diff --git a/processing/pre/geom_fromMinimalSurface.py b/processing/pre/geom_fromMinimalSurface.py
deleted file mode 100755
index eb0cdcc3b..000000000
--- a/processing/pre/geom_fromMinimalSurface.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import os
-import sys
-from optparse import OptionParser
-
-import damask
-
-
-scriptName = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(__file__))[0]
-scriptID   = ' '.join([scriptName,damask.version])
-
-
-minimal_surfaces = list(damask.Geom._minimal_surface.keys())
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-#                                MAIN
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-parser = OptionParser(option_class=damask.extendableOption, usage='%prog options [geomfile]', description = """
-Generate a bicontinuous structure of given type.
-
-""", version = scriptID)
-
-
-parser.add_option('-t','--type',
-                  dest = 'type',
-                  choices = minimal_surfaces, metavar = 'string',
-                  help = 'type of minimal surface [primitive] {%s}' %(','.join(minimal_surfaces)))
-parser.add_option('-f','--threshold',
-                  dest = 'threshold',
-                  type = 'float', metavar = 'float',
-                  help = 'threshold value defining minimal surface [%default]')
-parser.add_option('-g', '--grid',
-                  dest = 'grid',
-                  type = 'int', nargs = 3, metavar = 'int int int',
-                  help = 'a,b,c grid of hexahedral box [%default]')
-parser.add_option('-s', '--size',
-                  dest = 'size',
-                  type = 'float', nargs = 3, metavar = 'float float float',
-                  help = 'x,y,z size of hexahedral box [%default]')
-parser.add_option('-p', '--periods',
-                  dest = 'periods',
-                  type = 'int', metavar = 'int',
-                  help = 'number of repetitions of unit cell [%default]')
-parser.add_option('--m',
-                  dest = 'microstructure',
-                  type = 'int', nargs = 2, metavar = 'int int',
-                  help = 'two microstructure indices to be used [%default]')
-
-parser.set_defaults(type = minimal_surfaces[0],
-                    threshold = 0.0,
-                    periods = 1,
-                    grid = (16,16,16),
-                    size = (1.0,1.0,1.0),
-                    microstructure = (1,2),
-                   )
-
-(options,filename) = parser.parse_args()
-
-
-name = None if filename == [] else filename[0]
-damask.util.report(scriptName,name)
-
-geom=damask.Geom.from_minimal_surface(options.grid,options.size,options.type,options.threshold,
-                                      options.periods,options.microstructure)
-damask.util.croak(geom)
-
-geom.save_ASCII(sys.stdout if name is None else name)