diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a8e6e47a87..ee9ae770e9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ build
 transport
 lib/*-build
 lib/checkpoint
-lib/detector
 lib/googletest
 lib/kokkos
 .emacs.desktop
diff --git a/ci/build_cpp.sh b/ci/build_cpp.sh
index 6207215553..ddb76f1d5b 100755
--- a/ci/build_cpp.sh
+++ b/ci/build_cpp.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ source_dir=${1}
 build_dir=${2}
 
 # Dependency versions, when fetched via git.
-detector_rev=master
 checkpoint_rev=develop
 
 if test "${VT_DOXYGEN_ENABLED:-0}" -eq 1
@@ -38,40 +37,11 @@ fi
 mkdir -p "${build_dir}"
 pushd "${build_dir}"
 
-if test -d "detector"
-then
-    rm -Rf detector
-fi
-
 if test -d "checkpoint"
 then
     rm -Rf checkpoint
 fi
 
-if test -d "${source_dir}/lib/detector"
-then
-    { echo "Detector already in lib... not downloading, building, and installing"; } 2>/dev/null
-else
-    if test "${VT_DOXYGEN_ENABLED:-0}" -eq 1
-    then
-        cd "${source_dir}/lib"
-        git clone -b "${detector_rev}" --depth 1 https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/detector.git
-        cd -
-    else
-      git clone -b "${detector_rev}" --depth 1 https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/detector.git
-      export DETECTOR=$PWD/detector
-      export DETECTOR_BUILD=${build_dir}/detector
-      mkdir -p "$DETECTOR_BUILD"
-      cd "$DETECTOR_BUILD"
-      mkdir build
-      cd build
-      cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR:-Ninja}" \
-            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$DETECTOR_BUILD/install" \
-            "$DETECTOR"
-      cmake --build . ${dashj} --target install
-    fi
-fi
-
 if test -d "${source_dir}/lib/checkpoint"
 then
     { echo "Checkpoint already in lib... not downloading, building, and installing"; } 2>/dev/null
@@ -91,7 +61,6 @@ else
         cd build
         cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR:-Ninja}" \
               -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$CHECKPOINT_BUILD/install" \
-              -Ddetector_DIR="$DETECTOR_BUILD/install" \
               "$CHECKPOINT"
         cmake --build . ${dashj} --target install
     fi
@@ -144,7 +113,6 @@ cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR:-Ninja}" \
       -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${CXX:-c++}" \
       -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${CC:-cc}" \
       -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS:-}" \
-      -Ddetector_DIR="$DETECTOR_BUILD/install" \
       -Dcheckpoint_DIR="$CHECKPOINT_BUILD/install" \
       -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:-}" \
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$VT_BUILD/install" \
diff --git a/ci/build_vt_sample.sh b/ci/build_vt_sample.sh
index 1d220e47aa..84c60a8ad2 100755
--- a/ci/build_vt_sample.sh
+++ b/ci/build_vt_sample.sh
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ then
     export VT=${source_dir}
     export VT_BUILD=${build_dir}/vt
     export VT_INSTALL=${VT_BUILD}/install
-    export DETECTOR=${build_dir}/detector
-    export CHECKPOINT=${DETECTOR}/build/checkpoint
+    export CHECKPOINT=${build_dir}/checkpoint/install
 
     cd "$VT_BUILD"
 
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ then
     cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR:-Ninja}" \
       -Dvt_DIR="${VT}" \
       -Dcheckpoint_DIR="${CHECKPOINT}" \
-      -Ddetector_DIR="${DETECTOR}" \
       -Dkokkos_DISABLE:BOOL=1 \
       -Dkokkos_kernels_DISABLE:BOOL=1 \
       -Dvt_trace_only="1" \
diff --git a/ci/ctest_build_all.sh b/ci/ctest_build_all.sh
index a0d83754e5..59fcc5fffd 100755
--- a/ci/ctest_build_all.sh
+++ b/ci/ctest_build_all.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ source_dir=${1}
 build_dir=${2}
 
 # Dependency versions, when fetched via git.
-detector_rev=master
 checkpoint_rev=develop
 
 if test "${VT_DOXYGEN_ENABLED:-0}" -eq 1
@@ -40,40 +39,11 @@ fi
 mkdir -p "${build_dir}"
 pushd "${build_dir}"
 
-if test -d "detector"
-then
-    rm -Rf detector
-fi
-
 if test -d "checkpoint"
 then
     rm -Rf checkpoint
 fi
 
-if test -d "${source_dir}/lib/detector"
-then
-    { echo "Detector already in lib... not downloading, building, and installing"; } 2>/dev/null
-else
-    if test "${VT_DOXYGEN_ENABLED:-0}" -eq 1
-    then
-        cd "${source_dir}/lib"
-        git clone -b "${detector_rev}" --depth 1 https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/detector.git
-        cd -
-    else
-      git clone -b "${detector_rev}" --depth 1 https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/detector.git
-      export DETECTOR=$PWD/detector
-      export DETECTOR_BUILD=${build_dir}/detector
-      mkdir -p "$DETECTOR_BUILD"
-      cd "$DETECTOR_BUILD"
-      mkdir build
-      cd build
-      cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR:-Ninja}" \
-            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$DETECTOR_BUILD/install" \
-            "$DETECTOR"
-      cmake --build . ${dashj} --target install
-    fi
-fi
-
 if test -d "${source_dir}/lib/checkpoint"
 then
     { echo "Checkpoint already in lib... not downloading, building, and installing"; } 2>/dev/null
@@ -93,7 +63,6 @@ else
         cd build
         cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR:-Ninja}" \
               -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$CHECKPOINT_BUILD/install" \
-              -Ddetector_DIR="$DETECTOR_BUILD/install" \
               "$CHECKPOINT"
         cmake --build . ${dashj} --target install
     fi
diff --git a/ci/ctest_job_script.cmake b/ci/ctest_job_script.cmake
index 7a592684b9..b6d354dc2f 100644
--- a/ci/ctest_job_script.cmake
+++ b/ci/ctest_job_script.cmake
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ set(configureOpts
     "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$ENV{CXX}"
     "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$ENV{CC}"
     "-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=$ENV{CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}"
-    "-Ddetector_DIR=$ENV{DETECTOR_BUILD}/install"
     "-Dcheckpoint_DIR=$ENV{CHECKPOINT_BUILD}/install"
     "-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$ENV{CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}"
     "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$ENV{VT_BUILD}/install"
diff --git a/cmake/link_vt.cmake b/cmake/link_vt.cmake
index e02c7a0651..b85f79dff0 100644
--- a/cmake/link_vt.cmake
+++ b/cmake/link_vt.cmake
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ function(link_target_with_vt)
     LINK_ZLIB
     LINK_FCONTEXT
     LINK_CHECKPOINT
-    LINK_DETECTOR
     LINK_CLI11
     LINK_DL
     LINK_ZOLTAN
@@ -194,15 +193,6 @@ function(link_target_with_vt)
     )
   endif()
 
-  if (NOT DEFINED ARG_LINK_DETECTOR AND ${ARG_DEFAULT_LINK_SET} OR ARG_LINK_DETECTOR)
-    if (${ARG_DEBUG_LINK})
-      message(STATUS "link_target_with_vt: detector=${ARG_LINK_DETECTOR}")
-    endif()
-    target_link_libraries(
-      ${ARG_TARGET} PUBLIC ${ARG_BUILD_TYPE} vt::lib::detector
-    )
-  endif()
-
   if (NOT DEFINED ARG_LINK_CLI11 AND ${ARG_DEFAULT_LINK_SET} OR ARG_LINK_CLI11)
     if (${ARG_DEBUG_LINK})
       message(STATUS "link_target_with_vt: cli11=${ARG_LINK_CLI11}")
diff --git a/cmake/load_local_packages.cmake b/cmake/load_local_packages.cmake
index ac98393db5..029d8bd96e 100644
--- a/cmake/load_local_packages.cmake
+++ b/cmake/load_local_packages.cmake
@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@
 
 include(cmake/local_package.cmake)
 
-if (EXISTS "${PROJECT_LIB_DIR}/detector")
-  add_subdirectory(${PROJECT_LIB_DIR}/detector)
-else()
-  # require directories for these packages
-  require_pkg_directory(detector "VT detector library")
-  # find these required packages locally
-  find_package_local(detector "${detector_DIR}" detector)
-endif()
-
 if (EXISTS "${PROJECT_LIB_DIR}/checkpoint")
   add_subdirectory(${PROJECT_LIB_DIR}/checkpoint)
 else()
diff --git a/cmake/load_packages.cmake b/cmake/load_packages.cmake
index b3c8eb05c7..01c60990e4 100644
--- a/cmake/load_packages.cmake
+++ b/cmake/load_packages.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 get_directory_property(projHasParent PARENT_DIRECTORY)
 
-# Local packages that VT depends on (detector/checkpoint)
+# Local packages that VT depends on: checkpoint
 include(cmake/load_local_packages.cmake)
 
 # MPI package
diff --git a/cmake/vtConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/vtConfig.cmake.in
index 357a389d9b..97a179750d 100644
--- a/cmake/vtConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/vtConfig.cmake.in
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 
 find_dependency(MPI REQUIRED)
 
-if (@detector_PACKAGE_LOADED@)
-  set (detector_DIR @detector_DIR@)
-  find_dependency(detector REQUIRED HINTS @detector_DIR@)
-endif()
-
 if (@checkpoint_PACKAGE_LOADED@)
   set (checkpoint_DIR @checkpoint_DIR@)
   find_dependency(checkpoint REQUIRED HINTS @checkpoint_DIR@)
diff --git a/docs/Doxyfile.in-mcss b/docs/Doxyfile.in-mcss
index aa8bc4751f..8d1fd5803e 100644
--- a/docs/Doxyfile.in-mcss
+++ b/docs/Doxyfile.in-mcss
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ M_LINKS_NAVBAR1 = \
 M_LINKS_NAVBAR2 = \
   "annotated" \
   "files" \
-  "<a href=\"https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/vt\">GitHub</a> <a href=\"https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/checkpoint\">Checkpoint</a> <a href=\"https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/detector\">Detector</a> <a href=\"https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/LB-analysis-framework\">LBAF</a> <a href=\"https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/checkpoint-member-analyzer\">Checkpoint Analyzer</a> <a href=\"https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/DARMA-tasking.github.io\">Documentation</a>"
+  "<a href=\"https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/vt\">GitHub</a> <a href=\"https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/checkpoint\">Checkpoint</a> <a href=\"https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/LB-analysis-framework\">LBAF</a> <a href=\"https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/checkpoint-member-analyzer\">Checkpoint Analyzer</a> <a href=\"https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/DARMA-tasking.github.io\">Documentation</a>"
 
 
 ALIASES += \
diff --git a/docs/md/building.md b/docs/md/building.md
index 77cea6e7d1..d47c2b7048 100644
--- a/docs/md/building.md
+++ b/docs/md/building.md
@@ -9,21 +9,19 @@ external dependencies come bundled with \vt for ease of compiling.
 To build \vt, one must obtain the following dependencies:
 
 \subsection required-deps Required
-  - detector,   (*vt* ecosystem)
   - checkpoint, (*vt* ecosystem)
   - MPI         (mpich/openmpi/mvapich/IBM Spectrum MPI/Cray MPICH/etc.)
 
 \subsection automatic-build-deps Automatically build dependencies
 
-Assuming MPI is installed and accessible via CC/CXX, the only other dependencies
-that are required are checkpoint and detector. The easiest way to get these
-built are to clone them inside `vt/lib`:
+Assuming MPI is installed and accessible via CC/CXX, the only other dependency
+that is required is checkpoint. The easiest way to get these
+built are to clone it inside `vt/lib`:
 
 ```bash
 $ git clone git@github.com:DARMA-tasking/vt
 $ cd vt/lib
 $ git clone git@github.com:DARMA-tasking/checkpoint
-$ git clone git@github.com:DARMA-tasking/detector
 ```
 
 With these in `vt/lib`, cmake will automatically build them and stitch them into
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ With these in `vt/lib`, cmake will automatically build them and stitch them into
 
 \subsection use-cmake-directly-vars Using cmake directly
 
-One may use `cmake` as normal on *vt*, with checkpoint and detector cloned in
+One may use `cmake` as normal on *vt*, with checkpoint cloned in
 `vt/lib` to compile them all together as explained above. The following are some
 custom configuration build options that can be provided to `cmake` to change the
 build configuration:
diff --git a/docs/md/mainpage.md b/docs/md/mainpage.md
index 270b84eb70..7583c0aa63 100644
--- a/docs/md/mainpage.md
+++ b/docs/md/mainpage.md
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ supercomputer architectures. The main public repositories are:
 | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
 | HPC Runtime                        | @m_span{m-text m-success} DARMA/vt @m_endspan (Virtual Transport)                                   | [Github](https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/vt) |
 | HPC Serialization                  | @m_span{m-text m-success} DARMA/checkpoint @m_endspan (Checkpointing and Serialization Library)     | [Github](https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/checkpoint) |
-| C++ trait detection and checking   | @m_span{m-text m-success} DARMA/detector @m_endspan (C++ trait detector)                            | [Github](https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/detector) |
 | HPC LB Simulator                   | @m_span{m-text m-success} DARMA/LBAF @m_endspan (Load Balancing Analysis Framework)                 | [Github](https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/LB-analysis-framework) |
 | HPC Serializer compiler analyzer   | @m_span{m-text m-success} DARMA/checkpoint-analyzer @m_endspan (Static verification of serializers) | [Github](https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/checkpoint-member-analyzer) |
 | Toolkit documentation              | @m_span{m-text m-success} DARMA/docs @m_endspan                                                     | [Docs](https://github.com/DARMA-tasking/DARMA-tasking.github.io) |
diff --git a/src/vt/topos/index/traits/traits.h b/src/vt/topos/index/traits/traits.h
index bd17a1248b..f6a7260f0c 100644
--- a/src/vt/topos/index/traits/traits.h
+++ b/src/vt/topos/index/traits/traits.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <string>
 
-#include "detector_headers.h"
+#include "checkpoint/detector.h"
 
 namespace vt { namespace index {
 
diff --git a/src/vt/vrt/collection/traits/coll_msg.h b/src/vt/vrt/collection/traits/coll_msg.h
index aeeb8afb2c..a3c7785c0b 100644
--- a/src/vt/vrt/collection/traits/coll_msg.h
+++ b/src/vt/vrt/collection/traits/coll_msg.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 #include "vt/config.h"
 
-#include "detector_headers.h"
+#include "checkpoint/detector.h"
 
 namespace vt { namespace vrt { namespace collection {