diff --git a/scripts/git_version b/scripts/git_version
deleted file mode 100755
index 4b5cda3a7c..0000000000
--- a/scripts/git_version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-
-. config/options $1
-
-[ -f "$PKG_BUILD/VERSION" ] && PKG_GIT_VERSION=`cat $PKG_BUILD/VERSION`
-
-echo $PKG_GIT_VERSION