diff --git a/bin/lib/create.js b/bin/lib/create.js
index 647dc0f..667d9ff 100644
--- a/bin/lib/create.js
+++ b/bin/lib/create.js
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@
     // copy manifest file to platform_www
     fs.writeFileSync(path.join(platform_www, 'manifest.json'),
         JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2), 'utf-8');
-    // copy service worker
-    shell.cp(path.join(ROOT, 'bin/template/www', 'cordova-sw.js'), platform_www);
 
     return Promise.resolve();
 };
diff --git a/bin/template/cordova/lib/build.js b/bin/template/cordova/lib/build.js
index 64e5198..01f3fb1 100644
--- a/bin/template/cordova/lib/build.js
+++ b/bin/template/cordova/lib/build.js
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
-var shell = require('shelljs');
 var check_reqs = require('./check_reqs');
 
 /**
@@ -29,32 +27,7 @@
  *   Creates a zip file int platform/build folder
  */
 module.exports.run = function () {
-
-    var resultP = check_reqs.run();
-
-    resultP.then(function () {
-        var wwwPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../www');
-
-        // generate a generic service worker
-        var lsdir = shell.find(wwwPath);
-        var pathLength = wwwPath.length;
-        var cleanedFileList = lsdir.filter(function (elem) {
-            // skip directory names, and cordova-js-src
-            return !fs.statSync(elem).isDirectory() &&
-                    elem.indexOf('cordova-js-src') < 0;
-        }).map(function (elem) {
-            return elem.substr(pathLength);
-        });
-
-        var swJSPath = path.join(wwwPath, 'cordova-sw.js');
-        var swJS = fs.readFileSync(swJSPath, 'utf8');
-
-        swJS = swJS.replace('%CACHE_VERSION%', Date.now());
-        swJS = swJS.replace("['CACHE_VALUES']", JSON.stringify(cleanedFileList, null, 4));
-
-        fs.writeFileSync(swJSPath, swJS, 'utf8');
-    });
-    return resultP;
+    return check_reqs.run();
 };
 
 module.exports.help = function () {
diff --git a/bin/template/www/cordova-sw.js b/bin/template/www/cordova-sw.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9740fb1..0000000
--- a/bin/template/www/cordova-sw.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/**
-Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-distributed with this work for additional information
-regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-to you 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.
-*/
-
-// Note, these will be updated automatically at build time
-var CACHE_VERSION = '%CACHE_VERSION%';
-var CACHE_LIST = ['CACHE_VALUES'];
-
-this.addEventListener('install', function (event) {
-    // Perform install steps
-    console.log('cordova service worker is installing.');
-    event.waitUntil(caches.open(CACHE_VERSION) /* eslint no-undef : 0 */
-        .then(function (cache) {
-            return cache.addAll(CACHE_LIST);
-        }));
-});
-
-this.addEventListener('activate', function (event) {
-    // Perform activate steps
-    console.log('cordova service worker is activated.');
-});
-
-this.addEventListener('fetch', function (event) {
-    console.log('cordova service worker : fetch : ' + event.request.url);
-
-    event.respondWith(caches.match(event.request).then(function (response) { /* eslint no-undef : 0 */
-        // Cache hit? return response else fetch it
-        return response || fetch(event.request); /* eslint no-undef : 0 */
-    }));
-});
diff --git a/cordova-js-src/platform.js b/cordova-js-src/platform.js
index 3494cea..96eb943 100644
--- a/cordova-js-src/platform.js
+++ b/cordova-js-src/platform.js
@@ -24,26 +24,6 @@
     cordovaVersion: '4.2.0', // cordova-js
 
     bootstrap: function() {
-        
-        var cache = navigator.serviceWorker.register;
-        var cacheCalled = false;
-        navigator.serviceWorker.register = function() {
-            cacheCalled = true;
-            navigator.serviceWorker.register = cache;
-            return cache.apply(navigator.serviceWorker,arguments);
-        }
-
-        document.addEventListener('deviceready',function(){
-            if(!cacheCalled) {
-                navigator.serviceWorker.register('/cordova-sw.js').then(function(registration) {
-                    // Registration was successful
-                    console.log('ServiceWorker registration successful with scope: ', registration.scope);
-                }, function(err) {
-                    // registration failed :(
-                    console.log('ServiceWorker registration failed: ', err);
-                });
-            }
-        });
 
         var modulemapper = require('cordova/modulemapper');
         var channel = require('cordova/channel');