diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/lib/app.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/lib/app.ts
index 24411bfae6215..f3e7c6a90ff8a 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/lib/app.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/lib/app.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@ import fs = require('fs');
 import path = require('path');
 import { Stack } from './cloudformation/stack';
 import { Construct, MetadataEntry, PATH_SEP, Root } from './core/construct';
-import { ITaggable, TagManager } from './core/tag-manager';
 import { resolve } from './core/tokens';
 
 /**
  * Represents a CDK program.
  */
-export class App extends Root implements ITaggable {
-
-  public readonly tags: TagManager;
+export class App extends Root {
   /**
    * Initializes a CDK application.
    * @param request Optional toolkit request (e.g. for tests)
@@ -19,7 +16,6 @@ export class App extends Root implements ITaggable {
   constructor() {
     super();
     this.loadContext();
-    this.tags = new TagManager(this);
   }
 
   private get stacks() {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/lib/cloudformation/stack.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/lib/cloudformation/stack.ts
index 987910ad944fe..82cce8b4f1538 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/lib/cloudformation/stack.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/lib/cloudformation/stack.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import cxapi = require('@aws-cdk/cx-api');
 import { App } from '../app';
 import { Construct, PATH_SEP } from '../core/construct';
-import { ITaggable, TagManager, Tags } from '../core/tag-manager';
 import { resolve, Token } from '../core/tokens';
 import { Environment } from '../environment';
 import { CloudFormationToken } from './cloudformation-token';
@@ -23,18 +22,12 @@ export interface StackProps {
    * Optional. If not supplied, the HashedNamingScheme will be used.
    */
   namingScheme?: IAddressingScheme;
-
-  /**
-   * Tags for the Constructs of this stack
-   */
-  tags?: Tags;
 }
 
 /**
  * A root construct which represents a single CloudFormation stack.
  */
-export class Stack extends Construct implements ITaggable {
-
+export class Stack extends Construct {
   /**
    * Traverses the tree and looks up for the Stack root.
    * @param node A construct in the tree
@@ -99,11 +92,6 @@ export class Stack extends Construct implements ITaggable {
    */
   public readonly name: string;
 
-  /**
-   * Tag Manager for this Stack
-   */
-  public readonly tags: TagManager;
-
   /**
    * Creates a new stack.
    *
@@ -118,10 +106,6 @@ export class Stack extends Construct implements ITaggable {
 
     this.logicalIds = new LogicalIDs(props && props.namingScheme ? props.namingScheme : new HashedAddressingScheme());
     this.name = name || 'Stack';
-    const tags = props ? props.tags || {} : {};
-    this.tags = new TagManager(this, {
-      initialTags: tags,
-    });
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/test/cloudformation/test.stack.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/test/cloudformation/test.stack.ts
index c369289baaea8..8e27bc94f5818 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/test/cloudformation/test.stack.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/test/cloudformation/test.stack.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Test } from 'nodeunit';
-import { App, Condition, Construct, Include, ITaggable,
-  Output, Parameter, Resource, Root, Stack, TagManager, Token } from '../../lib';
+import { App, Condition, Construct, Include, Output, Parameter, Resource, Root, Stack, Token } from '../../lib';
 
 export = {
   'a stack can be serialized into a CloudFormation template, initially it\'s empty'(test: Test) {
@@ -190,30 +189,6 @@ export = {
 
     test.done();
   },
-  'Stack Tags can be propagated to children Contructs'(test: Test) {
-    // GIVEN
-
-    // default is propagate
-    const stack = new Stack(undefined, 'Name', {tags: {
-      TagKey: 'TagValue',
-    }});
-    stack.tags.setTag('TagKey2', 'TagValue2', { propagate: true });
-    // this tag basically disappears until we implement stack level tags
-    stack.tags.setTag('TagKey3', 'TagValue3', { propagate: false});
-
-    // WHEN
-
-    const taggedConstruct = new TaggableConstruct(stack, 'Taggable');
-
-    // THEN
-
-    test.deepEqual(taggedConstruct.tags.resolve(), [
-      {key: 'TagKey', value: 'TagValue'},
-      {key: 'TagKey2', value: 'TagValue2'},
-    ]);
-
-    test.done();
-  }
 };
 
 class StackWithPostProcessor extends Stack {
@@ -231,11 +206,3 @@ class StackWithPostProcessor extends Stack {
     return template;
   }
 }
-
-class TaggableConstruct extends Construct implements ITaggable {
-  public readonly tags: TagManager;
-  constructor(parent: Construct, name: string) {
-    super(parent, name);
-    this.tags = new TagManager(parent);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/test/test.app.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/test/test.app.ts
index 392e5ffa723db..177ac8682219d 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/test/test.app.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/test/test.app.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import fs = require('fs');
 import { Test } from 'nodeunit';
 import os = require('os');
 import path = require('path');
-import { Construct, ITaggable, Resource, Stack, StackProps, TagManager } from '../lib';
+import { Construct, Resource, Stack, StackProps } from '../lib';
 import { App } from '../lib/app';
 
 function withApp(context: { [key: string]: any } | undefined, block: (app: App) => void) {
@@ -266,31 +266,11 @@ export = {
 
     test.done();
   },
-  'App Tags can be propagated to all Stacks in the app'(test: Test) {
-    // Given
-
-    const app = new App();
-    app.tags.setTag('AppName', 'MyApp');
-
-    // WHEN
-    const stack = new Stack(app, 'MyStack');
-    const stack2 = new Stack(app, 'MyStack2');
-    const construct = new MyConstruct(stack, 'Mine');
-    const construct2 = new MyConstruct(stack2, 'Stack2');
-
-    // Then
-    test.deepEqual(construct.tags.resolve(), [{key: 'AppName', value: 'MyApp'}]);
-    test.deepEqual(construct2.tags.resolve(), [{key: 'AppName', value: 'MyApp'}]);
-    test.done();
-  },
 };
 
-class MyConstruct extends Construct implements ITaggable {
-  public readonly tags: TagManager;
-
+class MyConstruct extends Construct {
   constructor(parent: Construct, name: string) {
     super(parent, name);
-    this.tags = new TagManager(parent);
 
     new Resource(this, 'r1', { type: 'ResourceType1' });
     new Resource(this, 'r2', { type: 'ResourceType2', properties: { FromContext: this.getContext('ctx1') } });