diff --git a/create_symlinks.py b/create_symlinks.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 3df7859..0000000
--- a/create_symlinks.py
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@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-import os
-import logging
-
-
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARN)
-
-home = os.path.abspath(os.environ['HOME'])
-path = os.path.join(home, '.dotfiles') 
-excludes = ['create_symlinks.py', 'delete_symlinks.py']
-
-"""
-    Recursivly create symbolic links for all files found beneath src_path to
-    dst_path. The directory structure will be created as needed.
-
-"""
-def symlink_rec(src_path, dst_path):
-    logging.debug("symlink_rec called with %s and %s" % 
-            (src_path, dst_path))
-    if not os.path.isdir(src_path):
-        raise Exception
-    for f in os.listdir(src_path):
-        if f.startswith('.'):
-            continue
-        if f not in excludes:
-            n_src_path = os.path.join(src_path, f)
-            if os.path.isdir(n_src_path):
-                logging.debug("Go down into %s" % (n_src_path))
-                n_dst_path = os.path.join(dst_path, f)
-                if not os.path.exists(n_dst_path):
-                    try:
-                        logging.warn("Make directory %s" % (n_dst_path))
-                        os.mkdir(n_dst_path)
-                    except Exception, msg:
-                        logging.error("Failed creating directory %s" % 
-                                (n_dst_path))
-                        logging.error(msg)
-                        return # abort or lower levels might fail too 
-                symlink_rec(n_src_path, n_dst_path)
-                logging.debug("Finished directory %s" % (n_src_path))
-            elif os.path.isfile(n_src_path):
-                n_dst_path = os.path.join(dst_path, f)
-                try:
-                    logging.warn("Symlinking %s to %s" % 
-                            (n_src_path, n_dst_path))
-                    os.symlink(n_src_path, n_dst_path)
-                except Exception, msg:
-                    logging.error("Failed to symlink %s to %s " % 
-                            (n_src_path, n_dst_path))
-                    logging.error(msg)
-
-
-"""
-    Create symbolic links from files in <path> to <home> with '.'-prefixed.
-    For directories in <path> will be '.'-prefixed created in <home> if 
-    needed and symlink_rec is called on them.
-
-"""
-for f in os.listdir(path):
-    print f
-    if f.startswith('.'):
-        continue
-    if f not in excludes:
-        src_path = os.path.join(path, f)
-        if os.path.isdir(src_path):
-            logging.debug("Go down into %s" % (src_path))
-            dst_path = os.path.join(home, '.' + f)
-            if not os.path.exists(dst_path):
-                try:
-                    logging.warn("Make directory %s" % (dst_path))
-                    os.mkdir(dst_path)
-                except Exception, msg:
-                    logging.error("Failed creating directory %s" % 
-                            (dst_path))
-                    logging.error(msg)
-            symlink_rec(src_path, dst_path)
-            logging.debug("Finished directory %s" % (src_path))
-        elif os.path.isfile(src_path):
-            dst_path = os.path.join(home, '.' + f)
-            try:
-                logging.warn("Symlinking %s to %s" % (src_path, dst_path))
-                os.symlink(src_path, dst_path)
-            except Exception, msg:
-                logging.error("Failed to symlink %s to %s " % 
-                        (src_path, dst_path))
-                logging.error(msg)
diff --git a/delete_symlinks.py b/delete_symlinks.py
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index 3db7917..0000000
--- a/delete_symlinks.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-import os
-import logging
-
-
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARN)
-
-home = os.path.abspath(os.environ['HOME'])
-path = os.path.join(home, '.dotfiles') 
-excludes = ['create_symlinks.py', 'delete_symlinks.py']
-
-"""
-    Recursivly delte symbolic links for all files found beneath src_path to
-    dst_path. 
-
-"""
-def symlink_rec(src_path, dst_path):
-    logging.debug("symlink_rec called with %s and %s" % 
-            (src_path, dst_path))
-    if not os.path.isdir(src_path):
-        raise Exception
-    for f in os.listdir(src_path):
-        if f.startswith('.'):
-            continue
-        if f not in excludes:
-            n_src_path = os.path.join(src_path, f)
-            if os.path.isdir(n_src_path):
-                n_dst_path = os.path.join(dst_path, f)
-                if not os.path.exists(n_dst_path):
-                    #nothing to do here
-                    continue
-                logging.debug("Go down into %s" % (n_src_path))
-                symlink_rec(n_src_path, n_dst_path)
-                logging.debug("Finished directory %s" % (n_src_path))
-            elif os.path.isfile(n_src_path):
-                n_dst_path = os.path.join(dst_path, f)
-                try:
-                    if not os.path.islink(n_dst_path):
-                        loggin.warn("Won't delete %s, not a symbolic link"
-                                % n_dst_path)
-                        continue
-                    logging.warn("Removing symbolic link %s" % 
-                            (n_dst_path))
-                    os.remove(n_dst_path)
-                except Exception, msg:
-                    logging.error("Failed to delete symlink %s" % 
-                            (n_dst_path))
-                    logging.error(msg)
-
-
-"""
-    Remove symbolic links from files in <path> to <home> with '.'-prefixed.
-    For directories in <path> the '.'-prefixed name will be searched in 
-    <home> for further symbolic links to delete.
-
-"""
-
-print "Do you really want to delete all symbolic links in %s to the files in %s ? (YES,No)" % (home, path)
-
-for f in os.listdir(path):
-    print f
-    if f.startswith('.'):
-        continue
-    if f not in excludes:
-        src_path = os.path.join(path, f)
-        if os.path.isdir(src_path):
-            logging.debug("Go down into %s" % (src_path))
-            dst_path = os.path.join(home, '.' + f)
-            if not os.path.exists(dst_path):
-                #nothing to delete in here
-                continue
-            symlink_rec(src_path, dst_path)
-            logging.debug("Finished directory %s" % (src_path))
-        elif os.path.isfile(src_path):
-            dst_path = os.path.join(home, '.' + f)
-            if not os.path.islink(dst_path):
-                logging.warn("Won't remove %s. Is not a symbolic link")
-                continue
-            try:
-                logging.warn("Remove %s" % (dst_path))
-                os.remove(dst_path)
-            except Exception, msg:
-                logging.error("Failed to remove %s to %s " % 
-                        (src_path, dst_path))
-                logging.error(msg)