diff --git a/jbt/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/orm/jbt/internal/util/SpecialRootClass.java b/jbt/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/orm/jbt/internal/util/SpecialRootClass.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 28b9e90973..0000000000
--- a/jbt/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/orm/jbt/internal/util/SpecialRootClass.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-package org.hibernate.tool.orm.jbt.internal.util;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-
-import org.hibernate.boot.spi.MetadataBuildingContext;
-import org.hibernate.mapping.Collection;
-import org.hibernate.mapping.Component;
-import org.hibernate.mapping.PersistentClass;
-import org.hibernate.mapping.Property;
-import org.hibernate.mapping.RootClass;
-import org.hibernate.mapping.Value;
-import org.hibernate.tool.orm.jbt.api.wrp.Wrapper;
-
-public class SpecialRootClass extends RootClass {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-	private Property property;
-	private Property parentProperty;
-
-	public SpecialRootClass(Property property) {
-		super(getMetadataBuildingContext(property));
-		this.property = property;
-		initialize();
-	}
-	
-	public Property getProperty() {
-		return property;
-	}
-	
-	public Property getParentProperty() {
-		return parentProperty;
-	}
-	
-	private void initialize() {
-		Component component = getComponent();
-		if (component != null) {
-			setClassName(component.getComponentClassName());
-			setEntityName(component.getComponentClassName());
-			PersistentClass ownerClass = component.getOwner();
-			if (component.getParentProperty() != null) {
-				parentProperty = new Property();
-				parentProperty.setName(component.getParentProperty());
-				parentProperty.setPersistentClass(ownerClass);
-			}
-			Iterator<Property> iterator = component.getProperties().iterator();
-			while (iterator.hasNext()) {
-				Property property = iterator.next();
-				if (property != null) {
-					addProperty(property);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	
-	private Component getComponent() {
-		Component result = null;
-		if (property != null) {
-			Value v = property.getValue();
-			if (v != null) {
-				if (v instanceof Wrapper) {
-					v = (Value)((Wrapper)v).getWrappedObject();
-				}
-				if (Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(v.getClass())) {
-					v = ((Collection)v).getElement();
-				}
-				if (v != null && Component.class.isAssignableFrom(v.getClass())) {
-					result = (Component)v;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return result;
-	}
-	
-	private static MetadataBuildingContext getMetadataBuildingContext(Property property) {
-		MetadataBuildingContext result = DummyMetadataBuildingContext.INSTANCE;
-		try {
-			if (property != null) {
-				PersistentClass pc = property.getPersistentClass();
-				if (pc != null) {
-					Field field = PersistentClass.class.getDeclaredField("metadataBuildingContext");
-					field.setAccessible(true);
-					result = (MetadataBuildingContext)field.get(pc);
-				}
-			}
-		} catch (NoSuchFieldException | 
-				SecurityException | 
-				IllegalArgumentException | 
-				IllegalAccessException e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException("Problem while trying to retrieve MetadataBuildingContext from field", e);
-		}
-		return result;
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/jbt/src/test/java/org/hibernate/tool/orm/jbt/api/factory/WrapperFactoryTest.java b/jbt/src/test/java/org/hibernate/tool/orm/jbt/api/factory/WrapperFactoryTest.java
index 1ae2c05c67..6d12076409 100644
--- a/jbt/src/test/java/org/hibernate/tool/orm/jbt/api/factory/WrapperFactoryTest.java
+++ b/jbt/src/test/java/org/hibernate/tool/orm/jbt/api/factory/WrapperFactoryTest.java
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 import org.hibernate.tool.orm.jbt.api.wrp.TypeFactoryWrapper;
 import org.hibernate.tool.orm.jbt.api.wrp.Wrapper;
 import org.hibernate.tool.orm.jbt.internal.factory.ConfigurationWrapperFactory;
-import org.hibernate.tool.orm.jbt.internal.factory.PersistentClassWrapperFactory;
 import org.hibernate.tool.orm.jbt.internal.factory.RevengStrategyWrapperFactory;
 import org.hibernate.tool.orm.jbt.internal.factory.TableWrapperFactory;
 import org.hibernate.tool.orm.jbt.internal.util.ConfigurationMetadataDescriptor;
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@
 import org.hibernate.tool.orm.jbt.internal.util.MetadataHelper;
 import org.hibernate.tool.orm.jbt.internal.util.NativeConfiguration;
 import org.hibernate.tool.orm.jbt.internal.util.RevengConfiguration;
-import org.hibernate.tool.orm.jbt.internal.util.SpecialRootClass;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;