diff --git a/build-utils/package-codename b/build-utils/package-codename
deleted file mode 100755
index df383c6c..00000000
--- a/build-utils/package-codename
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Syntax:
-#   $0 <path-to-top_srcdir> <codename-stamp-file>
-#
-# <path-to-top_srcdir> may be relative
-# <codename-stamp-file> is relative to src/build topdir
-
-top_srcdir="${1-.}"
-test -d "$top_srcdir" || { \
-	echo "Could not change to top_srcdir '$1'" >&2; \
-	exit 1; \
-}
-codename_stamp="${2-codename-stamp}"
-
-if test -f "$top_srcdir/$codename_stamp"; then # dist source tree
-	echo \"$(cat "$top_srcdir/$codename_stamp" | ${TR-tr} -d '\012')\"
-else
-	echo \""Productivity Breaker"\" | ${TR-tr} -d '\012'
-fi
diff --git a/build-utils/package-version b/build-utils/package-version
deleted file mode 100755
index 6c8bc354..00000000
--- a/build-utils/package-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Syntax:
-#   $0 <path-to-top_srcdir> <version-stamp-file>
-#
-# <path-to-top_srcdir> may be relative
-# <version-stamp-file> is relative to src/build topdir
-
-top_srcdir="${1-.}"
-test -d "$top_srcdir" || { \
-	echo "Could not change to top_srcdir '$1'" >&2; \
-	exit 1; \
-}
-version_stamp="${2-version-stamp}"
-
-# If GIT_DIR is set, use it. If not, try top_srcdir/.git.
-if test -n "$GIT_DIR"; then :;
-else GIT_DIR="$top_srcdir/.git"; export GIT_DIR
-fi
-
-if test -f "$top_srcdir/$version_stamp"; then # dist source tree
-	cat "$top_srcdir/$version_stamp" | ${TR-tr} -d '\012'
-elif test -d "$GIT_DIR"; then # git source tree
-	git_describe=`${GIT-git} describe 2>/dev/null || echo devel`
-	echo "$git_describe" | ${SED-sed} -e 's/^v//' -e 's/-/./g' | ${TR-tr} -d '\012'
-else # ???
-	echo "devel" | ${TR-tr} -d '\012'
-fi