diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dae803f99a565ff3b51b874f39ef4affe2af1b98..e02b236619a40272065df3cc556aca6d2405e2a4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -282,8 +282,6 @@ target_sources(petrack_core PRIVATE
     include/autoCalib.h
     include/filter.h
     include/brightContrastFilter.h
-    include/brightFilter.h
-    include/contrastFilter.h
     include/blurFilter.h
     include/borderFilter.h
     include/backgroundFilter.h
@@ -335,8 +333,6 @@ target_sources(petrack_core PRIVATE
     src/autoCalib.cpp
     src/filter.cpp
     src/brightContrastFilter.cpp
-    src/brightFilter.cpp
-    src/contrastFilter.cpp
     src/blurFilter.cpp
     src/borderFilter.cpp
     src/backgroundFilter.cpp
diff --git a/include/brightFilter.h b/include/brightFilter.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e82e41fcc74aae1556c5404aade56c0fe89a021e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/include/brightFilter.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * PeTrack - Software for tracking pedestrians movement in videos
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2020 Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH,
- * Maik Boltes, Juliane Adrian, Ricardo Martin Brualla, Arne Graf, Paul Häger, Daniel Hillebrand,
- * Deniz Kilic, Paul Lieberenz, Daniel Salden, Tobias Schrödter, Ann Katrin Seemann
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#ifndef BRIGHTFILTER_H
-#define BRIGHTFILTER_H
-
-#include "filter.h"
-
-class BrightFilter : public Filter
-{
-private:
-    Parameter mB;
-
-public:
-    BrightFilter();
-#ifndef STEREO_DISABLED
-    IplImage* act(IplImage *img, IplImage *res);
-#endif
-
-//     bool changed();
-
-    Parameter *getBrightness();
-};
-
-#endif
diff --git a/include/contrastFilter.h b/include/contrastFilter.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 10f72d1d5b733e3db6d483a7f87dd3599c25b187..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/include/contrastFilter.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * PeTrack - Software for tracking pedestrians movement in videos
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2020 Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH,
- * Maik Boltes, Juliane Adrian, Ricardo Martin Brualla, Arne Graf, Paul Häger, Daniel Hillebrand,
- * Deniz Kilic, Paul Lieberenz, Daniel Salden, Tobias Schrödter, Ann Katrin Seemann
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#ifndef CONTRASTFILTER_H
-#define CONTRASTFILTER_H
-
-#include "filter.h"
-#include "helper.h"
-
-class ContrastFilter : public Filter
-{
-private:
-    Parameter mC;
-
-public:
-    ContrastFilter();
-#ifndef STEREO_DISABLED
-    IplImage* act(IplImage *img, IplImage *res);
-#endif
-
-//     bool changed();
-
-    Parameter *getContrast();
-};
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/brightFilter.cpp b/src/brightFilter.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 10287a7133a9bc0806d5ef9deb0a8f7f2693c48b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/brightFilter.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * PeTrack - Software for tracking pedestrians movement in videos
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2020 Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH,
- * Maik Boltes, Juliane Adrian, Ricardo Martin Brualla, Arne Graf, Paul Häger, Daniel Hillebrand,
- * Deniz Kilic, Paul Lieberenz, Daniel Salden, Tobias Schrödter, Ann Katrin Seemann
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include "brightFilter.h"
-
-BrightFilter::BrightFilter()
-    :Filter()
-{
-    mB.setMinimum(0.);
-    mB.setMaximum(255.);
-    mB.setValue(0.);
-    mB.setFilter(this);
-}
-
-#ifndef STEREO_DISABLED
-IplImage* BrightFilter::act(IplImage *img, IplImage *res)
-{
-    int x, y;
-    // Pointer to the data information in the IplImage
-    unsigned char *dataIn  = (unsigned char *) img->imageData; 
-    unsigned char *dataOut = (unsigned char *) res->imageData; 
-    // int channels = img->nChannels;
-  
-    // set poiner to value before array, because ++i is more effective than i++
-    --dataIn; --dataOut; 
-
-    // Contrast factor
-    float b = mB.getValue();
-    float fac = (255.-b)/255.;
-    // cout << CHAR_MIN << " " << CHAR_MAX<<endl
-    // leider oft von -128..127, so dass umwandlung in unsigned char bei berechung noetig
-
-    // This loop is optimized so it has to calculate the least amount of indexes
-    // Optimizing the access to the pointer data is useless (no difference in performance when tested)
-    for (y = 0; y < img->height; ++y)
-    {
-        for (x = 0; x < img->width; ++x)
-        {
-            *(++dataOut) = (char) (*(++dataIn) * fac + b);
-            *(++dataOut) = (char) (*(++dataIn) * fac + b);
-            *(++dataOut) = (char) (*(++dataIn) * fac + b);
-            // so wuerde man durchschleifen
-//             *(++dataOut) = *(++dataIn);
-//             *(++dataOut) = *(++dataIn);
-//             *(++dataOut) = *(++dataIn);
-            // dataIn+=channels; // es wird von 3 kanaelen ausgegenagen
-        }
-    }
-//     // parameter was used, so it is now set to unchanged
-//     // also enabling/disabling will be reset
-//     mC.setChanged(false);
-//     Filter::setUnchanged();
-
-    return res;
-}
-
-// bool BrightFilter::changed()
-// {
-//     return Filter::changed() || mB.changed();   
-// }
-#endif
-Parameter* BrightFilter::getBrightness()
-{
-    return &mB;
-}
diff --git a/src/contrastFilter.cpp b/src/contrastFilter.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 693684da17c26fed0ec3acf735afefa55e77fded..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/contrastFilter.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * PeTrack - Software for tracking pedestrians movement in videos
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2020 Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH,
- * Maik Boltes, Juliane Adrian, Ricardo Martin Brualla, Arne Graf, Paul Häger, Daniel Hillebrand,
- * Deniz Kilic, Paul Lieberenz, Daniel Salden, Tobias Schrödter, Ann Katrin Seemann
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include "contrastFilter.h"
-
-ContrastFilter::ContrastFilter()
-    :Filter()
-{
-    mC.setMinimum(0.);
-    mC.setMaximum(255.);
-    mC.setValue(0.);
-    mC.setFilter(this);
-}
-#ifndef STEREO_DISABLED
-IplImage* ContrastFilter::act(IplImage *img, IplImage *res)
-{
-    int x, y;
-    float val;
-    // Pointer to the data information in the IplImage
-    // using (unsigned char *) garantees values 0..255 (mingw under windows results -128..127 for char)
-    unsigned char *dataIn  = (unsigned char *) img->imageData; 
-    unsigned char *dataOut = (unsigned char *) res->imageData; 
-    // int channels = img->nChannels;
-  
-    // set poiner to value before array, because ++i is more effective than i++
-    --dataIn; --dataOut; 
-
-    // Contrast factor
-    float fac = 256./(256.-mC.getValue());
-
-    // This loop is optimized so it has to calculate the least amount of indexes
-    // Optimizing the access to the pointer data is useless (no difference in performance when tested)
-
-//     int maxval = -1000;
-//     int minval = 1000;
-//     for (y = 0; y < img->height; ++y)
-//     {
-//         for (x = 0; x < img->width; ++x)
-//         {
-//             if (*(dataIn+x+y*img->width) > maxval)
-//                 maxval = *(dataIn+x+y*img->width);
-//             if (*(dataIn+x+y*img->width) < minval)
-//                 minval = *(dataIn+x+y*img->width);
-//         }
-//     }
-//     cout << minval << " " <<maxval <<endl;
-
-    for (y = 0; y < img->height; ++y)
-    {
-        for (x = 0; x < img->width; ++x)
-        {
-            val = (*(++dataIn)-128) * fac; // (signed char) to move to -128..127
-            *(++dataOut) = (unsigned char) MAX(MIN(val+128, 255), 0);
-            val = (*(++dataIn)-128) * fac;
-            *(++dataOut) = (unsigned char) MAX(MIN(val+128, 255), 0);
-            val = (*(++dataIn)-128) * fac;
-            *(++dataOut) = (unsigned char) MAX(MIN(val+128, 255), 0);
-            // so wuerde man durchschleifen
-//             *(++dataOut) = *(++dataIn);
-//             *(++dataOut) = *(++dataIn);
-//             *(++dataOut) = *(++dataIn);
-            // dataIn+=channels; // es wird von 3 kanaelen ausgegenagen
-        }
-    }
-
-    return res;
-}
-#endif
-Parameter* ContrastFilter::getContrast()
-{
-    return &mC;
-}