diff --git a/common/include/villas/copyright.hpp b/common/include/villas/copyright.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 372d4ce84..000000000
--- a/common/include/villas/copyright.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/** Various helper functions.
- *
- * @file
- * @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
- * @copyright 2014-2019, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
- * @license GNU General Public License (version 3)
- *
- * VILLASnode
- *
- * 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
- * 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/>.
- *********************************************************************************/
-
-#pragma once
-
-namespace villas {
-
-/** Print copyright message to stdout. */
-void print_copyright();
-
-/** Print version to stdout. */
-void print_version();
-
-} // namespace villas
diff --git a/common/include/villas/exceptions.hpp b/common/include/villas/exceptions.hpp
index d31b2dab2..ca3c0c929 100644
--- a/common/include/villas/exceptions.hpp
+++ b/common/include/villas/exceptions.hpp
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@
 
 #include <villas/config.h>
 
-#ifdef WITH_CONFIG
-  #include <libconfig.h>
-#endif /* WITH_CONFIG */
-
 namespace villas {
 
 class SystemError : public std::system_error {
diff --git a/common/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/common/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 8307e8516..8ebe261a9 100644
--- a/common/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ add_library(villas-common SHARED
 	cpuset.cpp
 	terminal.cpp
 	version.cpp
-	copyright.cpp
 	common.cpp
 )
 
diff --git a/common/lib/copyright.cpp b/common/lib/copyright.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 0be4a4571..000000000
--- a/common/lib/copyright.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/** General purpose helper functions.
- *
- * @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
- * @copyright 2014-2019, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
- * @license GNU General Public License (version 3)
- *
- * VILLASnode
- *
- * 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
- * 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/>.
- *********************************************************************************/
-
-#include <iostream>
-
-#include <villas/copyright.hpp>
-#include <villas/colors.hpp>
-#include <villas/config.h>
-
-void villas::print_copyright()
-{
-	std::cout << PROJECT_NAME " " << CLR_BLU(PROJECT_BUILD_ID)
-	          << " (built on " CLR_MAG(__DATE__) " " CLR_MAG(__TIME__) ")" << std::endl
-	          << " Copyright 2014-2017, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC" << std::endl
-	          << " Steffen Vogel <StVogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>" << std::endl;
-}
-
-void villas::print_version()
-{
-	std::cout << PROJECT_BUILD_ID << std::endl;
-}