diff --git a/backends/configmap/config.go b/backends/configmap/config.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e9b3b0fa..00000000
--- a/backends/configmap/config.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of remco.
- * © 2016 The Remco Authors
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-package configmap
-
-import (
-	"github.com/HeavyHorst/easyKV/kubernetesConfigMap"
-	"github.com/HeavyHorst/remco/backends"
-	"github.com/HeavyHorst/remco/log"
-	"github.com/HeavyHorst/remco/template"
-	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
-)
-
-// Config represents the config for the configmap backend.
-type Config struct {
-	KubeConfig string
-	Name       string
-	Namespace  string
-	template.Backend
-}
-
-// Connect creates a new kubernetesClient and fills the underlying template.Backend with the configmap-Backend specific data.
-func (c *Config) Connect() (template.Backend, error) {
-	if c == nil {
-		return template.Backend{}, backends.ErrNilConfig
-	}
-
-	log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-		"backend": "configMap",
-	}).Info("Set backend")
-
-	client, err := kubernetesConfigMap.New(c.Namespace, c.Name, kubernetesConfigMap.WithConfig(c.KubeConfig))
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return c.Backend, err
-	}
-
-	c.Backend.ReadWatcher = client
-	c.Backend.Name = "configMap"
-
-	return c.Backend, nil
-}
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 2c4b87b0..c689bb38 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/HeavyHorst/remco/backends"
-	"github.com/HeavyHorst/remco/backends/configmap"
 	"github.com/HeavyHorst/remco/backends/consul"
 	"github.com/HeavyHorst/remco/backends/env"
 	"github.com/HeavyHorst/remco/backends/etcd"
@@ -34,13 +33,12 @@ type tomlConf struct {
 	Resource  []struct {
 		Template []*template.ProcessConfig
 		Backend  struct {
-			Etcd      *etcd.Config
-			File      *file.Config
-			Env       *env.Config
-			Consul    *consul.Config
-			Vault     *vault.Config
-			Redis     *redis.Config
-			Configmap *configmap.Config
+			Etcd   *etcd.Config
+			File   *file.Config
+			Env    *env.Config
+			Consul *consul.Config
+			Vault  *vault.Config
+			Redis  *redis.Config
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -89,13 +87,12 @@ func (c *tomlConf) run(stop chan bool) {
 	for _, v := range c.Resource {
 		var backendList []template.Backend
 		backendConfigMap := map[string]template.BackendConfig{
-			"etcd":      v.Backend.Etcd,
-			"file":      v.Backend.File,
-			"env":       v.Backend.Env,
-			"consul":    v.Backend.Consul,
-			"vault":     v.Backend.Vault,
-			"redis":     v.Backend.Redis,
-			"configmap": v.Backend.Configmap,
+			"etcd":   v.Backend.Etcd,
+			"file":   v.Backend.File,
+			"env":    v.Backend.Env,
+			"consul": v.Backend.Consul,
+			"vault":  v.Backend.Vault,
+			"redis":  v.Backend.Redis,
 		}
 
 		for name, config := range backendConfigMap {