diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index f1f2e5eb4..fce0f5263 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -200,15 +200,4 @@ endif
 if BOXTYPE_COOL
 bin_PROGRAMS += uncooloff
 uncooloff_SOURCES = uncooloff.c
-# if BOXMODEL_CS_HD2
-# else
-# noinst_PROGRAMS = uncoolinit
-# uncoolinit_SOURCES = uncoolinit.cpp
-# uncoolinit_LDADD = \
-# 	@AVFORMAT_LIBS@ \
-# 	@AVCODEC_LIBS@ \
-# 	@BLURAY_LIBS@ \
-# 	-lcoolstream-mt -lca-sc -lnxp \
-# 	-lOpenThreads -lrt
-# endif
 endif
diff --git a/src/uncoolinit.cpp b/src/uncoolinit.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 52a5d4a4e..000000000
--- a/src/uncoolinit.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C) 2013 Stefan Seyfried, License: GPL v3+
- *
- * uncoolinit -- work around driver initalization bug on
- * (at least) Coolstream HD1 "first fifty edition".
- * When starting up with 720p, the HDMI output is pink-tinted
- * and without sound until switching resolution once.
- *
- * work around the issue by initializing the videodecoder in
- * 1080i mode.
- *
- * This is really just a workaround for crappy drivers, but
- * better than nothing :-)
- */
-
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <cstdio>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <time.h>
-
-#include <cs_api.h>
-#include <video_cs.h>
-#include <dmx_cs.h>
-
-cVideo *v = NULL;
-cDemux *d = NULL;
-
-int main (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	struct timespec s, e;
-	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &s);
-	printf("\nuncoolinit by seife -- working around crappy drivers since 2009!\n");
-	/* initialize everything */
-	cs_api_init();
-	d = new cDemux();		/* dummy demux for getChannel() and getBuffer() */
-	d->Open(DMX_VIDEO_CHANNEL);	/* do we really need to open it? */
-
-	/* this enables output in 1080i mode */
-	v = new cVideo(VIDEO_STD_1080I50, d->getChannel(), d->getBuffer());
-
-	/* should we slow down booting even more by showing a picture? */
-	if (argc > 1) {
-		v->ShowPicture(argv[1]);
-		if (argc > 2)
-			sleep(atoi(argv[2]));
-		v->StopPicture();
-	}
-
-	/* clean up after ourselves, or the drivers will be *very* unhappy */
-	delete v;
-	delete d;
-	cs_api_exit();
-	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &e);
-	printf("uncoolinit ends, took %lld ms\n",
-		(e.tv_sec*1000 + e.tv_nsec/1000000LL) - (s.tv_sec*1000 + s.tv_nsec/1000000LL));
-	return 0;
-}