diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7eb1974a835..119a3eeda06 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-Distance_2/web/lis
 Distance_3/include
 Mesh_2/bench/bench
 Mesh_2/bench/semantic.cache
diff --git a/Distance_2/dont_submit b/Distance_2/dont_submit
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index a083621d86b..00000000000
--- a/Distance_2/dont_submit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-web
-web/*
-prepare_submit
diff --git a/Distance_2/web/Makefile b/Distance_2/web/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index e8f887231bf..00000000000
--- a/Distance_2/web/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-PARENTDIR = /users/geert/CGAL/Geert/lib
-include $(PARENTDIR)/make_defs
-
-xsrcs: sqdistance_2.xsrc
-
-srcs: sqdistance_2.src
-
-texs: sqdistance_2.tex
-
diff --git a/Distance_2/web/cgal_util.fwi b/Distance_2/web/cgal_util.fwi
deleted file mode 100644
index dacadca1312..00000000000
--- a/Distance_2/web/cgal_util.fwi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-@$@<do_intersect macro@>@(@2@)@Z@M==@{@-
-template <class R>
-inline bool CGAL_do_intersect(
-    const CGAL_@1<R> &p1,
-    const CGAL_@2<R> &p2)
-{
-    typedef CGAL_@1_@2_pair<R> pair_t;
-    pair_t pair(&p1, &p2);
-    return pair.intersection_type() != pair_t::NO;
-}@-
-@}
-
-@$@<cgal_heading@>@(@4@)@Z@M==@{@-
-@!  parameter description with an example value
-@! file : include/CGAL/Optimisation/Min_circle_2.h
-@! source  : web/Optimisation/Min_circle_2.aw
-@! author(s) : Sven Schoenherr <sven@inf.fu-berlin.de>, Bernd Gaertner
-@! coordinator : ETH Zurich
-// ============================================================================
-//
-// Copyright (c) 1998 The CGAL Consortium
-//
-// This software and related documentation is part of an INTERNAL release
-// of the Computational Geometry Algorithms Library (CGAL). It is not
-// intended for general use.
-//
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//
-// release       : $CGAL_Revision:  $
-// release_date  : $CGAL_Date:  $
-//
-// file          : @1
-// source        : @2
-// author(s)     : @3
-//
-// coordinator   : @4
-//
-// ============================================================================
-@}
-
-@$@<include@>@(@2@)@Z@M==@{@-
-#ifndef CGAL_@2_H
-#include <CGAL/@1.h>
-#endif
-@}
diff --git a/Distance_2/web/stdmacros.fwi b/Distance_2/web/stdmacros.fwi
deleted file mode 100644
index 58255b9cb8a..00000000000
--- a/Distance_2/web/stdmacros.fwi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-@p typesetter = tex
-@p no_doc_header
-@p #line_offset = 0
-@p #line_depth = 1
-@$@<line@>==@{#line @<#line@> "@<#file@>"@}
-
-@p automatic_line_directive_macro = "line"
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diff --git a/Distance_3/dont_submit b/Distance_3/dont_submit
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index a1604304b95..00000000000
--- a/Distance_3/dont_submit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-web/*
-web
-prepare_submit
diff --git a/Distance_3/web/Makefile b/Distance_3/web/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 98817663fda..00000000000
--- a/Distance_3/web/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-PARENTDIR = /users/geert/CGAL/Geert/lib
-include $(PARENTDIR)/make_defs
-
-xsrcs: sqdistance_3.xsrc
-
-srcs: sqdistance_3.src
-
-texs: sqdistance_3.tex
-
diff --git a/Distance_3/web/cgal_util.fwi b/Distance_3/web/cgal_util.fwi
deleted file mode 100644
index dacadca1312..00000000000
--- a/Distance_3/web/cgal_util.fwi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-@$@<do_intersect macro@>@(@2@)@Z@M==@{@-
-template <class R>
-inline bool CGAL_do_intersect(
-    const CGAL_@1<R> &p1,
-    const CGAL_@2<R> &p2)
-{
-    typedef CGAL_@1_@2_pair<R> pair_t;
-    pair_t pair(&p1, &p2);
-    return pair.intersection_type() != pair_t::NO;
-}@-
-@}
-
-@$@<cgal_heading@>@(@4@)@Z@M==@{@-
-@!  parameter description with an example value
-@! file : include/CGAL/Optimisation/Min_circle_2.h
-@! source  : web/Optimisation/Min_circle_2.aw
-@! author(s) : Sven Schoenherr <sven@inf.fu-berlin.de>, Bernd Gaertner
-@! coordinator : ETH Zurich
-// ============================================================================
-//
-// Copyright (c) 1998 The CGAL Consortium
-//
-// This software and related documentation is part of an INTERNAL release
-// of the Computational Geometry Algorithms Library (CGAL). It is not
-// intended for general use.
-//
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//
-// release       : $CGAL_Revision:  $
-// release_date  : $CGAL_Date:  $
-//
-// file          : @1
-// source        : @2
-// author(s)     : @3
-//
-// coordinator   : @4
-//
-// ============================================================================
-@}
-
-@$@<include@>@(@2@)@Z@M==@{@-
-#ifndef CGAL_@2_H
-#include <CGAL/@1.h>
-#endif
-@}
diff --git a/Distance_3/web/stdmacros.fwi b/Distance_3/web/stdmacros.fwi
deleted file mode 100644
index 58255b9cb8a..00000000000
--- a/Distance_3/web/stdmacros.fwi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-@p typesetter = tex
-@p no_doc_header
-@p #line_offset = 0
-@p #line_depth = 1
-@$@<line@>==@{#line @<#line@> "@<#file@>"@}
-
-@p automatic_line_directive_macro = "line"
-