diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d1af42911..37913b6df 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,18 +69,14 @@ add_library(ROTATIONS OBJECT "rotations.f90")
 add_dependencies(ROTATIONS LAMBERT QUATERNIONS)
 list(APPEND OBJECTFILES $<TARGET_OBJECTS:ROTATIONS>)
 
-add_library(ORIENTATIONS OBJECT "orientations.f90")
-add_dependencies(ORIENTATIONS ROTATIONS)
-list(APPEND OBJECTFILES $<TARGET_OBJECTS:ORIENTATIONS>)
-
 # SPECTRAL solver and FEM solver use different mesh files
 if (PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "DAMASK_spectral")
       add_library(MESH OBJECT "mesh.f90")
-      add_dependencies(MESH ORIENTATIONS FEsolving)
+      add_dependencies(MESH ROTATIONS FEsolving)
       list(APPEND OBJECTFILES $<TARGET_OBJECTS:MESH>)
 elseif (PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "DAMASK_FEM")
       add_library(FEZoo OBJECT "FEM_zoo.f90")
-      add_dependencies(FEZoo ORIENTATIONS FEsolving)
+      add_dependencies(FEZoo ROTATIONS FEsolving)
       list(APPEND OBJECTFILES $<TARGET_OBJECTS:FEZoo>)
       add_library(MESH  OBJECT "meshFEM.f90")
       add_dependencies(MESH FEZoo)
diff --git a/src/commercialFEM_fileList.f90 b/src/commercialFEM_fileList.f90
index a5d633e83..353ca1497 100644
--- a/src/commercialFEM_fileList.f90
+++ b/src/commercialFEM_fileList.f90
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "quaternions.f90"
 #include "Lambert.f90"
 #include "rotations.f90"
-#include "orientations.f90"
 #include "FEsolving.f90"
 #include "mesh.f90"
 #include "material.f90"
diff --git a/src/crystallite.f90 b/src/crystallite.f90
index a9126015d..e2f05284e 100644
--- a/src/crystallite.f90
+++ b/src/crystallite.f90
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ module crystallite
  use prec, only: &
    pReal, &
    pInt
- use orientations, only: &
-   orientation
+ use rotations, only: &
+   rotation
  use FEsolving, only:  &
    FEsolving_execElem, &
    FEsolving_execIP
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module crystallite
    crystallite_Tstar_v, &                                                                           !< current 2nd Piola-Kirchhoff stress vector (end of converged time step) ToDo: Should be called S, 3x3
    crystallite_Tstar0_v, &                                                                          !< 2nd Piola-Kirchhoff stress vector at start of FE inc ToDo: Should be called S, 3x3
    crystallite_partionedTstar0_v                                                                    !< 2nd Piola-Kirchhoff stress vector at start of homog inc ToDo: Should be called S, 3x3
- type(orientation),          dimension(:,:,:),      allocatable, private :: &
+ type(rotation),            dimension(:,:,:),      allocatable, private :: &
    crystallite_ori, &                                                                       !< orientation as quaternion
    crystallite_ori0                                                                      !< initial orientation as quaternion
  real(pReal),               dimension(:,:,:,:),      allocatable, private :: &
diff --git a/src/orientations.f90 b/src/orientations.f90
deleted file mode 100644
index 285492729..000000000
--- a/src/orientations.f90
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-!---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-!> @author Martin Diehl, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
-!> @brief orientation storage
-!> @details: orientation = rotation + symmetry
-!---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-module orientations
- use rotations
- use prec, only: &
-   pStringLen
-
- implicit none
- type, extends(rotation), public :: orientation
-   character(len=pStringLen) :: sym = 'none'
- end type orientation
-
- interface orientation
-   module procedure :: orientation_init
- end interface orientation
-
-contains
-
-type(orientation) function orientation_init(sym,eu,ax,om,qu,cu,ho,ro)
-  use prec
-  implicit none
-  character(len=pStringLen), intent(in), optional                 :: sym
-  real(pReal),               intent(in), optional, dimension(3)   :: eu, cu, ho
-  real(pReal),               intent(in), optional, dimension(4)   :: ax, qu, ro
-  real(pReal),               intent(in), optional, dimension(3,3) :: om
-
-  if (present(sym)) orientation_init%sym = sym
-
-  if (present(om)) then
-    call orientation_init%fromRotationMatrix(om)
-  endif
-
-end function orientation_init
-
-end module