I can't think of any long term, open source project that has removed and ripped out more code than OpenBSD. They are know for doing exactly what you are sugges

I can't think of any long term, open source project that has removed and ripped out more code than OpenBSD. They are know for doing exactly what you are suggesting. Go ask @tedunangst. It was literally called "tedu'd" for ripping out old crusty code.