diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 570cfea27aff5228bbd585735b7b73346364fcf3..a4a1d38ad083e00ec30214b093c74a4f3a10351a 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 3rdparty/zoid/daemon.2cores/init.c.sema -text
 3rdparty/zoid/daemon.2cores/init.c.signal -text
 3rdparty/zoid/daemon.2cores/zoid.map -text
-Appl/CMakeLists.txt -text
 CEP/BB/BBSControl/include/BBSControl/GlobalSolveController.h -text
 CEP/BB/BBSControl/include/BBSControl/LocalSolveController.h -text
 CEP/BB/BBSControl/include/BBSControl/NoiseStep.h -text
diff --git a/Appl/CMakeLists.txt b/Appl/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a9d16b115fda7fdcd99a5b17d40d6adde3857913..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Appl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-
-## ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-## Project characteristics
-
-project (Appl)
-
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.5)
-
-## ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-## Set CMAKE_MODULE_PATH to load custom CMake modules
-
-if (NOT HAVE_USG_ROOT)
-if (NOT USG_ROOT)
-find_path (USG_ROOT cmake/CMakeSettings.cmake
-  PATHS 
-  ${Appl_SOURCE_DIR}
-  ${Appl_SOURCE_DIR}/..
-  ${Appl_SOURCE_DIR}/../..
-  ${Appl_SOURCE_DIR}/../../..
-  $ENV{LOFARSOFT}
-  )
-
-if (USG_ROOT)
-  include (${USG_ROOT}/cmake/CMakeSettings.cmake)
-else (USG_ROOT)
-  message (FATAL_ERROR "Unable to locate additional CMake scripts!")
-endif (USG_ROOT)
-endif (NOT USG_ROOT)
-endif (NOT HAVE_USG_ROOT)
-
-## ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-## Additional CMake modules
-
-include (CheckIncludeFiles)
-include (CheckLibraryExists)
-include (CheckTypeSize)
-include (CTest)
-enable_testing()
-
-## ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-## Check system libraries
-
-check_include_files (sys/socket.h  HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H )
-check_include_files (sys/types.h   HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H  )
-check_include_files (unistd.h      HAVE_UNISTD_H     )
-check_include_files (stdarg.h      HAVE_STDARG_H     )
-check_include_files (time.h        HAVE_TIME_H       )
-check_include_files (stdio.h       HAVE_STDIO_H      )
-check_include_files (netinet/in.h  HAVE_NETINET_IN_H )
-
-if (HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H)
-  check_type_size ("uint" HAVE_UINT)
-  if (HAVE_UINT)
-    add_definitions (-DHAVE_UINT)
-  endif (HAVE_UINT)
-  ##
-  check_type_size ("long" HAVE_LONG)
-  if (HAVE_LONG)
-    add_definitions (-DHAVE_LONG)
-  endif (HAVE_LONG)
-  ##
-  check_type_size ("long long" HAVE_LONGLONG)
-  if (HAVE_LONGLONG)
-    add_definitions (-DHAVE_LONGLONG)
-  endif (HAVE_LONGLONG)
-  ##
-  check_type_size ("ushort" HAVE_USHORT)
-  if (HAVE_USHORT)
-    add_definitions (-DHAVE_USHORT)
-  endif (HAVE_USHORT)
-else (HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H)
-  message (STATUS "Unable to find sys/types.h")
-endif (HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H)
-
-## ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-## Commonly used configuration files
-
-set (Appl_config ${Appl_BINARY_DIR}/lofar_config.h)
-
-file (WRITE ${Appl_config} "/* lofar_config.h --  Generated by CMake. */\n\n")
-
-include_directories (${Appl_BINARY_DIR})
-
-## ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-## Directories to be included in the build
-
-add_subdirectory (ApplCommon)
-add_subdirectory (CEP)
-#add_subdirectory (USG)
diff --git a/Appl/lofarconf.in b/Appl/lofarconf.in
deleted file mode 100644
index f27bd638d6142aa8cd02d5b2a33e33e15c5fc148..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Appl/lofarconf.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-CEP
diff --git a/Appl/package.dox b/Appl/package.dox
deleted file mode 100644
index f6f0899768295e844c20a0cfdca360a01d4603c0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Appl/package.dox
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-/**
-
-\ingroup LOFAR
-\defgroup Appl LOFAR Applications
-
-%LOFAR Applications contains the packages with applications that will be
-deployed to operate %LOFAR.
-
-*/