diff --git a/cmake/ACGCommon.cmake b/cmake/ACGCommon.cmake
index 2f0ecd2a79f92eb9b29eae8c3eb6587bd541d1ce..dcab028f4bf0b5e23f79add2c5314111562cd319 100644
--- a/cmake/ACGCommon.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ACGCommon.cmake
@@ -87,15 +87,6 @@ else ()
   set (ACG_PROJECT_BINDIR "bin")
 endif ()
 
-if( NOT APPLE )
-  # check 64 bit
-  if( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P MATCHES 4 )
-    set( HAVE_64_BIT 0 )
-  else( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P MATCHES 4 )
-    set( HAVE_64_BIT 1 )
-  endif( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P MATCHES 4 )
-endif (  NOT APPLE )
-
 # allow a project to modify the directories
 if (COMMAND acg_modify_project_dirs)
   acg_modify_project_dirs ()
@@ -115,24 +106,14 @@ macro (acg_set_target_props target)
       SKIP_BUILD_RPATH 0
     )
   elseif (APPLE AND NOT ACG_PROJECT_MACOS_BUNDLE)
-  if (NOT (CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION  LESS 3) )
-      # save rpath
-      set_target_properties (
-        ${target} PROPERTIES
-        INSTALL_RPATH "@executable_path/../${ACG_PROJECT_LIBDIR}"
-        MACOSX_RPATH 1
-        #BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH 1
-        SKIP_BUILD_RPATH 0
-      )  
-    else()
-      # save rpath via install name dir
-      set_target_properties (
-        ${target} PROPERTIES
-        INSTALL_NAME_DIR "@executable_path/../${ACG_PROJECT_LIBDIR}"
-        #BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH 1
-        SKIP_BUILD_RPATH 0
-      ) 
-    endif(NOT (CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION  LESS 3) )
+    # save rpath
+    set_target_properties (
+      ${target} PROPERTIES
+      INSTALL_RPATH "@executable_path/../${ACG_PROJECT_LIBDIR}"
+      MACOSX_RPATH 1
+      #BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH 1
+      SKIP_BUILD_RPATH 0
+    )  
   elseif (NOT APPLE)
 
     set_target_properties (
@@ -162,35 +143,6 @@ macro (acg_set var value)
     set (${var} ${value} CACHE INTERNAL "")
 endmacro ()
 
-# test for OpenMP
-macro (acg_openmp)
-  if (NOT OPENMP_NOTFOUND)
-        find_package(OpenMP)
-      if (OPENMP_FOUND)
-        set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS}")
-        set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_C_FLAGS}")
-        add_definitions(-DUSE_OPENMP)
-    else ()
-      set (OPENMP_NOTFOUND 1)
-    endif()
-  endif ()
-endmacro ()
-
-# test for FTGL
-macro (acg_ftgl)
-  find_package (Freetype)
-
-  if (FREETYPE_FOUND)
-    find_package (FTGL)
-
-    if (FTGL_FOUND)
-      add_definitions (-DUSE_FTGL)
-      include_directories (${FTGL_INCLUDE_DIR} ${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_freetype2})
-      set (FTGL_LIBS ${FREETYPE_LIBRARIES} ${FTGL_LIBRARIES})
-    endif ()
-  endif ()
-endmacro ()
-
 # append all files with extension "ext" in the "dirs" directories to "ret"
 # excludes all files starting with a '.' (dot)
 macro (acg_append_files ret ext)
@@ -206,22 +158,6 @@ macro (acg_append_files ret ext)
   endforeach ()
 endmacro ()
 
-# append all files with extension "ext" in the "dirs" directories and its subdirectories to "ret"
-# excludes all files starting with a '.' (dot)
-macro (acg_append_files_recursive ret ext)
-  foreach (_dir ${ARGN})
-    file (GLOB_RECURSE _files "${_dir}/${ext}")
-    foreach (_file ${_files})
-      get_filename_component (_filename ${_file} NAME)
-      if (_filename MATCHES "^[.]")
-	list (REMOVE_ITEM _files ${_file})
-      endif ()
-    endforeach ()
-    list (APPEND ${ret} ${_files})
-  endforeach ()
-endmacro ()
-
-
 # drop all "*T.cc" files from list
 macro (acg_drop_templates list)
   foreach (_file ${${list}})
@@ -252,18 +188,6 @@ function (acg_copy_after_build target src dst)
   endforeach ()
 endfunction ()
 
-# install the whole directory without svn files
-function (acg_install_dir src dst)
-  acg_unset (_files)
-  acg_get_files_in_dir (_files ${src})
-  foreach (_file ${_files})
-    get_filename_component (_file_PATH ${_file} PATH)
-    install(FILES "${src}/${_file}"
-      DESTINATION "${dst}/${_file_PATH}"
-    )
-  endforeach ()
-endfunction ()
-
 # extended version of add_executable that also copies output to out Build directory
 function (acg_add_executable _target)
   add_executable (${_target} ${ARGN})
diff --git a/cmake/ACGCompiler.cmake b/cmake/ACGCompiler.cmake
index 328157fe52bab93c210e69935adde507059a6b4d..140803f602facfb937987cfe0ad2dd52966d6167 100644
--- a/cmake/ACGCompiler.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ACGCompiler.cmake
@@ -67,15 +67,6 @@ if (UNIX)
   list(APPEND ADDITIONAL_C_RELEASE_FLAGS          "-DINCLUDE_TEMPLATES" )
   list(APPEND ADDITIONAL_C_RELWITHDEBINFO_FLAGS   "-DINCLUDE_TEMPLATES" )
  
-#  Deprecated setting. Remove in future release, as the default template depth 
-#  should be enough with state of the art compilers 
-#  # Increase the template depth as this might be exceeded from time to time
-#  IF( NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "SunOS*")
-#    list(APPEND ADDITIONAL_CXX_DEBUG_FLAGS          "-ftemplate-depth-100" )
-#    list(APPEND ADDITIONAL_CXX_RELEASE_FLAGS        "-ftemplate-depth-100" )
-#    list(APPEND ADDITIONAL_CXX_RELWITHDEBINFO_FLAGS "-ftemplate-depth-100" )  
-#  ENDIF()
-  
   ################################################################################
   # OS Defines
   ################################################################################  
@@ -197,10 +188,4 @@ if (UNIX)
     endif()
   endforeach()
 
-  #TODO : Test and remove it?!
-  IF( CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "SunOS*")
-    set (CMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE "-xO3")
-    set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-xO3")        
-  endif ( CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "SunOS*" ) 
-  
 endif ()