diff --git a/tools/install_xdg.py b/tools/install_xdg.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 670af856..00000000
--- a/tools/install_xdg.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-from __future__ import with_statement
-
-import glob
-import subprocess
-import os
-import sys
-
-
-def check_executable(executable):
-    with open('/dev/null', 'w') as devnull:
-        process = subprocess.Popen(['which', executable], stdout=devnull)
-        return_code = process.wait()
-    if return_code == 0:
-        return True
-    else:
-        print >>sys.stderr, 'Error: %s is not installed on your system.' % executable
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-
-def install_xdg():
-    print 'installing desktop menu files'
-    check_executable('xdg-desktop-menu')
-
-    os.system('xdg-desktop-menu install --novendor desktop/*.desktop')
-    for filepath in glob.glob('icons/*'):
-        print 'installing icon %s' % filepath
-        os.system('xdg-icon-resource install --size 64 --novendor %s' % filepath)
-
-install_xdg()