diff --git a/modules/build_info.cmake b/modules/build_info.cmake
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--- a/modules/build_info.cmake
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@@ -1,150 +0,0 @@
-#.rst:
-#
-# Generates source code that echoes configuration, version, and build
-# information to the program output.
-
-find_package(PythonInterp REQUIRED)
-
-# generated cmake files will be written to this path
-# only build info is generated
-# everything else is static for the user
-file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/generated_by_cmake)
-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
-    ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}
-    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/generated_by_cmake
-    )
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-function(get_git_info
-         in_python_executable
-         out_git_last_commit_hash
-         out_git_last_commit_author
-         out_git_last_commit_date
-         out_git_branch
-         out_git_status_at_build)
-
-    find_package(Git)
-    if(GIT_FOUND)
-        execute_process(
-            COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-list --max-count=1 --abbrev-commit HEAD
-            OUTPUT_VARIABLE _git_last_commit_hash
-            ERROR_QUIET
-            )
-
-        if(_git_last_commit_hash)
-            string(STRIP ${_git_last_commit_hash} _git_last_commit_hash)
-        endif()
-
-        execute_process(
-            COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} log --max-count=1 HEAD
-            OUTPUT_VARIABLE _git_last_commit
-            ERROR_QUIET
-            )
-
-        if(_git_last_commit)
-            string(REGEX MATCH "Author:[ ]*(.+)<" temp "${_git_last_commit}")
-            set(_git_last_commit_author ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
-            string(REGEX MATCH "Date:[ ]*(.+(\\+|-)[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])" temp "${_git_last_commit}")
-            set(_git_last_commit_date ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
-        endif()
-
-        execute_process(
-            COMMAND ${in_python_executable} -c "import subprocess; import re; print(re.search(r'\\*.*', subprocess.Popen(['${GIT_EXECUTABLE}', 'branch'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0], re.MULTILINE).group())"
-            OUTPUT_VARIABLE _git_branch
-            ERROR_QUIET
-            )
-
-        if(_git_branch)
-            string(REPLACE "*" "" _git_branch ${_git_branch})
-            string(STRIP ${_git_branch} _git_branch)
-        endif()
-
-        execute_process(
-            COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} status -uno
-            OUTPUT_VARIABLE _git_status_at_build
-            ERROR_QUIET
-        )
-
-        set(${out_git_last_commit_hash}   ${_git_last_commit_hash}   PARENT_SCOPE)
-        set(${out_git_last_commit_author} ${_git_last_commit_author} PARENT_SCOPE)
-        set(${out_git_last_commit_date}   ${_git_last_commit_date}   PARENT_SCOPE)
-        set(${out_git_branch}             ${_git_branch}             PARENT_SCOPE)
-        set(${out_git_status_at_build}    ${_git_status_at_build}    PARENT_SCOPE)
-    else()
-        set(${out_git_last_commit_hash}   "" PARENT_SCOPE)
-        set(${out_git_last_commit_author} "" PARENT_SCOPE)
-        set(${out_git_last_commit_date}   "" PARENT_SCOPE)
-        set(${out_git_branch}             "" PARENT_SCOPE)
-        set(${out_git_status_at_build}    "" PARENT_SCOPE)
-    endif()
-endfunction()
-
-get_git_info(${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
-             GIT_COMMIT_HASH
-             GIT_COMMIT_AUTHOR
-             GIT_COMMIT_DATE
-             GIT_BRANCH
-             GIT_STATUS_AT_BUILD)
-
-# get configuration time in UTC
-execute_process(
-    COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "import datetime; print(datetime.datetime.utcnow())"
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE _configuration_time
-    )
-string(STRIP ${_configuration_time} _configuration_time) # delete newline
-
-execute_process(
-    COMMAND whoami
-    TIMEOUT 1
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE _user_name
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-    )
-
-execute_process(
-    COMMAND hostname
-    TIMEOUT 1
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE _host_name
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-    )
-
-get_directory_property(_list_of_definitions DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)
-
-# set python version variable when it is not defined automatically
-# this can happen when cmake version is equal or less than 2.8.5
-if(NOT _python_version)
-    execute_process(
-        COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -V
-        OUTPUT_VARIABLE _python_version
-        ERROR_VARIABLE _python_version
-        )
-    string(REGEX MATCH "Python ([0-9].[0-9].[0-9])" temp "${_python_version}")
-    set(_python_version ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
-endif()
-
-configure_file(
-    ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/lib/config_info.in.py
-    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config_info.py
-    )
-
-unset(_configuration_time)
-unset(_user_name)
-unset(_host_name)
-unset(_list_of_definitions)
-unset(_python_version)
-
-exec_program(
-    ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
-    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
-    ARGS config_info.py Fortran > ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config_info.F90
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE _discard # we don't care about the output
-    )
-
-exec_program(
-    ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
-    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
-    ARGS config_info.py CMake > ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/generated_by_cmake/config_info_generated.cmake
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE _discard # we don't care about the output
-    )
-
-include(config_info_generated)