diff --git a/eoatex2imxml.py b/eoatex2imxml.py
index 4e667f0..5a01ad1 100755
--- a/eoatex2imxml.py
+++ b/eoatex2imxml.py
@@ -180,33 +180,6 @@
 if not os.path.exists( DEBUG_DIR ):
     os.mkdir( DEBUG_DIR  )
 
-'''
-# Check for folder and necessary files
-if not os.path.exists(CONVERT_DIR):
-    logging.info(f"The directory {CONVERT_DIR} has not been created yet. Creating it for you")
-    time.sleep(1)
-    os.makedirs(CONVERT_DIR)
-if not os.path.exists(CONVERT_DIR / "publication.cfg"):
-    logging.info(f"The publication.cfg file is missing in {CONVERT_DIR} directory.")
-    if os.path.exists(INPUT_DIR / "publication.cfg"):
-        shutil.copy(INPUT_DIR / "publication.cfg", CONVERT_DIR)
-        logging.info(f"Copied from {INPUT_DIR}.")
-    else:
-        logging.error("Found no publication.cfg. Exiting")
-        sys.exit()
-if not os.path.exists(CONVERT_DIR / "cover.jpg"):
-    logging.info(f"The file cover.jpg in {CONVERT_DIR} directory is missing.")
-    if os.path.exists(INPUT_DIR /  "Cover.jpg"):
-        shutil.copy("Cover.jpg", CONVERT_DIR / "cover.jpg")
-        logging.info("Copied from current directory.")
-    else:
-        logging.error("No coverfile found. You can create a temporary one with the mkimage.py script")
-        sys.exit()
-# if os.path.exists(os.getcwd() + "/pre_xml.tex") == False:
-#     print ("pre_xml fehlt")
-#     sys.exit()
-'''
-
 # Copy Support-Files from /Library/MPIWG to current directory
 shutil.copy(SUPPORT_PATH / "classes.dtd", OUTPUT_DIR)
 shutil.copy(SUPPORT_PATH / "mathml2-qname-1.mod", OUTPUT_DIR)
@@ -215,16 +188,6 @@
 copy_dir_overwrite(SUPPORT_PATH / "iso8879", (OUTPUT_DIR / "iso8879"))
 copy_dir_overwrite(SUPPORT_PATH / "iso9573-13", (OUTPUT_DIR / "iso9573-13"))
 copy_dir_overwrite(SUPPORT_PATH / "mathml", (OUTPUT_DIR / "mathml"))
-'''
-shutil.copy(SUPPORT_PATH / "classes.dtd", os.getcwd())
-shutil.copy(SUPPORT_PATH / "mathml2-qname-1.mod", os.getcwd())
-shutil.copy(SUPPORT_PATH / "mathml2.dtd", os.getcwd())
-copy_dir_overwrite(SUPPORT_PATH / "html", (os.getcwd() + "/html"))
-copy_dir_overwrite(SUPPORT_PATH / "iso8879", (os.getcwd() + "/iso8879"))
-copy_dir_overwrite(SUPPORT_PATH / "iso9573-13", (os.getcwd() + "/iso9573-13"))
-copy_dir_overwrite(SUPPORT_PATH / "mathml", (os.getcwd() + "/mathml"))
-# shutil.copytree(SUPPORT_PATH + "mathml2", (os.getcwd() + "/mathml2"))
-'''
 
 ########################################
 # Certain functions for specific tasks #
@@ -515,14 +478,8 @@ def run_tralics(
             fixed_tex_file_path,
             "xml"
     )
-    # other possible tralics options:
-    # -output_dir DIR
-    # -output_file FILENAME
-
     # Convert TeX to XML via Tralics
-
     logging.info( f"executing {TRALICS_PATH_EXEC}. log file: {TRALICS_LOG_PATH}" )
-    # input_dir = Path(input_file).absolute().parent
     exec_command(
         "{cmd} -log_file {log_file} -confdir {conf_dir}/tralics_conf -config {conf_dir}/tralics.tcf -utf8 -utf8output -output_dir={output_dir} -input_dir={input_dir} -input_file={input_file}".format(
             cmd = TRALICS_PATH_EXEC,
@@ -534,17 +491,6 @@ def run_tralics(
         ),
         ignore_fail = True # :-D
     )
-    '''
-    exec_command(
-        f"{TRALICS_PATH_EXEC} -log_file {TRALICS_LOG_PATH} -confdir {TRALICS_PATH_LIB}/tralics_conf -config {TRALICS_PATH_LIB}/tralics.tcf -utf8 -utf8output -output_dir={output_dir} -input_dir={input_dir} -input_file={input_file}",
-        ignore_fail = True # :-D
-    )
-    Kommando = \
-        f"{TRALICS_PATH_EXEC} -log_file {TRALICS_LOG_PATH} -confdir {TRALICS_PATH_LIB}/tralics_conf -config {TRALICS_PATH_LIB}/tralics.tcf -utf8 -utf8output {input_file}"
-    Argumente = shlex.split(Kommando)
-    Prozess = subprocess.call(Argumente)
-    logging.debug(f"Tralics command: {Kommando}")
-    '''
 
 run_tralics(
     input_file = INPUT_PATH_NO_EXT + '.tex',