diff --git a/src/gui/gui.cpp b/src/gui/gui.cpp
index 44e8f2546..34efe78f6 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/gui.cpp
@@ -4811,8 +4811,6 @@ bool FurnaceGUI::loop() {
       if (keyHit1[i]<0.0f) keyHit1[i]=0.0f;
     }
 
-    activateTutorial(GUI_TUTORIAL_OVERVIEW);
-
     if (inspectorOpen) ImGui::ShowMetricsWindow(&inspectorOpen);
 
     if (firstFrame) {
@@ -6806,7 +6804,6 @@ bool FurnaceGUI::init() {
   }
 
   initSystemPresets();
-  initTutorial();
 
   e->setAutoNotePoly(noteInputPoly);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/gui.h b/src/gui/gui.h
index ee8a56166..7ac213c85 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/gui.h
@@ -890,12 +890,6 @@ enum FurnaceGUIChanOscRef {
   GUI_OSCREF_MAX
 };
 
-enum FurnaceGUITutorials {
-  GUI_TUTORIAL_OVERVIEW=0,
-  
-  GUI_TUTORIAL_MAX
-};
-
 enum PasteMode {
   GUI_PASTE_MODE_NORMAL=0,
   GUI_PASTE_MODE_MIX_FG,
@@ -1266,31 +1260,6 @@ struct FurnaceGUISysCategory {
     description(NULL) {}
 };
 
-typedef std::function<void()> TutorialFunc;
-
-struct FurnaceGUITutorialStep {
-  const char* text;
-  int waitForTrigger;
-  TutorialFunc run;
-  TutorialFunc runBefore;
-  TutorialFunc runAfter;
-  
-  FurnaceGUITutorialStep(const char* t, int trigger=-1, TutorialFunc activeFunc=NULL, TutorialFunc beginFunc=NULL, TutorialFunc endFunc=NULL):
-    text(t),
-    waitForTrigger(trigger),
-    run(activeFunc),
-    runBefore(beginFunc),
-    runAfter(endFunc) {}
-};
-
-struct FurnaceGUITutorialDef {
-  const char* name;
-  std::vector<FurnaceGUITutorialStep> steps;
-  FurnaceGUITutorialDef():
-    name("Help!") {}
-  FurnaceGUITutorialDef(const char* n, std::initializer_list<FurnaceGUITutorialStep> step);
-};
-
 struct FurnaceGUIMacroDesc {
   DivInstrumentMacro* macro;
   int min, max;
@@ -2052,15 +2021,11 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
   } settings;
 
   struct Tutorial {
-    int userComesFrom;
     bool introPlayed;
     bool protoWelcome;
-    bool taken[GUI_TUTORIAL_MAX];
     Tutorial():
-      userComesFrom(0),
       introPlayed(false),
       protoWelcome(false) {
-      memset(taken,0,GUI_TUTORIAL_MAX*sizeof(bool));
     }
   } tutorial;
 
@@ -2184,7 +2149,6 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
   std::vector<std::pair<DivInstrument*,bool>> pendingIns;
 
   std::vector<FurnaceGUISysCategory> sysCategories;
-  FurnaceGUITutorialDef tutorials[GUI_TUTORIAL_MAX];
 
   bool wavePreviewOn;
   SDL_Scancode wavePreviewKey;
@@ -2733,8 +2697,6 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
 
   void applyUISettings(bool updateFonts=true);
   void initSystemPresets();
-  void initTutorial();
-  void activateTutorial(FurnaceGUITutorials which);
 
   void initRandomDemoSong();
   bool loadRandomDemoSong();
diff --git a/src/gui/tutorial.cpp b/src/gui/tutorial.cpp
index cc5994954..816f71192 100644
--- a/src/gui/tutorial.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/tutorial.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 
 #include "gif_load.h"
 
-#define TS FurnaceGUITutorialStep
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "../utfutils.h"
@@ -555,224 +553,16 @@ static const char* cvText[]={
   (const char*)1
 };
 
-void FurnaceGUI::initTutorial() {
-  tutorials[GUI_TUTORIAL_OVERVIEW]=FurnaceGUITutorialDef("Overview",{
-    TS(
-      "hello! this is the Furnace tutorial!\n"
-      "I will teach you how to use Furnace.\n"
-      "if you wish to skip these tutorials, click on one of the Skip buttons. otherwise, click the " ICON_FA_CHEVRON_RIGHT " icon to continue."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "Furnace is a chiptune tracker!\n"
-      "in a tracker, the song is written down in patterns, which are lists of notes, instruments and effects to play.\n"
-      "a playhead scrolls down through these patterns, and plays the notes that are written in them as it moves.\n"
-      "think of it as a piano roll, but replace the dots in the position of notes with note names (e.g. A-4)."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "these are called \"patterns\" because they may appear more than once in the song.\n"
-      "this is useful for (in example) percussion, avoiding duplication.\n"
-      "the order in which these patterns appear is determined by an order list which also scrolls down as the playhead moves between patterns."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "this is the Pattern window. it displays a pattern (which contains the notes and stuff).",
-      -1,
-      [this]() {
-        highlightWindow("Pattern");
-      },
-      [this]() {
-        nextWindow=GUI_WINDOW_PATTERN;
-      }
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "this is the Orders window. it displays which patterns are going to play.",
-      -1,
-      [this]() {
-        highlightWindow("Orders");
-      },
-      [this]() {
-        nextWindow=GUI_WINDOW_ORDERS;
-      }
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "this is the Instruments window. it shows a list of instruments (sounds) in the song.",
-      -1,
-      [this]() {
-        highlightWindow("Instruments");
-      },
-      [this]() {
-        nextWindow=GUI_WINDOW_INS_LIST;
-      }
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "this is the Song Information window, which allows you to change some song properties.",
-      -1,
-      [this]() {
-        highlightWindow("Song Info##Song Information");
-      },
-      [this]() {
-        nextWindow=GUI_WINDOW_SONG_INFO;
-      }
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "this is the Speed window, which contains speed parameters.",
-      -1,
-      [this]() {
-        highlightWindow("Speed");
-      },
-      [this]() {
-        nextWindow=GUI_WINDOW_SPEED;
-      }
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "and here are the Play Controls. you can use these to play the song and do some other things.\n"
-      "now that I am done explaining the interface, let's make a song!",
-      -1,
-      [this]() {
-        highlightWindow("Play Controls");
-      },
-      [this]() {
-        nextWindow=GUI_WINDOW_EDIT_CONTROLS;
-      }
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "we'll start by creating an instrument.\n"
-      "while it's possible to work without instruments, we would be stuck with the default sound!\n"
-      "so let's create one... for that you click on the " ICON_FA_PLUS " button in the Instruments window."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      ""
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "now let's type in some notes!\n"
-      "first, enable Edit Mode with the Space key.\n"
-      "after that, click on the pattern editor to focus it (the first empty column to be specific).\n"
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "the keyboard layout for inserting notes resembles that of a piano:\n"
-      "- Z-M: low octave\n"
-      "- Q-U: mid octave\n"
-      "- I-P and beyond: high octave\n"
-      "the keys one row above the mentioned octaves are the upper keys of a piano.\n"
-      "let's press some of these keys to insert notes!"
-    ),
-    TS(
-      ""
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "and now, let's play the song! hit Enter to play it (and press it while playing to stop)."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      ""
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "great!\n"
-      "by the way, you can move around the pattern view using the arrow keys or by clicking in the pattern."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "now let me teach you about these columns in the pattern editor.\n"
-      "each big column represents a channel.\n"
-      "a channel consists of five (or more) smaller columns:\n"
-      "- the first column contains notes.\n"
-      "- the second one represents the instruments to play (these will be filled in automatically when you have an instrument selected).\n"
-      "- the third one has volume changes (will explain these later).\n"
-      "- the last two ones are effects and effect values (you can have multiple effect columns, but that's something I will be covering later as well.)\n"
-      "the instrument, volume and effect columns are continuous. this means that if nothing is specified, the last value will be used."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "let's add some volume changes to show you what I mean."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      ""
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "as you can hear, volume changes affects all notes which are placed next to, or after it.\n"
-      "let's place some bass notes."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      ""
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "oh wait! the keyboard layout only contains 2 octaves!\n"
-      "however, we can change the octave range by using the Octave setting in the play/edit controls."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      ""
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "now let's type in the notes..."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      ""
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "...and play this?"
-    ),
-    TS(
-      ""
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "cool, huh? but we're running out of space here.\n"
-      "let's expand the song."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "for that we go in the Orders window, which contains the order these patterns will appear in.\n"
-      "the first column is position while the other columns contain pattern numbers of every channel."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "clicking on the " ICON_FA_PLUS " button adds one row to the orders..."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      ""
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "and then clicking on a cell of the first column takes us there."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      ""
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "now let's add more to the song."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      ""
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "and after that, let's hear it!\n"
-      "note that playing the song by pressing Enter will play from the current position in the Orders view - that is, order 1!\n"
-      "we want to play from order 0 (the first order), so we go back to it first and then hit Enter."
-    ),
-    TS(
-      ""
-    ),
-    TS(
-      "congratulations! you made it\n"
-      "what else?"
-    )
-  });
-}
-
 void FurnaceGUI::syncTutorial() {
-//  tutorial.userComesFrom=e->getConfInt("tutUserComesFrom",0);
   tutorial.introPlayed=e->getConfBool("tutIntroPlayed",false);
   tutorial.protoWelcome=e->getConfBool("tutProtoWelcome2",false);
 }
 
 void FurnaceGUI::commitTutorial() {
-//  e->setConf("tutUserComesFrom",tutorial.userComesFrom);
   e->setConf("tutIntroPlayed",tutorial.introPlayed);
   e->setConf("tutProtoWelcome2",tutorial.protoWelcome);
 }
 
-void FurnaceGUI::activateTutorial(FurnaceGUITutorials which) {
-  /*
-  if (tutorial.protoWelcome && !tutorial.taken[which] && !ImGui::IsPopupOpen((const char*)NULL,ImGuiPopupFlags_AnyPopupId|ImGuiPopupFlags_AnyPopupLevel) && curTutorial==-1 && introPos>=10.0) {
-    logV("activating tutorial %d.",which);
-    curTutorial=which;
-    curTutorialStep=0;
-  }
-  */
-}
-
 void FurnaceGUI::initRandomDemoSong() {
   std::vector<String> subDirs;
 #if !defined(IS_MOBILE) && defined(FURNACE_DATADIR) && defined(SHOW_OPEN_ASSETS_MENU_ENTRY)
@@ -960,72 +750,6 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawTutorial() {
     ImGui::EndPopup();
   }
 
-  // tutorial
-  if (curTutorial>=0 && curTutorial<GUI_TUTORIAL_MAX) {
-    FurnaceGUITutorialStep& step=tutorials[curTutorial].steps[curTutorialStep];
-    ImGui::SetNextWindowPos(ImVec2(0,0));
-    ImGui::SetNextWindowSize(ImVec2(canvasW,canvasH));
-    if (ImGui::Begin("Tutorial",NULL,ImGuiWindowFlags_NoMove|ImGuiWindowFlags_NoResize|ImGuiWindowFlags_NoTitleBar|ImGuiWindowFlags_NoBackground|ImGuiWindowFlags_NoDocking)) {
-      ImDrawList* dl=ImGui::GetWindowDrawList();
-      if (step.run!=NULL) {
-        step.run();
-      } else {
-        ImU32 col=ImGui::GetColorU32(uiColors[GUI_COLOR_MODAL_BACKDROP]);
-        dl->AddRectFilled(
-          ImVec2(0,0),
-          ImVec2(canvasW,canvasH),
-          col
-        );
-      }
-      if (step.text[0]) {
-        ImVec2 avail=ImGui::GetContentRegionAvail();
-        ImVec2 textSize=ImGui::CalcTextSize(step.text,NULL,false,avail.x);
-        textSize.x+=ImGui::GetStyle().WindowPadding.y*2.0f;
-        textSize.y+=ImGui::GetStyle().WindowPadding.y*2.0f+ImGui::GetFrameHeightWithSpacing();
-        if (textSize.x>avail.x) textSize.x=avail.x;
-        if (textSize.y>avail.y) textSize.y=avail.y;
-
-        ImGui::SetCursorPos(ImVec2(
-          (canvasW-textSize.x)*0.5,
-          (canvasH-textSize.y)*0.5
-        ));
-
-        dl->AddRectFilled(
-          ImGui::GetCursorPos(),
-          ImVec2(
-            ImGui::GetCursorPos().x+textSize.x,
-            ImGui::GetCursorPos().y+textSize.y
-          ),
-          ImGui::GetColorU32(ImGuiCol_PopupBg)
-        );
-
-        if (ImGui::BeginChild("TutText",textSize,true,ImGuiWindowFlags_NoScrollbar|ImGuiWindowFlags_NoScrollWithMouse)) {
-          ImGui::TextWrapped("%s",step.text);
-
-          if (ImGui::Button("Skip")) {
-            tutorial.taken[curTutorial]=true;
-            curTutorial=-1;
-            curTutorialStep=0;
-          }
-          ImGui::SameLine();
-          if (ImGui::Button(ICON_FA_CHEVRON_RIGHT)) {
-            curTutorialStep++;
-            if (step.runAfter!=NULL) step.runAfter();
-            if (curTutorialStep>=(int)tutorials[curTutorial].steps.size()) {
-              tutorial.taken[curTutorial]=true;
-              curTutorial=-1;
-              curTutorialStep=0;
-            } else {
-              if (tutorials[curTutorial].steps[curTutorialStep].runBefore) tutorials[curTutorial].steps[curTutorialStep].runBefore();
-            }
-          }
-        }
-        ImGui::EndChild();
-      }
-    }
-    ImGui::End();
-  }
-
   if (cvOpen) {
     ImGui::SetNextWindowPos(ImVec2(0,0));
     ImGui::SetNextWindowSize(ImVec2(canvasW,canvasH));
@@ -1271,11 +995,6 @@ void FurnaceGUI::highlightWindow(const char* winName) {
   }
 }
 
-FurnaceGUITutorialDef::FurnaceGUITutorialDef(const char* n, std::initializer_list<FurnaceGUITutorialStep> step):
-  name(n) {
-  steps=step;
-}
-
 // CV
 // 320x224