diff --git a/TBF/TBF.csproj b/TBF/TBF.csproj
index 9a8f42af5..109b93119 100644
--- a/TBF/TBF.csproj
+++ b/TBF/TBF.csproj
@@ -1994,9 +1994,6 @@
       <DependentUpon>Strings.resx</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Strings.Designer.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Tools\ByteFormatter.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Tools\IniUtil.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Tools\XmlTools.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UiBridge\ActivityEventArgs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UiBridge\AdjustmentInProgressEventArgs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UiBridge\Bridge.cs" />
diff --git a/TBF/Tools/ByteFormatter.cs b/TBF/Tools/ByteFormatter.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index fa1cca4aa..000000000
--- a/TBF/Tools/ByteFormatter.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-///
-/// Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Sensus Metering Systems
-///
-using System;
-using System.Globalization;
-
-namespace TBF.Tools
-{
-	public class ByteFormatter : IFormatProvider, ICustomFormatter
-	{
-		public ByteFormatter()
-		{
-		}
-
-		public object GetFormat(Type formatType)
-		{
-			if (formatType == typeof(ICustomFormatter))
-				return this;
-			else
-				return null;
-		}
-
-		public string Format(string fmt, object arg, IFormatProvider formatProvider)
-		{
-			if (arg.GetType() != typeof(byte))
-			{
-				try
-				{
-					return HandleOtherFormats(fmt, arg);
-				}
-				catch (FormatException e)
-				{
-					throw new FormatException(String.Format("The format of '{0}' is invalid.", fmt), e);
-				}
-			}
-
-			///
-			/// Convert one byte to string
-			///
-			byte b = (byte)arg;
-			if ((32 <= b) && (b <= 127)) return "'" + ((char)b).ToString() + "'";
-			if ((char)b == '\r') return "'\\r'";
-			if ((char)b == '\n') return "'\\n'";
-			if ((char)b == '\t') return "'\\t'";
-			if (b == 17) return "XON";
-			if (b == 19) return "XOFF";
-			if (b == 26) return "Ctrl-Z";
-			return b.ToString();
-		}
-
-
-		private string HandleOtherFormats(string format, object arg)
-		{
-			if (arg is IFormattable)
-				return ((IFormattable)arg).ToString(format, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
-			else if (arg != null)
-				return arg.ToString();
-			else
-				return String.Empty;
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/TBF/Tools/IniUtil.cs b/TBF/Tools/IniUtil.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index a2b3e18f8..000000000
--- a/TBF/Tools/IniUtil.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-///
-/// Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Sensus Metering Systems
-///
-using System;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-using System.Collections.Specialized;
-
-namespace TBF.Tools
-{
-	/// <summary>
-	/// The class use the WinApi GetPrivateProfileSectionNames,
-	/// GetPrivateProfileSection, GetPrivateProfileString, WritePrivateProfileString
-	/// and present easy methods to work from a NET point of view.
-	/// Usage:
-	///		IniUtil ini = new IniUtil(@"C:\program files (x86)\myapp\myapp.ini");
-	///		string country = ini.GetValue("Carrier","Country","NoCountry");
-	/// </summary>
-	public class IniUtil
-	{
-		[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
-		private static extern int GetPrivateProfileSectionNames(byte[] lpszReturnBuffer, int nSize, string lpFileName);
-		[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
-		private static extern int GetPrivateProfileSection(string lpAppName, byte[] lpReturnedString, int nSize, string lpFileName);
-		[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
-		private static extern int GetPrivateProfileString(string lpApplicationName, string lpKeyName, string lpDefault, byte[] lpReturnedString, int nSize, string lpFileName);
-		[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
-		private static extern bool WritePrivateProfileString(string lpApplicationName, string lpKeyName, string lpString, string lpFileName);
-
-		private const int VALUE_BUFFER = 511;
-		private const int SECTION_BUFFER = (1024 * 16);
-		private string m_sIniFile;
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// .ctor with INI file name
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="fileName">Fullpath to the INI file</param>
-		public IniUtil(string fileName)
-		{
-			m_sIniFile = fileName;
-		}
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Set the value for a specific key in a section
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="section">Section containing the key to write to</param>
-		/// <param name="key">Key to insert/update</param>
-		/// <param name="keyvalue">Value for the key</param>
-		/// <returns>True if OK</returns>
-		public bool SetValue(string section, string key, string keyvalue)
-		{
-			return WritePrivateProfileString(section, key, keyvalue, m_sIniFile);
-		}
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Gets the value of the specidied key in the specified section, 
-		/// If the key doesn't exists returns the default value
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="section">Section containing the key to read from</param>
-		/// <param name="key">Required key</param>
-		/// <param name="ifMissing">Value to return in case the key is missing</param>
-		/// <returns>string value of the key or missing value</returns>
-		public string GetValue(string section, string key, string ifMissing)
-		{
-			byte[] by = new byte[VALUE_BUFFER];
-			int n = GetPrivateProfileString(section, key, ifMissing, by, VALUE_BUFFER, m_sIniFile);
-			string s = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(by);
-			return s.Substring(0, n);
-		}
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Returns the NameValueCollection for every key in the section
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="section">Section name</param>
-		/// <returns>NameValueCollection with nake=Key and value=value</returns>
-		public NameValueCollection GetSectionKeysvalues(string section)
-		{
-			NameValueCollection n = new NameValueCollection();
-			if(section.Length > 0)
-			{
-				byte[] by = new byte[SECTION_BUFFER];
-				int x = GetPrivateProfileSection(section, by, SECTION_BUFFER, m_sIniFile);
-				if(x > 0) x--;
-				string keysvalues = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(by, 0, x);
-				string[] temp = keysvalues.Split('\0');
-				foreach(string s in temp)
-				{
-					string[] t = s.Split('=');
-					n.Add(t[0], t[1]);
-				}
-			}
-			return n;
-		}
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Get the names of all sections in .INI
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <returns>string array with all the key names</returns>
-		public string[] GetSectionNames()
-		{
-			byte[] by = new byte[SECTION_BUFFER];
-			int x = GetPrivateProfileSectionNames(by, SECTION_BUFFER, m_sIniFile);
-			if(x > 0) x--;
-			string keys = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(by, 0, x);
-			return keys.Split('\0');
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/TBF/Tools/XmlTools.cs b/TBF/Tools/XmlTools.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index d1f3c71b6..000000000
--- a/TBF/Tools/XmlTools.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-///
-/// Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Sensus Metering Systems
-///
-using System.IO;
-using System.Xml.Serialization;
-
-namespace TBF.Tools
-{
-	public static class XmlTools
-	{
-		public static string ToXmlString<T>(this T input)
-		{
-			using (var writer = new StringWriter())
-			{
-				input.ToXml(writer);
-				return writer.ToString();
-			}
-		}
-
-		public static void ToXml<T>(this T objectToSerialize, Stream stream)
-		{
-			new XmlSerializer(typeof(T)).Serialize(stream, objectToSerialize);
-		}
-
-		public static void ToXml<T>(this T objectToSerialize, StringWriter writer)
-		{
-			new XmlSerializer(typeof(T)).Serialize(writer, objectToSerialize);
-		}
-	}
-}