diff --git a/bin/dunecontrol b/bin/dunecontrol
index 66caf06afa53bdd8462815c9b4dc7c758d5284de..3604ec101a798312be43e625346f4bf3ee18dbee 100755
--- a/bin/dunecontrol
+++ b/bin/dunecontrol
@@ -594,7 +594,6 @@ run_default_configure () {
       # Translate the configure PARMS to cmake
       export PARAMS
       export CMAKE_PARAMS
-      module_translate_options_am2cmake $m $path/lib
 
       if test x$module = x$m; then continue; fi # skip myself
       name=$(eval "echo \$NAME_$m")
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c91e04d43cefc757a420daee6222c382a6bf584..0534cd8f96411a9bbee921ad29da90b59dc20e43 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-install(FILES dunemodules.lib dunecommonam2cmake.lib
+install(FILES dunemodules.lib
   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/../lib)
diff --git a/lib/dunecommonam2cmake.lib b/lib/dunecommonam2cmake.lib
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e1dbe918e03500c1f6673a793d40c0cc75bf39a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/dunecommonam2cmake.lib
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-# -*-sh-*-
-
-##########################################
-###
-### Function for converting configure options
-### to CMake options for dune-common
-###
-##########################################
-space=" "
-tab="	"
-BLANK="$space$tab"
-
-dune_common_options_am2cmake()
-{
-    # CMake Packages are case sensitive
-    # This is a list of packages whose names converted
-    # to lower case are used for configures
-    # --with-<package> or without-<package> options
-    #
-    CMAKE_PACKAGES="Inkscape GMP LAPACK UMFPack"
-
-    default_am2cmake_options $CMAKE_PACKAGES
-
-    # Check for --disable-parallel and deactivate MPI if given
-    echo $PARAMS | grep \\-\\-disable-parallel > /dev/null
-    if test "$?" -eq 0 ; then
-        CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_MPI=TRUE"
-    else
-        CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_MPI=FALSE"
-    fi
-
-    # Check for --disable-cxx11check
-    echo $PARAMS | grep \\-\\-disable-cxx11check > /dev/null
-    if test "$?" -eq 0 ; then
-        CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -DDISABLE_CXX11CHECK:BOOL=TRUE"
-    fi
-
-    # Check for --with-minimal-debug-level
-    local arg=`echo "$PARAMS"| grep \\\\--with-minimal-debug-level= | sed "s/.*--with-minimal-debug-level=\([^$BLANK]*\).*/\1/"`
-    if test "x$arg" != "x"; then
-        CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -DMINIMAL_DEBUG_LEVEL:String=$arg"
-    fi
-
-    #Check for --prefix
-    local arg=`echo "$PARAMS"| grep \\\\--prefix= | sed "s/.*--prefix=\([^$BLANK]*\).*/\1/"`
-    if test "x$arg" != "x"; then
-        CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$arg"
-    fi
-}
diff --git a/lib/dunemodules.lib b/lib/dunemodules.lib
index 3d7f2f27da218cab5f7c9d956c3ae81737c38612..ec07a3b626e04606150b1ad67eeb41d6e6622dfa 100644
--- a/lib/dunemodules.lib
+++ b/lib/dunemodules.lib
@@ -613,83 +613,3 @@ check_version() {
   fi
   return 1
 }
-
-#
-# Function that the translates options for configure
-# The arguments are the case sensitive cmake package names.
-# It is assumed that their lowercase version is used
-# for the autotools. This function either deactivates
-# a package using CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_<package>=TRUE
-# or passes th provided path using
-# the  <CMAKE_PACKAGE_ALL_UPPERCASE>_ROOT variable
-default_am2cmake_options(){
-    while test "$#" -gt 0; do
-        local package=$1
-        local lowercase=`tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' <<< $1`
-        local uppercase=`tr 'a-z' 'A-Z' <<< $1`
-        shift
-        if eval test \$"$lowercase"_processed ; then
-            continue
-        fi
-        export "$lowercase"_processed=1
-        # check for --without-$lowercase
-        echo $PARAMS | grep \\-\\-without-$lowercase > /dev/null
-        if test "$?" -eq 0 ; then
-            CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_$package=TRUE"
-            continue
-        fi
-        # process --with-$lowercase=<arg>
-        local arg=`echo $PARAMS| sed "s/.*--with-$lowercase=\([$NOBLANK]*\).*/\1/"`
-        local arg=`eval echo $arg` # expand tilde to prevent problems
-        if test "x$arg" = "xno"; then
-            CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_$package=TRUE"
-            continue
-        fi
-        if  test -d "$arg"; then
-            CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -D$uppercase""_ROOT=$arg"
-        fi
-    done
-    export CMAKE_PARAMS
-}
-
-
-# Default translation routine for libraries.
-# Arguments are the CMake package names.
-# Searches for --with-<package>lib=<library>
-# in the configure options and translates them
-# to -D<PACKAGE>_LIBRARY=<library>
-default_am2cmake_libraries(){
-    while test "$#" -gt 0; do
-        lib=$1
-        local lowercase=`tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' <<< $1`
-        local uppercase=`tr 'a-z' 'A-Z' <<< $1`
-        shift
-	if eval test \$"$lowercase"-lib_processed; then
-	    continue
-	fi
-	export "$lowercase"-lib_processed=1
-	term="s/.*--with-""$lowercase""-lib=\([$NOBLANK]*\).*/\1/"
-        arg=`echo "$PARAMS" | grep \\-\\-with-$lowercase | sed "$term"`
-	if test "x$arg" != "x"; then
-	    CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -D$uppercase""_LIBRARY=$arg"
-	fi
-    done
-}
-
-module_translate_options_am2cmake()
-{
-    local module=$1 # the module name
-    local path=$2 # where the sh libs reside
-
-    # Check whether the module provides a lib named
-    # <module-without-dashes>autotools2cmake.lib
-    local module_undashed=`echo $module | sed "s/[-_]//g"`
-    local libfile="$path/$module_undashed""am2cmake.lib"
-    if test -e "$libfile"; then
-        . $libfile
-        local module_underline=`echo $module | sed "s/-/_/g"`
-        eval "$module_underline"_options_am2cmake
-    else
-        echo "$libfile for converting options does not exist"
-    fi
-}