diff --git a/accounts/cmd/helper/configdoc/main.go b/accounts/cmd/helper/configdoc/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4866993c29..0000000000
--- a/accounts/cmd/helper/configdoc/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"log"
-	"os"
-
-	"text/template"
-
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/accounts/pkg/config"
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/ocis-pkg/docs"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
-	fields := docs.Display(*cfg)
-
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile("docs/templates/CONFIGURATION.tmpl")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	tpl := template.Must(template.New("").Parse(string(content)))
-	tpl.Execute(os.Stdout, fields)
-	// for _, f := range fields {
-	// 	fmt.Printf("%s %s = %v\t%s\n", f.Name, f.Type, f.DefaultValue, f.Description)
-	// }
-}
diff --git a/ocis-pkg/docs/config.go b/ocis-pkg/docs/config.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c55ecde7f7..0000000000
--- a/ocis-pkg/docs/config.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-package docs
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
-)
-
-type ConfigField struct {
-	Name         string
-	DefaultValue string
-	Type         string
-	Description  string
-}
-
-func Display(s interface{}) []ConfigField {
-	t := reflect.TypeOf(s)
-	v := reflect.ValueOf(s)
-
-	var fields []ConfigField
-	for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ {
-		field := t.Field(i)
-		value := v.Field(i)
-
-		switch value.Kind() {
-		default:
-			desc := field.Tag.Get("desc")
-			env, ok := field.Tag.Lookup("env")
-			if !ok {
-				continue
-			}
-			v := fmt.Sprintf("%v", value.Interface())
-			fields = append(fields, ConfigField{Name: env, DefaultValue: v, Description: desc, Type: value.Type().Name()})
-		case reflect.Struct:
-			fields = append(fields, Display(value.Interface())...)
-		}
-	}
-	return fields
-}
diff --git a/thumbnails/cmd/helper/configdoc/main.go b/thumbnails/cmd/helper/configdoc/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b2de37007..0000000000
--- a/thumbnails/cmd/helper/configdoc/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/ocis-pkg/docs"
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/thumbnails/pkg/config"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
-	docs.Display(*cfg)
-}
diff --git a/thumbnails/cmd/helper/defaultconfig/main.go b/thumbnails/cmd/helper/defaultconfig/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1092497cb7..0000000000
--- a/thumbnails/cmd/helper/defaultconfig/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/accounts/pkg/config"
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/accounts/pkg/config/parser"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
-)
-
-func main() {
-
-	cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
-
-	parser.EnsureDefaults(cfg)
-	parser.Sanitize(cfg)
-
-	b, err := yaml.Marshal(cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	fmt.Println(string(b))
-}