diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/resources/annotations.json b/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/resources/annotations.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 50d09551ce..0000000000
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/resources/annotations.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"annotations" : {
-		"stdmulti.widget3" : {
-			"Right":
-				[
-					{
-						"name": "colorBar",
-						"type": "colorBar"
-					},
-					{
-						"name": "scaleLegend",
-						"type": "scaleLegend"
-					}
-				],
-			"BottomLeft":
-				[
-					{
-						"name": "logo",
-						"type": "logo",
-						"path": "D:/Arbeit/Programming/mitk_m/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/resources/logoOverlay.png"
-					}
-				]
-		},
-		"stdmulti.widget1" : {
-			"TopLeft":
-			[
-				{
-					"name": "Slice Number",
-					"defaultValue": "Slice / MaxSlice",
-					"prefix": "Im: ",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0020.0013"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Sequence Number",
-					"defaultValue": "Sequence ?",
-					"prefix": "Se: ",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0020.0011"
-				}
-			],
-			"Top":	[{
-					"name": "A",
-					"type": "text"
-					}],
-			"TopRight":
-			[
-				{
-					"name": "Patient Name",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0010.0010"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Patient ID",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0010.0020"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Patient Birth Date",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0010.0030"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Patient Sex",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0010.0040"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Institution Name",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0008.0080"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Study ID",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0020.0010"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Study Description",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0008.1030"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Series Description",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0008.103E"
-				}
-			],
-			"Left":	[{
-					"name": "R",
-					"type": "text"
-					}],
-			"Right":[{
-					"name": "L",
-					"type": "text"
-					}],
-			"BottomLeft":
-			[
-				{
-					"name": "Pixel(x,y,Val)",
-					"type": "text"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Slice Thickness",
-					"defaultValue": "Unknown Thickness",
-					"prefix": "T: ",
-					"suffix": " mm",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0018.0050"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Image Z Position",
-					"prefix": "L: ",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0020.0032"
-				}
-			],
-			"BottomRight":
-			[
-				{
-					"name": "FS: 1",
-					"type": "text"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Repetition Time",
-					"prefix": "TR: ",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0018.0080"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Echo Time",
-					"prefix": "TE: ",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0018.0081"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Acquisition Date",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0008.0022"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Acquisition Time",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0008.0032"
-				}
-			],
-			"Bottom":[{
-					"name": "P",
-					"type": "text"
-					}]
-		}
-	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/resources/annotationsReduced.json b/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/resources/annotationsReduced.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c230768f1c..0000000000
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/resources/annotationsReduced.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"annotations" : {
-		"stdmulti.widget1" : {
-			"Top":	
-			[
-				{
-					"name": "TopText",
-					"type": "text"
-				}
-			],
-			"TopLeft":
-			[
-				{
-					"name": "Slice Number",
-					"defaultValue": "Slice / MaxSlice",
-					"prefix": "Im: ",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0020.0013"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "Sequence Number",
-					"defaultValue": "Sequence ?",
-					"prefix": "Se: ",
-					"type": "dicomProperty",
-					"provider": "DICOM.0020.0011"
-				}
-			]
-		},
-		"stdmulti.widget3" : {
-			"Right":
-			[
-				{
-					"name": "colorBar",
-					"type": "colorBar"
-				},
-				{
-					"name": "scaleLegend",
-					"type": "scaleLegend"
-				}
-			]
-		}
-	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/src/internal/mitkAnnotationsActivator.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/src/internal/mitkAnnotationsActivator.cpp
index 3323c2c561..5fabfda3f3 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/src/internal/mitkAnnotationsActivator.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/src/internal/mitkAnnotationsActivator.cpp
@@ -1,31 +1,25 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkAnnotationsActivator.h"
 #include "mitkAnnotationPresetLoader.h"
 
 void mitk::AnnotationsActivator::start(ctkPluginContext *context)
 {
   BERRY_REGISTER_EXTENSION_CLASS(AnnotationPresetLoader, context)
-  // TODO remove hardcoded string
- /* auto fileName =
-    std::string{R"(D:\Arbeit\Programming\mitk_m\Plugins\org.mitk.annotations\resources\annotations.json)"};
-
-  m_AnnotationPresetLoader = std::make_unique<AnnotationPresetLoader>();
-  m_AnnotationPresetLoader->LoadPreset(fileName);*/
 }
 
 void mitk::AnnotationsActivator::stop(ctkPluginContext * /*context*/) {}