diff --git a/processing/pre/OIMang_hex2cub.py b/processing/pre/OIMang_hex2cub.py
deleted file mode 100755
index ca7f0540a..000000000
--- a/processing/pre/OIMang_hex2cub.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: UTF-8 no BOM -*-
-
-import string,os,sys
-from optparse import OptionParser
-import damask
-
-scriptID   = string.replace('$Id$','\n','\\n')
-scriptName = os.path.splitext(scriptID.split()[1])[0]
-
-
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#                                MAIN
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-parser = OptionParser(option_class=damask.extendableOption, usage='%prog options [file[s]]', description = """
-Converts ang files (EBSD Data) from hexagonal grid to a pixel grid
-
-""", version = scriptID)
-
-parser.add_option('-x', dest='columnX', type='int', metavar='int', \
-                        help='column containing x coordinates [%default]')
-
-parser.set_defaults(columnX = 3)
-
-(options,filenames) = parser.parse_args()
-
-counterX  = 0
-counterY  = 0
-addPoints = -1                                                                                      # No of doubled points (must be the same for each odd/even line, initializing with -1 make countin easy!)
-
-#--- setup file handles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------   
-files = []
-if filenames == []:
-  files.append({'name':'STDIN',
-                'input':sys.stdin,
-                'output':sys.stdout,
-                'croak':sys.stderr,
-               })
- 
-else:
-  for name in filenames:
-    if os.path.exists(name):
-      files.append({'name':name, 
-                    'input':open(name),
-                    'output':open(os.path.splitext(name)[0]+'_cub'+os.path.splitext(name)[1], 'w'),
-                    'croak':sys.stdout,
-                 })
-
-#--- loop over input files ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-for file in files:
-  file['croak'].write('\033[1m' + scriptName + '\033[0m: ' + (file['name'] if file['name'] != 'STDIN' else '') + '\n')
-
-  x = 0
-  for line in file['input']:
-    lineSplit=line.split()
-    
-    if lineSplit[0]=='#':
-      if len(lineSplit)>2:                                                                          # possibly interesting information
-        if line.split()[2]=='SqrGrid': 
-          file['croak'].write('The file is already a square grid file.')
-          sys.exit()
-        if lineSplit[1]=='XSTEP:':      stepSizeX = float(lineSplit[2]) 
-        if lineSplit[1]=='YSTEP:':      stepSizeY = float(lineSplit[2])
-        
-        if lineSplit[2]=='HexGrid':     line='# GRID: SqrGrid\n'                                    # comments are not read by OIM, but still better to be correct
-        if lineSplit[1]=='NCOLS_ODD:':
-          NCols = int(int(lineSplit[2])*stepSizeX/stepSizeY)
-          line='# NCOLS_ODD: %d\n'% NCols
-        if lineSplit[1]=='NCOLS_EVEN:':
-          line='# NCOLS_EVEN: %d\n'% NCols
-          
-      file['output'].write(line)
-    else:                                                                                           # finished reading of header      
-      xOld = x
-      x = float(lineSplit[options.columnX])                                                         # current (original) x positions
-      
-      if x >  xOld:                                                                                 # same line, increase X
-        counterX+=1
-      else:                                                                                         # new line, increase in Y, reset X
-        counterY+=1
-        addPoints = -1                                                                              # to start at zero
-        counterX=0
-      
-      lineFirstPart =''                                                                             # split line around x and y coordinate
-      for i in xrange(options.columnX):
-        lineFirstPart =lineFirstPart+' '+lineSplit[i]
-      lineLastPart =''
-      for i in xrange(len(lineSplit)- (options.columnX+2)):
-        lineLastPart =lineLastPart+' '+lineSplit[i+options.columnX+2]
-        
-      if counterX+addPoints < NCols:
-        file['output'].write('%s %.6f %.6f  %s\n' %(lineFirstPart,(counterX+addPoints)*stepSizeY,   # write with new x and y position 
-                                                                  counterY*stepSizeY,lineLastPart))                     
-
-      if x - (counterX+addPoints)*stepSizeY > 0.5*stepSizeY and counterX+addPoints+1 < NCols:       # double point (interpolation error)
-                   
-        addPoints+=1
-        file['output'].write('%s %.6f %.6f  %s\n' %(lineFirstPart,(counterX+addPoints)*stepSizeY,\
-                                                                   counterY*stepSizeY,lineLastPart))