diff --git a/python/solid_dmft/util/update_dmft_config.py b/python/solid_dmft/util/update_dmft_config.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e661628b..00000000
--- a/python/solid_dmft/util/update_dmft_config.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-################################################################################
-#
-# TRIQS: a Toolbox for Research in Interacting Quantum Systems
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2016-2018, N. Wentzell
-# Copyright (C) 2018-2019, Simons Foundation
-#   author: N. Wentzell
-#
-# TRIQS 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.
-#
-# TRIQS 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
-# TRIQS. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-################################################################################
-"""
-Updates the config file (usually dmft_config.ini) for continuing old calculations.
-"""
-
-import os.path
-import shutil
-import sys
-from configparser import ConfigParser
-
-def _backup_old_file(path):
-    """ Copies file to same folder with the prefix "backup_". """
-    directory, filename = os.path.split(path)
-    shutil.copy2(path, os.path.join(directory, 'backup_'+filename))
-
-def _load_config_file(path):
-    """ Loads file with the configparser module. Returns ConfigParser object. """
-    config = ConfigParser()
-    config.read(path)
-    return config
-
-def _update_section_names(config):
-    """
-    Applies the mapping between legacy names of sections and new names. The
-    mapping is saved in LEGACY_SECTION_NAME_MAPPING.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    config : ConfigParser
-        A configparser instance that has read the config file already.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    config : ConfigParser
-        The configparser with correct section names.
-    """
-
-    LEGACY_SECTION_NAME_MAPPING = {'solver': 'solver_parameters', 'advanced': 'advanced_parameters'}
-
-    for new_name, legacy_name in LEGACY_SECTION_NAME_MAPPING.items():
-        # Only new name in there, everything is okay
-        if legacy_name not in config.keys():
-            continue
-
-        # Only legacy name exists, creates updated section
-        if new_name not in config.keys():
-            config.add_section(new_name)
-
-        # Transfers parameters in legacy section to updated section
-        for param_name, param_value in config[legacy_name].items():
-            config.set(new_name, param_name, param_value)
-        config.remove_section(legacy_name)
-
-    return config
-
-def _update_params(config):
-    """
-    Updates parameter names/values and adds new required parameters.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    config : ConfigParser
-        The config parser with correct section names.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    config : ConfigParser
-        The completely updated config parser.
-    """
-
-    # Updates h_int_type
-    if config['general']['h_int_type'] in ('1', '2', '3'):
-        config['general']['h_int_type'] = {'1': 'density_density',
-                                           '2': 'kanamori',
-                                           '3': 'full_slater'
-                                          }[config['general']['h_int_type']]
-
-    # ---new params
-    # Updates solver_type - if not existent, uses previous default cthyb
-    if 'solver_type' not in config['general']:
-        config['general']['solver_type'] = 'cthyb'
-
-    if 'dft_code' not in config['dft']:
-        config['dft']['dft_code'] = 'vasp'
-
-    # ---updated params
-    # Updates legendre coefficients
-    if 'n_LegCoeff' in config['solver']:
-        config['general']['n_l'] = config['solver']['n_LegCoeff']
-        del config['solver']['n_LegCoeff']
-
-    # Updates dft_executable
-    if 'executable' in config['dft']:
-        config['dft']['dft_exec'] = config['dft']['executable']
-        del config['dft']['executable']
-
-    # Updates dft_executable
-    if 'wannier90_exec' in config['dft']:
-        config['dft']['w90_exec'] = config['dft']['wannier90_exec']
-        del config['dft']['wannier90_exec']
-
-    return config
-
-def _write_config_file(config, path):
-    """ Writes config parser content to a file. """
-    with open(path, 'w') as file:
-        config.write(file)
-
-def main(path='dmft_config.ini'):
-    """ Combines methods in the full work flow for updating the config file. """
-    if not os.path.isfile(path):
-        raise ValueError('File {} does not exist.'.format(path))
-
-    _backup_old_file(path)
-
-    config = _load_config_file(path)
-    config = _update_section_names(config)
-    config = _update_params(config)
-    _write_config_file(config, path)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
-        main()
-    elif len(sys.argv) == 2:
-        main(sys.argv[1])
-    else:
-        raise TypeError('Maximally one argument supported: the config file name')
diff --git a/python/solid_dmft/util/update_results_h5.py b/python/solid_dmft/util/update_results_h5.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d80138a..00000000
--- a/python/solid_dmft/util/update_results_h5.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-################################################################################
-#
-# TRIQS: a Toolbox for Research in Interacting Quantum Systems
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2016-2018, N. Wentzell
-# Copyright (C) 2018-2019, Simons Foundation
-#   author: N. Wentzell
-#
-# TRIQS 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.
-#
-# TRIQS 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
-# TRIQS. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-################################################################################
-"""
-Updates the h5 archives with soliDMFT results for continuing old calculations.
-"""
-import os.path
-import shutil
-import sys
-import numpy as np
-from h5 import HDFArchive
-# Import needed for transfering Green's functions in _update_results_per_iteration
-from triqs.gf import BlockGf
-
-def _backup_old_file(path):
-    """ Copies file to same folder with the prefix "backup_". """
-    directory, filename = os.path.split(path)
-    shutil.copy2(path, os.path.join(directory, 'backup_'+filename))
-
-def _update_results_per_iteration(archive):
-    iterations = [key for key in archive['DMFT_results'] if key.startswith('it_')]
-    iterations.append('last_iter')
-
-    for it in iterations:
-        keys = list(archive['DMFT_results'][it].keys())
-        for key in keys:
-            if '_iw' in key:
-                new_key = key.replace('_iw_', '_freq_').replace('_iw', '_freq_')
-                archive['DMFT_results'][it][new_key] = archive['DMFT_results'][it][key]
-                del archive['DMFT_results'][it][key]
-            elif '_tau' in key:
-                new_key = key.replace('_tau_', '_time_').replace('_tau', '_time_')
-                archive['DMFT_results'][it][new_key] = archive['DMFT_results'][it][key]
-                del archive['DMFT_results'][it][key]
-            # Updates chemical potential to _post
-            elif key == 'chemical_potential':
-                it_number = int(it[3:]) if it.startswith('it_') else -1
-                archive['DMFT_results'][it]['chemical_potential_post'] = archive['DMFT_results'][it]['chemical_potential']
-                archive['DMFT_results'][it]['chemical_potential_pre'] = archive['DMFT_results']['observables']['mu'][it_number]
-                del archive['DMFT_results'][it]['chemical_potential']
-
-def _update_observables(archive):
-    if 'orb_Z' not in archive['DMFT_results']['observables']:
-        orb_gb2 = archive['DMFT_results']['observables']['orb_gb2']
-        orb_Z = []
-
-        for i in range(len(orb_gb2)):
-            orb_Z.append({})
-            for spin in orb_gb2[i]:
-                orb_Z[i][spin] = [np.full(np.shape(z_per_it), 'none')
-                                  for z_per_it in orb_gb2[i][spin]]
-
-        archive['DMFT_results']['observables']['orb_Z'] = orb_Z
-
-def main(path='dmft_config.ini'):
-    """ Combines methods in the full work flow for updating the h5 archive. """
-    if not os.path.isfile(path):
-        raise ValueError('File {} does not exist.'.format(path))
-
-    _backup_old_file(path)
-
-    with HDFArchive(path, 'a') as archive:
-        _update_results_per_iteration(archive)
-        _update_observables(archive)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
-        main()
-    elif len(sys.argv) == 2:
-        main(sys.argv[1])
-    else:
-        raise TypeError('Maximally one argument supported: the archive file name')
diff --git a/test/python/CMakeLists.txt b/test/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ef1020f..e2fff573 100644
--- a/test/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ set (all_pytests
      test_postproc_toml_dict.py
      test_postproc_toml_dict_integration.py
      test_read_config.py
-     test_update_dmft_config.py
-     test_update_results_h5.py
     )
 
 foreach(test ${all_pytests})
diff --git a/test/python/test_update_dmft_config.py b/test/python/test_update_dmft_config.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 479fd45b..00000000
--- a/test/python/test_update_dmft_config.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-Contains unit tests for update_dmft_config.py.
-"""
-
-from configparser import ConfigParser
-
-from solid_dmft.util.update_dmft_config import _update_section_names, _update_params
-
-CONFIG_FILE_1 = u'''
-[general]
-seedname = fancy_system
-jobname = out_DMFT_fancy
-enforce_off_diag = True
-block_threshold= 0.001
-set_rot = none
-solver_type = cthyb
-
-prec_mu = -0.001
-
-h_int_type = density_density
-U = 2.0
-J = 2.0
-
-n_iter_dmft = 4
-
-dc_type = 0
-dc = True
-dc_dmft = False
-
-calc_energies = True
-sigma_mix = 0.7
-
-h5_save_freq = 5
-
-n_iter_dmft_per = 5
-
-[solver]
-imag_threshold = 1e-5
-measure_G_l = True
-n_LegCoeff = 40
-
-[advanced_parameters]
-dc_factor = 0.6
-
-[dft]
-'''
-
-def _print_config(config):
-    print('Section headers:', config.sections())
-    for section in config:
-        print('-'*10, section)
-        print([(k, v) for k,v in config[section].items()])
-
-def test_update_legacy_section_headers():
-    config = ConfigParser()
-    config.read_string(CONFIG_FILE_1)
-
-    config = _update_section_names(config)
-    assert all([s in ('general', 'solver', 'advanced', 'dft') for s in config.sections()])
-    assert [(k, v) for k, v in config['advanced'].items()] == [('dc_factor', '0.6')]
-
-def test_update_params():
-    config = ConfigParser()
-    config.read_string(CONFIG_FILE_1)
-
-    config = _update_section_names(config)
-    config = _update_params(config)
-
-    assert config['general']['h_int_type'] == 'density_density'
-    assert config['general']['solver_type'] == 'cthyb'
-    assert config['general']['n_l'] == '40'
-    assert 'n_LegCoeff' not in config['solver']
diff --git a/test/python/test_update_results_h5.py b/test/python/test_update_results_h5.py
deleted file mode 100644
index eb8c415a..00000000
--- a/test/python/test_update_results_h5.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-Contains unit tests for update_results_h5.py.
-"""
-
-import numpy as np
-from solid_dmft.util.update_results_h5 import _update_results_per_iteration, _update_observables
-
-def _generate_archive():
-    dmft_results = {'it_2': {'DC_energ': 'test1',
-                             'G0_iw0': 'test2',
-                             'Gimp_iw_0': 'test3',
-                             'chemical_potential': 12.5},
-                    'it_5': {'chemical_potential': 12.9},
-                    'last_iter': {},
-                    'observables': {'mu': [11.9, 12.0, 12.8, 12.5, 12.1, 12.3, 12.9],
-                                    'orb_gb2': [{s: [[-.05*i, -0.02/(i+1), -.1] for i in range(7)] for s in ('up', 'down')}]},
-                    'iteration_count': 6,
-                   }
-
-    return {'DMFT_results': dmft_results}
-
-def test_update_results_per_iteration():
-    archive = _generate_archive()
-
-    _update_results_per_iteration(archive)
-    assert 'G0_iw0' not in archive['DMFT_results']['it_2']
-    assert 'Gimp_iw_0' not in archive['DMFT_results']['it_2']
-    assert archive['DMFT_results']['it_2']['G0_freq_0'] == 'test2'
-    assert archive['DMFT_results']['it_2']['Gimp_freq_0'] == 'test3'
-    assert np.isclose(archive['DMFT_results']['it_2']['chemical_potential_pre'], 12.8)
-    assert np.isclose(archive['DMFT_results']['it_2']['chemical_potential_post'], 12.5)
-    assert np.isclose(archive['DMFT_results']['it_5']['chemical_potential_pre'], 12.3)
-    assert np.isclose(archive['DMFT_results']['it_5']['chemical_potential_post'], 12.9)
-
-def test_update_observables():
-    archive = _generate_archive()
-    _update_observables(archive)
-    assert len(archive['DMFT_results']['observables']['orb_Z']) == 1
-    assert len(archive['DMFT_results']['observables']['orb_Z'][0]) == 2
-    assert len(archive['DMFT_results']['observables']['orb_Z'][0]['down']) == 7
-    assert len(archive['DMFT_results']['observables']['orb_Z'][0]['down'][1]) == 3