diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 23987ff0..2b2bd4f2 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -679,7 +679,6 @@
 	<target name="portable" description="Build portable package" depends="revision">
 		<tar destfile="${dir.dist}/${release}-portable.tar.xz" compression="xz" longfile="posix" encoding="utf-8">
 			<tarfileset file="${path.fatjar}" fullpath="FileBot.jar" />
-			<tarfileset dir="${dir.installer}/portable" includes="*.exe, *.ini, *.cmd" />
 			<tarfileset dir="${dir.installer}/portable" includes="*.sh" filemode="755" />
 
 			<!-- include native libraries for all supported platforms -->
diff --git a/installer/portable/filebot-portable-launch4j.xml b/installer/portable/filebot-portable-launch4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b9ebd3dc..00000000
--- a/installer/portable/filebot-portable-launch4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<launch4jConfig>
-  <dontWrapJar>true</dontWrapJar>
-  <headerType>gui</headerType>
-  <jar>FileBot.jar</jar>
-  <outfile>filebot.portable.launcher.exe</outfile>
-  <errTitle></errTitle>
-  <cmdLine></cmdLine>
-  <chdir></chdir>
-  <priority>normal</priority>
-  <downloadUrl></downloadUrl>
-  <supportUrl></supportUrl>
-  <stayAlive>false</stayAlive>
-  <restartOnCrash>false</restartOnCrash>
-  <manifest></manifest>
-  <icon>..\icons\shortcut.ico</icon>
-  <jre>
-    <path></path>
-    <bundledJre64Bit>false</bundledJre64Bit>
-    <bundledJreAsFallback>false</bundledJreAsFallback>
-    <minVersion>1.8.0</minVersion>
-    <maxVersion></maxVersion>
-    <jdkPreference>preferJre</jdkPreference>
-    <runtimeBits>64/32</runtimeBits>
-  </jre>
-</launch4jConfig>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/installer/portable/filebot.cmd b/installer/portable/filebot.cmd
deleted file mode 100644
index 10d094f2..00000000
--- a/installer/portable/filebot.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-@ECHO OFF
-java -DuseExtendedFileAttributes=true -DuseCreationDate=false -Djava.net.useSystemProxies=false -Dapplication.deployment=portable -Djna.nosys=true -Djna.nounpack=true -Dapplication.dir="%~dp0data" -Duser.home="%~dp0data" -Djava.io.tmpdir="%~dp0data\tmp" -Djna.library.path="%~dp0." -Djna.boot.library.path="%~dp0." -Djava.library.path="%~dp0." -Dnet.filebot.AcoustID.fpcalc="%~dp0fpcalc.exe" -Djava.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory=net.filebot.util.prefs.FilePreferencesFactory -Dnet.filebot.util.prefs.file="%~dp0data\prefs.properties" %JAVA_OPTS% -jar "%~dp0FileBot.jar" %*
diff --git a/installer/portable/filebot.portable.launcher.exe b/installer/portable/filebot.portable.launcher.exe
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cbd7b2c..00000000
Binary files a/installer/portable/filebot.portable.launcher.exe and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/installer/portable/filebot.portable.launcher.l4j.ini b/installer/portable/filebot.portable.launcher.l4j.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index dbd262a8..00000000
--- a/installer/portable/filebot.portable.launcher.l4j.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# FileBot launch4j runtime config
--Dapplication.dir="%EXEDIR%\data"
--Dapplication.deployment=portable
-
--Duser.home="%EXEDIR%\data"
--Djava.io.tmpdir="%EXEDIR%\data\tmp"
-
-# network settings
--Djava.net.useSystemProxies=false
-
-# use Windows Shell for move/copy operations
--DuseNativeShell=false
-
-# use NTFS extended attributes for storing metadata
--DuseExtendedFileAttributes=true
--DuseCreationDate=false
-
-# look for executables in the application folder
--Dnet.filebot.AcoustID.fpcalc="%EXEDIR%\fpcalc.exe"
-
-# look for native libraries in the application folder
--Djna.library.path="%EXEDIR%"
--Djna.boot.library.path="%EXEDIR%"
--Djava.library.path="%EXEDIR%"
-
-# make sure to use the bundled JNA library
--Djna.nosys=true
--Djna.nounpack=true
-
-# disable HW acceleration
--Dsun.java2d.d3d=false
--Dprism.order=sw
-
-# store preferences in properties file
--Djava.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory=net.filebot.util.prefs.FilePreferencesFactory
--Dnet.filebot.util.prefs.file="%EXEDIR%\data\prefs.properties"
-
-# support JAVA_OPTS environment variable
-%JAVA_OPTS%
-
-# support FILEBOT_OPTS environment variable
-%FILEBOT_OPTS%