diff --git a/common/cmake/FindOpenEXR.cmake b/common/cmake/FindOpenEXR.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index ab4acb4375..0000000000
--- a/common/cmake/FindOpenEXR.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-## ======================================================================== ##
-## Copyright 2009-2016 Intel Corporation                                    ##
-##                                                                          ##
-## Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");          ##
-## you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.         ##
-## You may obtain a copy of the License at                                  ##
-##                                                                          ##
-##     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                           ##
-##                                                                          ##
-## Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software      ##
-## distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,        ##
-## WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. ##
-## See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      ##
-## limitations under the License.                                           ##
-## ======================================================================== ##
-
-SET(LIBRARY_PATHS
-  /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /opt/local/lib)
-
-FIND_PATH(OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIR ImfHeader.h
-  /usr/include       /usr/include/OpenEXR 
-  /usr/local/include /usr/local/include/OpenEXR 
-  /opt/local/include /opt/local/include/OpenEXR)
-
-FIND_LIBRARY(OPENEXR_HALF_LIBRARY      NAMES Half      PATHS ${LIBRARY_PATHS})
-FIND_LIBRARY(OPENEXR_IEX_LIBRARY       NAMES Iex       PATHS ${LIBRARY_PATHS})
-FIND_LIBRARY(OPENEXR_IMATH_LIBRARY     NAMES Imath     PATHS ${LIBRARY_PATHS})
-FIND_LIBRARY(OPENEXR_ILMIMF_LIBRARY    NAMES IlmImf    PATHS ${LIBRARY_PATHS})
-FIND_LIBRARY(OPENEXR_ILMTHREAD_LIBRARY NAMES IlmThread PATHS ${LIBRARY_PATHS})
-
-SET(OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIRS ${OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIR})
-SET(OPENEXR_LIBRARIES ${OPENEXR_HALF_LIBRARY} ${OPENEXR_IEX_LIBRARY} ${OPENEXR_IMATH_LIBRARY} ${OPENEXR_ILMIMF_LIBRARY} ${OPENEXR_ILMTHREAD_LIBRARY})
-
-INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(OPENEXR DEFAULT_MSG OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIR OPENEXR_HALF_LIBRARY OPENEXR_IEX_LIBRARY OPENEXR_IMATH_LIBRARY OPENEXR_ILMIMF_LIBRARY OPENEXR_ILMTHREAD_LIBRARY)
-
-MARK_AS_ADVANCED(
-  OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIR
-  OPENEXR_HALF_LIBRARY
-  OPENEXR_IEX_LIBRARY
-  OPENEXR_IMATH_LIBRARY
-  OPENEXR_ILMIMF_LIBRARY
-  OPENEXR_ILMTHREAD_LIBRARY
-)
diff --git a/tutorials/common/image/CMakeLists.txt b/tutorials/common/image/CMakeLists.txt
index d2cd6bf063..b84eb11590 100644
--- a/tutorials/common/image/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tutorials/common/image/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,15 +43,6 @@ IF (EMBREE_TUTORIALS_LIBJPEG)
   SET(ADDITIONAL_SOURCES ${ADDITIONAL_SOURCES} jpeg.cpp)
 ENDIF (EMBREE_TUTORIALS_LIBJPEG)
 
-FIND_PACKAGE(OpenEXR)
-CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(EMBREE_TUTORIALS_OPENEXR "Enables OpenEXR image codec." ON "OPENEXR_FOUND" OFF)
-IF (EMBREE_TUTORIALS_OPENEXR)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEMBREE_TUTORIALS_OPENEXR)
-  INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  SET(ADDITIONAL_LIBRARIES ${ADDITIONAL_LIBRARIES} ${OPENEXR_LIBRARIES})
-  SET(ADDITIONAL_SOURCES ${ADDITIONAL_SOURCES} exr.cpp)
-ENDIF (EMBREE_TUTORIALS_OPENEXR)
-
 FIND_PACKAGE(PNG)
 CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(EMBREE_TUTORIALS_LIBPNG "Enables PNG image codecs." ON "PNG_FOUND" OFF)
 IF (EMBREE_TUTORIALS_LIBPNG)
diff --git a/tutorials/common/image/exr.cpp b/tutorials/common/image/exr.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index b7dfdfd9b8..0000000000
--- a/tutorials/common/image/exr.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-// ======================================================================== //
-// Copyright 2009-2016 Intel Corporation                                    //
-//                                                                          //
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");          //
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.         //
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at                                  //
-//                                                                          //
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                           //
-//                                                                          //
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software      //
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,        //
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. //
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      //
-// limitations under the License.                                           //
-// ======================================================================== //
-
-#ifdef EMBREE_TUTORIALS_OPENEXR
-
-#include "image.h"
-
-#if defined(__clang__)
-  #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-register"
-#endif
-
-/* include OpenEXR headers */
-#ifdef __WIN32__
-#include <ImfRgbaFile.h>
-#include <ImfArray.h>
-#pragma comment (lib, "Half.lib")
-#pragma comment (lib, "Iex.lib")
-#pragma comment (lib, "IlmImf.lib")
-#pragma comment (lib, "IlmThread.lib")
-#pragma comment (lib, "Imath.lib")
-#pragma comment (lib, "zlib.lib")
-#else
-#include <ImfRgbaFile.h>
-#include <ImfArray.h>
-#endif
-
-namespace embree
-{
-  /*! load an EXR file from disk */
-  Ref<Image> loadExr(const FileName& filename)
-  {
-    Imf::RgbaInputFile file (filename.c_str());
-    Imath::Box2i dw = file.dataWindow();
-    ssize_t width = dw.max.x - dw.min.x + 1;
-    ssize_t height = dw.max.y - dw.min.y + 1;
-
-    Imf::Array2D<Imf::Rgba> pixels(height, width);
-    file.setFrameBuffer (&pixels[0][0] - dw.min.x - dw.min.y * width, 1, width);
-    file.readPixels (dw.min.y, dw.max.y);
-
-    Ref<Image> img = new Image3f(width,height,filename);
-
-    if (file.lineOrder() == Imf::INCREASING_Y) {
-      for (ssize_t y=0; y<height; y++) {
-        for (ssize_t x=0; x<width; x++) {
-          Imf::Rgba c = pixels[y][x];
-          img->set(x,y,Color4(c.r,c.g,c.b,c.a));
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    else {
-      for (ssize_t y=0; y<height; y++) {
-        for (ssize_t x=0; x<width; x++) {
-          Imf::Rgba c = pixels[y][x];
-          img->set(x,height-y-1,Color4(c.r,c.g,c.b,c.a));
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    return img;
-  }
-
-  /*! store an EXR file to disk */
-  void storeExr(const Ref<Image>& img, const FileName& filename)
-  {
-    Imf::Array2D<Imf::Rgba> pixels(img->height,img->width);
-    for (size_t y=0; y<img->height; y++) {
-      for (size_t x=0; x<img->width; x++) {
-        const Color4 c = img->get(x,y);
-        pixels[y][x] = Imf::Rgba(c.r,c.g,c.b,c.a);
-      }
-    }
-
-    Imf::RgbaOutputFile file(filename.c_str(), img->width, img->height, Imf::WRITE_RGBA);
-    file.setFrameBuffer(&pixels[0][0], 1, img->width);
-    file.writePixels(img->height);
-  }
-}
-
-#endif // EMBREE_TUTORIALS_OPENEXR
-
diff --git a/tutorials/common/image/image.cpp b/tutorials/common/image/image.cpp
index cc18baaab6..6a66afc6b9 100644
--- a/tutorials/common/image/image.cpp
+++ b/tutorials/common/image/image.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ namespace embree
   Ref<Image> loadImageFromDisk(const FileName& fileName)
   {
     std::string ext = toLowerCase(fileName.ext());
-#ifdef EMBREE_TUTORIALS_OPENEXR
-    if (ext == "exr" ) return loadExr(fileName);
-#endif
 
 #ifdef EMBREE_TUTORIALS_LIBPNG
     if (ext == "png" ) return loadPNG(fileName);
@@ -72,10 +69,6 @@ namespace embree
   {
     std::string ext = toLowerCase(fileName.ext());
 
-#ifdef EMBREE_TUTORIALS_OPENEXR
-    if (ext == "exr" ) { storeExr(img, fileName);  return; }
-#endif
-
 #ifdef EMBREE_TUTORIALS_LIBJPEG
     if (ext == "jpg" ) { storeJPEG(img, fileName);  return; }
 #endif
diff --git a/tutorials/common/image/image.h b/tutorials/common/image/image.h
index 2e12ed5c09..b9814274c9 100644
--- a/tutorials/common/image/image.h
+++ b/tutorials/common/image/image.h
@@ -147,9 +147,6 @@ namespace embree
   /*! Generate a JPEG encoded image from a RGB8 buffer in memory. */
   void encodeRGB8_to_JPEG(unsigned char *image, size_t width, size_t height, unsigned char **encoded, unsigned long *capacity);
 
-  /*! Loads image from EXR file. */
-  Ref<Image> loadExr(const FileName& fileName);
-  
   /*! Loads image from file. Format is auto detected. */
   Ref<Image> loadImage(const FileName& filename, bool cache = false);
 
@@ -171,9 +168,6 @@ namespace embree
   /*! Loads image from TIFF file. */
 //Ref<Image> loadTIFF(const FileName& fileName);
   
-  /*! Store image to EXR file. */
-  void storeExr(const Ref<Image>& img, const FileName& fileName);
-  
   /*! Store image to file. Format is auto detected. */
   void storeImage(const Ref<Image>& image, const FileName& filename);