diff --git a/scripts/import_single_file.bash b/scripts/import_single_file.bash
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index df8320f..0000000
--- a/scripts/import_single_file.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# this script is supposed to apply changes in /sync/{home,root}_external to /sync/{home,root}_external and thus to / resp. ~/
-# FIXME!!! WIP
-# FIXME!!! syncing root stuff not yet implemented
-# FIXME!!! user name/ group name/ home dir hard coded for now...
-
-externalDir=/sync/home_external/
-internalDir=/sync/home_internal/
-userHome=/home/fabian/
-user=fabian
-group=fabian
-if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
-   echo "Error. No file(s) for import given"
-   exit 1
-fi
-
-file="$(find $internalDir -name $1)"
-
-# if a file is merely changed, copy its content into the existing target directory
-if [[ -e "$file" ]]; then
-   echo "copying file content of $1 to $file"
-   cat $1 > $file
-   exit 0
-fi
-
-# if a new file/ dir is created, copy it into the $internalDir retaining the relative path
-# after that, copy/ hard link it to the $userHome directory and assign the correct user/ group
-# NOTE: one could solve that by having the same user + group on every system
-relPath="$(realpath --relative-to=$externalDir $1)" # should also contain the leaf name
-echo "new file/dir. relative path: $relPath"
-if [[ -f "$1" ]]; then
-   install -Dv $1 "$internalDir$relPath"
-else
-   mkdir -pv "$internalDir$relPath"
-fi
-cp -lrv "$internalDir$relPath" $userHome
-chown -v "$user:$group" "$userHome$relPath"
-exit 0
diff --git a/scripts/sync_general.sh b/scripts/sync_general.sh
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index 814bfc8..0000000
--- a/scripts/sync_general.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-shopt -s expand_aliases
-source /sync/home_internal/.bash_aliases # FSCLEANUP -> zum besseren testen
-# source /sync/home_external/.bash_aliases
-
-
-sync () {
-   dry_run=false
-   home_or_root=
-   update=true
-   in_to_ex=
-   while [[ $# > 0 ]]; do
-      case $1 in
-         -d | --dry      ) dry_run=true;    shift;;
-         -c | --checksum ) update=false;    shift;;
-         --in-to-ex      ) in_to_ex=true;   shift;;
-         --ex-to-in      ) in_to_ex=false;  shift;;
-         --dir           ) home_or_root=$2; shift 2;;
-         *               ) break ;; # Anything else stops command line processing.
-      esac
-   done
-
-   dir_external=/sync/${home_or_root}_external/
-   dir_internal=/sync/${home_or_root}_internal/
-   # dry-run
-   if [[ "$dry_run" == true ]]; then
-      ex_to_in=
-      in_to_ex=
-      update_or_default=
-      if [[ "$update" == true ]]; then
-         update_or_default='UPDATE'
-         ex_to_in=$(rsync_update $dir_external $dir_internal --dry-run)
-         in_to_ex=$(rsync_update $dir_internal $dir_external --dry-run)
-      else
-         update_or_default='DEFAULT'
-         ex_to_in=$(rsync_default $dir_external $dir_internal --dry-run)
-         in_to_ex=$(rsync_default $dir_internal $dir_external --dry-run)
-      fi
-      # use printf for displaying \n as newline correctly
-      printf "RSYNC ${update_or_default}: external -> internal:\n\n$ex_to_in\n\nRSYNC ${update_or_default}: internal -> external:\n\n$in_to_ex\n"
-      exit 0;
-   fi
-
-   # real deal
-   if [[ -z "$in_to_ex" ]]; then
-      echo "Error. No sync direction given."
-      exit 1;
-   fi
-
-   if [[ "$update" == true ]]; then
-      if [[ "$in_to_ex" == true ]]; then
-         rsync_update $dir_internal $dir_external
-      else
-         rsync_update $dir_external $dir_internal
-      fi
-      exit 0;
-   fi
-   if [[ "$in_to_ex" == true ]]; then
-      rsync_default $dir_internal $dir_external
-   else
-      rsync_default $dir_external $dir_internal
-   fi
-}
diff --git a/scripts/sync_home.sh b/scripts/sync_home.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5dad6d9..0000000
--- a/scripts/sync_home.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-source /sync/scripts/sync_general.sh
-
-sync --dir home $@
diff --git a/scripts/sync_root.sh b/scripts/sync_root.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ea7eb63..0000000
--- a/scripts/sync_root.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-source /sync/scripts/sync_general.sh
-
-sync --dir root $@