diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 9096b6c660b..11c0b0d5f5b 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -505,10 +505,6 @@ Installation/config/support/test_GMP.C -text
 Installation/config/support/test_GMPXX.C -text
 Installation/config/support/test_LEDA.C -text
 Installation/config/support/test_QT.C -text
-Installation/config/support/test_QT3.C -text
-Installation/config/support/test_QT3MS.C -text
-Installation/config/support/test_QT3MT.C -text
-Installation/config/support/tmp_test.C -text
 Interpolation/doc_tex/Interpolation/nn_coords.eps -text
 Interpolation/doc_tex/Interpolation/nn_coords.gif -text svneol=unset#unset
 Interpolation/doc_tex/Interpolation/nn_coords.ipe -text
diff --git a/Installation/config/support/S32-CGALCORE b/Installation/config/support/S32-CGALCORE
index 315fcc4be4c..0d91824c7ed 100644
--- a/Installation/config/support/S32-CGALCORE
+++ b/Installation/config/support/S32-CGALCORE
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Core Number Type Library (http://www.cs.nyu.edu/exact/core/)
 # The version that is shipped with CGAL.
 
-DESCRIPTION = CGAL
+DESCRIPTION = shipped with CGAL
 PROVIDES = CORE
 CXXFLAGS = -DCGAL_USE_CGAL_CORE
 LDFLAGS = 
diff --git a/Installation/config/support/test_QT3.C b/Installation/config/support/test_QT3.C
deleted file mode 100644
index ede8336abdd..00000000000
--- a/Installation/config/support/test_QT3.C
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2004  Utrecht University (The Netherlands),
-// ETH Zurich (Switzerland), Freie Universitaet Berlin (Germany),
-// INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
-// (Germany), Max-Planck-Institute Saarbruecken (Germany), RISC Linz (Austria),
-// and Tel-Aviv University (Israel).  All rights reserved.
-//
-// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org); you can redistribute it and/or
-// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
-// published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 of the License.
-// See the file LICENSE.LGPL distributed with CGAL.
-//
-// Licensees holding a valid commercial license may use this file in
-// accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the software.
-//
-// This file is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE
-// WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-//
-// $URL: svn+ssh://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/cgal/trunk/Configuration/config/testfiles/CGAL_CFG_NO_QT.C $
-// $Id: CGAL_CFG_NO_QT.C 28567 2006-02-16 14:30:13Z lsaboret $
-// 
-//
-// Author(s)     : various
-
-// CGAL_CFG_NO_QT.C
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-// A short test program to evaluate a machine architecture.
-// This program is used by cgal_configure.
-// The following documentation will be pasted in the generated configfile.
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-//| Tests if QT is available.
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <qglobal.h>
-#include <qarray.h>
-
-QArray<int> fib( int num )                  // returns fibonacci array
-{
-    ASSERT( num > 2 );
-    QArray<int> f( num );                   // array of ints
-
-    f[0] = f[1] = 1;                        // initialize first two numbers
-    for ( int i=2; i<num; i++ )
-        f[i] = f[i-1] + f[i-2];     
-
-    return f;
-}
-
-int main()
-{
-    std::cout << "version=" << QT_VERSION_STR << std::endl;
-
-    QArray<int> a = fib( 6 );               // get 6 first fibonaccis
-
-    if(4==a.find(5))
-	return 0;
-    return 1;
-}
diff --git a/Installation/config/support/test_QT3MS.C b/Installation/config/support/test_QT3MS.C
deleted file mode 100644
index ede8336abdd..00000000000
--- a/Installation/config/support/test_QT3MS.C
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2004  Utrecht University (The Netherlands),
-// ETH Zurich (Switzerland), Freie Universitaet Berlin (Germany),
-// INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
-// (Germany), Max-Planck-Institute Saarbruecken (Germany), RISC Linz (Austria),
-// and Tel-Aviv University (Israel).  All rights reserved.
-//
-// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org); you can redistribute it and/or
-// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
-// published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 of the License.
-// See the file LICENSE.LGPL distributed with CGAL.
-//
-// Licensees holding a valid commercial license may use this file in
-// accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the software.
-//
-// This file is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE
-// WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-//
-// $URL: svn+ssh://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/cgal/trunk/Configuration/config/testfiles/CGAL_CFG_NO_QT.C $
-// $Id: CGAL_CFG_NO_QT.C 28567 2006-02-16 14:30:13Z lsaboret $
-// 
-//
-// Author(s)     : various
-
-// CGAL_CFG_NO_QT.C
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-// A short test program to evaluate a machine architecture.
-// This program is used by cgal_configure.
-// The following documentation will be pasted in the generated configfile.
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-//| Tests if QT is available.
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <qglobal.h>
-#include <qarray.h>
-
-QArray<int> fib( int num )                  // returns fibonacci array
-{
-    ASSERT( num > 2 );
-    QArray<int> f( num );                   // array of ints
-
-    f[0] = f[1] = 1;                        // initialize first two numbers
-    for ( int i=2; i<num; i++ )
-        f[i] = f[i-1] + f[i-2];     
-
-    return f;
-}
-
-int main()
-{
-    std::cout << "version=" << QT_VERSION_STR << std::endl;
-
-    QArray<int> a = fib( 6 );               // get 6 first fibonaccis
-
-    if(4==a.find(5))
-	return 0;
-    return 1;
-}
diff --git a/Installation/config/support/test_QT3MT.C b/Installation/config/support/test_QT3MT.C
deleted file mode 100644
index ede8336abdd..00000000000
--- a/Installation/config/support/test_QT3MT.C
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2004  Utrecht University (The Netherlands),
-// ETH Zurich (Switzerland), Freie Universitaet Berlin (Germany),
-// INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
-// (Germany), Max-Planck-Institute Saarbruecken (Germany), RISC Linz (Austria),
-// and Tel-Aviv University (Israel).  All rights reserved.
-//
-// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org); you can redistribute it and/or
-// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
-// published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 of the License.
-// See the file LICENSE.LGPL distributed with CGAL.
-//
-// Licensees holding a valid commercial license may use this file in
-// accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the software.
-//
-// This file is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE
-// WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-//
-// $URL: svn+ssh://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/cgal/trunk/Configuration/config/testfiles/CGAL_CFG_NO_QT.C $
-// $Id: CGAL_CFG_NO_QT.C 28567 2006-02-16 14:30:13Z lsaboret $
-// 
-//
-// Author(s)     : various
-
-// CGAL_CFG_NO_QT.C
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-// A short test program to evaluate a machine architecture.
-// This program is used by cgal_configure.
-// The following documentation will be pasted in the generated configfile.
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-//| Tests if QT is available.
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <qglobal.h>
-#include <qarray.h>
-
-QArray<int> fib( int num )                  // returns fibonacci array
-{
-    ASSERT( num > 2 );
-    QArray<int> f( num );                   // array of ints
-
-    f[0] = f[1] = 1;                        // initialize first two numbers
-    for ( int i=2; i<num; i++ )
-        f[i] = f[i-1] + f[i-2];     
-
-    return f;
-}
-
-int main()
-{
-    std::cout << "version=" << QT_VERSION_STR << std::endl;
-
-    QArray<int> a = fib( 6 );               // get 6 first fibonaccis
-
-    if(4==a.find(5))
-	return 0;
-    return 1;
-}
diff --git a/Installation/config/support/tmp_test.C b/Installation/config/support/tmp_test.C
deleted file mode 100644
index 64c506c1fa7..00000000000
--- a/Installation/config/support/tmp_test.C
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2004  Utrecht University (The Netherlands),
-// ETH Zurich (Switzerland), Freie Universitaet Berlin (Germany),
-// INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
-// (Germany), Max-Planck-Institute Saarbruecken (Germany), RISC Linz (Austria),
-// and Tel-Aviv University (Israel).  All rights reserved.
-//
-// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org); you can redistribute it and/or
-// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
-// published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 of the License.
-// See the file LICENSE.LGPL distributed with CGAL.
-//
-// Licensees holding a valid commercial license may use this file in
-// accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the software.
-//
-// This file is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE
-// WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-//
-// $URL: svn+ssh://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/cgal/trunk/Configuration/config/testfiles/CGAL_CFG_NO_GMP.C $
-// $Id: CGAL_CFG_NO_GMP.C 28567 2006-02-16 14:30:13Z lsaboret $
-// 
-//
-// Author(s)     : various
-
-// CGAL_CFG_NO_GMP.C
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-// A short test program to evaluate a machine architecture.
-// This program is used by cgal_configure.
-// The following documentation will be pasted in the generated configfile.
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-//| Tests if GMP is available.
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include "gmp.h"
-
-int main()
-{
-    mpz_t b, p;
-    mpz_init (p);
-    mpz_init_set_str (b, "31", 0);
-    mpz_mul_ui (p, b, 75);          /* generate product */
-
-    char *str = new char[mpz_sizeinbase(p, 10) + 2];
-    str = mpz_get_str(str, 10, p);
-    std::cout << str << std::endl;
-    delete[] str;
-
-    std::cout << "version=" << __GNU_MP_VERSION << "."
-                            << __GNU_MP_VERSION_MINOR << "."
-                            << __GNU_MP_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL << std::endl;
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-