diff --git a/SConscript.py b/SConscript.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 79197c4e87aedb713be06cd6996cb4b612415f4d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/SConscript.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-###### Hall C Software Main SConscript File #####
-###### Author: Edward Brash (brash@jlab.org) June 2013
-
-import os
-import re
-import SCons.Util
-Import ('pbaseenv')
-
-######## ROOT Dictionaries #########
-
-roothcdict = pbaseenv.subst('$HC_DIR')+'/HallCDict.C'
-roothcobj = pbaseenv.subst('$HC_SRC')+'/HallCDict.so'
-hcheaders = Split("""
- src/THcInterface.h src/THcParmList.h src/THcAnalyzer.h src/THcHallCSpectrometer.h
- src/THcDetectorMap.h src/THcRawHit.h src/THcHitList.h src/THcSignalHit.h src/THcHodoscope.h
- src/THcScintillatorPlane.h src/THcHodoscopeHit.h src/THcDC.h src/THcDriftChamberPlane.h
- src/THcDriftChamber.h src/THcRawDCHit.h src/THcDCHit.h src/THcDCWire.h src/THcSpacePoint.h
- src/THcDCLookupTTDConv.h src/THcDCTimeToDistConv.h src/THcShower.h src/THcShowerPlane.h
- src/THcRawShowerHit.h src/THcAerogel.h src/THcAerogelHit.h src/THcCherenkov.h src/THcCherenkovHit.h
- src/THcGlobals.h src/THcDCTrack.h src/THcFormula.h
- src/HallC_LinkDef.h
- """)
-pbaseenv.RootCint(roothcdict,hcheaders)
-pbaseenv.SharedObject(target = roothcobj, source = roothcdict)
-
-####### Start of main SConscript ###########
-
-print ('LIBS = %s\n' % pbaseenv.subst('$LIBS'))
-
-analyzer = pbaseenv.Program(target = 'hcana', source = 'src/main.o')
-pbaseenv.Install('./bin',analyzer)
-pbaseenv.Alias('install',['./bin'])
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 6d89421a9253a794b3dfcaaca6f1cac10d911a52..614ec609ab8e8589ad48b08670571fc10ed439eb 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
###### Hall C Software Main SConstruct Build File #####
###### Author: Edward Brash (brash@jlab.org) June 2013
@@ -165,3 +166,7 @@ Export('pbaseenv')
SConscript(dirs = directorylist,name='SConscript.py',exports='baseenv')
####### End of SConstruct #########
+
+# Local Variables:
+# mode: python
+# End:
diff --git a/examples/PARAM/52949/hcana.param b/examples/PARAM/52949/hcana.param
deleted file mode 100644
index 47b4766b5526cbf1fd9f0da9393347d6fe98188a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/examples/PARAM/52949/hcana.param
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-;
-; Parameters that were built into Fortran analyzer that we want
-; to pass as parameters so that the resulting code can be more generic.
-;
-
-hhodo_num_planes = 4
-hhodo_plane_names = "1x 1y 2x 2y"
-
-hcal_num_layers = 4
-
-# Exclusion band width for the calorimeter's fiducial volume.
-hcal_fv_delta = 5.
-
-# Constants for the coordiante correction of the calorimeter energy depositions
-hcal_a_cor = 200.
-hcal_b_cor = 8000.
-hcal_c_cor = 64.36
-hcal_d_cor = 1.66
-
-hcal_layer_names = "1pr 2ta 3ta 4ta"
-
-haero_num_pairs = 8
-
-# Names of planes so that parameter names can be constructed
-hdc_plane_names = "1x1 1y1 1u1 1v1 1y2 1x2 2x1 2y1 2u1 2v1 2y2 2x2"
-
-# The following were defined in REPLAY.PARAM
-h_recon_coeff_filename = 'PARAM/hms_recon_coeff.dat' ;hms optics matrix
-
-# The following are set to zero to replicate historical ENGINE behavior
-# For new analyses they should be set to 1. If not defined here,
-# hcana will default 1, the new and correct behaviour.
-
-# If 1, Let a hit have different L/R assignment for different space points
-# instead of L/R assignment from first sp it appears in.
-hdc_fix_lr = 0
-# If 1, don't do the the propagation along the wire each time the hit
-# appears in a space point. (Which means the correction accumulates)
-hdc_fix_propcorr = 0
-
-# SOS parameters
-shodo_num_planes = 4
-shodo_plane_names = "1x 1y 2x 2y"
-
-scal_num_layers = 4
-
-# Exclusion band width for the calorimeter's fiducial volume.
-# (saw) Don't know what this should be. Copied it from HMS.
-scal_fv_delta = 5.
-
-# Constants for the coordiante correction of the calorimeter energy depositions
-# (saw) Copied from HMS
-scal_a_cor = 200.
-scal_b_cor = 8000.
-scal_c_cor = 64.36
-scal_d_cor = 1.66
-
-scal_layer_names = "1pr 2ta 3ta 4ta"
-
-# Names of planes so that parameter names can be constructed
-sdc_plane_names = "1u1 1u2 1x1 1x2 1v1 1v2 2u1 2u2 2x1 2x2 2v1 2v2"
-
-# The following were defined in REPLAY.PARAM
-s_recon_coeff_filename = 'PARAM/sos_recon_coeff.dat' ;sos optics matrix
-
-# Fortran ENGINE only had this as a parameter for HMS. Need it here
-# because same code used for both spectrometers
-sntracks_max_fp = 10
-
-# The following are set to zero to replicate historical ENGINE behavior
-# For new analyses they should be set to 1. If not defined here,
-# hcana will default 1, the new and correct behaviour.
-
-# If 1, Let a hit have different L/R assignment for different space points
-# instead of L/R assignment from first sp it appears in.
-sdc_fix_lr = 0
-# If 1, don't do the the propagation along the wire each time the hit
-# appears in a space point. (Which means the correction accumulates)
-sdc_fix_propcorr = 0
diff --git a/examples/PARAM/52949/hcana.param b/examples/PARAM/52949/hcana.param
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7fd888b6ebf1fb22416f5b98f23bbabf7f0d745c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/PARAM/52949/hcana.param
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../hcana.param
\ No newline at end of file