diff --git a/compiler/installer.ini b/compiler/installer.ini
index dcf9aa52f4..48cd0b3b96 100644
--- a/compiler/installer.ini
+++ b/compiler/installer.ini
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ Files: "configure;makefile"
 Files: "*.ini"
 Files: "koch.nim"
 
-Files: "icons/nimrod.ico"
-Files: "icons/nimrod.rc"
-Files: "icons/nimrod.res"
-Files: "icons/nimrod_icon.o"
+Files: "icons/nim.ico"
+Files: "icons/nim.rc"
+Files: "icons/nim.res"
+Files: "icons/nim_icon.o"
 Files: "icons/koch.ico"
 Files: "icons/koch.rc"
 Files: "icons/koch.res"
diff --git a/compiler/nim.nim b/compiler/nim.nim
index 617758b2de..215f1986ee 100644
--- a/compiler/nim.nim
+++ b/compiler/nim.nim
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
 when defined(gcc) and defined(windows):
   when defined(x86):
-    {.link: "icons/nimrod.res".}
+    {.link: "icons/nim.res".}
   else:
-    {.link: "icons/nimrod_icon.o".}
+    {.link: "icons/nim_icon.o".}
 
 import
   commands, lexer, condsyms, options, msgs, nversion, nimconf, ropes,
diff --git a/config/nimrod.cfg b/config/nimrod.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 62a7b16cc6..0000000000
--- a/config/nimrod.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,136 +0,0 @@
-# Configuration file for the Nim Compiler.
-# (c) 2015 Andreas Rumpf
-
-# Feel free to edit the default values as you need.
-
-# You may set environment variables with
-# @putenv "key" "val"
-# Environment variables cannot be used in the options, however!
-
-cc = gcc
-
-# example of how to setup a cross-compiler:
-arm.linux.gcc.exe = "arm-linux-gcc"
-arm.linux.gcc.linkerexe = "arm-linux-gcc"
-
-cs:partial
-
-path="$lib/core"
-path="$lib/pure"
-path="$lib/pure/collections"
-path="$lib/pure/concurrency"
-path="$lib/impure"
-path="$lib/wrappers"
-# path="$lib/wrappers/cairo"
-# path="$lib/wrappers/gtk"
-# path="$lib/wrappers/lua"
-# path="$lib/wrappers/opengl"
-path="$lib/wrappers/pcre"
-path="$lib/wrappers/readline"
-path="$lib/wrappers/sdl"
-# path="$lib/wrappers/x11"
-path="$lib/wrappers/zip"
-path="$lib/wrappers/libffi"
-path="$lib/windows"
-path="$lib/posix"
-path="$lib/js"
-path="$lib/pure/unidecode"
-
-@if nimbabel:
-  babelpath="$home/.babel/pkgs/"
-@end
-
-@if release or quick:
-  obj_checks:off
-  field_checks:off
-  range_checks:off
-  bound_checks:off
-  overflow_checks:off
-  assertions:off
-  stacktrace:off
-  linetrace:off
-  debugger:off
-  line_dir:off
-  dead_code_elim:on
-@end
-
-@if release:
-  opt:speed
-@end
-
-# additional options always passed to the compiler:
---parallel_build: "0" # 0 to auto-detect number of processors
-
-hint[LineTooLong]=off
-#hint[XDeclaredButNotUsed]=off
-
-@if unix:
-  @if not bsd:
-    # -fopenmp
-    gcc.options.linker = "-ldl"
-    gpp.options.linker = "-ldl"
-    clang.options.linker = "-ldl"
-    tcc.options.linker = "-ldl"
-  @end
-  @if bsd or haiku:
-    # BSD got posix_spawn only recently, so we deactivate it for osproc:
-    define:useFork
-    # at least NetBSD has problems with thread local storage:
-    tlsEmulation:on
-  @end
-@end
-
-# Configuration for the Intel C/C++ compiler:
-@if windows:
-  icl.options.speed = "/Ox /arch:SSE2"
-  icl.options.always = "/nologo"
-@end
-
-# Configuration for the GNU C/C++ compiler:
-@if windows:
-  #gcc.path = r"$nimrod\dist\mingw\bin"
-  @if gcc:
-    tlsEmulation:on
-  @end
-@end
-
-@if macosx:
-  cc = clang
-  tlsEmulation:on
-  gcc.options.always = "-w -fasm-blocks"
-  gpp.options.always = "-w -fasm-blocks -fpermissive"
-@else:
-  gcc.options.always = "-w"
-  gpp.options.always = "-w -fpermissive"
-@end
-
-gcc.options.speed = "-O3 -fno-strict-aliasing"
-gcc.options.size = "-Os"
-gcc.options.debug = "-g3 -O0"
-
-gpp.options.speed = "-O3 -fno-strict-aliasing"
-gpp.options.size = "-Os"
-gpp.options.debug = "-g3 -O0"
-#passl = "-pg"
-
-# Configuration for the LLVM GCC compiler:
-llvm_gcc.options.debug = "-g"
-llvm_gcc.options.always = "-w"
-llvm_gcc.options.speed = "-O2"
-llvm_gcc.options.size = "-Os"
-
-# Configuration for the LLVM CLang compiler:
-clang.options.debug = "-g"
-clang.options.always = "-w"
-clang.options.speed = "-O3"
-clang.options.size = "-Os"
-
-# Configuration for the Visual C/C++ compiler:
-vcc.options.linker = "/DEBUG /Zi /Fd\"$projectName.pdb\" /F33554432" # set the stack size to 8 MB
-vcc.options.debug = "/Zi /Fd\"$projectName.pdb\""
-vcc.options.always = "/nologo"
-vcc.options.speed = "/Ox /arch:SSE2"
-vcc.options.size = "/O1"
-
-# Configuration for the Tiny C Compiler:
-tcc.options.always = "-w"
diff --git a/icons/nimrod.ico b/icons/nim.ico
similarity index 100%
rename from icons/nimrod.ico
rename to icons/nim.ico
diff --git a/icons/nim.rc b/icons/nim.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c053e08e9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icons/nim.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+nimicon ICON "nim.ico"
+
+
diff --git a/icons/nimrod.res b/icons/nim.res
similarity index 100%
rename from icons/nimrod.res
rename to icons/nim.res
diff --git a/icons/nimrod_icon.o b/icons/nim_icon.o
similarity index 100%
rename from icons/nimrod_icon.o
rename to icons/nim_icon.o
diff --git a/icons/nimrod.rc b/icons/nimrod.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f36b81451..0000000000
--- a/icons/nimrod.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-nimrodicon ICON "nimrod.ico"
-
-
diff --git a/tests/rodfiles/nimrod.cfg b/tests/rodfiles/nim.cfg
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/rodfiles/nimrod.cfg
rename to tests/rodfiles/nim.cfg
diff --git a/tools/niminst/nsis.tmpl b/tools/niminst/nsis.tmpl
index 23bbf3ac90..aba1e581fd 100644
--- a/tools/niminst/nsis.tmpl
+++ b/tools/niminst/nsis.tmpl
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
   SetCompressor /SOLID /FINAL lzma
 
   ; Installer and Uninstaller Icons
-  ; Icon "nimrod.ico"
-  ; UninstallIcon "nimrod.ico"
+  ; Icon "nim.ico"
+  ; UninstallIcon "nim.ico"
 
   ; Set installation details to be shown by default
   ShowInstDetails show