diff --git a/Findasterx1.cmake b/Findasterx1.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ef5ebc8f6836cc7a7626149ff90a7c2f7dd8dfc..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Findasterx1.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#edit the following line to add the librarie's header files
-#FIND_PATH(asterx1_INCLUDE_DIR src/asterx1.h src/asterx1exceptions.h /usr/include/iridrivers /usr/local/include/iridrivers)
-FIND_PATH(asterx1_INCLUDE_DIR asterx1.h asterx1exceptions.h /usr/include/iridrivers /usr/local/include/iridrivers)
-
-FIND_LIBRARY(asterx1_LIBRARY
-    NAMES asterx1
-    PATHS /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/iridrivers)
-
-IF (asterx1_INCLUDE_DIR AND asterx1_LIBRARY)
-   SET(asterx1_FOUND TRUE)
-ENDIF (asterx1_INCLUDE_DIR AND asterx1_LIBRARY)
-
-IF (asterx1_FOUND)
-   IF (NOT asterx1_FIND_QUIETLY)
-      MESSAGE(STATUS "Found asterx1: ${asterx1_LIBRARY}")
-   ENDIF (NOT asterx1_FIND_QUIETLY)
-ELSE (asterx1_FOUND)
-   IF (asterx1_FIND_REQUIRED)
-      MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find asterx1")
-   ENDIF (asterx1_FIND_REQUIRED)
-ENDIF (asterx1_FOUND)
-
diff --git a/build/make_dep.sh b/build/make_dep.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 827a487c5416a2c114194ac16e026485a6d2a57b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/build/make_dep.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-
-# check wether the script is called as root or not
-if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
-   echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
-   exit 
-fi
-
-DEP_FILE=
-
-# parse the arguments
-while getopts “d:” OPTION
-do
-  case $OPTION in
-    d)
-       DEP_FILE=$OPTARG
-       ;;
-    ?)
-       echo invalid argument $OPTION
-       exit
-       ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-# check wether a dependencies file has been provided
-if [ "$DEP_FILE" ]
-then
-  echo "using $DEP_FILE file for dependencies ..."
-else
-  echo "No dependencies file provided, aborting ..."  
-  exit 
-fi
-
-LOCAL_REPO_PATH=/usr/local/src/iri
-
-#check wether the repository directory exists or not
-if [ ! -d $LOCAL_REPO_PATH ]
-then
-  mkdir $LOCAL_REPO_PATH
-fi
-
-while read curline; do
-  COMPILE=0
-  MAKE_DEP=0
-  cd $LOCAL_REPO_PATH
-  echo "checking dependency $curline ..."
-  DEP_NAME=$(basename $curline)
-  if [ -d "$DEP_NAME" ]
-  then
-    echo "The $DEP_NAME library is present ... checking updates."
-    cd $DEP_NAME
-    LOCAL_REV_NUM=$(svn info | sed -n 's/^Revision: \([0-9]\+\)$/\1/p')
-    echo "Local $DEP_NAME library revision: $LOCAL_REV_NUM"
-    REPO_REV_NUM=$(svn info | sed -n 's/^Last Changed Rev: \([0-9]\+\)$/\1/p')
-    echo "Repository $DEP_NAME library revision: $REPO_REV_NUM"
-    if [ $LOCAL_REV_NUM -gt $REPO_REV_NUM ] 
-    then
-      echo "There exist local changes that are not commited to the repository"
-    else
-      if [ $LOCAL_REV_NUM -lt $REPO_REV_NUM ] 
-      then
-        echo "Updating to the latest revision ..."
-        svn update
-        COMPILE=1
-      else
-        echo "Already at the latest revision."
-        MAKE_DEP=1
-      fi
-    fi
-  else
-    echo "The $DEP_NAME library is not present ... downloading."
-    svn checkout $curline
-    cd $DEP_NAME
-    COMPILE=1
-  fi  
-  cd build
-  if [ $MAKE_DEP -eq 1 ] 
-  then
-    make dep
-  fi
-  # build if necessary
-  if [ $COMPILE -eq 1 ] 
-  then
-    cmake ..
-    make dep
-    make
-    make install
-  fi
-  #back to the root repository source path
-  cd ../../
-done < $DEP_FILE
-
diff --git a/dependencies b/dependencies
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index 0bcfb859069feca8aee821b9e304a427d8b64665..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/dependencies
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-https://haydn.upc.es/labrobotica/pub/drivers/iriutils
-https://haydn.upc.es/labrobotica/pub/drivers/comm