diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a2c2fc18ad..12841ad30f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2892,8 +2892,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "nu_plugin_tree",
  "nu_plugin_xpath",
  "pretty_env_logger",
- "serde 1.0.115",
- "toml",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 95f6a0d38d..986a274b11 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ dunce = "1.0.1"
 nu-test-support = {version = "0.20.0", path = "./crates/nu-test-support"}
 
 [build-dependencies]
-serde = {version = "1.0.115", features = ["derive"]}
-toml = "0.5.6"
 
 [features]
 ctrlc-support = ["nu-cli/ctrlc"]
diff --git a/README.build.txt b/README.build.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 69f8e5ac39..0000000000
--- a/README.build.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Nu will look for the plugins in your PATH on startup. While nu will have some functionality without them, for full functionality you'll need to copy them into your path so they can be loaded.
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/features.toml b/features.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dd7a26c36..0000000000
--- a/features.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-[hintsv1]
-
-description = "Adding hints based upon error states in the syntax highlighter"
-enabled = false
-
-[coloring_in_tokens]
-
-description = "Move coloring into the TokensIterator so they can be atomic with the rest of the iterator"
-reason = """
-This is laying the groundwork for merging coloring and parsing. It also makes token_nodes.atomic() naturally
-work with coloring, which is pretty useful on its own.
-"""
-enabled = false
-
-[data_processing_primitives]
-
-description = "Groundwork so tables can be data processed"
-reason = """
-These will allow take tables and be able to transform, process, and explore.
-"""
-enabled = false