diff --git a/exe/quby-compile b/exe/quby-compile
index 2bb438fd2045d1a20d6201db7ea51e7eba127609..bd7d029ee651690ae823d481d575894e0bb08ce3 100755
--- a/exe/quby-compile
+++ b/exe/quby-compile
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ require "quby/compiler"
 
 output_path = "output"
 lookup_tables_path = "lookup_tables"
-seeds_path = "seeds"
 
 OptionParser.new do |opts|
   opts.banner = "Usage: quby-compile FILE_OR_DIRS [options]"
@@ -19,10 +18,6 @@ OptionParser.new do |opts|
   opts.on("--lookup-tables=INPUT") do |value|
     lookup_tables_path = value
   end
-
-  opts.on("--seeds=INPUT") do |value|
-    puts '--seeds is a deprecated option, questionnaire definitions should use seed_patches to conserve seed tweaks'
-  end
 end.parse!
 
 paths = ARGV.flat_map do |file_or_dir|
@@ -41,9 +36,7 @@ paths.each do |path|
   key = File.basename(File.dirname(path))
   sourcecode = File.read(path)
   last_update = File.mtime(path)
-  seed_path = File.join(seeds_path, "#{key}.yml")
-  seeds = File.exist?(seed_path) ? YAML.load(File.read(seed_path)) : nil
-  compiled = Quby::Compiler.compile(key, sourcecode, path: path, seeds: seeds, lookup_tables: lookup_tables, last_update: last_update)
+  compiled = Quby::Compiler.compile(key, sourcecode, path: path, lookup_tables: lookup_tables, last_update: last_update)
 
   FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.join(output_path, key))
   compiled[:outputs].each do |type, output|
diff --git a/lib/quby/compiler.rb b/lib/quby/compiler.rb
index f2acb816df7c3e44922ecf0899dca31cccf5ece2..a6dfa7151316bf3a7dd3ec88ea903f782d156d11 100644
--- a/lib/quby/compiler.rb
+++ b/lib/quby/compiler.rb
@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@ require 'quby/compiler/outputs'
 
 module Quby
   module Compiler
-    def self.compile(key, sourcecode, path: nil, seeds:, lookup_tables:, last_update: nil, &block)
+    def self.compile(key, sourcecode, path: nil, lookup_tables:, last_update: nil, &block)
       Quby::Compiler::Instance.new(lookup_tables: lookup_tables).compile(
         key: key,
         sourcecode: sourcecode,
         path: path,
-        seeds: seeds,
         last_update: last_update,
         &block
       )
diff --git a/lib/quby/compiler/instance.rb b/lib/quby/compiler/instance.rb
index 7bad7164944c2f2904c01094d2efc961481cd29d..86cdae6a3c9275298d274b66e0e72783d9b27386 100644
--- a/lib/quby/compiler/instance.rb
+++ b/lib/quby/compiler/instance.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Quby
         @lookup_tables = lookup_tables
       end
 
-      def compile(key:, sourcecode:, seeds:, path: nil, last_update: nil, &block)
+      def compile(key:, sourcecode:, path: nil, last_update: nil, &block)
         if block # defined in block for tests
           questionnaire = DSL.build(key, path: path, &block)
         else # sourcecode given as string
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module Quby
             seeds: Output.new(
               key: :seeds,
               filename: "seeds.yml",
-              content: YAML.dump(Outputs::SeedSerializer.new(questionnaire, seeds).generate),
+              content: YAML.dump(Outputs::SeedSerializer.new(questionnaire).generate),
             ),
             quby_frontend_v1: Output.new(
               key: :quby_frontend_v1,
diff --git a/lib/quby/compiler/outputs/seed_serializer.rb b/lib/quby/compiler/outputs/seed_serializer.rb
index 448e1434f2a7619e5444af31ea5d3f93db0fb5f0..d674bad57de33d63c4bb762932045712a30a4e31 100644
--- a/lib/quby/compiler/outputs/seed_serializer.rb
+++ b/lib/quby/compiler/outputs/seed_serializer.rb
@@ -7,23 +7,19 @@ module Quby
         attr_reader :questionnaire
         attr_reader :seeds
 
-        def initialize(questionnaire, seeds)
+        def initialize(questionnaire)
           @questionnaire = questionnaire
           @seeds = seeds || []
         end
 
         def generate
-          roqua_keys = seeds.present? ? seeds.map { |seed| seed["key"] } : questionnaire.roqua_keys
-
-          roqua_keys.map do |roqua_key|
-            seed = seeds.find { |seed| seed["key"] == roqua_key } || {}
-
+          questionnaire.roqua_keys.map do |roqua_key|
             new_seed = Services::QubyProxy.new(
               questionnaire,
               quby_key: questionnaire.key,
               roqua_key: roqua_key,
               skip_score_keys_consistency_check: true
-            ).generate(seed)
+            ).generate
 
             Services::SeedDiff.new.apply_patch(new_seed, questionnaire.seeds_patch[roqua_key])
           end
diff --git a/lib/quby/compiler/services/quby_proxy.rb b/lib/quby/compiler/services/quby_proxy.rb
index d3f7c6163137f187e1d09396489ac73f1501ec0c..ad0dad023bd18cbdd452b1657bf72b0d14f75019 100644
--- a/lib/quby/compiler/services/quby_proxy.rb
+++ b/lib/quby/compiler/services/quby_proxy.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ module Quby
           @options = options
         end
 
-        def generate(seed)
+        def generate
+          seed = {}
           question_titles = generate_question_titles
           d_qtypes = {}
           vars = []
diff --git a/spec/quby/compiler/outputs/seed_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/quby/compiler/outputs/seed_serializer_spec.rb
index c11f34c8d6f60a1e08743f9c4bae3f1010884796..c13d92cef5f12bf152d50c11c5fd774ebc03e1ba 100644
--- a/spec/quby/compiler/outputs/seed_serializer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/quby/compiler/outputs/seed_serializer_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 describe Quby::Compiler::Outputs::SeedSerializer do
   it 'generates yaml' do
     questionnaire = dsl("test") { title "Test" }
-    serializer = described_class.new(questionnaire, [])
+    serializer = described_class.new(questionnaire)
     expect(serializer.generate).to match([a_hash_including('name' => "Test")])
   end
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe Quby::Compiler::Outputs::SeedSerializer do
       seeds_patch "testo1" => {"name" => "Override"}
     end
 
-    serializer = described_class.new(questionnaire, [])
+    serializer = described_class.new(questionnaire)
     expect(serializer.generate).to match([
       a_hash_including('key' => 'testo1', 'name' => "Override"),
       a_hash_including('key' => 'testo2', 'name' => "Test")
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ describe Quby::Compiler::Outputs::SeedSerializer do
         question :v_1, type: :string, title: '  12\. vraag nummer 1'
       end
     end
-    serializer = described_class.new(questionnaire, [])
+    serializer = described_class.new(questionnaire)
     expect(serializer.generate.first['quests']).to eq("v_1"=>"  12. vraag nummer 1")
   end
 
   def dsl(key, &block)
     Quby::Compiler::DSL.build(key, nil, &block)
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end