diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e839791511f54bafbcf527a52763451292ffac3d..17ad977fcb932acc52823c713fa7291b7cb02d6f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
[workspace]
members = [
"benchmarks",
- "bins/curves",
"bins/inbreeding",
"bins/rank",
- "bins/rng",
]
diff --git a/bins/curves/Cargo.toml b/bins/curves/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 11dbf377bec67863695e4cd0051654a0efef807d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bins/curves/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "curves"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
-description = "Explore Arkworks elliptic curves."
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
-[dependencies]
-ark-bls12-377 = "0.4.0"
-ark-bls12-381 = "0.4.0"
-ark-bn254 = "0.4.0"
-ark-bw6-761 = "0.4.0"
-ark-cp6-782 = "0.4.0"
-ark-curve25519 = "0.4.0"
-ark-ed-on-bls12-377 = "0.4.0"
-ark-ed-on-bls12-381 = "0.4.0"
-ark-ed-on-bls12-381-bandersnatch = "0.4.0"
-ark-ed-on-bn254 = "0.4.0"
-ark-ed-on-bw6-761 = "0.4.0"
-ark-ed-on-cp6-782 = "0.4.0"
-ark-ed-on-mnt4-298 = "0.4.0"
-ark-ed-on-mnt4-753 = "0.4.0"
-ark-ed25519 = "0.4.0"
-ark-ff = "0.4.2"
-ark-mnt4-298 = "0.4.0"
-ark-mnt4-753 = "0.4.0"
-ark-mnt6-298 = "0.4.0"
-ark-mnt6-753 = "0.4.0"
-ark-pallas = "0.4.0"
-ark-poly-commit = "0.4.0"
-ark-secp256k1 = "0.4.0"
-ark-secp256r1 = "0.4.0"
-ark-secp384r1 = "0.4.0"
-ark-secq256k1 = "0.4.0"
-ark-vesta = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/bins/curves/README.md b/bins/curves/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d4da6aa8bc56726b567566f8619a0b1d7aad373..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bins/curves/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-```shell
-cargo run
- | lines
- | parse "{curve}: {fq} -> {fr}"
- | into int fq fr
- | insert x { (1 - $in.fr / $in.fq) * 100 | math round --precision 1 }
-```
-
-which gives the followin table
-
-| curve | fq | fr | x |
-| -------------------------------- | --- | --- | ---- |
-| ark_bls12_377 | 377 | 253 | 32.9 |
-| ark_bls12_381 | 381 | 255 | 33.1 |
-| ark_bn254 | 254 | 254 | 0 |
-| ark_bw6_761 | 761 | 377 | 50.5 |
-| ark_cp6_782 | 782 | 377 | 51.8 |
-| ark_curve25519 | 255 | 253 | 0.8 |
-| ark_ed25519 | 255 | 253 | 0.8 |
-| ark_ed_on_bls12_377 | 253 | 251 | 0.8 |
-| ark_ed_on_bls12_381 | 255 | 252 | 1.2 |
-| ark_ed_on_bls12_381_bandersnatch | 255 | 253 | 0.8 |
-| ark_ed_on_bn254 | 254 | 251 | 1.2 |
-| ark_ed_on_bw6_761 | 377 | 374 | 0.8 |
-| ark_ed_on_cp6_782 | 377 | 374 | 0.8 |
-| ark_ed_on_mnt4_298 | 298 | 296 | 0.7 |
-| ark_ed_on_mnt4_753 | 753 | 750 | 0.4 |
-| ark_mnt4_298 | 298 | 298 | 0 |
-| ark_mnt4_753 | 753 | 753 | 0 |
-| ark_mnt6_298 | 298 | 298 | 0 |
-| ark_mnt6_753 | 753 | 753 | 0 |
-| ark_pallas | 255 | 255 | 0 |
-| ark_secp256k1 | 256 | 256 | 0 |
-| ark_secp256r1 | 256 | 256 | 0 |
-| ark_secp384r1 | 384 | 384 | 0 |
-| ark_secq256k1 | 256 | 256 | 0 |
-| ark_vesta | 255 | 255 | 0 |
diff --git a/bins/curves/src/main.rs b/bins/curves/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 037976ed47abea4fa592d6a560d99457d8c78080..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bins/curves/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-use ark_ff::PrimeField;
-
-fn show_curve<Fr: PrimeField, Fq: PrimeField>(name: &str) {
- println!(
- "{}: {} -> {}",
- name,
- Fq::MODULUS_BIT_SIZE,
- Fr::MODULUS_BIT_SIZE
- );
-}
-
-/// takes a sequence of curve crate names and calls the [`show_curve`] function
-/// for you
-///
-/// this macro accepts a trailling comma in case you have a big list that spans
-/// over multiple lines, e.g.
-///
-/// ## examples
-/// ```rust
-/// show_curve(ark_bls12_381)
-/// ```
-/// or
-/// ```rust
-/// show_curve(
-/// ark_bls12_381,
-/// ark_bn254,
-/// ark_pallas,
-/// ark_vesta
-/// )
-/// ```
-/// or
-/// ```rust
-/// show_curve(
-/// ark_bls12_381,
-/// ark_bn254,
-/// ark_pallas,
-/// ark_vesta,
-/// )
-/// ```
-macro_rules! show_curve {
- ($($c:ident),+ $(,)?) => {
- $(show_curve::<$c::Fr, $c::Fq>(stringify!($c));)*
- }
-}
-
-fn main() {
- show_curve!(
- ark_bls12_377,
- ark_bls12_381,
- ark_bn254,
- ark_bw6_761,
- ark_cp6_782,
- ark_curve25519,
- ark_ed_on_bls12_377,
- ark_ed_on_bls12_381,
- ark_ed_on_bls12_381_bandersnatch,
- ark_ed_on_bn254,
- ark_ed_on_bw6_761,
- ark_ed_on_cp6_782,
- ark_ed_on_mnt4_298,
- ark_ed_on_mnt4_753,
- ark_ed25519,
- ark_mnt4_298,
- ark_mnt4_753,
- ark_mnt6_298,
- ark_mnt6_753,
- ark_pallas,
- ark_secp256k1,
- ark_secp256r1,
- ark_secp384r1,
- ark_secq256k1,
- ark_vesta,
- );
-}
diff --git a/bins/rng/Cargo.toml b/bins/rng/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index f209c7e3afb139cdfd2d20a0b0f4de4b64814c55..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bins/rng/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "rng"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
-description = "Generate random numbers from a seed."
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
-[dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
-hex = "0.4.3"
-rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/bins/rng/src/main.rs b/bins/rng/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 32223c9fca320339413fdc94d923219f24bd8152..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bins/rng/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-use clap::Parser;
-use rand::{rngs::StdRng, Rng, SeedableRng};
-
-fn parse_hex_string(s: &str) -> Result<[u8; 32], String> {
- if s.len() != 64 {
- return Err("Input string must be exactly 64 characters long".to_string());
- }
-
- match hex::decode(s) {
- // `bytes` will be a `Vec<u8>` of size `32`, so it's safe to `unwrap`
- // the conversion to `[u8: 32]`
- Ok(bytes) => Ok(bytes.try_into().unwrap()),
- Err(e) => Err(format!("Failed to decode hex string: {}", e)),
- }
-}
-
-#[derive(Parser)]
-#[command(version, about, long_about = None)]
-struct Cli {
- #[arg(short)]
- n: usize,
-
- #[arg(long, value_parser = parse_hex_string)]
- prng_seed: [u8; 32],
-}
-
-fn main() {
- let cli = Cli::parse();
-
- let mut rng = StdRng::from_seed(cli.prng_seed);
-
- for _ in 0..cli.n {
- println!("{}", rng.gen::<u8>());
- }
-}