diff --git a/packages/bookshop/package.json b/packages/bookshop/package.json
index d6330cd5..44d69925 100644
--- a/packages/bookshop/package.json
+++ b/packages/bookshop/package.json
@@ -18,14 +18,7 @@
     "requires": {
       "API_BUSINESS_PARTNER": {
         "kind": "odata",
-        "model": "srv/external/API_BUSINESS_PARTNER",
-        "--credentials": {
-          "prefix": "sap/S4HANAOD/c098/BO",
-          "destination": "cap-api098"
-        }
-      },
-      "--messaging": {
-        "kind": "enterprise-messaging"
+        "model": "srv/external/API_BUSINESS_PARTNER"
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/bookshop/srv/cat-service.cds b/packages/bookshop/srv/cat-service.cds
index 98b7a27e..efe7b5d9 100644
--- a/packages/bookshop/srv/cat-service.cds
+++ b/packages/bookshop/srv/cat-service.cds
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using { sap.capire.bookshop as my } from '../db/schema';
-using { API_BUSINESS_PARTNER as external } from './external/API_BUSINESS_PARTNER.csn';
 
 @path:'/browse'
 service CatalogService {
@@ -8,14 +7,6 @@ service CatalogService {
     author.name as author
   } excluding { createdBy, modifiedBy };
 
-  @readonly entity BusinessPartners as projection on external.A_BusinessPartner {
-    key BusinessPartner as ID,
-    FirstName,
-    MiddleName,
-    LastName,
-    BusinessPartnerIsBlocked
-  };
-
   @requires_: 'authenticated-user'
   @insertonly entity Orders as projection on my.Orders;
 
diff --git a/packages/bookshop/srv/cat-service.js b/packages/bookshop/srv/cat-service.js
index 507ca0f6..2a940534 100644
--- a/packages/bookshop/srv/cat-service.js
+++ b/packages/bookshop/srv/cat-service.js
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 const cds = require('@sap/cds')
 
 /** Service implementation for CatalogService */
-module.exports = cds.service.impl(async function () {
-  const { Books, Orders, BusinessPartners } = this.entities
-  const bupaSrv = await cds.connect.to('API_BUSINESS_PARTNER')
+module.exports = cds.service.impl(function () {
+  const { Books, Orders } = this.entities
   this.after('READ', Books, each => each.stock > 111 && _addDiscount2(each, 11))
   this.before('CREATE', Orders, _reduceStock)
-  this.on('READ', BusinessPartners, req => bupaSrv.tx(req).run(req.query))
 
   /** Add some discount for overstocked books */
   function _addDiscount2(each, discount) {
diff --git a/packages/bookshop/srv/external/data/API_BUSINESS_PARTNER-A_BusinessPartner.csv b/packages/bookshop/srv/external/data/API_BUSINESS_PARTNER-A_BusinessPartner.csv
deleted file mode 100644
index dc6127e7..00000000
--- a/packages/bookshop/srv/external/data/API_BUSINESS_PARTNER-A_BusinessPartner.csv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-BusinessPartner;FirstName;MiddleName;LastName;BusinessPartnerIsBlocked
-ALICE;Alice;In;Wonderland;false
-BOB;Bob;The;Builder;false
-JABBA;Jabba;The;Hutt;true
\ No newline at end of file