diff --git a/env/DAMASK.csh b/env/DAMASK.csh
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-# sets up an environment for DAMASK on tcsh
-# usage:  source DAMASK_env.csh
-
-set CALLED=($_)
-set ENV_ROOT=`dirname $CALLED[2]`
-set DAMASK_ROOT=`python3 -c "import os,sys; print(os.path.realpath(os.path.expanduser(sys.argv[1])))" $ENV_ROOT"/../"`
-
-source $ENV_ROOT/CONFIG
-
-set path = ($DAMASK_ROOT/bin $path)
-
-set SOLVER=`which DAMASK_grid`
-if ( "x$OMP_NUM_THREADS" == "x" ) then
-  set OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
-endif
-
-# currently, there is no information that unlimited stack size causes problems
-# still, http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/topic/501500 suggest to fix it
-# more info https://jblevins.org/log/segfault
-#           https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79923/what-and-where-are-the-stack-and-heap
-#           http://superuser.com/questions/220059/what-parameters-has-ulimit
-limit stacksize unlimited  # maximum stack size (kB)
-
-# disable output in case of scp
-if ( $?prompt ) then
-  echo ''
-  echo Düsseldorf Advanced Materials Simulation Kit --- DAMASK
-  echo Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf
-  echo https://damask.mpie.de
-  echo
-  echo Using environment with ...
-  echo "DAMASK             $DAMASK_ROOT"
-  echo "Grid Solver        $SOLVER"
-  if ( $?PETSC_DIR) then
-    echo "PETSc location     $PETSC_DIR"
-  endif
-  if ( $?MSC_ROOT) then
-    echo "MSC.Marc/Mentat    $MSC_ROOT"
-  endif
-  echo
-  echo "Multithreading     OMP_NUM_THREADS=$OMP_NUM_THREADS"
-  echo `limit datasize`
-  echo `limit stacksize`
-  echo
-endif
-
-setenv OMP_NUM_THREADS $OMP_NUM_THREADS
-if ( ! $?PYTHONPATH ) then
-  setenv PYTHONPATH $DAMASK_ROOT/python
-else
-  setenv PYTHONPATH $DAMASK_ROOT/python:$PYTHONPATH
-endif
-setenv MSC_ROOT
-setenv MSC_VERSION