diff --git a/src/algorithms/acquisition/libs/CMakeLists.txt b/src/algorithms/acquisition/libs/CMakeLists.txt
index 702ee57b8..53feb9366 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/acquisition/libs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/algorithms/acquisition/libs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,40 +16,11 @@
 # along with GNSS-SDR. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
-
-#if(ENABLE_CUDA)
-#    # Append current NVCC flags by something, eg comput capability
-#    # set(CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS ${CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS} --gpu-architecture sm_30)
-#    list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-gencode arch=compute_30,code=sm_30; -std=c++11;-O3; -use_fast_math -default-stream per-thread")
-#    set(CUDA_PROPAGATE_HOST_FLAGS OFF)
-#    CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-#    set(LIB_TYPE STATIC) #set the lib type
-#    CUDA_ADD_LIBRARY(CUDA_CORRELATOR_LIB ${LIB_TYPE} cuda_multicorrelator.h cuda_multicorrelator.cu)
-#    set(OPT_TRACKING_LIBRARIES ${OPT_TRACKING_LIBRARIES} CUDA_CORRELATOR_LIB)
-#    set(OPT_TRACKING_INCLUDES ${OPT_TRACKING_INCLUDES} ${CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
-#endif(ENABLE_CUDA)
-
-
-
-#set(TRACKING_LIB_SOURCES   
+  
 set(ACQUISITION_LIB_SOURCES   
 	gps_fpga_acquisition_8sc.cc
-#     cpu_multicorrelator.cc
-#     cpu_multicorrelator_16sc.cc     
-#     lock_detectors.cc
-#     tcp_communication.cc
-#     tcp_packet_data.cc
-#     tracking_2nd_DLL_filter.cc
-#     tracking_2nd_PLL_filter.cc
-#     tracking_discriminators.cc
-#     tracking_FLL_PLL_filter.cc
-#     tracking_loop_filter.cc
 )
 
-#if(ENABLE_FPGA)
-#    SET(ACQUISITION_LIB_SOURCES ${ACQUISITION_LIB_SOURCES} fpga_acquisition_8sc.cc)
-#endif(ENABLE_FPGA)
-
 include_directories(
      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/core/system_parameters
@@ -59,34 +30,17 @@ include_directories(
      ${VOLK_INCLUDE_DIRS}
      ${GLOG_INCLUDE_DIRS}
      ${GFlags_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-     ${OPT_TRACKING_INCLUDES}
      ${VOLK_GNSSSDR_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
-if(ENABLE_GENERIC_ARCH)
-    add_definitions( -DGENERIC_ARCH=1 )
-endif(ENABLE_GENERIC_ARCH)
-
-if (SSE3_AVAILABLE)
-    add_definitions( -DHAVE_SSE3=1 )
-endif(SSE3_AVAILABLE)
-
-
-#file(GLOB TRACKING_LIB_HEADERS "*.h")
 file(GLOB ACQUISITION_LIB_HEADERS "*.h")
-#list(SORT TRACKING_LIB_HEADERS)
 list(SORT ACQUISITION_LIB_HEADERS)
-#add_library(tracking_lib ${TRACKING_LIB_SOURCES} ${TRACKING_LIB_HEADERS})
 add_library(acquisition_lib ${ACQUISITION_LIB_SOURCES} ${ACQUISITION_LIB_HEADERS})
-#source_group(Headers FILES ${TRACKING_LIB_HEADERS})
 source_group(Headers FILES ${ACQUISITION_LIB_HEADERS})
-#target_link_libraries(tracking_lib ${OPT_TRACKING_LIBRARIES} ${VOLK_LIBRARIES} ${VOLK_GNSSSDR_LIBRARIES} ${GNURADIO_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES})
-target_link_libraries(acquisition_lib ${OPT_ACQUISITION_LIBRARIES} ${VOLK_LIBRARIES} ${VOLK_GNSSSDR_LIBRARIES} ${GNURADIO_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(acquisition_lib ${VOLK_LIBRARIES} ${VOLK_GNSSSDR_LIBRARIES} ${GNURADIO_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES})
 if(VOLK_GNSSSDR_FOUND)
-#    add_dependencies(tracking_lib glog-${glog_RELEASE})
     add_dependencies(acquisition_lib glog-${glog_RELEASE})
 else(VOLK_GNSSSDR_FOUND)
-#    add_dependencies(tracking_lib glog-${glog_RELEASE} volk_gnsssdr_module)
     add_dependencies(acquisition_lib glog-${glog_RELEASE} volk_gnsssdr_module)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/algorithms/acquisition/libs/gps_fpga_acquisition_8sc.cc b/src/algorithms/acquisition/libs/gps_fpga_acquisition_8sc.cc
index 1cfc34c50..b1a855a11 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/acquisition/libs/gps_fpga_acquisition_8sc.cc
+++ b/src/algorithms/acquisition/libs/gps_fpga_acquisition_8sc.cc
@@ -35,34 +35,32 @@
 
 #include "gps_fpga_acquisition_8sc.h"
 #include "gps_sdr_signal_processing.h"
+#include "GPS_L1_CA.h"
 #include <cmath>
+#include <volk/volk.h>
 
 // allocate memory dynamically
 #include <new>
 
 // libraries used by DMA test code and GIPO test code
-#include <stdio.h>
+#include <cstdio>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <errno.h>
+#include <cerrno>
 
 // libraries used by DMA test code
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <assert.h>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cassert>
 
 // libraries used by GPIO test code
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <signal.h>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <csignal>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 
 // logging
 #include <glog/logging.h>
 
-#include <volk/volk.h>
-
-#include "GPS_L1_CA.h"
 
 #define PAGE_SIZE 0x10000
 #define MAX_PHASE_STEP_RAD 0.999999999534339  // 1 - pow(2,-31);
@@ -110,7 +108,7 @@ gps_fpga_acquisition_8sc::gps_fpga_acquisition_8sc(std::string device_name,
     // allocate memory to compute all the PRNs
     // and compute all the possible codes
     std::complex<float>* code = new std::complex<float>[nsamples_total];  // buffer for the local code
-    std::complex<float>* code_total = new gr_complex[vector_length];      // buffer for the local code repeate every number of ms
+    std::complex<float>* code_total = new gr_complex[vector_length];      // buffer for the local code repeat every number of ms
 
     gr_complex* d_fft_codes_padded = static_cast<gr_complex*>(volk_gnsssdr_malloc(vector_length * sizeof(gr_complex), volk_gnsssdr_get_alignment()));
 
@@ -252,8 +250,8 @@ void gps_fpga_acquisition_8sc::set_phase_step(unsigned int doppler_index)
         {
             phase_step_rad_real = MAX_PHASE_STEP_RAD;
         }
-    phase_step_rad_int_temp = phase_step_rad_real * 4;                      // * 2^2
-    phase_step_rad_int = (int32_t)(phase_step_rad_int_temp * (536870912));  // * 2^29 (in total it makes x2^31 in two steps to avoid the warnings
+    phase_step_rad_int_temp = phase_step_rad_real * 4;                                 // * 2^2
+    phase_step_rad_int = static_cast<int32_t>(phase_step_rad_int_temp * (536870912));  // * 2^29 (in total it makes x2^31 in two steps to avoid the warnings
 
     d_map_base[3] = phase_step_rad_int;
 }