diff --git a/application/main.cpp b/application/main.cpp
index de9c7e3..d39b53d 100644
--- a/application/main.cpp
+++ b/application/main.cpp
@@ -185,15 +185,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     genInfoArg.setDenotesOperation(true);
     genInfoArg.setSubArguments({&fileArg, &validateArg, &outputFileArg});
     genInfoArg.setCallback(std::bind(Cli::generateFileInfo, _1, std::cref(fileArg), std::cref(outputFileArg), std::cref(validateArg)));
-    // remove backup files
-    Argument directoryArg("directory", 'd', "specifies the directory");
-    directoryArg.setRequiredValueCount(1);
-    directoryArg.setValueNames({"path"});
-    directoryArg.setImplicit(true);
-    Argument remBackupFilesArg("remove-backup-files", '\0', "removes all files with \".bak\" suffix in the given directory and in subdirectories if recursive option is present");
-    remBackupFilesArg.setDenotesOperation(true);
-    remBackupFilesArg.setCallback(std::bind(Cli::removeBackupFiles, _1, std::cref(recursiveArg)));
-    remBackupFilesArg.setSubArguments({&directoryArg, &recursiveArg});
     // renaming utility
     Argument renamingUtilityArg("renaming-utility", '\0', "launches the renaming utility instead of the main GUI");
     renamingUtilityArg.setCombinable(true);
@@ -201,7 +192,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     qtConfigArgs.qtWidgetsGuiArg().setAbbreviation('\0');
     qtConfigArgs.qtWidgetsGuiArg().addSubArgument(&defaultFileArg);
     qtConfigArgs.qtWidgetsGuiArg().addSubArgument(&renamingUtilityArg);
-    parser.setMainArguments({&qtConfigArgs.qtWidgetsGuiArg(), &printFieldNamesArg, &displayFileInfoArg, &displayTagInfoArg, &setTagInfoArgs.setTagInfoArg, &extractFieldArg, &genInfoArg, &remBackupFilesArg, &helpArg});
+    parser.setMainArguments({&qtConfigArgs.qtWidgetsGuiArg(), &printFieldNamesArg, &displayFileInfoArg, &displayTagInfoArg, &setTagInfoArgs.setTagInfoArg, &extractFieldArg, &genInfoArg, &helpArg});
     // parse given arguments
     try {
         parser.parseArgs(argc, argv);
diff --git a/cli/mainfeatures.cpp b/cli/mainfeatures.cpp
index 6120932..fdd2ccc 100644
--- a/cli/mainfeatures.cpp
+++ b/cli/mainfeatures.cpp
@@ -163,15 +163,6 @@ void printFieldNames(const ArgumentOccurance &occurance)
     cout << fieldNames << endl;
 }
 
-void removeBackupFiles(const ArgumentOccurance &occurance, const Argument &recursiveArg)
-{
-    CMD_UTILS_START_CONSOLE;
-    QDir dir(QString::fromStdString(occurance.values.front()));
-    QStringList affectedFiles;
-    int filesFound = Utility::removeBackupFiles(dir, affectedFiles, &cout, recursiveArg.isPresent());
-    cout << affectedFiles.size() << " of " << filesFound << " backup files have been removed." << endl;
-}
-
 TagUsage parseUsageDenotation(const Argument &usageArg, TagUsage defaultUsage)
 {
     if(usageArg.isPresent()) {
diff --git a/cli/mainfeatures.h b/cli/mainfeatures.h
index 03bd5f8..27a8f5c 100644
--- a/cli/mainfeatures.h
+++ b/cli/mainfeatures.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ void generateFileInfo(const ApplicationUtilities::ArgumentOccurance &, const App
 void displayTagInfo(const ApplicationUtilities::Argument &fieldsArg, const ApplicationUtilities::Argument &filesArg, const ApplicationUtilities::Argument &verboseArg);
 void setTagInfo(const Cli::SetTagInfoArgs &args);
 void extractField(const ApplicationUtilities::Argument &fieldsArg, const ApplicationUtilities::Argument &inputFileArg, const ApplicationUtilities::Argument &outputFileArg, const ApplicationUtilities::Argument &verboseArg);
-void removeBackupFiles(const ApplicationUtilities::ArgumentOccurance &occurance, const ApplicationUtilities::Argument &recursiveArg);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/misc/utility.cpp b/misc/utility.cpp
index d1634a0..daf242c 100644
--- a/misc/utility.cpp
+++ b/misc/utility.cpp
@@ -109,31 +109,6 @@ TagValue qstringToTagValue(const QString &value, TagTextEncoding textEncoding)
     return value.isEmpty() ? TagValue() : TagValue(qstringToString(value, textEncoding), textEncoding);
 }
 
-int removeBackupFiles(const QDir &directory, QStringList &affectedFiles, ostream *log, bool recursive)
-{
-    QDirIterator iterator(directory, recursive ? QDirIterator::Subdirectories : QDirIterator::NoIteratorFlags);
-    QString path;
-    int filesFound = 0;
-    while(iterator.hasNext()) {
-        path = iterator.next();
-        const auto fileInfo = iterator.fileInfo();
-        if(fileInfo.isFile()) {
-            if(fileInfo.suffix() == QLatin1String("bak")) {
-                ++filesFound;
-                if(QFile::remove(path)) {
-                    affectedFiles << path;
-                    if(log) {
-                        *log << "\"" << path.toStdString() << "\" has been removed." << endl;
-                    }
-                } else if(log) {
-                    *log << "Unable to remove \"" << path.toStdString() << "\"." << endl;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return filesFound;
-}
-
 QString formatName(const QString &str, bool underscoreToWhitespace)
 {
     QString res;
diff --git a/misc/utility.h b/misc/utility.h
index 89db10f..5b8813e 100644
--- a/misc/utility.h
+++ b/misc/utility.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Media::TagValue qstringToTagValue(const QString &value, Media::TagTextEncoding t
 QString formatName(const QString &str, bool underscoreToWhitespace = true);
 QString fixUmlauts(const QString &str);
 void parseFileName(const QString &fileName, QString &title, int &trackNumber);
-int removeBackupFiles(const QDir &directory, QStringList &affectedFiles, std::ostream *log = nullptr, bool recursive = false);
 QString printModel(QAbstractItemModel *model);
 void printModelIndex(const QModelIndex &index, QString &res, int level);