diff --git a/src/replica/config/ConfigTestData.cc b/src/replica/config/ConfigTestData.cc
index 886617a15..1881ef41b 100644
--- a/src/replica/config/ConfigTestData.cc
+++ b/src/replica/config/ConfigTestData.cc
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ map<string, set<string>> ConfigTestData::parameters() {
              {"xrootd",
               {"auto-notify", "request-timeout-sec", "host", "port", "allow-reconnect", "reconnect-timeout"}},
              {"worker",
-              {"technology",
-               "num-threads",
+              {"num-threads",
                "num-svc-processing-threads",
                "num-fs-processing-threads",
                "fs-buf-size-bytes",
@@ -113,8 +112,7 @@ json ConfigTestData::data() {
                                          {"request-timeout-sec", 400},
                                          {"allow-reconnect", 0},
                                          {"reconnect-timeout", 500}});
-    generalObj["worker"] = json::object({{"technology", "POSIX"},
-                                         {"num-threads", 3},
+    generalObj["worker"] = json::object({{"num-threads", 3},
                                          {"num-svc-processing-threads", 4},
                                          {"num-fs-processing-threads", 5},
                                          {"fs-buf-size-bytes", 1024},
diff --git a/src/replica/config/ConfigurationSchema.cc b/src/replica/config/ConfigurationSchema.cc
index 41b8fbdac..7dd639b70 100644
--- a/src/replica/config/ConfigurationSchema.cc
+++ b/src/replica/config/ConfigurationSchema.cc
@@ -278,12 +278,7 @@ json const ConfigurationSchema::_schemaJson = json::object(
               " (if the server is not up, or if it's not reachable for some reason)"},
              {"default", 3600}}}}},
          {"worker",
-          {{"technology",
-            {{"description",
-              "The name of a technology for implementing replica management requests at workers."},
-             {"restricted", {{"type", "set"}, {"values", json::array({"FS", "POSIX", "TEST"})}}},
-             {"default", "FS"}}},
-           {"num-threads",
+          {{"num-threads",
             {{"description",
               "The number of threads managed by BOOST ASIO. Must be greater than 0."
               " Note that setting too many threads may result in a significant memory footprint"
diff --git a/src/replica/proto/protocol.proto b/src/replica/proto/protocol.proto
index f4ce82b4c..25c291e29 100644
--- a/src/replica/proto/protocol.proto
+++ b/src/replica/proto/protocol.proto
@@ -820,7 +820,6 @@ message ProtocolServiceResponse {
         RUNNING             = 2;
     }
     required ServiceState service_state = 3;
-    required string       technology    = 4;
 
     /// When the service started (milliseconds since UNIX Epoch)
     required uint64 start_time = 5;
diff --git a/src/replica/requests/ServiceManagementRequestBase.cc b/src/replica/requests/ServiceManagementRequestBase.cc
index 66ba83376..a42e4b707 100644
--- a/src/replica/requests/ServiceManagementRequestBase.cc
+++ b/src/replica/requests/ServiceManagementRequestBase.cc
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ void ServiceState::set(ProtocolServiceResponse const& message) {
             throw runtime_error("ServiceState::" + string(__func__) +
                                 "  service state found in protocol is unknown");
     }
-    technology = message.technology();
     startTime = message.start_time();
 
     numNewRequests = message.num_new_requests();
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, ServiceState const& ss) {
     os << "ServiceState:\n"
        << "\n  Summary:\n\n"
        << "    service state:              " << ss.state2string() << "\n"
-       << "    technology:                 " << ss.technology << "\n"
        << "    start time [ms]:            " << ss.startTime << " (" << secondsAgo << " seconds ago)\n"
        << "    total new requests:         " << ss.numNewRequests << "\n"
        << "    total in-progress requests: " << ss.numInProgressRequests << "\n"
diff --git a/src/replica/requests/ServiceManagementRequestBase.h b/src/replica/requests/ServiceManagementRequestBase.h
index 0d7c272b1..5bc64db34 100644
--- a/src/replica/requests/ServiceManagementRequestBase.h
+++ b/src/replica/requests/ServiceManagementRequestBase.h
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ struct ServiceState {
     enum State { SUSPEND_IN_PROGRESS = 0, SUSPENDED = 1, RUNNING = 2 };
     State state;
 
-    /// The back-end technology
-    std::string technology;
-
     /// When the service started (milliseconds since UNIX Epoch)
     uint64_t startTime;
 
diff --git a/src/replica/tests/testConfiguration.cc b/src/replica/tests/testConfiguration.cc
index 8e1190525..990e7f1dd 100644
--- a/src/replica/tests/testConfiguration.cc
+++ b/src/replica/tests/testConfiguration.cc
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ConfigurationTestReadingGeneralParameters) {
 
     BOOST_CHECK(config->get<size_t>("database", "services-pool-size") == 2);
 
-    BOOST_CHECK(config->get<string>("worker", "technology") == "POSIX");
     BOOST_CHECK(config->get<size_t>("worker", "num-threads") == 3);
     BOOST_CHECK(config->get<size_t>("worker", "num-svc-processing-threads") == 4);
     BOOST_CHECK(config->get<size_t>("worker", "num-fs-processing-threads") == 5);
@@ -322,10 +321,6 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ConfigurationTestModifyingGeneralParameters) {
     BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(config->set<size_t>("database", "services-pool-size", 3));
     BOOST_CHECK(config->get<size_t>("database", "services-pool-size") == 3);
 
-    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(config->set<string>("worker", "technology", ""), std::invalid_argument);
-    BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(config->set<string>("worker", "technology", "FS"));
-    BOOST_CHECK(config->get<string>("worker", "technology") == "FS");
-
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(config->set<size_t>("worker", "num-threads", 0), std::invalid_argument);
     BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(config->set<size_t>("worker", "num-threads", 4));
     BOOST_CHECK(config->get<size_t>("worker", "num-threads") == 4);
diff --git a/src/replica/worker/WorkerProcessor.cc b/src/replica/worker/WorkerProcessor.cc
index 7a111f3a7..a52b1cf08 100644
--- a/src/replica/worker/WorkerProcessor.cc
+++ b/src/replica/worker/WorkerProcessor.cc
@@ -561,7 +561,6 @@ void WorkerProcessor::setServiceResponse(ProtocolServiceResponse& response, stri
     replica::Lock lock(_mtx, _context(__func__));
 
     response.set_status(status);
-    response.set_technology("FS");
     response.set_start_time(_startTime);
 
     switch (state()) {