diff --git a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/OsmTrack.java b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/OsmTrack.java
index ac278d18e..98d5e93bc 100644
--- a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/OsmTrack.java
+++ b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/OsmTrack.java
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ public static OsmTrack readBinary(String filename, OsmNodeNamed newEp, long[] no
           }
           dis.close();
         } catch (Exception e) {
-          t = null;
           if (debugInfo != null) {
             debugInfo.append("Error reading rawTrack: " + e);
           }
diff --git a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/RoutingEngine.java b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/RoutingEngine.java
index f940f2f48..105ed0952 100644
--- a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/RoutingEngine.java
+++ b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/RoutingEngine.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 import btools.mapaccess.OsmLinkHolder;
 import btools.mapaccess.OsmNode;
 import btools.mapaccess.OsmNodePairSet;
-import btools.util.CheapAngleMeter;
-import btools.util.CheapRuler;
 import btools.util.CompactLongMap;
 import btools.util.SortedHeap;
 import btools.util.StackSampler;
@@ -32,8 +30,6 @@ public class RoutingEngine extends Thread {
   public final static int BROUTER_ENGINEMODE_SEED = 1;
   public final static int BROUTER_ENGINEMODE_GETELEV = 2;
 
-  public final static int BROUTER_ENGINEMODE_PREPARE_REROUTE = 6;
-
   private NodesCache nodesCache;
   private SortedHeap<OsmPath> openSet = new SortedHeap<>();
   private boolean finished = false;
@@ -162,7 +158,6 @@ public void doRun(long maxRunningTime) {
 
     switch (engineMode) {
       case BROUTER_ENGINEMODE_ROUTING:
-      case BROUTER_ENGINEMODE_PREPARE_REROUTE:
         if (waypoints.size() < 2) {
           throw new IllegalArgumentException("we need two lat/lon points at least!");
         }
@@ -194,9 +189,6 @@ public void doRouting(long maxRunningTime) {
       ArrayList<String> messageList = new ArrayList<>();
       for (int i = 0; ; i++) {
         track = findTrack(refTracks, lastTracks);
-
-        if (engineMode==BROUTER_ENGINEMODE_PREPARE_REROUTE) break; // no output for rerouting prepare
-
         track.message = "track-length = " + track.distance + " filtered ascend = " + track.ascend
           + " plain-ascend = " + track.plainAscend + " cost=" + track.cost;
         if (track.energy != 0) {
@@ -583,10 +575,6 @@ private OsmTrack tryFindTrack(OsmTrack[] refTracks, OsmTrack[] lastTracks) {
         boolean dirty = found && nearbyTrack.isDirty;
         logInfo("read referenceTrack, found=" + found + " dirty=" + dirty + " " + debugInfo);
       }
-      if (nearbyTrack != null &&
-          engineMode==BROUTER_ENGINEMODE_PREPARE_REROUTE) {
-        return null; // already rerouting prepared
-      }
     }
 
     if (matchedWaypoints == null) { // could exist from the previous alternative level
@@ -599,22 +587,6 @@ private OsmTrack tryFindTrack(OsmTrack[] refTracks, OsmTrack[] lastTracks) {
         matchedWaypoints.add(mwp);
       }
       matchWaypointsToNodes(matchedWaypoints);
-      if (routingContext.startDirection != null) {
-        // add a nogo not to turn back
-        double angle = CheapAngleMeter.normalize(180 + routingContext.startDirection);
-        int[] np = CheapRuler.destination(matchedWaypoints.get(0).crosspoint.ilon, matchedWaypoints.get(0).crosspoint.ilat, 10, angle);
-        OsmNodeNamed n = new OsmNodeNamed();
-        n.name = "nogo8";
-        n.ilon = np[0];
-        n.ilat = np[1];
-        n.isNogo = true;
-        n.radius = 8;
-        n.nogoWeight = 9999;
-        if (routingContext.nogopoints == null) {
-          routingContext.nogopoints = new ArrayList<>();
-        }
-        routingContext.nogopoints.add(n);
-      }
 
       routingContext.checkMatchedWaypointAgainstNogos(matchedWaypoints);
 
@@ -659,8 +631,7 @@ private OsmTrack tryFindTrack(OsmTrack[] refTracks, OsmTrack[] lastTracks) {
         routingContext.inverseDirection = false;
         wptIndex = i + 1;
       } else {
-        //seg = searchTrack(matchedWaypoints.get(i), matchedWaypoints.get(i + 1), i == matchedWaypoints.size() - 2 ? nearbyTrack : null, refTracks[i]);
-        seg = searchTrack(matchedWaypoints.get(i), matchedWaypoints.get(i + 1), nearbyTrack, refTracks[i]);
+        seg = searchTrack(matchedWaypoints.get(i), matchedWaypoints.get(i + 1), i == matchedWaypoints.size() - 2 ? nearbyTrack : null, refTracks[i]);
         wptIndex = i;
       }
       if (seg == null)
@@ -1077,18 +1048,7 @@ private OsmTrack searchRoutedTrack(MatchedWaypoint startWp, MatchedWaypoint endW
       track.nogoChecksums = routingContext.getNogoChecksums();
       track.profileTimestamp = routingContext.profileTimestamp;
       track.isDirty = isDirty;
-      if (foundRawTrack == null) {
-        foundRawTrack = track;
-      } else {
-        for (OsmPathElement n : track.nodes) {
-          foundRawTrack.nodes.add(n);
-        }
-        foundRawTrack.endPoint = endWp;
-      }
-      if (engineMode==BROUTER_ENGINEMODE_PREPARE_REROUTE) {
-        return null; // rerouting prepared
-      }
-
+      foundRawTrack = track;
     }
 
     if (!wasClean && isDirty) {
diff --git a/brouter-server/src/main/java/btools/server/BRouter.java b/brouter-server/src/main/java/btools/server/BRouter.java
index 1600c7e3f..a6dfe1037 100644
--- a/brouter-server/src/main/java/btools/server/BRouter.java
+++ b/brouter-server/src/main/java/btools/server/BRouter.java
@@ -105,28 +105,13 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
       if (engineMode == RoutingEngine.BROUTER_ENGINEMODE_GETELEV) {
         re = new RoutingEngine("testinfo", null, new File(args[0]), wplist, rc, engineMode);
       } else {
-        rc.rawTrackPath = "testtrack.raw";
         re = new RoutingEngine("testtrack", null, new File(args[0]), wplist, rc, engineMode);
       }
       re.doRun(0);
-
-      if (engineMode == RoutingEngine.BROUTER_ENGINEMODE_ROUTING ||
-          engineMode == RoutingEngine.BROUTER_ENGINEMODE_PREPARE_REROUTE) {
-        // store new reference track if any
-        // (can exist for timed-out search)
-        if (re.getFoundRawTrack() != null) {
-          try {
-            re.getFoundRawTrack().writeBinary(rc.rawTrackPath);
-          } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-          }
-        }
-      }
-
     } catch (Exception e) {
       System.out.println(e.getMessage());
     }
-
+    
   }
 
 
diff --git a/brouter-util/src/main/java/btools/util/CheapRuler.java b/brouter-util/src/main/java/btools/util/CheapRuler.java
index bdd93607f..7a7dc8f31 100644
--- a/brouter-util/src/main/java/btools/util/CheapRuler.java
+++ b/brouter-util/src/main/java/btools/util/CheapRuler.java
@@ -77,21 +77,4 @@ public static double distance(int ilon1, int ilat1, int ilon2, int ilat2) {
     double dlat = (ilat1 - ilat2) * kxky[1];
     return Math.sqrt(dlat * dlat + dlon * dlon); // in m
   }
-
-  public static int[] destination(int lon1, int lat1, double distance, double angle) {
-
-    double[] lonlat2m = CheapRuler.getLonLatToMeterScales(lat1);
-    double lon2m = lonlat2m[0];
-    double lat2m = lonlat2m[1];
-    angle = 90. - angle;
-    double st = Math.sin(angle * Math.PI / 180.);
-    double ct = Math.cos(angle * Math.PI / 180.);
-
-    int lon2 = (int) (0.5 + lon1 + ct * distance / lon2m);
-    int lat2 = (int) (0.5 + lat1 + st * distance / lat2m);
-    int[] ret = new int[2];
-    ret[0] = lon2;
-    ret[1] = lat2;
-    return ret;
-  }
 }