diff --git a/instruction.go b/instruction.go
index ebb8f6e..a5d6c6f 100644
--- a/instruction.go
+++ b/instruction.go
@@ -57,58 +57,6 @@ func ParseInstruction(line string) (LinkInstruction, error) {
 	return instruction, nil
 }
 
-func (instruction *LinkInstruction) RunSync() error {
-	if !FileExists(instruction.Source) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("instruction source %s%s%s does not exist", SourceColor, instruction.Source, DefaultColor)
-	}
-
-	if AreSame(instruction.Source, instruction.Target) {
-		log.Printf("Source %s%s%s and target %s%s%s are the same, %snothing to do...%s", SourceColor, instruction.Source, DefaultColor, TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor, PathColor, DefaultColor)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if FileExists(instruction.Target) {
-		if instruction.Force {
-			isSymlink, err := IsSymlink(instruction.Target)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("could not determine whether %s%s%s is a sym link or not, stopping; err: %s%+v%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor, ErrorColor, err, DefaultColor)
-			}
-
-			if isSymlink {
-				log.Printf("Removing symlink at %s%s%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor)
-				err = os.Remove(instruction.Target)
-				if err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("failed deleting %s%s%s due to %s%+v%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor, ErrorColor, err, DefaultColor)
-				}
-			} else {
-				if !instruction.Delete {
-					return fmt.Errorf("refusing to delte actual (non symlink) file %s%s%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor)
-				}
-				log.Printf("Deleting %s%s%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor)
-				err = os.RemoveAll(instruction.Target)
-				if err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("failed deleting %s%s%s due to %s%+v%s", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor, ErrorColor, err, DefaultColor)
-				}
-			}
-		} else {
-			return fmt.Errorf("target %s%s%s exists - handle manually or set the 'forced' flag (3rd field)", TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor)
-		}
-	}
-
-	var err error
-	if instruction.Hard {
-		err = os.Link(instruction.Source, instruction.Target)
-	} else {
-		err = os.Symlink(instruction.Source, instruction.Target)
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed creating symlink between %s%s%s and %s%s%s with error %s%+v%s", SourceColor, instruction.Source, DefaultColor, TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor, ErrorColor, err, DefaultColor)
-	}
-	log.Printf("Created symlink between %s%s%s and %s%s%s", SourceColor, instruction.Source, DefaultColor, TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor)
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (instruction *LinkInstruction) RunAsync(status chan (error)) {
 	defer close(status)
 	if !FileExists(instruction.Source) {