diff --git a/source/game/CMakeLists.txt b/source/game/CMakeLists.txt
index c7399b1..1ff95ff 100644
--- a/source/game/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/game/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ SET (star_game_HEADERS
     StarDamageManager.hpp
     StarDamageTypes.hpp
     StarDanceDatabase.hpp
-    StarDirectives.hpp
     StarDrawable.hpp
     StarDungeonGenerator.hpp
     StarDungeonImagePart.hpp
@@ -297,7 +296,6 @@ SET (star_game_SOURCES
     StarDamageManager.cpp
     StarDamageTypes.cpp
     StarDanceDatabase.cpp
-    StarDirectives.cpp
     StarDrawable.cpp
     StarDungeonGenerator.cpp
     StarDungeonImagePart.cpp
diff --git a/source/game/StarDirectives.cpp b/source/game/StarDirectives.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dc661d..0000000
--- a/source/game/StarDirectives.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#include "StarImage.hpp"
-#include "StarImageProcessing.hpp"
-#include "StarDirectives.hpp"
-
-namespace Star {
-
-NestedDirectives::NestedDirectives() {}
-NestedDirectives::NestedDirectives(String const& string) : m_root{ Leaf{ parseImageOperations(string), string} } {}
-
-void NestedDirectives::addBranch(const Branch& newBranch) {
-  convertToBranches();
-
-  m_root.value.get<Branches>().emplace_back(newBranch);
-}
-
-String NestedDirectives::toString() const {
-  String string;
-  buildString(string, m_root);
-  return string;
-}
-
-void NestedDirectives::forEach() const {
-
-}
-
-Image NestedDirectives::apply(Image& image) const {
-  Image current = image;
-
-  return current;
-}
-
-void NestedDirectives::buildString(String& string, const Cell& cell) const {
-  if (auto leaf = cell.value.ptr<Leaf>())
-    string += leaf->string;
-  else {
-    for (auto& branch : cell.value.get<Branches>())
-      buildString(string, *branch);
-  }
-}
-
-void NestedDirectives::convertToBranches() {
-  if (m_root.value.is<Branches>())
-    return;
-
-  Leaf& leaf = m_root.value.get<Leaf>();
-  Branches newBranches;
-  newBranches.emplace_back(std::make_shared<Cell const>(move(leaf)));
-  m_root.value = move(newBranches);
-}
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/game/StarDirectives.hpp b/source/game/StarDirectives.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 3540ee1..0000000
--- a/source/game/StarDirectives.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef STAR_DIRECTIVES_HPP
-#define STAR_DIRECTIVES_HPP
-
-#include "StarImageProcessing.hpp"
-
-namespace Star {
-
-STAR_CLASS(NestedDirectives);
-
-// Attempt at reducing memory allocation and per-frame string parsing for extremely long directives
-class NestedDirectives {
-public:
-  struct Leaf {
-    List<ImageOperation> operations;
-    String string;
-  };
-
-  struct Cell;
-  typedef std::shared_ptr<Cell const> Branch;
-  typedef List<Branch> Branches;
-
-  struct Cell {
-    Variant<Leaf, Branches> value;
-
-    Cell() : value(Leaf()) {};
-    Cell(Leaf&& leaf) : value(move(leaf)) {};
-    Cell(Branches&& branches) : value(move(branches)) {};
-    Cell(const Leaf& leaf) : value(leaf) {};
-    Cell(const Branches& branches) : value(branches) {};
-  };
-
-
-  NestedDirectives();
-  NestedDirectives(String const& string);
-
-  void addBranch(const Branch& newBranch);
-  const Branch& branch() const;
-  String toString() const;
-  void forEach() const;
-  Image apply(Image& image) const;
-private:
-  void buildString(String& string, const Cell& cell) const;
-  void convertToBranches();
-
-  Cell m_root;
-};
-
-}
-
-#endif