# Cleanup / Simplification

> The activity of removing obsolete code and structure, which backward compatibility can hold back.

Record: `lexicon:cleanup-simplification`
Kind: activity
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-cleanup-simplification

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Integration](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/integration.md) and before [Cross-Domain Translation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cross-domain-translation.md).

## Category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## In tension with

- [Backward Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/backward-compatibility.md)
- [Backward Compatibility / Cleanup / Simplification](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/backward-compatibility-cleanup-simplification.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)