diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a47625478..1e0b0e297 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ help:
 	@if [ -z "$$(which perl 2>/dev/null)" ] ; then \
 	  $(CONTAINER_FGRUN) .:/mnt 'debian:12.5' '/mnt/utils/makehelp.pl' '/mnt/Makefile' ; \
 	else \
-	utils/makehelp.pl Makefile ; \
+	  utils/makehelp.pl Makefile ; \
 	fi
 
 .PHONY: clean
@@ -126,14 +126,6 @@ test: test-frontend test-backend i18n-check;
 # HELP(compile-frontend): compile frontend
 --compile-frontend: static well-known;
 
-.PHONY: serve-frontend
-# HELP: serve frontend (watch file changes)
-serve-frontend:
-	$(MAKE) -- --containerized---compile-frontend WATCH=--watch
-
-# --serve-frontend: WATCH=--watch
-# --serve-frontend: --compile-frontend;
-
 # HELP(lint-frontend): lint frontend
 --lint-frontend: eslint.config.js
 	npx -- eslint frontend/src $(FIX)
@@ -172,22 +164,6 @@ well-known: static;
 %-backend: FRADRIVE_SERVICE=backend
 %-backend: --image-build --containerized---%-backend;
 
-# TODO: to be deprecated by start-%
-.PHONY: serve-backend
-# HELP: serve backend
-serve-backend:
-	DEV_PORT_HTTP=`utils/next_free_port.pl 3000 | tee .dev-port-http`; \
-	DEV_PORT_HTTPS=`utils/next_free_port.pl 3443 | tee .dev-port-https`; \
-	$(MAKE) -- --containerized---serve-dev-backend DEV_PORT_HTTP=$${DEV_PORT_HTTP} DEV_PORT_HTTPS=$${DEV_PORT_HTTPS}
-#	DEV_PORT_HTTP=`grep 'https:' develop/$(DATE)/backend/$(CONTAINER_ID) | sed 's/.*://'`; \
-#	DEV_PORT_HTTPS=`grep 'https:' develop/$(DATE)/backend/$(CONTAINER_ID) | sed 's/.*://'`; \
-#	DEVELOP=$(MAKE) develop/
---serve-dev-backend: start.sh
-	DEV_PORT_HTTP=`cat .dev-port-http`; \
-	DEV_PORT_HTTPS=`cat .dev-port-https`; \
-	./start.sh
-#	./utils/watchrun.sh develop/ ./start.sh
-
 # HELP(compile-backend): compile backend
 --compile-backend:
 	stack build --fast --work-dir .stack-work-build --profile --library-profiling --executable-profiling --flag uniworx:-library-only --local-bin-path $$(pwd)/bin $(stackopts)
@@ -307,33 +283,7 @@ image-rebuild-%:
 	  fi \
 	fi
 
-# .PHONY: new-backend
-# new-backend:
-# 	LAST_DATE=`ls -1 develop | tail -n1`
-# 	if [[ -z "$${LAST_DATE}" || -e `ls develop/$${LAST_DATE}/database` ]]; then \
-#	  mkdir -p develop/$$(date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S') \
-#	fi
-#	serve-backend
-
-#new-database:
-#	mkdir -p develop/$$(date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S')
-#	$(MAKE) serve-database
-
-# TODO: work in progress
-# - compute used ports and provide as env vars
-# - start container in detached mode
-# - save container id with ports as content as file
-# .PHONY: serve-%
-# serve-backend:
-#	DEV_PORT_HTTP=`docker/backend/dev_port.pl 3000 | tee develop/$${DATE}/fradrive.backend.$${DATE}`; \
-#	DEV_PORT_HTTPS=`docker/backend/dev_port.pl 3443 | tee .dev-port-https`; \
-#	$(MAKE) -- --containerized---start-dev-backend DEV_PORT_HTTP=$${DEV_PORT_HTTP} DEV_PORT_HTTPS=$${DEV_PORT_HTTPS}
-#--serve-dev-backend: start.sh
-#	DEV_PORT_HTTP=`grep 'https:' develop/$(DATE)/backend/$(CONTAINER_ID) | sed 's/.*://'`; \
-#	DEV_PORT_HTTPS=`grep 'https:' develop/$(DATE)/backend/$(CONTAINER_ID) | sed 's/.*://'`; \
-#	./utils/watchrun.sh develop/ ./start.sh
-
-DATE    := $(shell date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S')
+DATE := $(shell date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S')
 
 SET_DEVELOP = $(eval DEVELOP=develop/`ls -1 develop | tail -n1`)
 NEW_DEVELOP = $(eval DEVELOP=develop/$$(DATE))