diff --git a/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/io/clara/Clas12Reader.java b/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/io/clara/Clas12Reader.java
deleted file mode 100644
index cd1f39dc95..0000000000
--- a/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/java/org/jlab/io/clara/Clas12Reader.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-package org.jlab.io.clara;
-
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.nio.ByteOrder;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import org.jlab.clara.engine.EngineDataType;
-import org.jlab.clara.std.services.AbstractEventReaderService;
-import org.jlab.clara.std.services.EventReaderException;
-import org.jlab.coda.jevio.EvioException;
-import org.jlab.detector.decode.CLASDecoder4;
-import org.jlab.io.evio.EvioDataEvent;
-import org.jlab.io.evio.EvioSource;
-import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.data.Event;
-import org.jlab.jnp.hipo4.io.HipoReader;
-import org.json.JSONObject;
-
-/**
- * Emulate DecoderReader for EVIO files, or HipoToHipoReader for HIPO files.
- * 
- * @author baltzell
- */
-public class Clas12Reader extends AbstractEventReaderService<Object> {
-
-    boolean evio;
-    CLASDecoder4 decoder;
-    private long maxEvents;
-    private Double torus;
-    private Double solenoid;
-
-    @Override
-    protected Object createReader(Path path, JSONObject opts) throws EventReaderException {
-        if (path.toString().endsWith(".hipo")) {
-            evio = false;
-            HipoReader r = new HipoReader();
-            r.open(path.toString());
-            return r;
-        }
-        else {
-            evio = true;
-            EvioSource r = new EvioSource();
-            r.open(path.toString());
-            maxEvents = r.getEventCount();
-            decoder = new CLASDecoder4();
-            torus = opts.has("torus") ? opts.getDouble("torus") : null;
-            solenoid = opts.has("solenoid") ? opts.getDouble("solenoid") : null;
-            if (opts.has("variation")) decoder.setVariation(opts.getString("variation"));
-            if (opts.has("timestamp")) decoder.setTimestamp(opts.getString("timestamp"));
-            return r;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void closeReader() {
-        if (evio) ((EvioSource)reader).close();
-        else ((HipoReader)reader).close();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected int readEventCount() throws EventReaderException {
-        if (evio) return ((EvioSource)reader).getEventCount();
-        else return ((HipoReader)reader).getEventCount();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected Object readEvent(int eventNumber) throws EventReaderException {
-        try {
-            if (evio) {
-                if (eventNumber++ >= maxEvents) return null;
-                ByteBuffer b = ((EvioSource)reader).getEventBuffer(eventNumber, true);
-                EvioDataEvent e = new EvioDataEvent(b.array(), readByteOrder());
-                return decoder.getDecodedEvent(e, -1, eventNumber, torus, solenoid);
-            }
-            else {
-                return ((HipoReader)reader).getEvent(new Event(),eventNumber);
-            }
-        } catch (EvioException e) {
-            throw new EventReaderException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public ByteOrder readByteOrder() throws EventReaderException {
-        return ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected EngineDataType getDataType() {
-        return Clas12Types.HIPO;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/resources/org/jlab/io/clara/Clas12Reader.yaml b/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/resources/org/jlab/io/clara/Clas12Reader.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 30c6e00495..0000000000
--- a/common-tools/clara-io/src/main/resources/org/jlab/io/clara/Clas12Reader.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Clas12Reader
-engine: org.jlab.io.clara.Clas12Reader
-type: java
-
-author: Nathan Baltzell
-email: baltzell@jlab.org
-
-version: 0.1
-description:
-  Reads EVIO or HIPO events from a file, converting to HIPO via "decoding" if EVIO.
diff --git a/etc/services/rgd-clarode.yml b/etc/services/rgd-clarode.yml
index 0fef0e2016..b3612af29d 100644
--- a/etc/services/rgd-clarode.yml
+++ b/etc/services/rgd-clarode.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ configuration:
       outputBankPrefix: "HB"
 io-services:
   reader:
-    class: org.jlab.io.clara.Clas12Reader
-    name: Clas12Reader
+    class: org.jlab.io.clara.DecoderReader
+    name: DecoderReader
   writer:
     class: org.jlab.io.clara.DecoderWriter
     name: DecoderWriter