diff --git a/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/Parser.java b/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/Parser.java
index e18fbdf64..ad7f5021f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/Parser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/Parser.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ public class Parser {
 
     private ArrayList<Reference> refRead;
     private final Tokenizer tok;
-    private Context staticContext;
 
     /**
      * Create a new instance
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ public class Parser {
      */
     public Parser(Reader reader, String srcFile) {
         tok = new Tokenizer(reader, srcFile);
-        staticContext = new Context();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -138,25 +136,10 @@ public class Parser {
                 s.add(c -> c.print(t));
             }
         }
-        while (!nextIs(EOF)) {
-            if (nextIs(STATIC)) {
-                Statement stat = parseStatement();
-                try {
-                    stat.execute(staticContext);
-                } catch (HGSEvalException e) {
-                    throw newParserException("error evaluating static code: " + e.getMessage());
-                }
-            } else
-                s.add(parseStatement());
-        }
-        return s.optimize();
-    }
+        while (!nextIs(EOF))
+            s.add(parseStatement());
 
-    /**
-     * @return the static context of this template
-     */
-    public Context getStaticContext() {
-        return staticContext;
+        return s.optimize();
     }
 
     private Statement parseStatement() throws IOException, ParserException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/Tokenizer.java b/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/Tokenizer.java
index 5a57c5dc0..afbf8b300 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/Tokenizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/Tokenizer.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Tokenizer {
     enum Token {
         UNKNOWN, IDENT, AND, OR, XOR, NOT, OPEN, CLOSE, NUMBER, EOL, EOF, SHIFTLEFT, SHIFTRIGHT, COMMA, EQUAL,
         ADD, SUB, MUL, GREATER, LESS, DIV, MOD, END, IF, ELSE, FOR, WHILE, SEMICOLON, NOTEQUAL, STRING,
-        OPENBRACE, CLOSEDBRACE, CODEEND, OPENSQUARE, CLOSEDSQUARE, DOT, STATIC, FUNC, GREATEREQUAL, LESSEQUAL,
+        OPENBRACE, CLOSEDBRACE, CODEEND, OPENSQUARE, CLOSEDSQUARE, DOT, FUNC, GREATEREQUAL, LESSEQUAL,
         REPEAT, RETURN, COLON, UNTIL, DOUBLE, EXPORT, TRUE, FALSE
     }
 
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ class Tokenizer {
                 case '.':
                     token = Token.DOT;
                     break;
-                case '@':
-                    token = Token.STATIC;
-                    break;
                 case ':':
                     token = Token.COLON;
                     break;
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/ParserTest.java b/src/test/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/ParserTest.java
index bfe6abd61..1295278ec 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/ParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/ParserTest.java
@@ -389,25 +389,6 @@ public class ParserTest extends TestCase {
         assertEquals(7, flag);
     }
 
-    public void testStatic() throws IOException, ParserException, HGSEvalException {
-        Parser p = new Parser("generic a; <? @gen[0]:=\"a\"; ?>");
-        final ArrayList<Object> generics = new ArrayList<>();
-        p.getStaticContext().declareVar("gen", generics);
-        p.parse();
-
-        assertEquals(1, generics.size());
-        assertEquals("a", generics.get(0));
-    }
-
-    public void testFunctionStatic() throws IOException, ParserException, HGSEvalException {
-        Parser p = new Parser("<? @f:=func(a){return a*a+2;};  print(f(4));?>");
-        p.parse();
-        Object fObj = p.getStaticContext().getVar("f");
-        assertTrue(fObj instanceof Function);
-        Function f = (Function) fObj;
-        assertEquals(11L, f.call(3));
-    }
-
     public void testFunction() throws IOException, ParserException, HGSEvalException {
         assertEquals("18", exec("<? f:=func(a){return a*a+2;};  print(f(4));?>").toString());
         assertEquals("5", exec("<? f:=func(a,b){return a+2*b;};  print(f(1,2));?>").toString());