diff --git a/rclcpp_components/src/node_main.cpp b/rclcpp_components/src/node_main.cpp
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--- a/rclcpp_components/src/node_main.cpp
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-// Copyright 2016 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-#include <memory>
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-
-#include "class_loader/class_loader.hpp"
-#include "rclcpp/rclcpp.hpp"
-#include "rclcpp_components/node_factory.hpp"
-
-#define NODE_MAIN_LOGGER_NAME "node_main"
-
-int main(int argc, char * argv[])
-{
-  // Force flush of the stdout buffer.
-  setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, BUFSIZ);
-
-  auto args = rclcpp::init_and_remove_ros_arguments(argc, argv);
-  rclcpp::Logger logger = rclcpp::get_logger(NODE_MAIN_LOGGER_NAME);
-  rclcpp::executors::SingleThreadedExecutor exec;
-  rclcpp::NodeOptions options;
-  options.arguments(args);
-  std::vector<class_loader::ClassLoader *> loaders;
-  std::vector<rclcpp_components::NodeInstanceWrapper> node_wrappers;
-
-  std::vector<std::string> libraries = {
-    // all classes from libraries linked by the linker (rather then dlopen)
-    // are registered under the library_path ""
-    "",
-  };
-  for (auto library : libraries) {
-    RCLCPP_DEBUG(logger, "Loading library %s", library.c_str());
-    auto loader = new class_loader::ClassLoader(library);
-    auto classes = loader->getAvailableClasses<rclcpp_components::NodeFactory>();
-    for (auto clazz : classes) {
-      RCLCPP_DEBUG(logger, "Instantiate class %s", clazz.c_str());
-      auto node_factory = loader->createInstance<rclcpp_components::NodeFactory>(clazz);
-      auto wrapper = node_factory->create_node_instance(options);
-      auto node = wrapper.get_node_base_interface();
-      node_wrappers.push_back(wrapper);
-      exec.add_node(node);
-    }
-    loaders.push_back(loader);
-  }
-
-  exec.spin();
-
-  for (auto wrapper : node_wrappers) {
-    exec.remove_node(wrapper.get_node_base_interface());
-  }
-  node_wrappers.clear();
-
-  rclcpp::shutdown();
-
-  return 0;
-}