diff --git a/scripts/dumpdb.py b/scripts/dumpdb.py
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index 22f789974..000000000
--- a/scripts/dumpdb.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import sys
-import anydbm
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
-        print 'Usage: %s <dbfile> <dumpfile>' % sys.argv[0]
-        sys.exit(-1)
-    db = anydbm.open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
-    fd = open(sys.argv[2], 'w')
-    key = db.firstkey()
-    while key != None:
-        fd.write('%s => %s\n' % (key, db[key]))
-        key = db.nextkey(key)
-    db.close()
-    fd.close()
-# vim:set shiftwidth=4 tabstop=8 expandtab textwidth=78:
diff --git a/scripts/makedb.py b/scripts/makedb.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 63fa52b73..000000000
--- a/scripts/makedb.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import re
-import sys
-import anydbm
-
-r = r'(.*?)\s+=>\s+(.*?)\n$'
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    if len(sys.argv) < 3:
-        print 'Usage: %s <dumpname> <dbname>' % sys.argv[0]
-        sys.exit(-1)
-    fd = open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
-    db = anydbm.open(sys.argv[2], 'c')
-    for line in fd:
-        m = re.match(r, line)
-        if m:
-            (key, value) = m.groups()[-2:]
-            db[key] = value
-        else:
-            print 'Invalid line: %s' % line.strip()
-    db.close()
-    fd.close()
-# vim:set shiftwidth=4 tabstop=8 expandtab textwidth=78: