diff --git a/resources/recipes/nikkei_sports_sub.recipe b/resources/recipes/nikkei_sports_sub.recipe
deleted file mode 100644
index c08404dac5..0000000000
--- a/resources/recipes/nikkei_sports_sub.recipe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-import string, re, sys
-from calibre import strftime
-from calibre.web.feeds.recipes import BasicNewsRecipe
-
-class NikkeiNet_subscription(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    title          = u'\u65e5\u7d4c\u65b0\u805e\u96fb\u5b50\u7248'
-    __author__     = 'Hiroshi Miura'
-    description    = 'News and current market affairs from Japan'
-    needs_subscription = True
-    oldest_article = 3
-    max_articles_per_feed = 20
-    language       = 'ja'
- 
-    remove_tags_before = {'class':"cmn-section cmn-indent"}
-    remove_tags = [
-                       {'class':"JSID_basePageMove JSID_baseAsyncSubmit cmn-form_area JSID_optForm_utoken"},
-                       {'class':"cmn-article_keyword cmn-clearfix"},
-                       {'class':"cmn-print_headline cmn-clearfix"},
-                         ]
-    remove_tags_after = {'class':"cmn-pr_list"}
-
-    
-    def get_browser(self):
-        br = BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser()
-
-        cj = mechanize.LWPCookieJar()
-        br.set_cookiejar(cj)
-
-        #br.set_debug_http(True)
-        #br.set_debug_redirects(True)
-        #br.set_debug_responses(True)
-
-        if self.username is not None and self.password is not None:
-            #print "----------------------------get login form--------------------------------------------"
-            # open login form
-            br.open('https://id.nikkei.com/lounge/nl/base/LA0010.seam')
-            response = br.response()
-            #print "----------------------------get login form---------------------------------------------"
-            #print "----------------------------set login form---------------------------------------------"
-            # remove disabled input which brings error on mechanize
-            response.set_data(response.get_data().replace("<input id=\"j_id48\"", "<!-- "))
-            response.set_data(response.get_data().replace("gm_home_on.gif\" />", " -->"))
-            br.set_response(response)
-            br.select_form(name='LA0010Form01')
-            br['LA0010Form01:LA0010Email']   = self.username
-            br['LA0010Form01:LA0010Password'] = self.password
-            br.form.find_control(id='LA0010Form01:LA0010AutoLoginOn',type="checkbox").get(nr=0).selected = True
-            br.submit()
-            response1 = br.response()
-            #print "----------------------------send login form---------------------------------------------"
-            #print "----------------------------open news main page-----------------------------------------"
-            # open news site
-            br.open('http://www.nikkei.com/')
-            response2 = br.response()
-            #print "----------------------------www.nikkei.com BODY   --------------------------------------"
-            #print response2.get_data()
-            #print "-------------------------^^-got auto redirect form----^^--------------------------------"
-            # forced redirect in default
-            br.select_form(nr=0)
-            br.submit()
-            response3 = br.response()
-            # return some cookie which should be set by Javascript
-            #print response3.geturl()
-            raw = response3.get_data()
-            #print "---------------------------response to form --------------------------------------------"
-            # grab cookie from JS and set it
-            redirectflag = re.search(r"var checkValue = '(\d+)';", raw, re.M).group(1)
-            br.select_form(nr=0)
-
-            self.temp_files.append(PersistentTemporaryFile('_fa.html'))
-            self.temp_files[-1].write("#LWP-Cookies-2.0\n")
-
-            self.temp_files[-1].write("Set-Cookie3: Cookie-dummy=Cookie-value; domain=\".nikkei.com\"; path=\"/\"; path_spec; secure; expires=\"2029-12-21 05:07:59Z\"; version=0\n")
-            self.temp_files[-1].write("Set-Cookie3: redirectFlag="+redirectflag+"; domain=\".nikkei.com\"; path=\"/\"; path_spec; secure; expires=\"2029-12-21 05:07:59Z\"; version=0\n")
-            self.temp_files[-1].close()
-            cj.load(self.temp_files[-1].name)
-
-            br.submit()
-
-            #br.set_debug_http(False)
-            #br.set_debug_redirects(False)
-            #br.set_debug_responses(False)
-        return br
-
-
-
-    feeds          =  [ 
-		 (u'\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\uff1a\u30d7\u30ed\u91ce\u7403', u'http://www.zou3.net/php/rss/nikkei2rss.php?head=baseball'),
-		 (u'\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\uff1a\u5927\u30ea\u30fc\u30b0', u'http://www.zou3.net/php/rss/nikkei2rss.php?head=mlb'),
-		 (u'\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\uff1a\u30b5\u30c3\u30ab\u30fc', u'http://www.zou3.net/php/rss/nikkei2rss.php?head=soccer'), 
-		 (u'\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\uff1a\u30b4\u30eb\u30d5', 	u'http://www.zou3.net/php/rss/nikkei2rss.php?head=golf'),
-		 (u'\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\uff1a\u76f8\u64b2', 	u'http://www.zou3.net/php/rss/nikkei2rss.php?head=sumou'),
-		 (u'\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\uff1a\u7af6\u99ac', 	u'http://www.zou3.net/php/rss/nikkei2rss.php?head=keiba')
-		]
-