diff --git a/.gt/remotes/tegonal-scripts/pulled.tsv b/.gt/remotes/tegonal-scripts/pulled.tsv
index 7e3cc55..abf52c4 100644
--- a/.gt/remotes/tegonal-scripts/pulled.tsv
+++ b/.gt/remotes/tegonal-scripts/pulled.tsv
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ v3.2.0	src/releasing/common-constants.source.sh	../lib/tegonal-scripts/src/relea
 v3.2.0	src/releasing/prepare-next-dev-cycle-template.sh	../lib/tegonal-scripts/src/releasing/prepare-next-dev-cycle-template.sh	9aabb683af66bab30cba32f8486b4a3eb2fcaa243d743b1ea7177a1b17477e44249694b5fcec74298c3d1efb5989a2f86e10c78e5c810fed2b8756509c690f59
 v3.2.0	src/utility/http.sh	../lib/tegonal-scripts/src/utility/http.sh	10b68f46a45f9bad34892bb3a55d72c2a8f58bf4836c9ed1eebf0999ad89c624f3e0ffd19101bacfdd7ec1bbe5f2e729d79bcff4058a2a10b249fad153cdcad6
 v3.2.0	src/utility/execute-if-defined.sh	../lib/tegonal-scripts/src/utility/execute-if-defined.sh	ebc507d88a3105790f3f7825db9c698234100d4eceb32f10f8acf94328123a95260841367dfa1eb04922f42a7d32fbf9143031cb1e8ee8b066386bb475895b62
+v3.2.0	src/utility/cleanups.sh	../lib/tegonal-scripts/src/utility/cleanups.sh	951b6a2384ab134cb17a4f7cb73d800e0cb397c6b7ac4ee23e9d0799c4066aa5cfa9db7587cc6afb64b812e8c230894643aa4d69137ec1390f05110691ca09ea
diff --git a/lib/tegonal-scripts/src/utility/cleanups.sh b/lib/tegonal-scripts/src/utility/cleanups.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..394224b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tegonal-scripts/src/utility/cleanups.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC2059
+#
+#    __                          __
+#   / /____ ___ ____  ___  ___ _/ /       This script is provided to you by https://github.com/tegonal/scripts
+#  / __/ -_) _ `/ _ \/ _ \/ _ `/ /        Copyright 2022 Tegonal Genossenschaft <info@tegonal.com>
+#  \__/\__/\_, /\___/_//_/\_,_/_/         It is licensed under Apache License 2.0
+#         /___/                           Please report bugs and contribute back your improvements
+#
+#                                         Version: v3.2.0
+#######  Description  #############
+#
+#  Functions which help in doing cleanup in e.g. scripts/cleanup-on-push-to-main.sh
+#
+#######  Usage  ###################
+#
+#    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+#    set -euo pipefail
+#    shopt -s inherit_errexit
+#
+#    projectDir="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-$0}")" >/dev/null && pwd 2>/dev/null)/.."
+#
+#    # Assumes tegonal's scripts were fetched with gt - adjust location accordingly
+#    dir_of_tegonal_scripts="$projectDir/lib/tegonal-scripts/src"
+#    source "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts/setup.sh" "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts"
+#
+#    sourceOnce "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts/utility/cleanups.sh"
+#
+#    # e.g. in scripts/cleanup-on-push-to-main.sh
+#    function cleanupOnPushToMain() {
+#    	removeUnusedSignatures "$projectDir"
+#    	logSuccess "cleanup done"
+#    }
+#
+###################################
+set -euo pipefail
+shopt -s inherit_errexit
+unset CDPATH
+
+if ! [[ -v dir_of_tegonal_scripts ]]; then
+	dir_of_tegonal_scripts="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-$0}")" >/dev/null && pwd 2>/dev/null)/.."
+	source "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts/setup.sh" "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts"
+fi
+sourceOnce "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts/utility/log.sh"
+
+function removeUnusedSignatures() {
+	if ! (($# == 1)); then
+		logError "One argument needs to be passed to removeUnusedSignatures, given \033[0;36m%s\033[0m\n" "$#"
+		echo >&2 '1: projectDir	the path to the root directory of the project'
+		printStackTrace
+		exit 9
+	fi
+	local projectRootDir=$1
+	shift 1 || die "could not shift by 1"
+
+	find "$projectRootDir" \
+		-type f \
+		-name "*.sig" \
+		-not -path "$projectRootDir/.gt/signing-key.public.asc.sig" \
+		-not -path "$projectRootDir/.gt/remotes/*/public-keys/*.sig" \
+		-print0 |
+		while read -r -d $'\0' sigFile; do
+			if ! [[ -f ${sigFile::${#sigFile}-4} ]]; then
+				logInfo "remove unused signature \033[0;36m%s\033[0m as the corresponding file does no longer exist" "$sigFile"
+				rm "$sigFile"
+			fi
+		done
+}
diff --git a/scripts/cleanup-on-push-to-main.sh b/scripts/cleanup-on-push-to-main.sh
index d0b692b..630562e 100755
--- a/scripts/cleanup-on-push-to-main.sh
+++ b/scripts/cleanup-on-push-to-main.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ if ! [[ -v dir_of_tegonal_scripts ]]; then
 	dir_of_tegonal_scripts="$projectDir/lib/tegonal-scripts/src"
 	source "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts/setup.sh" "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts"
 fi
+sourceOnce "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts/utility/cleanups.sh"
 sourceOnce "$dir_of_github_commons/gt/pull-hook-functions.sh"
 sourceOnce "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts/utility/update-bash-docu.sh"
 
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ function cleanup_putWarning() {
 }
 
 function cleanupOnPushToMain() {
+	removeUnusedSignatures "$projectDir"
+
 	find "$dir_of_github_commons/dotfiles" -type f -name ".*" -not -name '.*.sig' -print0 |
 		while read -r -d $'\0' file; do
 			cp "$file" "$projectDir/" || return $?