diff --git a/gen_input/templates/CORENAME_decoder.cpp.gtl b/gen_input/templates/CORENAME_decoder.cpp.gtl
deleted file mode 100644
index 9291118..0000000
--- a/gen_input/templates/CORENAME_decoder.cpp.gtl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-#include "${coreDef.name.toLowerCase()}.h"
-#include <vector>
-#include <array>
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <algorithm>
-
-namespace iss {
-namespace arch {
-namespace {
-// according to
-// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8871204/count-number-of-1s-in-binary-representation
-#ifdef __GCC__
-constexpr size_t bit_count(uint32_t u) { return __builtin_popcount(u); }
-#elif __cplusplus < 201402L
-constexpr size_t uCount(uint32_t u) { return u - ((u >> 1) & 033333333333) - ((u >> 2) & 011111111111); }
-constexpr size_t bit_count(uint32_t u) { return ((uCount(u) + (uCount(u) >> 3)) & 030707070707) % 63; }
-#else
-constexpr size_t bit_count(uint32_t u) {
-    size_t uCount = u - ((u >> 1) & 033333333333) - ((u >> 2) & 011111111111);
-    return ((uCount + (uCount >> 3)) & 030707070707) % 63;
-}
-#endif
-
-using opcode_e = traits<${coreDef.name.toLowerCase()}>::opcode_e;
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * start opcode definitions
- ****************************************************************************/
-struct instruction_desriptor {
-    size_t length;
-    uint32_t value;
-    uint32_t mask;
-    opcode_e op;
-};
-
-const std::array<instruction_desriptor, ${instructions.size}> instr_descr = {{
-     /* entries are: size, valid value, valid mask, function ptr */<%instructions.each{instr -> %>
-    {${instr.length}, ${instr.encoding}, ${instr.mask}, opcode_e::${instr.instruction.name}},<%}%>
-}};
-
-}
-
-template<>
-struct instruction_decoder<${coreDef.name.toLowerCase()}> {
-    using opcode_e = traits<${coreDef.name.toLowerCase()}>::opcode_e;
-    using code_word_t=traits<${coreDef.name.toLowerCase()}>::code_word_t;
-
-    struct instruction_pattern {
-        uint32_t value;
-        uint32_t mask;
-        opcode_e id;
-    };
-
-    std::array<std::vector<instruction_pattern>, 4> qlut;
-
-    template<typename T>
-    unsigned decode_instruction(T);
-
-    instruction_decoder() {
-        for (auto instr : instr_descr) {
-            auto quadrant = instr.value & 0x3;
-            qlut[quadrant].push_back(instruction_pattern{instr.value, instr.mask, instr.op});
-        }
-        for(auto& lut: qlut){
-            std::sort(std::begin(lut), std::end(lut), [](instruction_pattern const& a, instruction_pattern const& b){
-                return bit_count(a.mask) < bit_count(b.mask);
-            });
-        }
-    }
-};
-
-template<>
-unsigned instruction_decoder<${coreDef.name.toLowerCase()}>::decode_instruction<traits<${coreDef.name.toLowerCase()}>::code_word_t>(traits<${coreDef.name.toLowerCase()}>::code_word_t instr){
-    auto res = std::find_if(std::begin(qlut[instr&0x3]), std::end(qlut[instr&0x3]), [instr](instruction_pattern const& e){
-        return !((instr&e.mask) ^ e.value );
-    });
-    return static_cast<unsigned>(res!=std::end(qlut[instr&0x3])? res->id : opcode_e::MAX_OPCODE);
-}
-
-
-std::unique_ptr<instruction_decoder<${coreDef.name.toLowerCase()}>> traits<${coreDef.name.toLowerCase()}>::get_decoder(){
-    return std::make_unique<instruction_decoder<${coreDef.name.toLowerCase()}>>();
-}
-
-}
-}
diff --git a/src/iss/arch/tgc_c_decoder.cpp b/src/iss/arch/tgc_c_decoder.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 3526fda..0000000
--- a/src/iss/arch/tgc_c_decoder.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,175 +0,0 @@
-#include "tgc_c.h"
-#include <vector>
-#include <array>
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <algorithm>
-
-namespace iss {
-namespace arch {
-namespace {
-// according to
-// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8871204/count-number-of-1s-in-binary-representation
-#ifdef __GCC__
-constexpr size_t bit_count(uint32_t u) { return __builtin_popcount(u); }
-#elif __cplusplus < 201402L
-constexpr size_t uCount(uint32_t u) { return u - ((u >> 1) & 033333333333) - ((u >> 2) & 011111111111); }
-constexpr size_t bit_count(uint32_t u) { return ((uCount(u) + (uCount(u) >> 3)) & 030707070707) % 63; }
-#else
-constexpr size_t bit_count(uint32_t u) {
-    size_t uCount = u - ((u >> 1) & 033333333333) - ((u >> 2) & 011111111111);
-    return ((uCount + (uCount >> 3)) & 030707070707) % 63;
-}
-#endif
-
-using opcode_e = traits<tgc_c>::opcode_e;
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * start opcode definitions
- ****************************************************************************/
-struct instruction_desriptor {
-    size_t length;
-    uint32_t value;
-    uint32_t mask;
-    opcode_e op;
-};
-
-const std::array<instruction_desriptor, 90> instr_descr = {{
-     /* entries are: size, valid value, valid mask, function ptr */
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000000000000110111, 0b00000000000000000000000001111111, opcode_e::LUI},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000000000000010111, 0b00000000000000000000000001111111, opcode_e::AUIPC},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000000000001101111, 0b00000000000000000000000001111111, opcode_e::JAL},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000000000001100111, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::JALR},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000000000001100011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::BEQ},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000001000001100011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::BNE},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000100000001100011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::BLT},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000101000001100011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::BGE},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000110000001100011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::BLTU},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000111000001100011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::BGEU},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000000000000000011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::LB},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000001000000000011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::LH},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000010000000000011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::LW},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000100000000000011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::LBU},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000101000000000011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::LHU},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000000000000100011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::SB},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000001000000100011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::SH},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000010000000100011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::SW},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000000000000010011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::ADDI},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000010000000010011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::SLTI},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000011000000010011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::SLTIU},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000100000000010011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::XORI},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000110000000010011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::ORI},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000111000000010011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::ANDI},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000001000000010011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::SLLI},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000101000000010011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::SRLI},
-    {32, 0b01000000000000000101000000010011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::SRAI},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000000000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::ADD},
-    {32, 0b01000000000000000000000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::SUB},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000001000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::SLL},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000010000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::SLT},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000011000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::SLTU},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000100000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::XOR},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000101000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::SRL},
-    {32, 0b01000000000000000101000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::SRA},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000110000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::OR},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000111000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::AND},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000000000000001111, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::FENCE},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000000000001110011, 0b11111111111111111111111111111111, opcode_e::ECALL},
-    {32, 0b00000000000100000000000001110011, 0b11111111111111111111111111111111, opcode_e::EBREAK},
-    {32, 0b00000000001000000000000001110011, 0b11111111111111111111111111111111, opcode_e::URET},
-    {32, 0b00010000001000000000000001110011, 0b11111111111111111111111111111111, opcode_e::SRET},
-    {32, 0b00110000001000000000000001110011, 0b11111111111111111111111111111111, opcode_e::MRET},
-    {32, 0b00010000010100000000000001110011, 0b11111111111111111111111111111111, opcode_e::WFI},
-    {32, 0b01111011001000000000000001110011, 0b11111111111111111111111111111111, opcode_e::DRET},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000001000001110011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::CSRRW},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000010000001110011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::CSRRS},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000011000001110011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::CSRRC},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000101000001110011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::CSRRWI},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000110000001110011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::CSRRSI},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000111000001110011, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::CSRRCI},
-    {32, 0b00000000000000000001000000001111, 0b00000000000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::FENCE_I},
-    {32, 0b00000010000000000000000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::MUL},
-    {32, 0b00000010000000000001000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::MULH},
-    {32, 0b00000010000000000010000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::MULHSU},
-    {32, 0b00000010000000000011000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::MULHU},
-    {32, 0b00000010000000000100000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::DIV},
-    {32, 0b00000010000000000101000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::DIVU},
-    {32, 0b00000010000000000110000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::REM},
-    {32, 0b00000010000000000111000000110011, 0b11111110000000000111000001111111, opcode_e::REMU},
-    {16, 0b0000000000000000, 0b1110000000000011, opcode_e::CADDI4SPN},
-    {16, 0b0100000000000000, 0b1110000000000011, opcode_e::CLW},
-    {16, 0b1100000000000000, 0b1110000000000011, opcode_e::CSW},
-    {16, 0b0000000000000001, 0b1110000000000011, opcode_e::CADDI},
-    {16, 0b0000000000000001, 0b1110111110000011, opcode_e::CNOP},
-    {16, 0b0010000000000001, 0b1110000000000011, opcode_e::CJAL},
-    {16, 0b0100000000000001, 0b1110000000000011, opcode_e::CLI},
-    {16, 0b0110000000000001, 0b1110000000000011, opcode_e::CLUI},
-    {16, 0b0110000100000001, 0b1110111110000011, opcode_e::CADDI16SP},
-    {16, 0b0110000000000001, 0b1111000001111111, opcode_e::__reserved_clui},
-    {16, 0b1000000000000001, 0b1111110000000011, opcode_e::CSRLI},
-    {16, 0b1000010000000001, 0b1111110000000011, opcode_e::CSRAI},
-    {16, 0b1000100000000001, 0b1110110000000011, opcode_e::CANDI},
-    {16, 0b1000110000000001, 0b1111110001100011, opcode_e::CSUB},
-    {16, 0b1000110000100001, 0b1111110001100011, opcode_e::CXOR},
-    {16, 0b1000110001000001, 0b1111110001100011, opcode_e::COR},
-    {16, 0b1000110001100001, 0b1111110001100011, opcode_e::CAND},
-    {16, 0b1010000000000001, 0b1110000000000011, opcode_e::CJ},
-    {16, 0b1100000000000001, 0b1110000000000011, opcode_e::CBEQZ},
-    {16, 0b1110000000000001, 0b1110000000000011, opcode_e::CBNEZ},
-    {16, 0b0000000000000010, 0b1111000000000011, opcode_e::CSLLI},
-    {16, 0b0100000000000010, 0b1110000000000011, opcode_e::CLWSP},
-    {16, 0b1000000000000010, 0b1111000000000011, opcode_e::CMV},
-    {16, 0b1000000000000010, 0b1111000001111111, opcode_e::CJR},
-    {16, 0b1000000000000010, 0b1111111111111111, opcode_e::__reserved_cmv},
-    {16, 0b1001000000000010, 0b1111000000000011, opcode_e::CADD},
-    {16, 0b1001000000000010, 0b1111000001111111, opcode_e::CJALR},
-    {16, 0b1001000000000010, 0b1111111111111111, opcode_e::CEBREAK},
-    {16, 0b1100000000000010, 0b1110000000000011, opcode_e::CSWSP},
-    {16, 0b0000000000000000, 0b1111111111111111, opcode_e::DII},
-}};
-
-}
-
-template<>
-struct instruction_decoder<tgc_c> {
-    using opcode_e = traits<tgc_c>::opcode_e;
-    using code_word_t=traits<tgc_c>::code_word_t;
-
-    struct instruction_pattern {
-        uint32_t value;
-        uint32_t mask;
-        opcode_e id;
-    };
-
-    std::array<std::vector<instruction_pattern>, 4> qlut;
-
-    template<typename T>
-    unsigned decode_instruction(T);
-
-    instruction_decoder() {
-        for (auto instr : instr_descr) {
-            auto quadrant = instr.value & 0x3;
-            qlut[quadrant].push_back(instruction_pattern{instr.value, instr.mask, instr.op});
-        }
-        for(auto& lut: qlut){
-            std::sort(std::begin(lut), std::end(lut), [](instruction_pattern const& a, instruction_pattern const& b){
-                return bit_count(a.mask) > bit_count(b.mask);
-            });
-        }
-    }
-};
-
-template<>
-unsigned instruction_decoder<tgc_c>::decode_instruction<traits<tgc_c>::code_word_t>(traits<tgc_c>::code_word_t instr){
-    auto res = std::find_if(std::begin(qlut[instr&0x3]), std::end(qlut[instr&0x3]), [instr](instruction_pattern const& e){
-        return !((instr&e.mask) ^ e.value );
-    });
-    return static_cast<unsigned>(res!=std::end(qlut[instr&0x3])? res->id : opcode_e::MAX_OPCODE);
-}
-
-
-std::unique_ptr<instruction_decoder<tgc_c>> traits<tgc_c>::get_decoder(){
-    return std::make_unique<instruction_decoder<tgc_c>>();
-}
-
-}
-}