diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/utils/report/templates/csv_readable.ftl b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/utils/report/templates/csv_readable.ftl
deleted file mode 100644
index 82a0c54c6..000000000
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/utils/report/templates/csv_readable.ftl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-<#-- a couple of basic fields we use--> 
-<#assign colWidth=20>
-<#assign colTextWidth=17>
-<#assign currentAnalysis="">
-
-Report,${root.value}
-Description,${root.description}
-
-<#list root.children as analysis>
-	<#if analysis.complex>
-		<#if analysis.value!=currentAnalysis>
-		    <#assign currentAnalysis=analysis.value>
-
-Analysis,${analysis.value} 
-
-			<@emit_tags analysis=analysis/>
-			<@emit_column_names analysis=analysis/>
-
-		</#if>
-	    <@emit_row_values analysis=analysis/>
-	</#if>
-</#list>
-<#-- -------------------- -->
-<#-- get the data tag values -->
-<#macro emit_row_values analysis>
-	<#list analysis.tableRows as rows>
-		<@emit_tag_values analysis=analysis/>
-		<#list rows as node>			
-			<#if (node.value?length > colTextWidth)>
-				<#lt>${node.value},<#rt>
-			<#else>
-				<#lt>${node.value},<#rt>
-			</#if>		
-		</#list>
-		
-	</#list>	
-</#macro>
-<#-- -------------------- -->
-<#-- get the column names -->
-<#macro emit_column_names analysis>
-	<#if analysis.complex && analysis.display>
-		<#list analysis.children as child>
-			<#if child.complex && !child.table>
-				<@emit_name value=child.value/>		
-			<#elseif child.table>				
-				<#list child.children as rows>
-					<@emit_name value=rows.name/>	
-					<#list rows.children as cols>
-						<@emit_name value=cols.value/>	
-					</#list>
-					<#break>
-				</#list>
-			</#if>				
-		</#list>
-	</#if>
-</#macro>
-<#-- -------------------- -->
-<#-- get the tag values -->
-<#macro emit_tag_values analysis>
-	<#list analysis.children as child>
-		<#if child.tag>
-			<@emit_name value=child.value/>		
-		</#if>
-	</#list>
-</#macro>
-<#-- -------------------- -->
-<#-- get the tag names -->
-<#macro emit_tags analysis>
-	<#list analysis.children as child>
-		<#if child.tag>
-			<@emit_name value=child.name/>		
-		</#if>
-	</#list>
-</#macro>
-
-<#-- -------------------- -->
-<#-- a macro for cleaning up emitted names -->
-<#macro emit_name value>
-	<#lt>${value},<#rt>
-</#macro>
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/utils/report/templates/grep_readable.ftl b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/utils/report/templates/grep_readable.ftl
deleted file mode 100644
index 3db1288dc..000000000
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/utils/report/templates/grep_readable.ftl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-<#list root.children as analysis>
-	<#if analysis.display && !analysis.tag>
-		<@recurse_macro node=analysis prefix=get_tags(analysis)/>
-	</#if>
-</#list>
-<#-- ------------------- -->
-<#-- Table display macro -->
-<#macro displayTable table>
-${table.name}  
-  <#list table.rows as row>	
-    <#compress>
-      <#list row as item>
-        ${item},
-      </#list>  
-    </#compress>
-  </#list>
-</#macro>
-<#function get_tags rootnode>
-  <#assign ret="">
-  <#list rootnode.children as child>
-  	<#if child.tag>
-  		<#if ret=="">
-  			<#assign ret="[${child.name}=${child.value}]">
-  		<#else>
-  			<#assign ret="${ret}.[${child.name}=${child.value}]">
-  		</#if>
-  	</#if>
-  </#list>
-  <#return ret>
-</#function>
-<#-- -------------------- -->
-<#-- recursively get data -->
-<#macro recurse_macro node prefix>
- <#if node.display> <#-- we don't display it if the value isn't set --> 
- <#compress>
-  <#if node.complex>
-     <#list node.children as child>
-     <#if prefix=="">
-          <#assign newPrefix="[${node.name}=${node.value}]"> 
-     <#else>
-          <#assign newPrefix="${prefix}.[${node.name}=${node.value}]">    
-     </#if>
-     <@recurse_macro node=child prefix=newPrefix/>
-   </#list>
-   <#elseif node.display && !node.tag>
-        ${prefix}    ${node.value}
-   <#assign prefix="">
-  </#if>
-  </#compress>
- </#if>
-</#macro>
-<#-- ------------------------------------- -->
-<#-- display a list of single values macro -->
-<#macro displaySimple listof>
-  <#list listof as point>
-${point.name?right_pad(20)}	<@recurse_macro node=point/>	# ${point.description}	
-  </#list>
-</#macro>
-<#-- ------------------------------------- -->
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/utils/report/templates/human_readable.ftl b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/utils/report/templates/human_readable.ftl
deleted file mode 100644
index 21d76f021..000000000
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/utils/report/templates/human_readable.ftl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-<#-- a couple of basic fields we use--> 
-<#assign colWidth=20>
-<#assign colTextWidth=17>
-<#assign currentAnalysis="">
-
-Report:			${root.value}
-Description:	${root.description}
-
-<#-- get any tags on the root node (any information we've tagged the report with) -->
-<#list root.children as tagNode>
-	<#if tagNode.tag>
-Tag:			${tagNode.name}	= ${tagNode.value}
-	</#if>
-</#list>
-
-<#list root.childresn as analysis>
-	<#if analysis.complex>
-		<#if analysis.value!=currentAnalysi>
-		<#assign currentAnalysis=analysis.value>
-
-Analysis:		${analysis.value} 
-
-Column names specific to the analysis:
-			<@emit_column_names_with_descriptions analysis=analysis/>
-
-
-		    <@emit_tables analysis=analysis/>
-
-			<@emit_tags analysis=analysis/>
-			<@emit_column_names analysis=analysis/>
-					
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------			
-		</#if>
-		<@emit_row_values analysis=analysis/>
-	</#if>
-</#list>
-<#-- -------------------- -->
-<#-- emit only tables     -->
-<#macro emit_tables analysis>
-    <#if analysis.complex && !analysis.tag>
-		<#list analysis.children as child>
-		    <#if child.table>
-		        <@emit_tags analysis=analysis/>
-	            <#list child.tableRows as rows>
-            		<@emit_tag_values analysis=analysis/>
-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------            		
-            		<#list rows as node>
-            			<@emit_name value=node.value/>            			
-            		</#list>
-
-            	</#list>
-            </#if>
-        </#list>
-    </#if>
-</#macro>
-<#-- -------------------- -->
-<#-- get the data tag values -->
-<#macro emit_row_values analysis>
-	<#list analysis.tableRowsNoTables as rows>
-		<@emit_tag_values analysis=analysis/>
-		<#list rows as node>			
-			<@emit_name value=node.value/>	
-		</#list>
-		
-	</#list>	
-</#macro>
-<#-- -------------------- -->
-<#-- get the column names -->
-<#macro emit_column_names analysis>
-	<#if analysis.complex && !analysis.tag>
-		<#list analysis.children as child>
-			<#if child.complex && !child.table>
-				<@emit_name value=child.value/>			
-			</#if>				
-		</#list>
-	</#if>
-</#macro>
-<#-- -------------------- -->
-<#-- get the column names to display at the top of the analysis -->
-<#macro emit_column_names_with_descriptions analysis>
-	<#if analysis.complex && !analysis.tag>
-		<#list analysis.children as child>
-			<#if child.complex && !child.table>
-				${child.value?right_pad(40)}${child.description}				
-			</#if>
-		</#list>
-	</#if>
-</#macro>
-<#-- -------------------- -->
-<#-- get the tag values -->
-<#macro emit_tag_values analysis>
-	<#list analysis.children as child>
-		<#if child.tag>
-			<@emit_name value=child.value/>		
-		</#if>
-	</#list>
-</#macro>
-<#-- -------------------- -->
-<#-- get the tag names -->
-<#macro emit_tags analysis>
-	<#list analysis.children as child>
-		<#if child.tag>
-			<@emit_name value=child.name/>		
-		</#if>
-	</#list>
-</#macro>
-
-<#-- -------------------- -->
-<#-- a macro for formatting emitted names -->
-<#macro emit_name value>
-	<#if (value?length > colTextWidth)>
-		<#lt>${(value?substring(0, colTextWidth)+"..")?right_pad(colWidth)}<#rt>
-	<#else>
-		<#lt>${value?right_pad(colWidth)}<#rt>
-	</#if>
-</#macro>