diff --git a/Start_RetroShare-Gui_Debug.bat b/Start_RetroShare-Gui_Debug.bat
deleted file mode 100755
index 38680ccef..000000000
--- a/Start_RetroShare-Gui_Debug.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-set QTDIR=C:\Qt\5.5\mingw492_32
-set LIBS=..\libs
-set RSPATH=.\retroshare-gui\src\debug
-
-set PATH=%QTDIR%\bin;%LIBS%\bin;%PATH%
-
-If not exist %RSPATH%\retroshare.exe (
-  build-all-mingw32make.bat
-)
-
-%RSPATH%\retroshare.exe
diff --git a/build-all-mingw32make.bat b/build-all-mingw32make.bat
deleted file mode 100755
index 49eebe687..000000000
--- a/build-all-mingw32make.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,217 +0,0 @@
-set QTDIR=C:\Qt\5.5\mingw492_32\
-set MINGW=C:\Qt\Tools\mingw492_32
-
-set PATH=%QTDIR%\bin;%MINGW%\bin;%PATH%
-set DEBUG=1
-
-@echo off
-rem emptying used variables in case the script was aborted and tempfile
-set pack=
-set clean=
-set errorlevel=
-if exist tmp.txt del tmp.txt
-
-
-:loop1
-if %1x == x (
-    rem if not exist tmp.txt echo debug >>tmp.txt
-    goto :end1
-)
-if /i %1==clean (
-    set clean=clean
-    shift
-    goto :loop1 
-)
-if /i %1==pack (
-    set pack=pack
-    shift
-    goto :loop1 
-)
-echo.%1>>tmp.txt
-shift
-goto :loop1
-
-:end1
-if %clean%x==cleanx (
-    if not exist tmp.txt echo %clean% >>tmp.txt
-)
-
-if not exist tmp.txt (
-	if not %pack%x==packx (
-		echo debug >>tmp.txt
-		set clean=clean
-	)
-)
-
-for /f %%a in (tmp.txt) do (
-if ECHO==1 @echo on
-
-
-
-
-rem TODO: Remove these lines
-rem GOTO :retroshare-gui
-
-
-
-
-:libbitdht
-rem ###################################
-rem ### libbitdht #####################
-rem ###################################
-cd libbitdht\src
-
-if not %clean%x==x mingw32-make clean 
-
-qmake libbitdht.pro
-CALL :TEST_ERROR
-
-mingw32-make %%a
-CALL :TEST_ERROR
-echo ###################################
-echo ### libbitdht done ################
-echo ###################################
-cd ..\..
-
-:openpgpsdk
-rem ###################################
-rem ### openpgpsdk ####################
-rem ###################################
-cd openpgpsdk\src
-
-if not %clean%x==x mingw32-make clean 
-
-qmake openpgpsdk.pro
-CALL :TEST_ERROR
-
-mingw32-make
-CALL :TEST_ERROR
-echo ###################################
-echo ### openpgpsdk done ###############
-echo ###################################
-cd ..\..
-
-:libresapi
-rem ###################################
-rem ### libresapi #####################
-rem ###################################
-cd libresapi\src
-
-if not %clean%x==x mingw32-make clean 
-
-qmake libresapi.pro
-CALL :TEST_ERROR
-
-mingw32-make %%a
-CALL :TEST_ERROR
-echo ###################################
-echo ### libresapi done ################
-echo ###################################
-cd ..\..
-
-:libretroshare
-rem ###################################
-rem ### libretroshare #################
-rem ###################################
-cd libretroshare\src
-
-if not %clean%x==x mingw32-make clean 
-
-qmake libretroshare.pro  "CONFIG+=version_detail_bash_script"
-CALL :TEST_ERROR
-
-mingw32-make %%a
-CALL :TEST_ERROR
-echo ###################################
-echo ### libretroshare done ############
-echo ###################################
-cd ..\..
-
-:pegmarkdown
-rem ###################################
-rem ### pegmarkdown ###################
-rem ###################################
-cd supportlibs\pegmarkdown
-
-if not %clean%x==x mingw32-make clean 
-
-qmake pegmarkdown.pro
-CALL :TEST_ERROR
-
-mingw32-make %%a
-CALL :TEST_ERROR
-echo ###################################
-echo ### pegmarkdown done ##############
-echo ###################################
-cd ..\..
-
-:retroshare-nogui
-rem ###################################
-rem ### retroshare-nogui ##############
-rem ###################################
-cd retroshare-nogui\src
-
-if not %clean%x==x mingw32-make clean 
-
-qmake retroshare-nogui.pro
-CALL :TEST_ERROR
-
-mingw32-make %%a
-CALL :TEST_ERROR
-echo ###################################
-echo ### retroshare-nogui done #########
-echo ###################################
-cd ..\..
-
-:retroshare-gui
-rem ###################################
-rem ### retroshare-gui ################
-rem ###################################
-cd retroshare-gui\src
-
-if not %clean%x==x mingw32-make clean
-
-rem qmake -r -spec ..\mkspecs\win32-g++ "CONFIG+=version_detail_bash_script" retroshare-gui.pro
-qmake retroshare-gui.pro "CONFIG+=version_detail_bash_script"
-CALL :TEST_ERROR
-
-mingw32-make %%a
-CALL :TEST_ERROR
-echo ###################################
-echo ### retroshare-gui done ###########
-echo ###################################
-
-cd ..\..
-@echo off
-)
-
-
-@echo off
-if %pack%x==packx call packaging.bat
-rem ###################################
-rem ### clean up ######################
-rem ###################################
-set clean=
-del tmp.txt
-set pack=
-pause
-
-rem ###################################
-rem ### END ###########################
-rem ###################################
-GOTO :EOF
-
-
-:TEST_ERROR
-@echo off
-if errorlevel 1 (
-    pause
-    set clean=
-    del tmp.txt
-    set pack=
-    EXIT
-)
-if ECHO==1 @echo on
-EXIT /B
-
-:EOF
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libbitdht/src/mingw32make.bat b/libbitdht/src/mingw32make.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 008a15473..000000000
--- a/libbitdht/src/mingw32make.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-set QTDIR=C:\Qt\4.8.6
-set MINGW=C:\MinGW
-
-set PATH=%QTDIR%\bin;%MINGW%\bin;%PATH%
-
-mingw32-make clean 
-
-qmake libbitdht.pro
-
-mingw32-make
-
-pause
-
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/TODO b/libretroshare/src/TODO
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e5e4f51b..000000000
--- a/libretroshare/src/TODO
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-
-TODO
----------------
-
-Too much to list...
-
-test SVN
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/mingw32make.bat b/libretroshare/src/mingw32make.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a58fe173..000000000
--- a/libretroshare/src/mingw32make.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-set QTDIR=C:\Qt\4.8.6
-set MINGW=C:\MinGW
-set GIT=C:\Program Files\Git
-
-set PATH=%QTDIR%\bin;%MINGW%\bin;;%GIT%\bin;%PATH% 
-
-mingw32-make clean 
-
-qmake libretroshare.pro "CONFIG+=version_detail_bash_script" 
-
-mingw32-make
-
-pause
-
diff --git a/msys2_build_libs/Makefile b/msys2_build_libs/Makefile
deleted file mode 100755
index e7f940780..000000000
--- a/msys2_build_libs/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-SQLCIPHER_VERSION=3.3.1
-MSYS2AUTOMAKE=/usr/share/automake-1.15
-
-BLD=../build-libs
-DLD=../downloads
-
-all: dirs sqlcipher
-
-dirs:
-	mkdir -p ../../libs/include
-	mkdir -p ../../libs/lib
-	mkdir -p ../../libs/bin
-	mkdir -p $(DLD)
-	mkdir -p $(BLD)
-
-sqlcipher: | ../../libs/lib/libsqlcipher.a
-
-$(DLD)/sqlcipher-$(SQLCIPHER_VERSION).tar.gz:
-	curl.exe -L -k https://github.com/sqlcipher/sqlcipher/archive/v$(SQLCIPHER_VERSION).tar.gz -o $(DLD)/sqlcipher-$(SQLCIPHER_VERSION).tar.gz
-
-../../libs/lib/libsqlcipher.a: $(DLD)/sqlcipher-$(SQLCIPHER_VERSION).tar.gz
-	tar xvf $(DLD)/sqlcipher-$(SQLCIPHER_VERSION).tar.gz -C $(BLD)
-	cp $(MSYS2AUTOMAKE)/config.guess $(BLD)/sqlcipher-$(SQLCIPHER_VERSION)/config.guess
-	cp $(MSYS2AUTOMAKE)/config.sub $(BLD)/sqlcipher-$(SQLCIPHER_VERSION)/config.sub
-	cd $(BLD)/sqlcipher-$(SQLCIPHER_VERSION) && LIBS="-L`pwd`/../../libs/lib -lgdi32 $$LIBS" && export LIBS && ./configure --disable-shared --enable-static --enable-tempstore=yes CFLAGS="-DSQLITE_HAS_CODEC -I`pwd`/../../libs/include" LDFLAGS="-L`pwd`/../../libs/lib -lcrypto -lgdi32" && make install prefix="`pwd`/install"
-	cp -r $(BLD)/sqlcipher-$(SQLCIPHER_VERSION)/install/include/* ../../libs/include/
-	cp $(BLD)/sqlcipher-$(SQLCIPHER_VERSION)/install/lib/libsqlcipher.a ../../libs/lib/
-	cp $(BLD)/sqlcipher-$(SQLCIPHER_VERSION)/install/bin/sqlcipher.exe ../../libs/bin/
diff --git a/plugins/mingw32make.bat b/plugins/mingw32make.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index c5b3f8f6a..000000000
--- a/plugins/mingw32make.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-set QTDIR=C:\Qt\4.8.6
-set MINGW=C:\MinGW
-
-set PATH=%QTDIR%\bin;%MINGW%\bin;%PATH%
-
-mingw32-make clean
-
-qmake plugins.pro
-
-mingw32-make
-
-pause
-
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/mingw32make.bat b/retroshare-gui/src/mingw32make.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 6959bc761..000000000
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/mingw32make.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-set QTDIR=C:\Qt\5.5.0\5.5\mingw492_32
-set MINGW=C:\Qt\Tools\mingw492_32
-
-set GIT=C:\Program Files\Git
-
-set PATH=%QTDIR%\bin;%MINGW%\bin;%GIT%\bin;%PATH%
-
-
-qmake retroshare-gui.pro "CONFIG+=version_detail_bash_script" 
-
-
-mingw32-make
-
-pause
-
diff --git a/retroshare-nogui/src/mingw32make.bat b/retroshare-nogui/src/mingw32make.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index fbc0b627e..000000000
--- a/retroshare-nogui/src/mingw32make.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-set QTDIR=C:\Qt\4.8.5
-set MINGW=C:\MinGW
-
-set PATH=%QTDIR%\bin;%MINGW%\bin;%PATH%
-
-
-qmake retroshare-nogui.pro
-
-mingw32-make
-
-pause
-