diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8c4088d57..82a331f8e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ BLAS_order = ['IMKL','ACML','LAPACK']
 
 defaults={'DAMASK_BIN':'depending on access rights',
           'F90':compiler,
-          'FFTW_ROOT':'/usr/local',
+          'FFTW_ROOT':'/usr',
           'MSC_ROOT' :'/msc',
           'HDF5_ROOT':'/usr/local',
           'DAMASK_NUM_THREADS':4,
diff --git a/examples/MSC.Marc/material.config_cpTi-alpha b/examples/MSC.Marc/material.config_cpTi-alpha
deleted file mode 100644
index f693126aa..000000000
--- a/examples/MSC.Marc/material.config_cpTi-alpha
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-#####################
-# $Id: material.config 662 2010-10-01 12:18:49Z MPIE\c.kords $
-#####################
-
-# Material : cp-Ti (alpha)
-
-#####################
-<homogenization>
-#####################
-
-[SX]
-type isostrain
-Ngrains 1
-
-#####################
-<microstructure>
-#####################
-
-[Cube]
-crystallite	1
-(constituent) phase 1 texture 1 fraction 1.0
-
-[Cube]
-crystallite	1
-(constituent) phase 1 texture 2 fraction 1.0
-
-#####################
-<crystallite>
-#####################
-
-[essential_output]
-(output) texture
-(output) orientation
-(output) grainrotation  # deviation from initial orientation as axis (1-3) and angle in degree (4)
-(output) f              # deformation gradient tensor; synonyms: "defgrad"
-(output) p              # first Piola-Kichhoff stress tensor; synonyms: "firstpiola", "1stpiola"
-
-# (output)	phase
-# (output)	texture
-# (output)	volume
-# (output)	orientation
-# (output)	eulerangles
-# (output)	grainorientation
-# (output)	grainorientationx
-# (output)	grainorientationy
-# (output)	grainorientationz
-# (output)	f
-# (output)	fe
-# (output)	fp
-# (output)	e
-# (output)	ee
-# (output)	p
-# (output)	s
-# (output)	lp
-# (output)	elasmatrix
-# (output)	ipcoords
-
-#####################
-<phase>
-#####################
-
-[Ti]
-plasticity	phenopowerlaw
-elasticity	hooke
-
-# (output)                resistance_slip
-# (output)                shearrate_slip
-# (output)                resolvedstress_slip
-# (output)                totalshear
-# (output)                resistance_twin
-# (output)                shearrate_twin
-# (output)                resolvedstress_twin
-# (output)                totalvolfrac
-
-lattice_structure	hex
-covera_ratio	1.587
-# M. Levy, Handbook of Elastic Properties of Solids, Liquids, and Gases (2001)
-c11	160e9
-c12	90e9
-c13	66.0e9
-# c22
-# c23
-c33	181.7e9
-c44	46.5e9
-c66	35e9 # =0.5*(c11-c12)
-
-# C. Zambaldi, "Orientation informed nanoindentation of a-titanium: Indentation pileup in hexagonal metals deforming by prismatic slip", J. Mater. Res., Vol. 27, No. 1, Jan 14, 2012
-nslip	3 3 0 6 0 0
-gdot0_slip	0.001
-n_slip	20
-tau0_slip	364.3e6 158.9e6 0 1140.9e6 0 0 # 158.9e6 1 1140.9e6 1 1
-tausat_slip	619.5e6 50e6 0 3673.1e6 0 0 # 1394.2e6 1 3673.1e6 1 1
-a_slip	2
-
-ntwin	0 0 0 0
-gdot0_twin	0.001 0 0 0
-n_twin	20
-tau0_twin	31e6 0 0 0 0
-s_pr	0
-twin_b	0
-twin_c	0
-twin_d	0
-twin_e	0
-
-h0_slipslip	15e6
-h0_sliptwin	15e6
-h0_twinslip	15e6
-h0_twintwin	15e6
-
-atol_resistance	1
-#atol_shear	1e-6
-#atol_twinfrac 1e-7
-
-interaction_slipslip	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
-interaction_sliptwin	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
-interaction_twinslip	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
-interaction_twintwin	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
-
-nonschmid_coefficients = 0
-
-#####################
-<texture>
-#####################
-
-[Cube]
-(gauss) phi1 0  Phi 0  phi2 0 scatter 0.0 fraction 1.0
-
-[Cube]
-(gauss) phi1 45  Phi 45  phi2 45 scatter 0.0 fraction 1.0