diff --git a/scripts/kill_pid.py b/scripts/kill_pid.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c373b6568e..0000000000
--- a/scripts/kill_pid.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
-from __future__ import print_function
-import sys
-import psutil
-import time
-
-import irods.lib
-
-if(__name__ == '__main__'):
-    irods.lib.kill_pid(int(sys.argv[1]))
-    print('done')