diff --git a/bin.src/SConscript b/bin.src/SConscript
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d4fd52118..0000000000
--- a/bin.src/SConscript
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# -*- python -*-
-from lsst.sconsUtils import scripts
-
-scripts.BasicSConscript.shebang()
diff --git a/bin.src/butler b/bin.src/butler
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index 2bff0444de..0000000000
--- a/bin.src/butler
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-# This file is part of daf_butler.
-#
-# Developed for the LSST Data Management System.
-# This product includes software developed by the LSST Project
-# (http://www.lsst.org).
-# See the COPYRIGHT file at the top-level directory of this distribution
-# for details of code ownership.
-#
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-import sys
-
-from lsst.daf.butler.cli.butler import main
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    sys.exit(main())