diff --git a/corec/CMakeLists.txt b/corec/CMakeLists.txt
index 4315b6f6..6f3e01d0 100644
--- a/corec/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/corec/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 add_subdirectory("corec")
 add_subdirectory("tests")
-add_subdirectory("tools/branch")
diff --git a/corec/tools/branch/CMakeLists.txt b/corec/tools/branch/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f942c35d..00000000
--- a/corec/tools/branch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-add_executable("branch" branch.c)
diff --git a/corec/tools/branch/branch.c b/corec/tools/branch/branch.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 11618b47..00000000
--- a/corec/tools/branch/branch.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,405 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (c) 2006-2010, CoreCodec, Inc.
-  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-*/
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-
-#define MAX_REDIRECT    1024
-
-#ifndef MAX_PATH
-#define MAX_PATH		1024
-#endif
-
-#if !defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
-# define make_dir(x) mkdir(x,S_IRWXU)
-#else
-# define make_dir(x) mkdir(x)
-#endif
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-#include <io.h>
-#include <direct.h>
-
-#ifndef _INTPTR_T_DEFINED
-typedef signed int intptr_t;
-#define _INTPTR_T_DEFINED
-#endif
-
-struct dirent
-{
-    char d_name[MAX_PATH];
-};
-typedef struct DIR
-{
-    intptr_t h;
-    int first;
-    struct _finddata_t file;
-    struct dirent entry;
-
-} DIR;
-
-static DIR* opendir(const char* name)
-{
-    DIR* p = malloc(sizeof(DIR));
-    if (p)
-    {
-        sprintf(p->entry.d_name,"%s\\*",name);
-        p->h = _findfirst(p->entry.d_name,&p->file);
-        p->first = 1;
-        if (p->h == -1)
-        {
-            free(p);
-            p = NULL;
-        }
-    }
-    return p;
-}
-
-static struct dirent* readdir(DIR* p)
-{
-    if (p->first || _findnext(p->h,&p->file)==0)
-    {
-        p->first = 0;
-        strcpy(p->entry.d_name,p->file.name);
-        return &p->entry;
-    }
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static void closedir(DIR* p)
-{
-    _findclose(p->h);
-    free(p);
-}
-
-#else
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#endif
-
-static void trim(char* s)
-{
-    while (s[0] && isspace(s[strlen(s)-1]))
-        s[strlen(s)-1]=0;
-}
-
-static void addendpath(char* path)
-{
-    if (path[0] && path[strlen(path)-1]!='/')
-        strcat(path,"/");
-}
-
-static void create_missing_dirs(const char *path)
-{
-    size_t strpos = 0, strpos_i;
-    char new_path[MAX_PATH];
-    char orig_path[MAX_PATH];
-    int ret;
-    struct stat dir_stats;
-
-    getcwd(orig_path, sizeof(new_path));
-
-    for (;;)
-    {
-        strpos_i = strcspn(&path[strpos], "/\\");
-        if (strpos_i == strlen(&path[strpos]))
-            break;
-        strpos += strpos_i+1;
-
-        strcpy(new_path,orig_path);
-        strcat(new_path,"/");
-        strncat(new_path, path, strpos-1);
-
-        if (stat(new_path, &dir_stats) == 0)
-        {
-            if ((dir_stats.st_mode & S_IFDIR) != S_IFDIR)
-            {
-                printf("%s is not a directory\n",new_path);
-                exit(1);
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            ret = make_dir(new_path);
-
-            if (ret != 0 && ret != EEXIST)
-            {
-                printf("can't create directory %s\n",new_path);
-                exit(1);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static size_t redirect_count;
-static char redirect_src[MAX_REDIRECT][MAX_PATH];
-static char redirect_dst[MAX_REDIRECT][MAX_PATH];
-
-static int compare(const char* srcname, const char* dstname)
-{
-    char srcbuf[4096];
-    char dstbuf[4096];
-    const char* tmpname = NULL;
-    FILE* src;
-    FILE* dst = NULL;
-    int ret=0;
-
-    src = fopen(srcname,"rb");
-    if (!src)
-    {
-        if (tmpname)
-            remove(tmpname);
-        printf("file open error (%s)!\n",srcname);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    dst = fopen(dstname,"rb");
-    if (dst)
-    {
-        for (;;)
-        {
-            size_t n = fread(srcbuf,1,sizeof(srcbuf),src);
-            size_t m = fread(dstbuf,1,sizeof(dstbuf),dst);
-            if (n != m || memcmp(srcbuf,dstbuf,n)!=0)
-            {
-                ret=1;
-                break;
-            }
-            if (!n)
-                break;
-        }
-        fclose(dst);
-    }
-    else
-        ret = 1;
-
-    fclose(src);
-    if (tmpname)
-        remove(tmpname);
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static void copy(const char* srcname, const char* dstname)
-{
-    char buf[4096];
-    FILE* src;
-    FILE* dst;
-    const char* tmpname = NULL;
-    struct stat s;
-
-    printf("%s -> %s\n",srcname,dstname);
-
-    stat(srcname,&s);
-
-    src = fopen(srcname,"rb");
-    if (!src)
-    {
-        printf("file open error (%s)!\n",srcname);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    create_missing_dirs(dstname);
-
-    dst = fopen(dstname,"wb+");
-    if (!dst)
-    {
-        printf("file create error (%s)!\n",dstname);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    for (;;)
-    {
-        size_t n = fread(buf,1,sizeof(buf),src);
-        if (!n) break;
-        fwrite(buf,1,n,dst);
-    }
-
-    fclose(src);
-    fclose(dst);
-
-    chmod(dstname,s.st_mode);
-
-    if (tmpname)
-        remove(tmpname);
-}
-
-static int same_ch(int a, int b)
-{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    return toupper(a) == toupper(b);
-#else
-    return a==b;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int match(const char* name, const char* mask)
-{
-    if (*mask=='*')
-    {
-        ++mask;
-        for (;!match(name,mask);++name)
-        {
-            if (*name==0)
-                return 0;
-        }
-        return 1;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        if (*mask==0)
-            return *name==0;
-
-        if (*name==0)
-            return 0;
-
-        return (mask[0]=='?' || same_ch(name[0],mask[0])) && match(name+1,mask+1);
-    }
-}
-
-static void refresh(const char* src, const char* dst, int force)
-{
-    DIR* dir;
-    size_t i;
-
-    if (strcmp(dst,"-")==0 || strchr(src,'*') || strchr(src,'?'))
-        return;
-
-    if (!force)
-        for (i=0;i<redirect_count;++i)
-            if (match(src,redirect_src[i]))
-                return;
-
-    dir = opendir(src);
-    if (dir)
-    {
-        struct dirent* entry;
-        make_dir(dst);
-        if (!force || dst[strlen(dst)-1]!='.')
-        {
-            while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL)
-            {
-                if (entry->d_name[0]!='.')
-                {
-                    char src2[MAX_PATH];
-                    char dst2[MAX_PATH];
-
-                    strcpy(dst2,dst);
-                    strcpy(src2,src);
-                    addendpath(dst2);
-                    addendpath(src2);
-                    strcat(src2,entry->d_name);
-                    strcat(dst2,entry->d_name);
-                    refresh(src2,dst2,0);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        closedir(dir);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        if (compare(src,dst))
-            copy(src,dst);
-    }
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char** argv)
-{
-    FILE* f;
-    char base[MAX_PATH];
-    char line[MAX_PATH*2];
-    size_t i;
-
-    if (argc<=1)
-    {
-        printf("usage: branch <config>\n");
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    strcpy(base,argv[1]);
-    for (i=strlen(base);i>0;)
-    {
-        --i;
-        if (base[i]=='/' || base[i]=='\\')
-            break;
-        base[i]=0;
-    }
-
-    f = fopen(argv[1],"r");
-    if (!f)
-    {
-        printf("%s not found!\n",argv[1]);
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    redirect_count=0;
-    for (;;)
-    {
-
-        char* s, *t;
-        if (!fgets(line,sizeof(line),f))
-            break;
-
-        if (line[0]=='#')
-            continue;
-
-        {
-            trim(line);
-            strcpy(redirect_src[redirect_count],(line[0]!='/')?base:"");
-            strcat(redirect_src[redirect_count],line);
-
-            s = redirect_src[redirect_count];
-            s += (line[0]!='/')?strlen(base):0;
-            while (*s && isspace(*s))
-                ++s;
-            if (*s == '\"')
-            {
-                memmove(s,s+1,strlen(s)+1);
-                t = strchr(s+1,'\"');
-                if (t)
-                    *t=0;
-                s = t+1;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                s = strchr(redirect_src[redirect_count],' ');
-            }
-
-            if (s)
-            {
-                while (*s && isspace(*s))
-                    *(s++)=0;
-                if (*s == '\"')
-                {
-                    t = strchr(++s,'\"');
-                    if (t)
-                        *t=' ';
-                    strcpy(redirect_dst[redirect_count],s);
-                    s = strchr(t+1,' ');
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    strcpy(redirect_dst[redirect_count],s);
-                    s = strchr(redirect_dst[redirect_count],' ');
-                }
-
-                ++redirect_count;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    fclose(f);
-
-    for (i=0;i<redirect_count;++i)
-        refresh(redirect_src[i],redirect_dst[i],1);
-
-    return 0;
-}