diff --git a/driver-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/activitytype/http/HttpAction.java b/driver-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/activitytype/http/HttpAction.java
index b97425c47..9c7464551 100644
--- a/driver-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/activitytype/http/HttpAction.java
+++ b/driver-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/activitytype/http/HttpAction.java
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ import io.nosqlbench.engine.api.activityapi.core.SyncAction;
 import io.nosqlbench.engine.api.activityapi.planning.OpSequence;
 import io.nosqlbench.engine.api.activityimpl.ActivityDef;
 import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.errors.BasicError;
-import io.nosqlbench.virtdata.core.templates.StringBindings;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
-import java.io.*;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.net.http.HttpClient;
 import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
@@ -28,14 +27,11 @@ public class HttpAction implements SyncAction {
     private final HttpActivity httpActivity;
     private final int slot;
     private final int maxTries = 1;
-    private boolean showstmts;
 
     private OpSequence<ReadyHttpOp> sequencer;
     private HttpClient client;
 
     private final HttpResponse.BodyHandler<String> bodyreader = HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString();
-    private final long timeoutMillis=30000L;
-
 
     public HttpAction(ActivityDef activityDef, int slot, HttpActivity httpActivity) {
         this.slot = slot;
@@ -54,25 +50,15 @@ public class HttpAction implements SyncAction {
 
     @Override
     public int runCycle(long cycleValue) {
-        StringBindings stringBindings;
-        String statement = null;
-        InputStream result = null;
+
+        // The request to be used must be constructed from the template each time.
+        HttpOp httpOp = null;
 
         // The bind timer captures all the time involved in preparing the
         // operation for execution, including data generation as well as
         // op construction
-
-        // The request to be used must be constructed from the template each time.
-        HttpOp httpOp=null;
-
-        // A specifier for what makes a response ok. If this is provided, then it is
-        // either a list of valid http status codes, or if non-numeric, a regex for the body
-        // which must match.
-        // If not provided, then status code 200 is the only thing required to be matched.
-        String ok;
-
         try (Timer.Context bindTime = httpActivity.bindTimer.time()) {
-            ReadyHttpOp readHTTPOperation = httpActivity.getSequencer().get(cycleValue);
+            ReadyHttpOp readHTTPOperation = sequencer.get(cycleValue);
             httpOp = readHTTPOperation.apply(cycleValue);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             if (httpActivity.isDiagnosticMode()) {
@@ -135,98 +121,10 @@ public class HttpAction implements SyncAction {
                 }
             }
 
-
-//            if (ok == null) {
-//                if (response.statusCode() != 200) {
-//                    throw new ResponseError("Result had status code " +
-//                            response.statusCode() + ", but 'ok' was not set for this statement," +
-//                            "so it is considered an error.");
-//                }
-//            } else {
-//                String[] oks = ok.split(",");
-//                for (String ok_condition : oks) {
-//                    if (ok_condition.charAt(0)>='0' && ok_condition.charAt(0)<='9') {
-//                        int matching_status = Integer.parseInt(ok_condition);
-//                    } else {
-//                        Pattern successRegex = Pattern.compile(ok);
-//                    }
-//                }
-////                Matcher matcher = successRegex.matcher(String.valueOf(response.statusCode()));
-////                if (!matcher.matches()) {
-////                    throw new BasicError("status code " + response.statusCode() + " did not match " + success);
-////                }
-//            }
         }
         return 0;
     }
 
-//                String body = future.body();
-
-
-//            String[] splitStatement = statement.split("\\?");
-//            String path, query;
-//
-//            path = splitStatement[0];
-//            query = "";
-//
-//            if (splitStatement.length >= 2) {
-//                query = splitStatement[1];
-//            }
-//
-//            URI uri = new URI(
-//                "http",
-//                null,
-//                host,
-//                httpActivity.getPort(),
-//                path,
-//                query,
-//                null);
-//
-//                statement = uri.toString();
-//
-//            showstmts = httpActivity.getShowstmts();
-
-//            if (showstmts) {
-//                logger.info("STMT(cycle=" + cycleValue + "):\n" + statement);
-//            }
-//        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-//            e.printStackTrace();
-//        }
-//
-//        long nanoStartTime=System.nanoTime();
-//
-
-//                Timer.Context resultTime = httpActivity.resultTimer.time();
-//                try {
-//                    StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
-//
-//                    BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(result));
-//                    String line;
-//                    while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
-//                        res.append(line);
-//                    }
-//                    rd.close();
-//
-//                } catch (Exception e) {
-//                    long resultNanos = resultTime.stop();
-//                    resultTime = null;
-//                } finally {
-//                    if (resultTime != null) {
-//                        resultTime.stop();
-//                    }
-//
-//                }
-//
-//            }
-//            long resultNanos = System.nanoTime() - nanoStartTime;
-//            httpActivity.resultSuccessTimer.update(resultNanos, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
-
-
-//        protected HttpActivity getHttpActivity () {
-//            return httpActivity;
-//        }
-//    }
-
     private HttpRequest.BodyPublisher bodySourceFrom(Map<String, String> cmdMap) {
         if (cmdMap.containsKey("body")) {
             String body = cmdMap.remove("body");
diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 42b5c62aa..3147e41cc 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <javadoc.name>nosqlbench</javadoc.name>
 
-    <java.target.version>11</java.target.version>
+<!--    <java.target.version>11</java.target.version>-->
 
     <!-- properties for package versions -->
-    <antlr4.version>4.8</antlr4.version>
     <ascii.data.version>1.2.0</ascii.data.version>
     <commons.codec.version>1.14</commons.codec.version>
     <commons.compress.version>1.20</commons.compress.version>
@@ -325,7 +324,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
         <artifactId>antlr4-runtime</artifactId>
-        <version>${antlr4.version}</version>
+        <version>4.8</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>