diff --git a/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
index ec0b9d4c72d625257d02759f82a866e3def4143c..153b1867b914d8a06b207757ab6f8f4e079a7beb 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ if (QT4_FOUND)
 	add_executable(generateBCandGLI generateBCandGLI.cpp )
 	target_link_libraries(generateBCandGLI FileIO)
 
-	add_executable(generateBCFromPolyline generateBCFromPolyline.cpp )
-	target_link_libraries(generateBCFromPolyline FileIO)
-
 	set_target_properties(generateBCandGLI generateBCFromPolyline
 		PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 
@@ -68,7 +65,7 @@ install(TARGETS generateMatPropsFromMatID GMSH2OGS OGS2VTK VTK2OGS VTK2TIN
 	RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT ogs_converter)
 
 if(QT4_FOUND)
-	install(TARGETS ConvertSHPToGLI generateBCandGLI generateBCFromPolyline generateBCandGLI
+	install(TARGETS ConvertSHPToGLI generateBCandGLI generateBCandGLI
 		FEFLOW2OGS RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT ogs_converter)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/generateBCFromPolyline.cpp b/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/generateBCFromPolyline.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e54afee9119123d23c9d1a84255bf3a6db3c396f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/generateBCFromPolyline.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * \file
- * \author Thomas Fischer
- * \date   2011-03-08
- * \brief  Implementation of the generateBCFromPolyline tool.
- *
- * \copyright
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2016, OpenGeoSys Community (http://www.opengeosys.org)
- *            Distributed under a Modified BSD License.
- *              See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or
- *              http://www.opengeosys.org/project/license
- *
- */
-
-#include <fstream>
-
-#include <QString>
-
-// GeoLib
-#include "GEOObjects.h"
-#include "PolylineVec.h"
-
-// OGS
-#include "Applications/ApplicationsLib/ProjectData.h"
-
-// FileIO
-#include "XmlIO/Qt/XmlGmlInterface.h"
-
-int main (int argc, char* argv[])
-{
-	if (argc == 1)
-	{
-		std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " gml-file" << std::endl;
-		std::cout << "\tgives you the name of all polylines in the file" << std::endl;
-		std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " gml-file polyline-to-convert" << std::endl;
-		std::cout << "\tcreates for the given polyline points boundary conditions" <<
-		std::endl;
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	GeoLib::GEOObjects geo_objs;
-	FileIO::XmlGmlInterface xml(geo_objs);
-	std::string fname (argv[1]);
-	xml.readFile(QString::fromStdString (fname));
-
-	std::vector<std::string> geo_names;
-	geo_objs.getGeometryNames (geo_names);
-	if (geo_names.empty ())
-	{
-		std::cout << "no geometries found" << std::endl;
-		return -1;
-	}
-	const GeoLib::PolylineVec* ply_vec (geo_objs.getPolylineVecObj(geo_names[0]));
-	if (!ply_vec)
-	{
-		std::cout << "could not found polylines" << std::endl;
-		return -1;
-	}
-	const std::size_t n_ply (ply_vec->size());
-
-	std::vector<std::size_t> ply_pnt_ids;
-	for (std::size_t k(0); k < n_ply; k++)
-	{
-		std::string ply_name;
-		if (ply_vec->getNameOfElementByID(k, ply_name))
-		{
-			if (argc == 2)
-				std::cout << "polyline " << k << ": " << ply_name << std::endl;
-			else if (ply_name.find (argv[2]) != std::string::npos)
-			{
-				std::cout << "found polyline " << ply_name << std::endl;
-				GeoLib::Polyline const* ply (ply_vec->getElementByName(ply_name));
-				const std::size_t n_ply_pnts (ply->getNumberOfPoints());
-				for (std::size_t j(0); j < n_ply_pnts; j++)
-					ply_pnt_ids.push_back (ply->getPointID(j));
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (argc == 2)
-		return 0;
-
-	std::vector<GeoLib::Point*> const* geo_pnts (geo_objs.getPointVec(geo_names[0]));
-	// write gli file and bc file
-	std::ofstream gli_out ("TB.gli");
-	std::ofstream bc_out ("TB.bc");
-	bc_out << "// file generated by " << argv[0] << "\n";
-	if (gli_out && bc_out)
-	{
-		gli_out << "#POINTS" << "\n";
-		for (std::size_t k(0); k < ply_pnt_ids.size(); k++)
-		{
-			gli_out << k << " " << *((*geo_pnts)[ply_pnt_ids[k]]) << " $NAME PLYPNT" <<
-			argv[2] << k << "\n";
-			// boundary condition
-			bc_out << "#BOUNDARY_CONDITION" << "\n";
-			bc_out << "\t$PCS_TYPE" << "\n" << "\t\tGROUNDWATER_FLOW" << "\n";
-			bc_out << "\t$PRIMARY_VARIABLE" << "\n" << "\t\tHEAD" << "\n";
-			bc_out << "\t$GEO_TYPE" << "\n" << "\t\tPOINT PLYPNT" << argv[2] <<
-			k << "\n";
-			bc_out << "\t$DIS_TYPE" << "\n" << "\t\tCONSTANT " <<
-			(*((*geo_pnts)[ply_pnt_ids[k]]))[2] << "\n";
-		}
-		gli_out << "#STOP" << "\n";
-		bc_out << "#STOP" << "\n";
-		gli_out.close ();
-		bc_out.close ();
-	}
-}