diff --git a/tools/svnupcheck.pl b/tools/svnupcheck.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index 723305bbce..0000000000
--- a/tools/svnupcheck.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-
-# feed this script the output from svn update and it will tell if a rebuild
-# is needed/wanted
-my $change;
-while(<STDIN>) {
-    if(/^([A-Z]+)  *(.*)/) {
-        my ($w, $path) = ($1, $2);
-        if($path !~ /^(rbutil|manual)/) {
-            $change++;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-print "rebuild!\n" if($change);