diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 060002a..14656f1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "arduino-create-agent-js-client",
-  "version": "2.9.0-beta.1",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.2",
   "description": "JS module providing discovery of the Arduino Create Plugin and communication with it",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "module": "es/index.js",
diff --git a/src/web-serial-daemon.js b/src/web-serial-daemon.js
index ca5b1e2..d42d8ea 100644
--- a/src/web-serial-daemon.js
+++ b/src/web-serial-daemon.js
@@ -151,32 +151,6 @@ export default class WebSerialDaemon extends Daemon {
         network: []
       });
     }
-    else if (message.connectedSerialPort) {
-      console.dir('******** BEGIN: web-serial-daemon:68 ********');
-      console.dir(message.connectedSerialPort, { depth: null, colors: true });
-
-      const port = this.uploader.getBoardInfoFromSerialPort(message.connectedSerialPort);
-      this.connectedPorts.push(port);
-      console.dir(this.connectedPorts, { depth: null, colors: true });
-      console.dir('********   END: web-serial-daemon:68 ********');
-      this.devicesList.next({
-        serial: this.connectedPorts,
-        network: []
-      });
-    }
-    else if (message.disconnectedSerialPort) {
-      console.dir('******** BEGIN: web-serial-daemon:79 ********');
-      console.dir(message.disconnectedSerialPort, { depth: null, colors: true });
-      const port = this.uploader.getBoardInfoFromSerialPort(message.disconnectedSerialPort);
-      this.connectedPorts = this.connectedPorts.filter(connectedPort => connectedPort.Name !== port.Name);
-      console.dir(this.connectedPorts, { depth: null, colors: true });
-      console.dir('********   END: web-serial-daemon:79 ********');
-      console.dir(this.connectedPorts, { depth: null, colors: true });
-      this.devicesList.next({
-        serial: this.connectedPorts,
-        network: []
-      });
-    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -274,15 +248,6 @@ export default class WebSerialDaemon extends Daemon {
     });
   }
 
-  /** A proxy method to get info from the specified SerialPort object */
-  getBoardInfoFromSerialPort(serialPort) {
-    return this.uploader.getBoardInfoFromSerialPort(serialPort);
-  }
-
-  connectToSerialDevice() {
-    return this.uploader.connectToSerialDevice();
-  }
-
   /**
    * @param {object} uploadPayload
    * TODO: document param's shape