diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/AnchorEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/AnchorEntityItem.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index d84ac3c3a5..0000000000
--- a/libraries/entities/src/AnchorEntityItem.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-//
-//  AnchorEntityItem.cpp
-//  libraries/entities/src
-//
-//  Created by Thijs Wenker on 11/4/15.
-//  Copyright 2015 High Fidelity, Inc.
-//
-//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
-//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
-//
-
-#include "EntitiesLogging.h"
-#include "EntityItemID.h"
-#include "EntityItemProperties.h"
-#include "AnchorEntityItem.h"
-
-
-EntityItemPointer AnchorEntityItem::factory(const EntityItemID& entityID, const EntityItemProperties& properties) {
-    EntityItemPointer result { new AnchorEntityItem(entityID, properties) };
-    return result;
-}
-
-// our non-pure virtual subclass for now...
-AnchorEntityItem::AnchorEntityItem(const EntityItemID& entityItemID, const EntityItemProperties& properties) :
-        EntityItem(entityItemID) 
-{
-    _type = EntityTypes::Anchor;
-
-    setProperties(properties);
-}
-
-
-EntityItemProperties AnchorEntityItem::getProperties(EntityPropertyFlags desiredProperties) const {
-    EntityItemProperties properties = EntityItem::getProperties(desiredProperties); // get the properties from our base class
-    return properties;
-}
-
-bool AnchorEntityItem::setProperties(const EntityItemProperties& properties) {
-    bool somethingChanged = false;
-    somethingChanged = EntityItem::setProperties(properties); // set the properties in our base class
-
-    if (somethingChanged) {
-        bool wantDebug = false;
-        if (wantDebug) {
-            uint64_t now = usecTimestampNow();
-            int elapsed = now - getLastEdited();
-            qCDebug(entities) << "AnchorEntityItem::setProperties() AFTER update... edited AGO=" << elapsed <<
-                "now=" << now << " getLastEdited()=" << getLastEdited();
-        }
-        setLastEdited(properties._lastEdited);
-    }
-
-    return somethingChanged;
-}
-
-int AnchorEntityItem::readEntitySubclassDataFromBuffer(const unsigned char* data, int bytesLeftToRead,
-    ReadBitstreamToTreeParams& args,
-    EntityPropertyFlags& propertyFlags, bool overwriteLocalData,
-    bool& somethingChanged) {
-
-    int bytesRead = 0;
-    const unsigned char* dataAt = data;
-
-    return bytesRead;
-}
-
-
-// TODO: eventually only include properties changed since the params.lastViewFrustumSent time
-EntityPropertyFlags AnchorEntityItem::getEntityProperties(EncodeBitstreamParams& params) const {
-    EntityPropertyFlags requestedProperties = EntityItem::getEntityProperties(params);
-    return requestedProperties;
-}
-
-void AnchorEntityItem::appendSubclassData(OctreePacketData* packetData, EncodeBitstreamParams& params,
-    EntityTreeElementExtraEncodeData* modelTreeElementExtraEncodeData,
-    EntityPropertyFlags& requestedProperties,
-    EntityPropertyFlags& propertyFlags,
-    EntityPropertyFlags& propertiesDidntFit,
-    int& propertyCount,
-    OctreeElement::AppendState& appendState) const {
-
-    bool successPropertyFits = true;
-}
-
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/AnchorEntityItem.h b/libraries/entities/src/AnchorEntityItem.h
deleted file mode 100644
index bd385517c3..0000000000
--- a/libraries/entities/src/AnchorEntityItem.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-//
-//  AnchorEntityItem.h
-//  libraries/entities/src
-//
-//  Created by Thijs Wenker on 11/4/15.
-//  Copyright 2015 High Fidelity, Inc.
-//
-//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
-//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
-//
-
-#ifndef hifi_AnchorEntityItem_h
-#define hifi_AnchorEntityItem_h
-
-#include "EntityItem.h"
-
-class AnchorEntityItem : public EntityItem {
-public:
-    static EntityItemPointer factory(const EntityItemID& entityID, const EntityItemProperties& properties);
-
-    AnchorEntityItem(const EntityItemID& entityItemID, const EntityItemProperties& properties);
-    
-    ALLOW_INSTANTIATION // This class can be instantiated
-
-    // methods for getting/setting all properties of an entity
-    virtual EntityItemProperties getProperties(EntityPropertyFlags desiredProperties = EntityPropertyFlags()) const;
-    virtual bool setProperties(const EntityItemProperties& properties);
-
-    // TODO: eventually only include properties changed since the params.lastViewFrustumSent time
-    virtual EntityPropertyFlags getEntityProperties(EncodeBitstreamParams& params) const;
-
-    virtual void appendSubclassData(OctreePacketData* packetData, EncodeBitstreamParams& params,
-        EntityTreeElementExtraEncodeData* modelTreeElementExtraEncodeData,
-        EntityPropertyFlags& requestedProperties,
-        EntityPropertyFlags& propertyFlags,
-        EntityPropertyFlags& propertiesDidntFit,
-        int& propertyCount,
-        OctreeElement::AppendState& appendState) const;
-
-    virtual int readEntitySubclassDataFromBuffer(const unsigned char* data, int bytesLeftToRead,
-        ReadBitstreamToTreeParams& args,
-        EntityPropertyFlags& propertyFlags, bool overwriteLocalData,
-        bool& somethingChanged);
-        
-};
-
-#endif // hifi_AnchorEntityItem_h
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTypes.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTypes.cpp
index f5915ae8c3..50b98d4b5e 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTypes.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTypes.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "LineEntityItem.h"
 #include "PolyVoxEntityItem.h"
 #include "PolyLineEntityItem.h"
-#include "AnchorEntityItem.h"
 
 QMap<EntityTypes::EntityType, QString> EntityTypes::_typeToNameMap;
 QMap<QString, EntityTypes::EntityType> EntityTypes::_nameToTypeMap;
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ REGISTER_ENTITY_TYPE(Zone)
 REGISTER_ENTITY_TYPE(Line)
 REGISTER_ENTITY_TYPE(PolyVox)
 REGISTER_ENTITY_TYPE(PolyLine)
-REGISTER_ENTITY_TYPE(Anchor);
 
 const QString& EntityTypes::getEntityTypeName(EntityType entityType) {
     QMap<EntityType, QString>::iterator matchedTypeName = _typeToNameMap.find(entityType);
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTypes.h b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTypes.h
index dbe9569f63..30b6edbc07 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTypes.h
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTypes.h
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ public:
         Line,
         PolyVox,
         PolyLine,
-        Anchor,
-        LAST = Anchor
+        LAST = PolyLine
     } EntityType;
 
     static const QString& getEntityTypeName(EntityType entityType);
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketHeaders.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketHeaders.cpp
index 64936c3a59..24034ff9b3 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketHeaders.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketHeaders.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PacketVersion versionForPacketType(PacketType packetType) {
         case PacketType::EntityAdd:
         case PacketType::EntityEdit:
         case PacketType::EntityData:
-            return VERSION_ENTITIES_ANCHOR;
+            return VERSION_ENTITIES_PARTICLES_ADDITIVE_BLENDING;
         case PacketType::AvatarData:
         case PacketType::BulkAvatarData:
         default:
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketHeaders.h b/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketHeaders.h
index 56cb60e02b..82d905bf28 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketHeaders.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketHeaders.h
@@ -146,6 +146,5 @@ const PacketVersion VERSION_ENTITIES_ANIMATION_PROPERTIES_GROUP = 46;
 const PacketVersion VERSION_ENTITIES_KEYLIGHT_PROPERTIES_GROUP = 47;
 const PacketVersion VERSION_ENTITIES_KEYLIGHT_PROPERTIES_GROUP_BIS = 48;
 const PacketVersion VERSION_ENTITIES_PARTICLES_ADDITIVE_BLENDING = 49;
-const PacketVersion VERSION_ENTITIES_ANCHOR = 50;
 
 #endif // hifi_PacketHeaders_h