diff --git a/libraries/base/common/src/vhdl/common_pkg.vhd b/libraries/base/common/src/vhdl/common_pkg.vhd
index b9c99ada42440cd53ed0ebecde38510bf152ff1d..089a9a669d63b5f440f283181d6d6365e511eaa0 100644
--- a/libraries/base/common/src/vhdl/common_pkg.vhd
+++ b/libraries/base/common/src/vhdl/common_pkg.vhd
@@ -403,6 +403,13 @@ PACKAGE common_pkg IS
 
   FUNCTION nat_arr_to_concat_slv(nat_arr: t_natural_arr; nof_elements: NATURAL) RETURN STD_LOGIC_VECTOR;
 
+  -- Function to create the lookup_table
+  FUNCTION func_create_look_up_table_cos(N : POSITIVE; W : POSITIVE) RETURN t_nat_integer_arr;
+  FUNCTION func_create_look_up_table_sin(N : POSITIVE; W : POSITIVE) RETURN t_nat_integer_arr;
+  
+  -- Function to sum all values in the lookup table, to determine the DC value
+  FUNCTION func_sum_look_up_table(table : t_nat_integer_arr) RETURN INTEGER;
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   -- Component specific functions
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2059,6 +2066,35 @@ PACKAGE BODY common_pkg IS
     END LOOP;
     RETURN v_concat_slv;
   END;
+
+  
+  FUNCTION func_create_look_up_table_cos(N : POSITIVE; W : POSITIVE) RETURN t_nat_integer_arr IS
+    VARIABLE table : t_nat_integer_arr(N-1 DOWNTO 0);
+  BEGIN 
+    FOR I IN 0 TO N-1 LOOP
+      table(I) := INTEGER(ROUND(REAL(2**(W-1)-1)*COS(2.0*MATH_PI*REAL(I)/REAL(N)))); 
+    END LOOP;
+    RETURN table; 
+  END; 
+
+  FUNCTION func_create_look_up_table_sin(N : POSITIVE; W : POSITIVE) RETURN t_nat_integer_arr IS
+    VARIABLE table : t_nat_integer_arr(N-1 DOWNTO 0);
+  BEGIN 
+    FOR I IN 0 TO N-1 LOOP
+      table(I) := INTEGER(ROUND(REAL(2**(W-1)-1)*SIN(2.0*MATH_PI*REAL(I)/REAL(N)))); 
+    END LOOP;
+    RETURN table; 
+  END; 
+ 
+  FUNCTION func_sum_look_up_table(table : t_nat_integer_arr) RETURN INTEGER IS
+    VARIABLE dc : INTEGER := 0;
+  BEGIN 
+    FOR I IN table'RANGE LOOP
+      dc := dc + table(I); 
+    END LOOP;
+    RETURN dc; 
+  END; 
+  
    
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   -- common_fifo_*  
diff --git a/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/hdllib.cfg b/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/hdllib.cfg
index 23c5e0df675d8696e6afabf4cb51bb51d476987c..71d8a8468533b9c9033d5c07f2567df7d06dfec8 100644
--- a/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/hdllib.cfg
+++ b/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/hdllib.cfg
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ hdl_lib_uses_sim =
 hdl_lib_technology = 
 
 synth_files =
-    src/vhdl/fringe_stop_pkg.vhd 
     src/vhdl/fringe_stop_unit.vhd 
     
 test_bench_files = 
diff --git a/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/src/vhdl/fringe_stop_pkg.vhd b/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/src/vhdl/fringe_stop_pkg.vhd
deleted file mode 100644
index acff06f14679ccc5a239285da3ee5f5ec43f18d8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/src/vhdl/fringe_stop_pkg.vhd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
--- Copyright (C) 2014
--- ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy) <http://www.astron.nl/>
--- JIVE (Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe) <http://www.jive.nl/>
--- P.O.Box 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
---
--- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
--- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
--- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
--- (at your option) any later version.
---
--- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
--- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
--- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
--- GNU General Public License for more details.
---
--- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
--- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
---
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-LIBRARY IEEE, common_lib;
-USE IEEE.STD_LOGIC_1164.ALL;
-USE IEEE.MATH_REAL.ALL;
-USE common_lib.common_pkg.ALL; 
-
-PACKAGE fringe_stop_pkg IS  
-  
-  -- Function to create the lookup_table
-  FUNCTION func_create_look_up_table_cos(N : POSITIVE; W : POSITIVE) RETURN t_nat_integer_arr;
-  FUNCTION func_create_look_up_table_sin(N : POSITIVE; W : POSITIVE) RETURN t_nat_integer_arr;
-  
-  -- Function to sum all values in the lookup table, to determine the DC value
-  FUNCTION func_sum_look_up_table(table : t_nat_integer_arr) RETURN INTEGER;
-  
-END fringe_stop_pkg;
-
-PACKAGE BODY fringe_stop_pkg IS
-
-  FUNCTION func_create_look_up_table_cos(N : POSITIVE; W : POSITIVE) RETURN t_nat_integer_arr IS
-    VARIABLE table : t_nat_integer_arr(N-1 DOWNTO 0);
-  BEGIN 
-    FOR I IN 0 TO N-1 LOOP
-      table(I) := INTEGER(ROUND(REAL(2**(W-1)-1)*COS(2.0*MATH_PI*REAL(I)/REAL(N)))); 
-    END LOOP;
-    RETURN table; 
-  END; 
-
-  FUNCTION func_create_look_up_table_sin(N : POSITIVE; W : POSITIVE) RETURN t_nat_integer_arr IS
-    VARIABLE table : t_nat_integer_arr(N-1 DOWNTO 0);
-  BEGIN 
-    FOR I IN 0 TO N-1 LOOP
-      table(I) := INTEGER(ROUND(REAL(2**(W-1)-1)*SIN(2.0*MATH_PI*REAL(I)/REAL(N)))); 
-    END LOOP;
-    RETURN table; 
-  END; 
- 
-  FUNCTION func_sum_look_up_table(table : t_nat_integer_arr) RETURN INTEGER IS
-    VARIABLE dc : INTEGER := 0;
-  BEGIN 
-    FOR I IN table'RANGE LOOP
-      dc := dc + table(I); 
-    END LOOP;
-    RETURN dc; 
-  END; 
-  
-END fringe_stop_pkg;
-
-
-
diff --git a/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/src/vhdl/fringe_stop_unit.vhd b/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/src/vhdl/fringe_stop_unit.vhd
index 46af6b67a72d6f00db7e0f8208024585b5c7d2bf..9fab8cc04d7058fefd0223c504797747363755b8 100644
--- a/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/src/vhdl/fringe_stop_unit.vhd
+++ b/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/src/vhdl/fringe_stop_unit.vhd
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ USE common_lib.common_pkg.ALL;
 USE common_lib.common_mem_pkg.ALL;
 USE technology_lib.technology_select_pkg.ALL;
 USE dp_lib.dp_stream_pkg.ALL;
-USE work.fringe_stop_pkg.ALL;
 
 
 ENTITY fringe_stop_unit IS
diff --git a/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/tb/vhdl/tb_fringe_stop_unit.vhd b/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/tb/vhdl/tb_fringe_stop_unit.vhd
index 7c538e156f0df73f3f2c5fefc64b354ef829f629..8b4a0f62d3677ad72470b299ffa509e0cf3bb693 100644
--- a/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/tb/vhdl/tb_fringe_stop_unit.vhd
+++ b/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/tb/vhdl/tb_fringe_stop_unit.vhd
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ USE mm_lib.mm_file_unb_pkg.ALL;
 USE mm_lib.mm_file_pkg.ALL;
 USE dp_lib.dp_stream_pkg.ALL; 
 USE diag_lib.diag_pkg.ALL;    
-USE work.fringe_stop_pkg.ALL;
 
 
 ENTITY tb_fringe_stop_unit IS 
diff --git a/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/tb/vhdl/tb_mmf_fringe_stop_unit.vhd b/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/tb/vhdl/tb_mmf_fringe_stop_unit.vhd
index bb6462a9b7a125ed9d84301c65adb948a76b2489..11903f0d75fd4e78c66987a5a540425480b0d2e5 100644
--- a/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/tb/vhdl/tb_mmf_fringe_stop_unit.vhd
+++ b/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/tb/vhdl/tb_mmf_fringe_stop_unit.vhd
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ USE technology_lib.technology_select_pkg.ALL;
 USE mm_lib.mm_file_unb_pkg.ALL;
 USE mm_lib.mm_file_pkg.ALL;
 USE dp_lib.dp_stream_pkg.ALL;
-USE work.fringe_stop_pkg.ALL;
 
 
 ENTITY tb_mmf_fringe_stop_unit IS
diff --git a/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/tb/vhdl/tb_tb_fringe_stop_unit.vhd b/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/tb/vhdl/tb_tb_fringe_stop_unit.vhd
index 25b04aee3c6406ff2d587d110b9c0cc829927a9f..b9597b72f8bb472079d9736f68312a3b4a281b8e 100644
--- a/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/tb/vhdl/tb_tb_fringe_stop_unit.vhd
+++ b/libraries/dsp/fringe_stop/tb/vhdl/tb_tb_fringe_stop_unit.vhd
@@ -31,19 +31,6 @@
 
 LIBRARY IEEE, common_lib, technology_lib, mm_lib, diag_lib, dp_lib;
 USE IEEE.std_logic_1164.ALL;
-USE IEEE.numeric_std.ALL;
-USE common_lib.common_pkg.ALL;
-USE common_lib.common_mem_pkg.ALL;
-USE common_lib.common_str_pkg.ALL;
-USE common_lib.tb_common_pkg.ALL;
-USE common_lib.tb_common_mem_pkg.ALL;
-USE technology_lib.technology_select_pkg.ALL;
-USE mm_lib.mm_file_unb_pkg.ALL;
-USE mm_lib.mm_file_pkg.ALL;
-USE dp_lib.dp_stream_pkg.ALL; 
-USE diag_lib.diag_pkg.ALL;    
-USE work.fringe_stop_pkg.ALL;
-
 
 ENTITY tb_tb_fringe_stop_unit IS 
 END tb_tb_fringe_stop_unit;