Veteran coach Gary Sutton wants no dramas after he became the first high-profile casualty of Cycling Australia's new high performance regime.
The women's track endurance coach confirmed that recently appointed high performance director Simon Jones has cut him from the national program.
"As I am not on social media, I ask all the cyclists current and retired, staff and family close to me not to post anything that is not positive," Sutton said in a statement.
"I would like us all to keep our standards high for the good of the sport."
Jones took over as high performance boss in the wake of Australian cycling's Rio Olympics disaster, where the medal haul was one silver and a bronze.
Sutton is a highly-respected coach and the women's team pursuit team won silver earlier this year at the world titles.
They also won the 2010 and 2015 world championships under Sutton.
But they finished out of the medals at the London and Rio Olympics.
In a campaign littered with woeful luck, the women's track endurance squad had a mass pile-up in training at the Rio velodrome, just before their competition and they finished fifth.
British cycling legend Victoria Pendleton gave an indication into Sutton's popularity as she discussed her spectacular fallout with his younger brother Shane.
Speaking about Shane Sutton's controversial resignation from his senior role at British Cycling last year, Pendleton said at the Rio Olympics: "I wish we had the older brother."
Sutton said his axing from the national program was "a very sad day".
"Following the excellent results with my very talented team at the recent world championships, I am naturally disappointed that I will not be part of their future success in Tokyo in 2020," he said.
