diff --git a/config/index.js b/config/index.js
index fce97d5..a173ae5 100644
--- a/config/index.js
+++ b/config/index.js
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ config.scoreManager = {
     // similar-title-plugin pulls file.name from file and tasks[].name from tasks[] itself
     'similar-file-title-task-title': {
       use: 'similar-context-plugin',
-      inputs: ['file.name', 'tasks[].name'],
-      params: { 'fileType': 'file.type' }
+      inputs: ['file.name', 'tasks[].name']
     },
     // timestamp comparison defaults to 600 sec
     'context-file-timestamp-tasks-timestamp': {
diff --git a/lib/plugins/similar-context-plugin.js b/lib/plugins/similar-context-plugin.js
index 7448c2b..0de79de 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/similar-context-plugin.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/similar-context-plugin.js
@@ -7,24 +7,15 @@ const utils = require('../utils.js')
  * Returns a comparing score of two strings based on Dice's Coefficient using the stringSimilarity module.
  *
  * If param 'extractKeywords' is true: first uses the keyword-extractor to get the keywords, then compares the keywords with stringSimilarity to get a context score
-
- * Param 'fileType' by default false:
- * No cutting of the file extension before the scoring
- *
- * If param 'fileType' is given as string:
- * Cutting the file extension given by this param
  *
  * @param sString1 - first string for comparison
  * @param sString2 - second string for comparison
  * @param params - object with attribute:
  *  'extractKeywords' as parameter for extracting the keywords (true - extract keyword before calculating similarity score, false - whithout extraction)
- *  'fileType' as parameter for the filetype of the file to cut the file extension
  */
 function similarityPlugin (sString1, sString2, params) {
   let extractKeywords = (params && params['extractKeywords']) || false
 
-  let fileType = (params && params['fileType']) || false
-
   if ((typeof sString1 === 'undefined') || (typeof sString2 === 'undefined')) {
     throw new Error(`Two Strings as input are needed.`)
   }
@@ -32,11 +23,6 @@ function similarityPlugin (sString1, sString2, params) {
   utils.isValidString(sString1)
   utils.isValidString(sString2)
 
-  if (fileType !== false) {
-    sString1 = utils.basename(sString1, fileType)
-    sString2 = utils.basename(sString2, fileType)
-  }
-
   if (typeof extractKeywords !== 'boolean') {
     throw new Error(`Boolean expected, found ${extractKeywords}`)
   }
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 1a7ade2..15d080f 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -1,15 +1,3 @@
-/**
- * Returns the basename without extension of filename. If the filename does not
- * contain any dots it will be returned as is, otherwise the extension is
- * stripped and the basename is returned.
- *
- * @param filename - name of a file basename.ext
- */
-function basename (filename, filetype) {
-  let typePosition = filename.lastIndexOf('.' + filetype)
-  return typePosition === -1 ? filename : filename.substring(0, typePosition)
-}
-
 /**
  * Returns a copy of the given object. The object must be serializable to
  * JSON, thus cloning will only work on primitive objects.
@@ -63,4 +51,4 @@ function isTimestamp (timest) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = { basename, cloneObject, isValidString, isInRange, isInteger, isTimestamp }
+module.exports = { cloneObject, isValidString, isInRange, isInteger, isTimestamp }
diff --git a/test/plugins/similar-context-test.js b/test/plugins/similar-context-test.js
index 45aeddf..cf941d7 100644
--- a/test/plugins/similar-context-test.js
+++ b/test/plugins/similar-context-test.js
@@ -84,30 +84,18 @@ buster.testCase('similar-context-plugin', {
   },
 
   'should return 0.0 when there is no match at all ignoring the file extension': function () {
-    let file = { title: '123.jpeg' }
+    let file = { title: '123' }
     let task = { title: 'location' }
-    let fileType = { fileType: 'jpeg' }
 
-    let result = plugin(file.title, task.title, fileType)
+    let result = plugin(file.title, task.title)
     buster.assert.equals(result, 0.0)
   },
 
   'should return 1.0 when there is a total match ignoring the file extension': function () {
-    let file = { title: 'location.png' }
+    let file = { title: 'location' }
     let task = { title: 'location' }
-    let fileType = { fileType: 'png' }
 
-    let result = plugin(file.title, task.title, fileType)
-    buster.assert.equals(result, 1.0)
-  },
-  
-  'should return 1.0 when there is a total match ignoring the file extension': function () {
-    let file = { title: 'location.png' }
-    let task = { title: 'location' }
-    let fileType = { fileType: 'png' }
-
-    let result = plugin(file.title, task.title, fileType)
+    let result = plugin(file.title, task.title)
     buster.assert.equals(result, 1.0)
   }
-
 })