diff --git a/profile/fingerprint/const.go b/profile/fingerprint/const.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 02a0877a..00000000
--- a/profile/fingerprint/const.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package profile
-
-// Platform identifiers.
-const (
-	PlatformLinux   = "linux"
-	PlatformWindows = "windows"
-	PlatformMac     = "macos"
-	PlatformOpenBSD = "openbsd"
-)
diff --git a/profile/fingerprint/const_darwin.go b/profile/fingerprint/const_darwin.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ce48800..00000000
--- a/profile/fingerprint/const_darwin.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package profile
-
-// OS Identifier.
-const (
-	osIdentifier = PlatformMac
-)
diff --git a/profile/fingerprint/const_linux.go b/profile/fingerprint/const_linux.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 795b2ce5..00000000
--- a/profile/fingerprint/const_linux.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package profile
-
-// OS Identifier.
-const (
-	osIdentifier = PlatformLinux
-)
diff --git a/profile/fingerprint/const_openbsd.go b/profile/fingerprint/const_openbsd.go
deleted file mode 100644
index cfe2947c..00000000
--- a/profile/fingerprint/const_openbsd.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package profile
-
-// OS Identifier.
-const (
-	osIdentifier = PlatformOpenBSD
-)
diff --git a/profile/fingerprint/const_windows.go b/profile/fingerprint/const_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d5d33966..00000000
--- a/profile/fingerprint/const_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package profile
-
-// OS Identifier.
-const (
-	osIdentifier = PlatformWindows
-)
diff --git a/profile/fingerprint/fingerprint.go b/profile/fingerprint/fingerprint.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ee38f72..00000000
--- a/profile/fingerprint/fingerprint.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-package profile
-
-var fingerprintWeights = map[string]int{
-	"full_path":    2,
-	"partial_path": 1,
-	"md5_sum":      4,
-	"sha1_sum":     5,
-	"sha256_sum":   6,
-}
-
-// Fingerprint links processes to profiles.
-type Fingerprint struct {
-	OS       string
-	Type     string
-	Value    string
-	Comment  string
-	LastUsed int64
-}
-
-// MatchesOS returns whether the Fingerprint is applicable for the current OS.
-func (fp *Fingerprint) MatchesOS() bool {
-	return fp.OS == osIdentifier
-}
-
-// GetFingerprintWeight returns the weight of the given fingerprint type.
-func GetFingerprintWeight(fpType string) (weight int) {
-	weight, ok := fingerprintWeights[fpType]
-	if ok {
-		return weight
-	}
-	return 0
-}
-
-// TODO: move to profile
-/*
-// AddFingerprint adds the given fingerprint to the profile.
-func (profile *Profile) AddFingerprint(fp *Fingerprint) {
-	if fp.OS == "" {
-		fp.OS = osIdentifier
-	}
-	if fp.LastUsed == 0 {
-		fp.LastUsed = time.Now().Unix()
-	}
-
-	profile.Fingerprints = append(profile.Fingerprints, fp)
-}
-*/
-
-// TODO: matching
-/*
-//nolint:deadcode,unused // FIXME
-func matchProfile(p *Process, prof *profile.Profile) (score int) {
-	for _, fp := range prof.Fingerprints {
-		score += matchFingerprint(p, fp)
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-//nolint:deadcode,unused // FIXME
-func matchFingerprint(p *Process, fp *profile.Fingerprint) (score int) {
-	if !fp.MatchesOS() {
-		return 0
-	}
-
-	switch fp.Type {
-	case "full_path":
-		if p.Path == fp.Value {
-			return profile.GetFingerprintWeight(fp.Type)
-		}
-	case "partial_path":
-		// FIXME: if full_path matches, do not match partial paths
-		return profile.GetFingerprintWeight(fp.Type)
-	case "md5_sum", "sha1_sum", "sha256_sum":
-		// FIXME: one sum is enough, check sums in a grouped form, start with the best
-		sum, err := p.GetExecHash(fp.Type)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("process: failed to get hash of executable: %s", err)
-		} else if sum == fp.Value {
-			return profile.GetFingerprintWeight(fp.Type)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0
-}
-*/
diff --git a/profile/fingerprint/identifier_linux.go b/profile/fingerprint/identifier_linux.go
deleted file mode 100644
index dfa28eb1..00000000
--- a/profile/fingerprint/identifier_linux.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-package profile
-
-import (
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/safing/portbase/utils"
-)
-
-// GetPathIdentifier returns the identifier from the given path.
-func GetPathIdentifier(path string) string {
-	// clean path
-	// TODO: is this necessary?
-	cleanedPath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(path)
-	if err == nil {
-		path = cleanedPath
-	} else {
-		path = filepath.Clean(path)
-	}
-
-	splittedPath := strings.Split(path, "/")
-
-	// strip sensitive data
-	switch {
-	case strings.HasPrefix(path, "/home/"):
-		splittedPath = splittedPath[3:]
-	case strings.HasPrefix(path, "/root/"):
-		splittedPath = splittedPath[2:]
-	}
-
-	// common directories with executable
-	if i := utils.IndexOfString(splittedPath, "bin"); i > 0 {
-		splittedPath = splittedPath[i:]
-		return strings.Join(splittedPath, "/")
-	}
-	if i := utils.IndexOfString(splittedPath, "sbin"); i > 0 {
-		splittedPath = splittedPath[i:]
-		return strings.Join(splittedPath, "/")
-	}
-
-	// shorten to max 3
-	if len(splittedPath) > 3 {
-		splittedPath = splittedPath[len(splittedPath)-3:]
-	}
-
-	return strings.Join(splittedPath, "/")
-}
diff --git a/profile/fingerprint/identifier_linux_test.go b/profile/fingerprint/identifier_linux_test.go
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index a9ae09d4..00000000
--- a/profile/fingerprint/identifier_linux_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package profile
-
-import "testing"
-
-func testPathID(t *testing.T, execPath, identifierPath string) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	result := GetPathIdentifier(execPath)
-	if result != identifierPath {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected identifier path for %s: got %s, expected %s", execPath, result, identifierPath)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestGetPathIdentifier(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	testPathID(t, "/bin/bash", "bin/bash")
-	testPathID(t, "/home/user/bin/bash", "bin/bash")
-	testPathID(t, "/home/user/project/main", "project/main")
-	testPathID(t, "/root/project/main", "project/main")
-	testPathID(t, "/tmp/a/b/c/d/install.sh", "c/d/install.sh")
-	testPathID(t, "/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd", "lib/systemd/systemd-udevd")
-	testPathID(t, "/bundle/ruby/2.4.0/bin/passenger", "bin/passenger")
-	testPathID(t, "/usr/sbin/cron", "sbin/cron")
-	testPathID(t, "/usr/local/bin/python", "bin/python")
-}