diff --git a/tools/build-snapshot.sh b/build-snapshot.sh
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rename from tools/build-snapshot.sh
rename to build-snapshot.sh
diff --git a/tools/hex-colors-to-dict b/tools/hex-colors-to-dict
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index 12138b1b..00000000
--- a/tools/hex-colors-to-dict
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import sys
-
-result = 'colors = [\n'
-
-hex_file = open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
-
-for line in hex_file.readlines():
-	[ stroke, fill ] = line.split()
-	result += '[\'#%s\', \'#%s\'], \\\n' % (fill, stroke)
-
-result += ']'
-
-hex_file.close()
-
-print result
-
diff --git a/tools/nicks-to-list b/tools/nicks-to-list
deleted file mode 100755
index b140b4ca..00000000
--- a/tools/nicks-to-list
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import sys
-
-result = '_nick_names = [\n'
-
-nicks_file = open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
-
-for line in nicks_file.readlines():
-	name = line.strip()
-	result += '\'%s\', ' % (name)
-
-result += ']'
-
-nicks_file.close()
-
-print result
-
diff --git a/tools/xinitrc b/tools/xinitrc
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index 98eca6c4..00000000
--- a/tools/xinitrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-PREFIX=/usr
-
-KBD_CONF=$PREFIX/share/sugar/kbdconfig 
-DBUS_CONF=$PREFIX/share/sugar/dbus-installed.conf
-
-matchbox-window-manager -kbdconfig $KBD_CONF -use_titlebar no -theme olpc &
-exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session --config-file $DBUS_CONF sugar-shell