diff --git a/install/4_office.sh b/install/4_office.sh
index d30e153e..258b3487 100755
--- a/install/4_office.sh
+++ b/install/4_office.sh
@@ -3,31 +3,39 @@
 # everything needed for mutt
 brew install gpgme
 brew install isync
-brew install khard
 brew install msmtp
 brew install mu
 brew install neomutt
 brew install ripmime
 brew install w3m
-brew install vdirsyncer
 
 # python dependencies (for mutt)
 pip install urlscan
 
 # create folders
-mkdir ~/Contacts
 mkdir ~/Mail
 mkdir ~/Mail/mailbox
+mkdir ~/Mail/mailbox/cur
+mkdir ~/Mail/mailbox/new
+mkdir ~/Mail/mailbox/tmp
 mkdir ~/Mail/viu
+mkdir ~/Mail/viu/cur
+mkdir ~/Mail/viu/new
+mkdir ~/Mail/viu/tmp
 mkdir ~/Mail/===================
+mkdir ~/Mail/===================/cur
+mkdir ~/Mail/===================/new
+mkdir ~/Mail/===================/tmp
 
 # link config files
 ln -s ~/dotfiles/office/mutt ~/.mutt
 ln -s ~/dotfiles/office/mbsyncrc ~/.mbsyncrc
 ln -s ~/dotfiles/office/msmtprc ~/.msmtprc
-ln -s ~/dotfiles/office/khard ~/.config/khard
-ln -s ~/dotfiles/office/vdirsyncer ~/.vdirsyncer
 
 # now: create the correct keychain-entries in system keychain
-# for the mailboxes (compare msmtp/mbsync-config) and start
-# the first sync with "O". Usually install 1password first ;)
+# for the mailboxes (compare msmtp/mbsync-config, remember to
+# prepend imap-ones with http:// and smtp-ones with smtp://), then:
+
+mbsync -a
+mu init -m ~/Mail
+mu index
diff --git a/office/khard/khard.conf b/office/khard/khard.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index e692da1f..00000000
--- a/office/khard/khard.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-[addressbooks]
-[[mailbox]]
-path = ~/Contacts/27
-
-[general]
-debug = no
-default_action = list
-editor = nvim
-merge_editor = vimdiff
-
-[contact table]
-display = first_name
-sort = first_name
-
-[vcard]
-preferred_version = 3.0
-search_in_source_files = no
-skip_unparsable = no
diff --git a/office/mutt/muttrc b/office/mutt/muttrc
index e910125f..6ee15599 100644
--- a/office/mutt/muttrc
+++ b/office/mutt/muttrc
@@ -51,9 +51,8 @@ set quote_regexp = "^( {0,4}[>|:#%]| {0,4}[a-z0-9]+[>|]+)+"
 set send_charset = "utf-8:iso-8859-1:us-ascii"
 set charset = "utf-8"
 
-# when composing emails, use this command to get addresses from
-# the addressbook with khard first, and everything else from mu index
-set query_command = "( khard email --parsable '%s' | sed -n '1!p'; mu cfind --format=mutt-ab '%s' )"
+# when composing emails, use this command to get addresses from mu
+set query_command = "mu cfind --format=mutt-ab '%s'"
 
 # Pager View Options
 set pager_index_lines = 10
diff --git a/office/vdirsyncer/config b/office/vdirsyncer/config
deleted file mode 100644
index b8831018..00000000
--- a/office/vdirsyncer/config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-[general]
-status_path = "~/.vdirsyncer/status/"
-
-[pair mailboxcontacts]
-a = "mailboxcontacts_local"
-b = "mailboxcontacts_remote"
-collections = ["from a", "from b"]
-
-[storage mailboxcontacts_local]
-type = "filesystem"
-path = "~/Contacts/"
-fileext = ".vcf"
-
-[storage mailboxcontacts_remote]
-type = "carddav"
-url = "https://dav.mailbox.org"
-username = "s.rademacker@mailbox.org"
-password.fetch = ["command", "~/dotfiles/office/getpassword.sh"]