diff --git a/build_configs/buildconfig_arch b/build_configs/buildconfig_arch
deleted file mode 100644
index b0a6494db8715e33c8f0ae7a2f9cfb63c2f97392..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/build_configs/buildconfig_arch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-set(PYTHON_BINARY "/usr/bin/python2"  CACHE PATH "")
diff --git a/build_configs/buildconfig_arch_clang b/build_configs/buildconfig_arch_clang
deleted file mode 100644
index b77971c56aca6baa9ac12ce82dfa4e6344c309bf..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/build_configs/buildconfig_arch_clang
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-set(PYTHON_BINARY "/usr/bin/python2"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "/usr/bin/clang" CACHE PATH "")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "/usr/bin/clang++" CACHE PATH "")
-set(CMAKE_AR "/usr/bin/llvm-ar" CACHE PATH "")
-set(CMAKE_LINKER "/usr/bin/llvm-ld" CACHE PATH "")
-set(CMAKE_NM "/usr/bin/llvm-inm" CACHE PATH "")
-set(CMAKE_OBJDUMP "/usr/bin/llvm-objdump" CACHE PATH "")
-set(CMAKE_RANLIB "/usr/bin/llvm-ranlib" CACHE PATH "")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-Wno-array-bounds -pthread -O3 -DNDEBUG -Wno-parentheses -Wno-constant-logical-operand -fcolor-diagnostics" CACHE STRING "")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-Wno-array-bounds -g -pthread -Wno-parentheses -Wno-constant-logical-operand -fcolor-diagnostics" CACHE STRING "")
diff --git a/build_configs/buildconfig_arch_static b/build_configs/buildconfig_arch_static
deleted file mode 100644
index 15c3ef31600755c4b217e623492e06b58bb44b5e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/build_configs/buildconfig_arch_static
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-set(PYTHON_BINARY "/usr/bin/python2"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(ZLIB_LIBRARY "/usr/lib/libz.a"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(PNG_LIBRARY "/usr/lib/libpng12.a"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(FFTW_LIBRARIES "/usr/lib/libfftw3f.a"  CACHE PATH "")
diff --git a/build_configs/buildconfig_bc2_locallibs b/build_configs/buildconfig_bc2_locallibs
deleted file mode 100644
index fbc7a614754b8fba6a35957ba4d71bbb4061380d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/build_configs/buildconfig_bc2_locallibs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-set(FFTW_INCLUDE_PATH "/import/bc2/soft/app/FFTW/current/Linux/include/" CACHE PATH "")
-set(FFTW_LIBRARIES "/import/bc2/soft/app/FFTW/current/Linux/lib/libfftw3f.so"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(Boost_COMPILER "-gcc41"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(PYTHON_ROOT "/import/bc2/soft/app/Python/current/Linux/"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(EIGEN2_INCLUDE_DIR "/import/bc2/soft/app/eigen/current/Linux/include/eigen2" CACHE PATH "")
-set(BOOST_ROOT "/import/bc2/soft/app/boost/current/Linux"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE "/import/bc2/soft/app/Qt/current/Linux/bin/qmake" CACHE PATH "")
-set(COMPOUND_LIB "/import/bc2/home/schwede/GROUP/OpenStructure/ChemLib/compounds.chemlib" CACHE PATH "")
-set(TIFF_LIBRARY "${OST_LOCAL_LIBS}/lib/libtiff.so"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(TIFF_INCLUDE_DIR "${OST_LOCAL_LIBS}/include/" CACHE PATH "")
-set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE PATH "")
diff --git a/build_configs/buildconfig_bc2_static_locallibs b/build_configs/buildconfig_bc2_static_locallibs
deleted file mode 100644
index c4ac3df6f76cfc58b2bfc41e5afcdb6a41edfddf..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/build_configs/buildconfig_bc2_static_locallibs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-set(FFTW_INCLUDE_PATH "/import/bc2/soft/app/FFTW/current/Linux/include/" CACHE PATH "")
-set(FFTW_LIBRARIES "/import/bc2/soft/app/FFTW/current/Linux/lib/libfftw3f.a"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(DL_LIBRARIES "/usr/lib64/libdl.a"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(PTHREAD_LIBRARIES "/usr/lib64/libpthread.a"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(ZLIB_LIBRARY "/usr/lib64/libz.a"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(Boost_COMPILER "-gcc41"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(PYTHON_ROOT "/import/bc2/soft/app/Python/current/Linux/"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(EIGEN2_INCLUDE_DIR "/import/bc2/soft/app/eigen/current/Linux/include/eigen2" CACHE PATH "")
-set(QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE "/import/bc2/soft/app/Qt/current/Linux/bin/qmake" CACHE PATH "")
-set(COMPOUND_LIB "/import/bc2/home/schwede/GROUP/OpenStructure/ChemLib/compounds.chemlib" CACHE PATH "")
-set(TIFF_LIBRARY "${OST_LOCAL_LIBS}/lib/libtiff.a"  CACHE PATH "")
-set(TIFF_INCLUDE_DIR "${OST_LOCAL_LIBS}/include/" CACHE PATH "")
-set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE PATH "")