diff --git a/core/face-uri.cpp b/core/face-uri.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 635d8d3..0000000
--- a/core/face-uri.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,159 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2014,  Regents of the University of California,
- *                      Arizona Board of Regents,
- *                      Colorado State University,
- *                      University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
- *                      Washington University in St. Louis,
- *                      Beijing Institute of Technology,
- *                      The University of Memphis
- *
- * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
- * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
- *
- * NFD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
- * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
- * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * NFD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
- * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * NFD, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include "face-uri.hpp"
-#include "core/logger.hpp"
-
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
-
-NFD_LOG_INIT("FaceUri");
-
-namespace nfd {
-
-FaceUri::FaceUri(const std::string& uri)
-{
-  if (!parse(uri)) {
-    throw Error("Malformed URI: " + uri);
-  }
-}
-
-FaceUri::FaceUri(const char* uri)
-{
-  if (!parse(uri)) {
-    throw Error("Malformed URI: " + std::string(uri));
-  }
-}
-
-bool
-FaceUri::parse(const std::string& uri)
-{
-  m_scheme.clear();
-  m_host.clear();
-  m_isV6 = false;
-  m_port.clear();
-  m_path.clear();
-
-  static const boost::regex protocolExp("(\\w+\\d?)://([^/]*)(\\/[^?]*)?");
-  boost::smatch protocolMatch;
-  if (!boost::regex_match(uri, protocolMatch, protocolExp)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  m_scheme = protocolMatch[1];
-  const std::string& authority = protocolMatch[2];
-  m_path = protocolMatch[3];
-
-  // pattern for IPv6 address enclosed in [ ], with optional port number
-  static const boost::regex v6Exp("^\\[([a-fA-F0-9:]+)\\](?:\\:(\\d+))?$");
-  // pattern for Ethernet address in standard hex-digits-and-colons notation
-  static const boost::regex etherExp("^\\[((?:[a-fA-F0-9]{1,2}\\:){5}(?:[a-fA-F0-9]{1,2}))\\]$");
-  // pattern for IPv4-mapped IPv6 address, with optional port number
-  static const boost::regex v4MappedV6Exp("^\\[::ffff:(\\d+(?:\\.\\d+){3})\\](?:\\:(\\d+))?$");
-  // pattern for IPv4/hostname/fd/ifname, with optional port number
-  static const boost::regex v4HostExp("^([^:]+)(?:\\:(\\d+))?$");
-
-  if (authority.empty()) {
-    // UNIX, internal
-  }
-  else {
-    boost::smatch match;
-    m_isV6 = boost::regex_match(authority, match, v6Exp);
-    if (m_isV6 ||
-        boost::regex_match(authority, match, etherExp) ||
-        boost::regex_match(authority, match, v4MappedV6Exp) ||
-        boost::regex_match(authority, match, v4HostExp)) {
-      m_host = match[1];
-      m_port = match[2];
-    }
-    else {
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-
-  NFD_LOG_DEBUG("URI [" << uri << "] parsed into: " <<
-                m_scheme << ", " << m_host << ", " << m_port << ", " << m_path);
-  return true;
-}
-
-FaceUri::FaceUri(const boost::asio::ip::tcp::endpoint& endpoint)
-{
-  m_isV6 = endpoint.address().is_v6();
-  m_scheme = m_isV6 ? "tcp6" : "tcp4";
-  m_host = endpoint.address().to_string();
-  m_port = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(endpoint.port());
-}
-
-FaceUri::FaceUri(const boost::asio::ip::udp::endpoint& endpoint)
-{
-  m_isV6 = endpoint.address().is_v6();
-  m_scheme = m_isV6 ? "udp6" : "udp4";
-  m_host = endpoint.address().to_string();
-  m_port = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(endpoint.port());
-}
-
-FaceUri::FaceUri(const boost::asio::ip::tcp::endpoint& endpoint, const std::string& scheme)
-  : m_scheme(scheme)
-{
-  m_isV6 = endpoint.address().is_v6();
-  m_host = endpoint.address().to_string();
-  m_port = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(endpoint.port());
-}
-
-#ifdef HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS
-FaceUri::FaceUri(const boost::asio::local::stream_protocol::endpoint& endpoint)
-  : m_isV6(false)
-{
-  m_scheme = "unix";
-  m_path = endpoint.path();
-}
-#endif // HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS
-
-FaceUri
-FaceUri::fromFd(int fd)
-{
-  FaceUri uri;
-  uri.m_scheme = "fd";
-  uri.m_host = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(fd);
-  return uri;
-}
-
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBPCAP
-FaceUri::FaceUri(const ethernet::Address& address)
-  : m_isV6(true)
-{
-  m_scheme = "ether";
-  m_host = address.toString();
-}
-#endif // HAVE_LIBPCAP
-
-FaceUri
-FaceUri::fromDev(const std::string& ifname)
-{
-  FaceUri uri;
-  uri.m_scheme = "dev";
-  uri.m_host = ifname;
-  return uri;
-}
-
-} // namespace nfd
diff --git a/core/face-uri.hpp b/core/face-uri.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 17cda71..0000000
--- a/core/face-uri.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,214 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2014,  Regents of the University of California,
- *                      Arizona Board of Regents,
- *                      Colorado State University,
- *                      University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
- *                      Washington University in St. Louis,
- *                      Beijing Institute of Technology,
- *                      The University of Memphis
- *
- * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
- * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
- *
- * NFD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
- * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
- * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * NFD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
- * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
- * NFD, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#ifndef NFD_CORE_FACE_URI_H
-#define NFD_CORE_FACE_URI_H
-
-#include "common.hpp"
-
-namespace nfd {
-
-/** \brief represents the underlying protocol and address used by a Face
- *  \sa http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/FaceMgmt#FaceUri
- */
-class FaceUri
-{
-public:
-  class Error : public std::invalid_argument
-  {
-  public:
-    explicit
-    Error(const std::string& what)
-      : std::invalid_argument(what)
-    {
-    }
-  };
-
-  FaceUri();
-
-  /** \brief construct by parsing
-   *
-   *  \param uri scheme://host[:port]/path
-   *  \throw FaceUri::Error if URI cannot be parsed
-   */
-  explicit
-  FaceUri(const std::string& uri);
-
-  // This overload is needed so that calls with string literal won't be
-  // resolved to boost::asio::local::stream_protocol::endpoint overload.
-  explicit
-  FaceUri(const char* uri);
-
-  /// exception-safe parsing
-  bool
-  parse(const std::string& uri);
-
-public: // scheme-specific construction
-  /// construct tcp4 or tcp6 canonical FaceUri
-  explicit
-  FaceUri(const boost::asio::ip::tcp::endpoint& endpoint);
-
-  /// construct udp4 or udp6 canonical FaceUri
-  explicit
-  FaceUri(const boost::asio::ip::udp::endpoint& endpoint);
-
-  /// construct tcp canonical FaceUri with customized scheme
-  FaceUri(const boost::asio::ip::tcp::endpoint& endpoint, const std::string& scheme);
-
-#ifdef HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS
-  /// construct unix canonical FaceUri
-  explicit
-  FaceUri(const boost::asio::local::stream_protocol::endpoint& endpoint);
-#endif // HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS
-
-  /// create fd FaceUri from file descriptor
-  static FaceUri
-  fromFd(int fd);
-
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBPCAP
-  /// construct ether canonical FaceUri
-  explicit
-  FaceUri(const ethernet::Address& address);
-#endif // HAVE_LIBPCAP
-
-  /// create dev FaceUri from network device name
-  static FaceUri
-  fromDev(const std::string& ifname);
-
-public: // getters
-  /// get scheme (protocol)
-  const std::string&
-  getScheme() const;
-
-  /// get host (domain)
-  const std::string&
-  getHost() const;
-
-  /// get port
-  const std::string&
-  getPort() const;
-
-  /// get path
-  const std::string&
-  getPath() const;
-
-  /// write as a string
-  std::string
-  toString() const;
-
-public: // EqualityComparable concept
-  /// equality operator
-  bool
-  operator==(const FaceUri& rhs) const;
-
-  /// inequality operator
-  bool
-  operator!=(const FaceUri& rhs) const;
-
-private:
-  std::string m_scheme;
-  std::string m_host;
-  /// whether to add [] around host when writing string
-  bool m_isV6;
-  std::string m_port;
-  std::string m_path;
-
-  friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const FaceUri& uri);
-};
-
-inline
-FaceUri::FaceUri()
-  : m_isV6(false)
-{
-}
-
-inline const std::string&
-FaceUri::getScheme() const
-{
-  return m_scheme;
-}
-
-inline const std::string&
-FaceUri::getHost() const
-{
-  return m_host;
-}
-
-inline const std::string&
-FaceUri::getPort() const
-{
-  return m_port;
-}
-
-inline const std::string&
-FaceUri::getPath() const
-{
-  return m_path;
-}
-
-inline std::string
-FaceUri::toString() const
-{
-  std::ostringstream os;
-  os << *this;
-  return os.str();
-}
-
-inline bool
-FaceUri::operator==(const FaceUri& rhs) const
-{
-  return (m_scheme == rhs.m_scheme &&
-          m_host == rhs.m_host &&
-          m_isV6 == rhs.m_isV6 &&
-          m_port == rhs.m_port &&
-          m_path == rhs.m_path);
-}
-
-inline bool
-FaceUri::operator!=(const FaceUri& rhs) const
-{
-  return !(*this == rhs);
-}
-
-inline std::ostream&
-operator<<(std::ostream& os, const FaceUri& uri)
-{
-  os << uri.m_scheme << "://";
-  if (uri.m_isV6) {
-    os << "[" << uri.m_host << "]";
-  }
-  else {
-    os << uri.m_host;
-  }
-  if (!uri.m_port.empty()) {
-    os << ":" << uri.m_port;
-  }
-  os << uri.m_path;
-  return os;
-}
-
-} // namespace nfd
-
-#endif // NFD_CORE_FACE_URI_H
diff --git a/core/network-interface.hpp b/core/network-interface.hpp
index baaa85b..c5296a1 100644
--- a/core/network-interface.hpp
+++ b/core/network-interface.hpp
@@ -30,8 +30,14 @@
 
 #include <net/if.h>
 
+#include <ndn-cxx/util/ethernet.hpp>
+
 namespace nfd {
 
+namespace ethernet = ndn::util::ethernet;
+
+/** \brief contains information about a network interface
+ */
 class NetworkInterfaceInfo
 {
 public: