diff --git a/tools/test-bots b/tools/test-bots
index f4400ce..7f27145 100755
--- a/tools/test-bots
+++ b/tools/test-bots
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Running tests for all bots:
 
 Running tests for specific bots:
 
-./test-bots define thesaurus
+./test-bots define xkcd
 
 Running tests for all bots excluding certain bots (the
 following command would run tests for all bots except
diff --git a/zulip_bots/setup.py b/zulip_bots/setup.py
index 637abc3..9fd49b9 100755
--- a/zulip_bots/setup.py
+++ b/zulip_bots/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ setuptools_info = dict(
         'zulip>=0.3.1',
         'mock>=2.0.0',
         'html2text',  # for bots/define
-        'PyDictionary',  # for bots/thesaurus
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/thesaurus/__init__.py b/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/thesaurus/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/thesaurus/requirements.txt b/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/thesaurus/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index d02d986..0000000
--- a/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/thesaurus/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-PyDictionary
diff --git a/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/thesaurus/test_thesaurus.py b/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/thesaurus/test_thesaurus.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 9a4a8db..0000000
--- a/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/thesaurus/test_thesaurus.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import print_function
-
-from zulip_bots.test_lib import BotTestCase
-
-class TestThesaurusBot(BotTestCase):
-    bot_name = "thesaurus"
-
-    def test_bot(self):
-        expected = {
-            "synonym good": "great, satisfying, exceptional, positive, acceptable",
-            "synonym nice": "cordial, kind, good, okay, fair",
-            "synonym foo": "bar, thud, X, baz, corge",
-            "antonym dirty": "ordered, sterile, spotless, moral, clean",
-            "antonym bar": "loss, whole, advantage, aid, failure",
-            "": ("To use this bot, start messages with either "
-                 "@mention-bot synonym (to get the synonyms of a given word) "
-                 "or @mention-bot antonym (to get the antonyms of a given word). "
-                 "Phrases are not accepted so only use single words "
-                 "to search. For example you could search '@mention-bot synonym hello' "
-                 "or '@mention-bot antonym goodbye'."),
-        }
-        self.check_expected_responses(expected)
diff --git a/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/thesaurus/thesaurus.py b/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/thesaurus/thesaurus.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 79cb720..0000000
--- a/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/thesaurus/thesaurus.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-# See zulip/api/bots/readme.md for instructions on running this code.
-from __future__ import print_function
-import sys
-import logging
-from PyDictionary import PyDictionary as Dictionary
-
-#Uses Python's Dictionary module
-#  pip install PyDictionary
-
-def get_clean_response(m, method):
-    try:
-        response = method(m)
-    except Exception as e:
-        logging.exception(e)
-        return e
-    if isinstance(response, str):
-        return response
-    elif isinstance(response, list):
-        return ', '.join(response)
-    else:
-        return "Sorry, no result found! Please check the word."
-
-def get_thesaurus_result(original_content):
-    help_message = ("To use this bot, start messages with either "
-                    "@mention-bot synonym (to get the synonyms of a given word) "
-                    "or @mention-bot antonym (to get the antonyms of a given word). "
-                    "Phrases are not accepted so only use single words "
-                    "to search. For example you could search '@mention-bot synonym hello' "
-                    "or '@mention-bot antonym goodbye'.")
-    query = original_content.strip().split(' ', 1)
-    if len(query) < 2:
-        return help_message
-    else:
-        search_keyword = query[1]
-    if original_content.startswith('synonym'):
-        result = get_clean_response(search_keyword, method = Dictionary.synonym)
-    elif original_content.startswith('antonym'):
-        result = get_clean_response(search_keyword, method = Dictionary.antonym)
-    else:
-        result = help_message
-    return result
-
-class ThesaurusHandler(object):
-    '''
-    This plugin allows users to enter a word in zulip
-    and get synonyms, and antonyms, for that word sent
-    back to the context (stream or private) in which
-    it was sent. It looks for messages starting with
-    '@mention-bot synonym' or '@mention-bot @antonym'.
-    '''
-
-    def usage(self):
-        return '''
-            This plugin will allow users to get both synonyms
-            and antonyms for a given word from zulip. To use this
-            plugin, users need to install the PyDictionary module
-            using 'pip install PyDictionary'.Use '@mention-bot synonym help' or
-            '@mention-bot antonym help' for more usage information. Users should
-            preface messages with @mention-bot synonym or @mention-bot antonym.
-            '''
-
-    def handle_message(self, message, bot_handler, state_handler):
-        original_content = message['content'].strip()
-        new_content = get_thesaurus_result(original_content)
-        bot_handler.send_reply(message, new_content)
-
-handler_class = ThesaurusHandler