumerFactory
-import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaAdmin
-import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate
-import org.springframework.kafka.listener.ConcurrentMessageListenerContainer
-import org.springframework.kafka.listener.ContainerProperties
-import org.springframework.kafka.listener.MessageListener
-import org.springframework.kafka.test.utils.ContainerTestUtils
-import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration
-import org.springframework.test.context.DynamicPropertyRegistry
-import org.springframework.test.context.DynamicPropertySource
-import spock.lang.Shared
-import spock.lang.Specification
-
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = [KafkaAutoConfiguration, KafkaProducerListener, NotificationErrorHandler])
-@SpringBootTest
-class KafkaPublisherSpecBase extends Specification {
-
-    @Autowired
-    KafkaTemplate kafkaTemplate
-
-    @Autowired
-    KafkaAdmin kafkaAdmin
-
-    @Autowired
-    ConsumerFactory consumerFactory
-
-    @Shared volatile topicCreated = false
-    @Shared consumedMessages = new ArrayList<>()
-
-    def cpsEventTopic = 'cps-events'
-
-    @DynamicPropertySource
-    static void registerKafkaProperties(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) {
-        registry.add("spring.kafka.bootstrap-servers", KafkaTestContainerConfig::getBootstrapServers)
-    }
-
-    def setup() {
-        // Kafka listener and topic should be created only once for a test-suite.
-        // We are also dependent on sprint context to achieve it, and can not execute it in setupSpec
-        if (!topicCreated) {
-            kafkaAdmin.createOrModifyTopics(TopicBuilder.name(cpsEventTopic).partitions(1).replicas(1).build())
-            startListeningToTopic()
-            topicCreated = true
-        }
-        /* kafka message listener stores the messages to consumedMessages.
-            It is important to clear the list before each test case so that test cases can fetch the message from index '0'.
-         */
-        consumedMessages.clear()
-    }
-
-    def startListeningToTopic() {
-        ContainerProperties containerProperties = new ContainerProperties(cpsEventTopic)
-        containerProperties.setMessageListener([
-                onMessage: {
-                    record ->
-                        consumedMessages.add(record.value())
-                }] as MessageListener)
-
-        ConcurrentMessageListenerContainer container =
-                new ConcurrentMessageListenerContainer<>(
-                        consumerFactory,
-                        containerProperties)
-
-        container.start()
-        ContainerTestUtils.waitForAssignment(container, 1)
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/KafkaTestContainerConfig.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/KafkaTestContainerConfig.groovy
deleted file mode 100644
index b07b31a..0000000
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/KafkaTestContainerConfig.groovy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2021 Bell Canada. All rights reserved.
- *  ================================================================================
- *  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.
- *
- *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.cps.notification
-
-import org.testcontainers.containers.KafkaContainer
-import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName
-
-class KafkaTestContainerConfig {
-
-    private static KafkaContainer kafkaContainer
-
-    static {
-        getKafkaContainer()
-    }
-
-    // Not the best performance but it is good enough for test case
-    private static synchronized KafkaContainer getKafkaContainer() {
-        if (kafkaContainer == null) {
-            kafkaContainer = new KafkaContainer(DockerImageName.parse("registry.nordix.org/onaptest/confluentinc/cp-kafka:6.2.1").asCompatibleSubstituteFor("confluentinc/cp-kafka"))
-                    .withEnv("KAFKA_AUTO_CREATE_TOPICS_ENABLE", "false")
-            kafkaContainer.start()
-            Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(kafkaContainer::stop))
-        }
-        return kafkaContainer
-    }
-
-    static String getBootstrapServers() {
-        getKafkaContainer()
-        return kafkaContainer.getBootstrapServers()
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationErrorHandlerSpec.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationErrorHandlerSpec.groovy
deleted file mode 100644
index 89e305a..0000000
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationErrorHandlerSpec.groovy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2022-2023 Nordix Foundation
- *  ================================================================================
- *  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.
- *
- *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.cps.notification
-
-import ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger
-import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent
-import ch.qos.logback.core.read.ListAppender
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
-
-import spock.lang.Specification
-
-class NotificationErrorHandlerSpec extends Specification{
-
-    NotificationErrorHandler objectUnderTest = new NotificationErrorHandler()
-    def logWatcher = Spy(ListAppender<ILoggingEvent>)
-
-    @BeforeEach
-    void setup() {
-        ((Logger) LoggerFactory.getLogger(NotificationErrorHandler.class)).addAppender(logWatcher);
-        logWatcher.start();
-    }
-
-    @AfterEach
-    void teardown() {
-        ((Logger) LoggerFactory.getLogger(NotificationErrorHandler.class)).detachAndStopAllAppenders();
-    }
-
-    def 'Logging exception via notification error handler #scenario'() {
-        when: 'exception #scenario occurs'
-            objectUnderTest.onException(exception, 'some context')
-        then: 'log output results contains the correct error details'
-            def logMessage = logWatcher.list[0].getFormattedMessage()
-            assert logMessage.contains('Failed to process')
-            assert logMessage.contains("Error cause: ${exptectedCauseString}")
-            assert logMessage.contains("Error context: [some context]")
-        where:
-            scenario        | exception                                               || exptectedCauseString
-            'with cause'    | new Exception('message')                                || 'message'
-            'without cause' | new Exception('message', new RuntimeException('cause')) || 'java.lang.RuntimeException: cause'
-    }
-}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationPublisherSpec.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationPublisherSpec.groovy
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cd9ae1..0000000
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationPublisherSpec.groovy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2021 Bell Canada. All rights reserved.
- *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Nordix Foundation
- * ================================================================================
- *  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.
- *
- *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.cps.notification
-
-import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord
-import org.onap.cps.event.model.Content
-import org.onap.cps.event.model.CpsDataUpdatedEvent
-import org.spockframework.spring.SpringBean
-import org.springframework.kafka.KafkaException
-import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate
-import spock.util.concurrent.PollingConditions
-
-class NotificationPublisherSpec extends KafkaPublisherSpecBase {
-
-    @SpringBean
-    NotificationErrorHandler spyNotificationErrorHandler = Spy(new NotificationErrorHandler())
-
-    @SpringBean
-    KafkaProducerListener spyKafkaProducerListener = Spy(new KafkaProducerListener<>(spyNotificationErrorHandler))
-
-    KafkaTemplate spyKafkaTemplate
-    NotificationPublisher objectUnderTest
-
-    def myAnchorName = 'my-anchor'
-    def myDataspaceName = 'my-dataspace'
-
-    def cpsDataUpdatedEvent = new CpsDataUpdatedEvent()
-            .withContent(new Content()
-                    .withDataspaceName(myDataspaceName)
-                    .withAnchorName(myAnchorName))
-
-    def setup() {
-        spyKafkaTemplate = Spy(kafkaTemplate)
-        objectUnderTest = new NotificationPublisher(spyKafkaTemplate, cpsEventTopic);
-    }
-
-    def 'Sending event to message bus with correct message Key.'() {
-
-        when: 'event is sent to publisher'
-            objectUnderTest.sendNotification(cpsDataUpdatedEvent)
-            kafkaTemplate.flush()
-
-        then: 'event is sent to correct topic with the expected messageKey'
-            interaction {
-                def messageKey = myDataspaceName + "," + myAnchorName
-                1 * spyKafkaTemplate.send(cpsEventTopic, messageKey, cpsDataUpdatedEvent)
-            }
-        and: 'received a successful response'
-            1 * spyKafkaProducerListener.onSuccess(_ as ProducerRecord, _)
-        and: 'kafka consumer returns expected message'
-            def conditions = new PollingConditions(timeout: 60, initialDelay: 0, factor: 1)
-            conditions.eventually {
-                assert cpsDataUpdatedEvent == consumedMessages.get(0)
-            }
-    }
-
-    def 'Handling of async errors from message bus.'() {
-        given: 'topic does not exist'
-            objectUnderTest.topicName = 'non-existing-topic'
-
-        when: 'message to sent to a non-existing topic'
-            objectUnderTest.sendNotification(cpsDataUpdatedEvent)
-            kafkaTemplate.flush()
-
-        then: 'error is thrown'
-            thrown KafkaException
-        and: 'error handler is called with exception details'
-            1 * spyKafkaProducerListener.onError(_ as ProducerRecord, _, _ as Exception)
-            1 * spyNotificationErrorHandler.onException(_ as String, _ as Exception,
-                    _ as ProducerRecord, _)
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationServiceSpec.groovy b/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationServiceSpec.groovy
deleted file mode 100644
index f07f89b..0000000
--- a/cps-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/notification/NotificationServiceSpec.groovy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Bell Canada.
- *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2022-2023 Nordix Foundation
- *  ================================================================================
- *  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.
- *
- *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *  ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
- */
-
-package org.onap.cps.notification
-
-import org.onap.cps.api.CpsAdminService
-import org.onap.cps.config.AsyncConfig
-import org.onap.cps.event.model.CpsDataUpdatedEvent
-import org.onap.cps.spi.model.Anchor
-import org.spockframework.spring.SpringBean
-import org.spockframework.spring.SpringSpy
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest
-import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration
-import spock.lang.Shared
-import spock.lang.Specification
-
-import java.time.OffsetDateTime
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
-
-@SpringBootTest
-@EnableConfigurationProperties
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = [NotificationProperties, NotificationService, NotificationErrorHandler, AsyncConfig])
-class NotificationServiceSpec extends Specification {
-
-    @SpringSpy
-    NotificationProperties spyNotificationProperties
-    @SpringBean
-    NotificationPublisher mockNotificationPublisher = Mock()
-    @SpringBean
-    CpsDataUpdatedEventFactory mockCpsDataUpdatedEventFactory = Mock()
-    @SpringSpy
-    NotificationErrorHandler spyNotificationErrorHandler
-    @SpringBean
-    CpsAdminService mockCpsAdminService = Mock()
-
-    @Autowired
-    NotificationService objectUnderTest
-
-    @Shared
-    def dataspaceName = 'my-dataspace-published'
-    @Shared
-    def anchorName = 'my-anchorname'
-    @Shared
-    def anchor = new Anchor('my-anchorname', 'my-dataspace-published', 'my-schemaset-name')
-    def myObservedTimestamp = OffsetDateTime.now()
-
-    def setup() {
-        mockCpsAdminService.getAnchor(dataspaceName, anchorName) >> anchor
-    }
-
-    def 'Skip sending notification when disabled.'() {
-        given: 'notification is disabled'
-            spyNotificationProperties.isEnabled() >> false
-        when: 'dataUpdatedEvent is received'
-            objectUnderTest.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, '/', Operation.CREATE, myObservedTimestamp)
-        then: 'the notification is not sent'
-            0 * mockNotificationPublisher.sendNotification(_)
-    }
-
-    def 'Send notification when enabled: #scenario.'() {
-        given: 'notification is enabled'
-            spyNotificationProperties.isEnabled() >> true
-        and: 'an anchor is in dataspace where #scenario'
-            def anchor = new Anchor('my-anchorname', dataspaceName, 'my-schemaset-name')
-        and: 'event factory can create event successfully'
-            def cpsDataUpdatedEvent = new CpsDataUpdatedEvent()
-            mockCpsDataUpdatedEventFactory.createCpsDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, myObservedTimestamp, Operation.CREATE) >> cpsDataUpdatedEvent
-        when: 'dataUpdatedEvent is received'
-            def future = objectUnderTest.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, '/', Operation.CREATE, myObservedTimestamp)
-        and: 'wait for async processing to complete'
-            future.get(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
-        then: 'async process completed successfully'
-            future.isDone()
-        and: 'notification is sent'
-            expectedSendNotificationCount * mockNotificationPublisher.sendNotification(cpsDataUpdatedEvent)
-        where:
-            scenario                               | dataspaceName            || expectedSendNotificationCount
-            'dataspace name does not match filter' | 'does-not-match-pattern' || 0
-            'dataspace name matches filter'        | 'my-dataspace-published' || 1
-    }
-
-    def '#scenario are changed with xpath #xpath and operation #operation'() {
-        given: 'notification is enabled'
-            spyNotificationProperties.isEnabled() >> true
-        and: 'event factory creates event if operation is #operation'
-            def cpsDataUpdatedEvent = new CpsDataUpdatedEvent()
-            mockCpsDataUpdatedEventFactory.createCpsDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, myObservedTimestamp, expectedOperationInEvent) >>
-                    cpsDataUpdatedEvent
-        when: 'dataUpdatedEvent is received for #xpath'
-            def future = objectUnderTest.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, xpath, operation, myObservedTimestamp)
-        and: 'wait for async processing to complete'
-            future.get(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
-        then: 'async process completed successfully'
-            future.isDone()
-        and: 'notification is sent'
-            1 * mockNotificationPublisher.sendNotification(cpsDataUpdatedEvent)
-        where:
-            scenario                                   | xpath           | operation            || expectedOperationInEvent
-            'Same event is sent when root nodes'       | ''              | Operation.CREATE || Operation.CREATE
-            'Same event is sent when root nodes'       | ''              | Operation.UPDATE || Operation.UPDATE
-            'Same event is sent when root nodes'       | ''              | Operation.DELETE || Operation.DELETE
-            'Same event is sent when root nodes'       | '/'             | Operation.CREATE || Operation.CREATE
-            'Same event is sent when root nodes'       | '/'             | Operation.UPDATE || Operation.UPDATE
-            'Same event is sent when root nodes'       | '/'             | Operation.DELETE || Operation.DELETE
-            'Same event is sent when container nodes'  | '/parent'       | Operation.CREATE || Operation.CREATE
-            'Same event is sent when container nodes'  | '/parent'       | Operation.UPDATE || Operation.UPDATE
-            'Same event is sent when container nodes'  | '/parent'       | Operation.DELETE || Operation.DELETE
-            'UPDATE event is sent when non root nodes' | '/parent/child' | Operation.CREATE || Operation.UPDATE
-            'UPDATE event is sent when non root nodes' | '/parent/child' | Operation.UPDATE || Operation.UPDATE
-            'UPDATE event is sent when non root nodes' | '/parent/child' | Operation.DELETE || Operation.UPDATE
-    }
-
-    def 'Error handling in notification service.'() {
-        given: 'notification is enabled'
-            spyNotificationProperties.isEnabled() >> true
-        and: 'event factory can not create event successfully'
-            mockCpsDataUpdatedEventFactory.createCpsDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, myObservedTimestamp, Operation.CREATE) >>
-                    { throw new Exception("Could not create event") }
-        when: 'event is sent for processing'
-            def future = objectUnderTest.processDataUpdatedEvent(anchor, '/', Operation.CREATE, myObservedTimestamp)
-        and: 'wait for async processing to complete'
-            future.get(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
-        then: 'async process completed successfully'
-            future.isDone()
-        and: 'error is handled and not thrown to caller'
-            notThrown Exception
-            1 * spyNotificationErrorHandler.onException(_, _, _, '/', Operation.CREATE)
-    }
-
-    def 'Disabled Notification services'() {
-        given: 'a notification service that is disabled'
-            spyNotificationProperties.enabled >> false
-            NotificationService notificationService = new NotificationService(spyNotificationProperties, mockNotificationPublisher, mockCpsDataUpdatedEventFactory, spyNotificationErrorHandler, mockCpsAdminService)
-            notificationService.init()
-        expect: 'it will not send notifications'
-            assert notificationService.shouldSendNotification('') == false
-    }
-}
diff --git a/docker-compose/README.md b/docker-compose/README.md
index 8cc6e57..de1fbe2 100644
--- a/docker-compose/README.md
+++ b/docker-compose/README.md
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@
    2. To send data-updated events to kafka,
       * uncomment the `zookeeper` and `kafka` services.
       * uncomment environment variables
-        * `notification.data-updated.enabled: 'true'`
         * `KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER: kafka:9092`
-        * `NOTIFICATION_DATASPACE_FILTER_PATTERNS: '.*'`
 2. Execute following command from `docker-compose` folder:
 
 Use one of the below version type that has been generated in the local system's docker image list after the build.
diff --git a/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
index acfe984..80f8782 100644
--- a/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@
       DMI_USERNAME: ${DMI_USERNAME:-cpsuser}
       DMI_PASSWORD: ${DMI_PASSWORD:-cpsr0cks!}
       KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER: kafka:29092
-      notification.data-updated.enabled: 'true'
-      NOTIFICATION_DATASPACE_FILTER_PATTERNS: '.*'
     restart: unless-stopped
     profiles:
       - dmi-service
diff --git a/docs/deployment.rst b/docs/deployment.rst
index eb5804e..76d2151 100644
--- a/docs/deployment.rst
+++ b/docs/deployment.rst
@@ -235,9 +235,6 @@
 | ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm |                                                                                                         |                               |
 |                                       | * ``""``, empty string to disable                                                                       |                               |
 +---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
-| config.additional.                    | If asynchronous messaging, user notifications, and updated event persistence should be enabled          | ``true``                      |
-| notification.data-updated.enabled     |                                                                                                         |                               |
-+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
 | config.additional.                    | Core pool size in asynchronous execution of notification.                                               | ``2``                         |
 | notification.async.executor.          |                                                                                                         |                               |
 | core-pool-size                        |                                                                                                         |                               |
diff --git a/docs/release-notes.rst b/docs/release-notes.rst
index 63a877d..1dc24bf 100755
--- a/docs/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release-notes.rst
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 --------
     - CPS-Temporal is no longer supported and any related documentation has been removed.
     - `CPS-1980 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/CPS-1980>`_ Exposing health and cluster metrics for hazelcast.
+    - `CPS-2005 <https://jira.onap.org/browse/CPS-2005>`_ Removing notification feature for cps updated events ( exclusively used by cps-temporal )
 
 
 Version: 3.4.0
diff --git a/integration-test/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/integration/base/TestConfig.groovy b/integration-test/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/integration/base/TestConfig.groovy
index f4cc8b7..e1ccdaa 100644
--- a/integration-test/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/integration/base/TestConfig.groovy
+++ b/integration-test/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/integration/base/TestConfig.groovy
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 package org.onap.cps.integration.base
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
-import org.onap.cps.notification.NotificationService
 import org.onap.cps.spi.CpsDataPersistenceService
 import org.onap.cps.spi.CpsModulePersistenceService
 import org.onap.cps.spi.impl.CpsAdminPersistenceServiceImpl
@@ -99,11 +98,6 @@
     }
 
     @Bean
-    NotificationService notificationService() {
-        return Stub(NotificationService)
-    }
-
-    @Bean
     TimedYangParser timedYangParser() {
         return new TimedYangParser()
     }