diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a5c1be7..8f26470 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ apply plugin: "kotlinx-serialization"
 
 
 group = "org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs"
-version = "0.10.2-release"
+version = "0.10.2-SNAPSHOT"
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/application/CliArgumentsParser.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/application/CliArgumentsParser.kt
index e0ab2f4..703bef4 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/application/CliArgumentsParser.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/application/CliArgumentsParser.kt
@@ -44,17 +44,10 @@ open class CliArgumentsParser(name: String) : CliTargetParser(name) {
             "c",
             "the filename containing the yaml config",
         )
-        val only by option(
-            ArgType.String,
-            "only",
-            "o",
-            "provisions only parts (currently possible: provsbinaries)",
-        )
 
         override fun execute() {
             configFileName = cliConfigFileName?.let { ConfigFileName(it) }
             parsed = true
-            submodules = only?.split(",")
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/domain/DesktopService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/domain/DesktopService.kt
index 71ff68a..5addf61 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/domain/DesktopService.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/domain/DesktopService.kt
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.ubuntu.user.base.whoami
 fun provisionDesktop(prov: Prov, cmd: DesktopCliCommand) {
     // retrieve config
     val conf = if (cmd.configFile != null) getConfig(cmd.configFile.fileName) else DesktopConfig()
-    if (cmd.submodules == null) {
-        prov.provisionWorkplace(cmd.type, conf.ssh?.keyPair(), conf.gpg?.keyPair(), conf.gitUserName, conf.gitEmail)
-    } else {
-        prov.provisionWorkplaceSubmodules(cmd.submodules)
-    }
+    prov.provisionWorkplace(cmd.type, conf.ssh?.keyPair(), conf.gpg?.keyPair(), conf.gitUserName, conf.gitEmail)
 }
 
 
@@ -90,9 +86,6 @@ fun Prov.provisionWorkplace(
 
         installRedshift()
         configureRedshift()
-
-        installBinariesProvs()
-        installBinariesC4k()
     }
 
     if (desktopType == DesktopType.IDE) {
@@ -118,23 +111,3 @@ fun Prov.provisionWorkplace(
     }
     ProvResult(true)
 }
-
-
-/**
- * Provisions submodules for a personal workplace.
- *
- * Prerequisites: module must already been installed
- */
-fun Prov.provisionWorkplaceSubmodules(
-    submodules: List<String>
-) = task {
-    if (submodules.contains(DesktopSubmodule.PROVSBINARIES.name.lowercase())) {
-        aptInstall("jarwrapper")
-        installBinariesProvs(true)
-    }
-    if (submodules.contains(DesktopSubmodule.C4KBINARIES.name.lowercase())) {
-        aptInstall("jarwrapper")
-        installBinariesC4k(true)
-    }
-    ProvResult(true)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/domain/Submodule.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/domain/Submodule.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index df645cc..0000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/domain/Submodule.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.desktop.domain
-
-enum class DesktopSubmodule {
-    PROVSBINARIES, C4KBINARIES
-}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/BinariesC4k.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/BinariesC4k.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 94cda73..0000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/BinariesC4k.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.desktop.infrastructure
-
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.core.Prov
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.core.ProvResult
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.ubuntu.filesystem.base.createDirs
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.ubuntu.web.base.downloadFromURL
-
-fun Prov.installBinariesC4k(reprovision: Boolean = false) = task {
-
-    val installationPath = " /usr/local/bin/"
-
-    createDirs(installationPath, sudo = true)
-
-    fun Prov.downloadC4k(jobId: String, c4kName: String, sha256sum: String) = task {
-        val fileName = "$c4kName-standalone.jar"
-        downloadFromURL(
-            "https://gitlab.com/domaindrivenarchitecture/$c4kName/-/jobs/${jobId}/artifacts/raw/target/uberjar/${fileName}",
-            path = installationPath,
-            filename = fileName,
-            sha256sum = sha256sum,
-            sudo = true,
-            overwrite = reprovision
-        )
-        // remark: chmod fails if file could not be downloaded (e.g. due to wrong link or checksum)
-        cmd("chmod 755 $installationPath$fileName", sudo = true)
-    }
-
-    downloadC4k(
-        "2138015489",
-        "c4k-nextcloud",
-        "47b6f71664903816eab0e4950d4ab0d564ea365ddb2b9c2a7bcb2736a2d941cb"
-    )
-    downloadC4k(
-        "2136806347",
-        "c4k-jira",
-        "585f26e3b70bec32f052f488688718d8c9a6d15222b8a2141a69fa1bea136179"
-    )
-    downloadC4k(
-        "2136561868",
-        "c4k-keycloak",
-        "81bd605b160c3d339cba745433271412eaa716cb7856d0227a1eb063badc9d9c"
-    )
-    downloadC4k(
-        "2136778473",
-        "c4k-mastodon-bot",
-        "9dbf981ce8b4aea92e0f45b182a39d2caffceb6e8f78ddfeeb49e74ca4a8d37d"
-    )
-    downloadC4k(
-        "2136801572",
-        "c4k-shynet",
-        "4fa0d41896f2a9ea89ca70c475f9d1f89edf3fadf82d6b39789b90732f795429"
-    )
-
-    ProvResult(true)
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/BinariesProvs.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/BinariesProvs.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index f544cb7..0000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/BinariesProvs.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-package org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.desktop.infrastructure
-
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.core.Prov
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.ubuntu.filesystem.base.createDirs
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.ubuntu.web.base.downloadFromURL
-
-
-fun Prov.installBinariesProvs(reprovision: Boolean = false) = task {
-    // check for latest stable release on: https://gitlab.com/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/-/releases
-    // release 0.9.9
-    val jobId = "2138969146"
-    val installationPath = " /usr/local/bin/"
-    val provsDesktopSha256sum = "e309ea598234c5128095d554dad569fcad26e054431cdebbcd50b7c40ee5276f"
-    val provsServerSha256sum = "659e3d8c08166288aa5c376194f28e19cbc401edbd9af4225d76c0880bc8518e"
-
-    createDirs(installationPath, sudo = true)
-
-    downloadFromURL(
-        "https://gitlab.com/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/-/jobs/$jobId/artifacts/raw/build/libs/provs-desktop.jar",
-                path = installationPath,
-        filename = "provs-desktop.jar",
-        sha256sum = provsDesktopSha256sum,
-        sudo = true,
-        overwrite = false    // don't overwrite, as code always refers to an older version, for which the checksum is known
-    )
-    cmd("chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/provs-desktop.jar", sudo = true)
-
-    downloadFromURL(
-        "https://gitlab.com/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/-/jobs/$jobId/artifacts/raw/build/libs/provs-server.jar",
-        path = installationPath,
-        filename = "provs-server.jar",
-        sha256sum = provsServerSha256sum,
-        sudo = true,
-        overwrite = reprovision
-    )
-    cmd("chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/provs-server.jar" , sudo = true)
-}
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/BinariesC4kKtTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/BinariesC4kKtTest.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f04cfd..0000000
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/BinariesC4kKtTest.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.desktop.infrastructure
-
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.ubuntu.filesystem.base.checkFile
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.test.defaultTestContainer
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.test.tags.ExtensiveContainerTest
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
-
-internal class BinariesC4kKtTest {
-
-    @ExtensiveContainerTest
-    fun downloadC4kBinaries() {
-        // when
-        val res = defaultTestContainer().installBinariesC4k()
-
-        // then
-        assertTrue(defaultTestContainer().checkFile("/usr/local/bin/c4k-nextcloud-standalone.jar", sudo = true))
-        assertTrue(defaultTestContainer().checkFile("/usr/local/bin/c4k-jira-standalone.jar", sudo = true))
-        assertTrue(defaultTestContainer().checkFile("/usr/local/bin/c4k-keycloak-standalone.jar", sudo = true))
-        assertTrue(defaultTestContainer().checkFile("/usr/local/bin/c4k-mastodon-bot-standalone.jar", sudo = true))
-        assertTrue(defaultTestContainer().checkFile("/usr/local/bin/c4k-shynet-standalone.jar", sudo = true))
-        assertTrue(res.success)
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/BinariesProvsKtTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/BinariesProvsKtTest.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index f704f6a..0000000
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/desktop/infrastructure/BinariesProvsKtTest.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.desktop.infrastructure
-
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.ubuntu.filesystem.base.checkFile
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.test.defaultTestContainer
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.test.tags.ExtensiveContainerTest
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
-
-internal class BinariesProvsKtTest {
-
-    @ExtensiveContainerTest
-    fun installBinariesProvs() {
-        // given
-        val prov = defaultTestContainer()
-
-        // when
-        val res = prov.installBinariesProvs()
-
-        // then
-        assertTrue(res.success)
-        assertTrue(defaultTestContainer().checkFile(" /usr/local/bin/provs-server.jar", sudo = true))
-        assertTrue(defaultTestContainer().checkFile(" /usr/local/bin/provs-desktop.jar", sudo = true))
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/extensions/workplace/ProvisionWorkplaceKtTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/extensions/workplace/ProvisionWorkplaceKtTest.kt
index 0bd2c3a..58a3d37 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/extensions/workplace/ProvisionWorkplaceKtTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/extensions/workplace/ProvisionWorkplaceKtTest.kt
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ package org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.extensions.workplace
 
 import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.desktop.domain.DesktopType
 import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.desktop.domain.provisionWorkplace
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.desktop.domain.provisionWorkplaceSubmodules
 import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.desktop.infrastructure.getConfig
-import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.framework.ubuntu.filesystem.base.checkFile
 import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.test.defaultTestContainer
 import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.test.tags.ExtensiveContainerTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
@@ -48,24 +46,6 @@ internal class ProvisionWorkplaceKtTest {
         // then
         assertTrue(res.success)
     }
-
-
-    @ExtensiveContainerTest
-    fun provision_submodule_provsbinaries() {
-        // given
-        val prov = defaultTestContainer()
-
-        // when
-        val res = prov.provisionWorkplaceSubmodules(
-            listOf("provsbinaries")
-        )
-
-        // then
-        assertTrue(res.success)
-        assertTrue(defaultTestContainer().checkFile(" /usr/local/bin/provs-server.jar", sudo = true))
-        assertTrue(defaultTestContainer().checkFile(" /usr/local/bin/provs-desktop.jar", sudo = true))
-    }
-
 }