diff --git a/etc/default.tasks.properties b/etc/default.tasks.properties
index d027f06b8..1e536b8cd 100644
--- a/etc/default.tasks.properties
+++ b/etc/default.tasks.properties
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ growlnotify=Phing\Task\Ext\GrowlNotifyTask
 wikipublish=Phing\Task\Ext\WikiPublishTask
 stopwatch=Phing\Task\Ext\StopwatchTask
 symfonyconsole=Phing\Task\Ext\SymfonyConsoleTask
-hipchat=Phing\Task\Ext\HipchatTask
 open=Phing\Task\Ext\OpenTask
 
 inifile=Phing\Task\Ext\IniFile\IniFileTask
diff --git a/src/Phing/Task/Ext/HipchatTask.php b/src/Phing/Task/Ext/HipchatTask.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 536a2ab87..000000000
--- a/src/Phing/Task/Ext/HipchatTask.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,218 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- *
- * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many individuals
- * and is licensed under the LGPL. For more information please see
- * <http://phing.info>.
- */
-
-namespace Phing\Task\Ext;
-
-use Phing\Exception\BuildException;
-use Phing\Project;
-use Phing\Task;
-
-/**
- * HipchatTask
- * Sends a simple hipchat notification.
- *
- * (Yeah, HipChat API has lots of more awesome features than sending a lousy text notification
- *  but I refuse implementing more as long as the chat client lacks the most basic feature of
- *  sorting contacts. If you share my opinion then please upvote this feature request:
- *  https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/HCPUB-363 )
- *
- * <hipchat room="1337" authToken="********" color="red" notify="true" format="html">
- *     Hello &lt;i&gt;World&lt;/i&gt;!
- * </hipchat>
- *
- * @author  Suat Özgür <suat.oezguer@mindgeek.com>
- */
-class HipchatTask extends Task
-{
-    private $domain = 'api.hipchat.com';
-    private $room;
-    private $authToken;
-    private $color = 'yellow';
-    private $notify = false;
-    private $message;
-    private $format = 'text';
-
-    public function main()
-    {
-        if (null === $this->getRoom()) {
-            throw new BuildException('(HipChat) room is not defined');
-        }
-
-        if (null === $this->getAuthToken()) {
-            throw new BuildException('(HipChat) authToken is not defined');
-        }
-
-        $url =
-            'https://' .
-            $this->getDomain() .
-            '/v2/room/' .
-            $this->getRoom() .
-            '/notification?auth_token=' .
-            $this->getAuthToken();
-
-        $data = [
-            'color' => $this->getColor(),
-            'message' => $this->getMessage(),
-            'notify' => $this->isNotify(),
-            'message_format' => $this->getFormat(),
-        ];
-
-        $result = $this->executeApiCall($url, $data);
-        if (true !== $result) {
-            $this->log($result, Project::MSG_WARN);
-        } else {
-            $this->log('HipChat notification sent.');
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function getDomain()
-    {
-        return $this->domain;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $domain
-     */
-    public function setDomain($domain)
-    {
-        $this->domain = $domain;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function getFormat()
-    {
-        return $this->format;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param $format
-     */
-    public function setFormat($format)
-    {
-        $format = ('text' != $format && 'html' != $format) ? 'text' : $format;
-        $this->format = $format;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function getRoom()
-    {
-        return $this->room;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $room
-     */
-    public function setRoom($room)
-    {
-        $this->room = $room;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function getAuthToken()
-    {
-        return $this->authToken;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $authToken
-     */
-    public function setAuthToken($authToken)
-    {
-        $this->authToken = $authToken;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function getColor()
-    {
-        return $this->color;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $color
-     */
-    public function setColor($color)
-    {
-        $this->color = $color;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function getMessage()
-    {
-        return $this->message;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function isNotify()
-    {
-        return $this->notify;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param bool $notify
-     */
-    public function setNotify($notify)
-    {
-        $this->notify = $notify;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param $message
-     */
-    public function addText($message)
-    {
-        $this->message = trim($message);
-    }
-
-    private function executeApiCall($url, $data)
-    {
-        $postData = json_encode($data);
-
-        $ch = curl_init();
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postData);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
-        $response = curl_exec($ch);
-        if ('' !== $response) {
-            $result = json_decode($response, 1);
-
-            return $result['error']['message'] . ' (' . $result['error']['code'] . ')';
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
-}