diff --git a/scripts/stripdecls.py b/scripts/stripdecls.py
deleted file mode 100755
index b4ac34dcfe..0000000000
--- a/scripts/stripdecls.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-# vim: set fileencoding=utf-8:
-
-from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals, division
-
-from clang.cindex import Index, CursorKind
-from collections import namedtuple, OrderedDict, defaultdict
-import sys
-import os
-
-
-DECL_KINDS = {
-    CursorKind.FUNCTION_DECL,
-}
-
-
-Strip = namedtuple('Strip', 'start_line start_column end_line end_column')
-
-
-def main(progname, cfname, only_static, move_all):
-    cfname = os.path.abspath(os.path.normpath(cfname))
-
-    hfname1 = os.path.splitext(cfname)[0] + os.extsep + 'h'
-    hfname2 = os.path.splitext(cfname)[0] + '_defs' + os.extsep + 'h'
-
-    files_to_modify = (cfname, hfname1, hfname2)
-
-    index = Index.create()
-    src_dirname = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'src')
-    src_dirname = os.path.abspath(os.path.normpath(src_dirname))
-    relname = os.path.join(src_dirname, 'nvim')
-    unit = index.parse(cfname, args=('-I' + src_dirname,
-                                     '-DUNIX',
-                                     '-DEXITFREE',
-                                     '-DFEAT_USR_CMDS',
-                                     '-DFEAT_CMDL_COMPL',
-                                     '-DFEAT_COMPL_FUNC',
-                                     '-DPROTO',
-                                     '-DUSE_MCH_ERRMSG'))
-    cursor = unit.cursor
-
-    tostrip = defaultdict(OrderedDict)
-    definitions = set()
-
-    for child in cursor.get_children():
-        if not (child.location and child.location.file):
-            continue
-        fname = os.path.abspath(os.path.normpath(child.location.file.name))
-        if fname not in files_to_modify:
-            continue
-        if child.kind not in DECL_KINDS:
-            continue
-        if only_static and next(child.get_tokens()).spelling == 'static':
-            continue
-
-        if child.is_definition() and fname == cfname:
-            definitions.add(child.spelling)
-        else:
-            stripdict = tostrip[fname]
-            assert(child.spelling not in stripdict)
-            stripdict[child.spelling] = Strip(
-                child.extent.start.line,
-                child.extent.start.column,
-                child.extent.end.line,
-                child.extent.end.column,
-            )
-
-    for (fname, stripdict) in tostrip.items():
-        if not move_all:
-            for name in set(stripdict) - definitions:
-                stripdict.pop(name)
-
-        if not stripdict:
-            continue
-
-        if fname.endswith('.h'):
-            is_h_file = True
-            include_line = next(reversed(stripdict.values())).start_line + 1
-        else:
-            is_h_file = False
-            include_line = next(iter(stripdict.values())).start_line
-
-        lines = None
-        generated_existed = os.path.exists(fname + '.generated.h')
-        with open(fname, 'rb') as F:
-            lines = list(F)
-
-        stripped = []
-
-        for name, position in reversed(stripdict.items()):
-            sl = slice(position.start_line - 1, position.end_line)
-            if is_h_file:
-                include_line -= sl.stop - sl.start
-            stripped += lines[sl]
-            lines[sl] = ()
-
-        if not generated_existed:
-            lines[include_line:include_line] = [
-                '#ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS\n',
-                '# include "{0}.generated.h"\n'.format(
-                    os.path.relpath(fname, relname)),
-                '#endif\n',
-            ]
-
-        with open(fname, 'wb') as F:
-            F.writelines(lines)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    progname = sys.argv[0]
-    args = sys.argv[1:]
-    if not args or '--help' in args:
-        print('Usage:')
-        print('')
-        print('  {0} [--static [--all]] file.c...'.format(progname))
-        print('')
-        print('Stripts all declarations from file.c, file.h and file_defs.h.')
-        print('If --static argument is given then only static declarations are')
-        print('stripped. Declarations are stripped only if corresponding')
-        print('definition is found unless --all argument was given.')
-        print('')
-        print('Note: it is assumed that static declarations starts with "static"')
-        print('      keyword.')
-        sys.exit(0 if args else 1)
-
-    if args[0] == '--static':
-        only_static = True
-        args = args[1:]
-    else:
-        only_static = False
-
-    if args[0] == '--all':
-        move_all = True
-        args = args[1:]
-    else:
-        move_all = False
-
-    for cfname in args:
-        print('Processing {0}'.format(cfname))
-        main(progname, cfname, only_static, move_all)