diff --git a/tools/check-glade-visible b/tools/check-glade-visible
deleted file mode 100755
index 353f5a8e2..000000000
--- a/tools/check-glade-visible
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
-#
-#  Gnumeric
-#
-#  Copyright (C) 2001 Morten Welinder.
-#
-#  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 2 of the
-#  License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  This library 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 library; if not, write to the Free Software
-#  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-#
-#  Author: Morten Welinder <terra@gnome.org>
-
-use strict;
-
-my $exitcode = 0;
-
-die "$0: must be run from top-level directory.\n"
-    unless (-r "configure.in" || -r "configure.ac") && -r 'ChangeLog';
-
-my %exceptions =
-    (
-     );
-
-
-my @files;
-{
-    local (*FIND);
-    open (*FIND, "find . '(' -name \*.glade -type f -print ')' -o '(' -type d '(' -name CVS -o -name intl -o -name macros ')' -prune ')' |")
-	or die "$0: cannot execute find: $!\n";
-    foreach my $filename (<FIND>) {
-	chomp $filename;
-	$filename =~ s|^\./||;
-	next if $exceptions{$filename};
-	push @files, $filename;
-    }
-    close (*FIND);
-}
-
-
-FILE:
-    foreach my $filename (@files) {
-	local (*GREP);
-	open (*GREP, "grep -c '^  <property name=\"visible\">True</property>' '$filename' /dev/null 2>/dev/null |")
-	    or die "$0: cannot execute grep: $!\n";
-	while (<GREP>) {
-	    chomp;
-	    last if m|^/dev/null:|;
-	    if (!/:0$/) {
-		print STDERR "File `$filename' sets the visible property to True.\n";
-		$exitcode = 1;
-		next FILE;
-	    }
-	}
-	close (*GREP);
-    }
-
-exit $exitcode;
diff --git a/tools/run-tests b/tools/run-tests
deleted file mode 100755
index ac020cd33..000000000
--- a/tools/run-tests
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-for test in `ls tests/test* | grep -v '\.'`; do
-	$test
-done