diff --git a/.txt b/.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks.go b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks.go
index 794b55168..698cde159 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks/github"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks/papertrail"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks/rollbar"
 )
 
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ type Webhooks struct {
 	Mandrill   *mandrill.MandrillWebhook
 	Rollbar    *rollbar.RollbarWebhook
 	Papertrail *papertrail.PapertrailWebhook
-	Particle   *particle.ParticleWebhook
 
 	srv *http.Server
 }
@@ -64,9 +62,6 @@ func (wb *Webhooks) SampleConfig() string {
 
   [inputs.webhooks.papertrail]
     path = "/papertrail"
-	
-   [inputs.webhooks.particle]
-      path = "/particle"
  `
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks_test.go b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks_test.go
index 1a5fa4aa1..6d3448870 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks/github"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks/papertrail"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks/rollbar"
 )
 
@@ -34,9 +33,4 @@ func TestAvailableWebhooks(t *testing.T) {
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(wb.AvailableWebhooks(), expected) {
 		t.Errorf("expected to be %v.\nGot %v", expected, wb.AvailableWebhooks())
 	}
-	wb.Particle = &particle.ParticleWebhook{Path: "/particle"}
-	expected = append(expected, wb.Particle)
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(wb.AvailableWebhooks(), expected) {
-		t.Errorf("expected to be %v.\nGot %v", expected, wb.AvailableWebhooks())
-	}
 }