diff --git a/xos/tools/copy-opencloud.py b/xos/tools/copy-opencloud.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d71ebad..0000000
--- a/xos/tools/copy-opencloud.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python
-
-import base64
-import os
-import sys
-import subprocess
-import StringIO
-
-if len(sys.argv)<3:
-    print >> sys.stderr, "syntax: copy-opencloud <srcfn> <desthost:destfn>"
-    sys.exit(-1)
-
-srcfn = sys.argv[1]
-dest = sys.argv[2]
-
-if not ":" in dest:
-    print >> sys.stderr, "malformed desthost:destfn"
-    sys.exit(-1)
-
-(hostname,destfn) = dest.split(":",1)
-
-if destfn.endswith("/"):
-    destfn = destfn + os.path.basename(srcfn)
-
-enctext = base64.b64encode(open(srcfn).read())
-#script = 'sudo bash -C "base64 -d -i > %s <<EOF\n%s\nEOF\n"' % (destfn, enctext)
-script = 'base64 -d -i > %s <<EOF\n%s\nEOF\n' % (destfn, enctext) 
-
-
-file("/tmp/script","w").write(script)
-
-p = subprocess.Popen(["ssh", "-A", hostname], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-print p.communicate(input=script)[0]
-
-
-"""
-SRCPATHNAME=$1
-DESTHOSTNAME=$2
-DESTPATHNAME=$3
-echo "base64 -d -i > $DESTPATHNAME <<EOF" > /tmp/ssh-up            
-base64 $SRCPATHNAME >> /tmp/ssh-up   
-echo "EOF" >> /tmp/ssh-up
-ssh -A $DESTHOSTNAME < /tmp/ssh-up  
-"""
diff --git a/xos/tools/diff-opencloud.py b/xos/tools/diff-opencloud.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b6511c..0000000
--- a/xos/tools/diff-opencloud.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python
-
-import base64
-import os
-import sys
-import subprocess
-import StringIO
-
-if len(sys.argv)<3:
-    print >> sys.stderr, "syntax: diff-opencloud <localfn> <remotehost:remotefn>"
-    sys.exit(-1)
-
-srcfn = sys.argv[1]
-dest = sys.argv[2]
-
-if not ":" in dest:
-    print >> sys.stderr, "malformed desthost:destfn"
-    sys.exit(-1)
-
-(hostname,destfn) = dest.split(":",1)
-
-if destfn.endswith("/"):
-    destfn = destfn + os.path.basename(srcfn)
-
-script = 'echo START; base64 %s' % destfn
-
-file("/tmp/script","w").write(script)
-
-p = subprocess.Popen(["ssh", "-A", hostname], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-(enctext,stderr) = p.communicate(input=script)
-
-if stderr:
-    print >> sys.stderr, stderr
-
-if "No such file" in stderr:
-    sys.exit(-1)
-
-enctext = enctext.split("START")[1]
-
-text = base64.b64decode(enctext)
-
-file("/tmp/diff-src","w").write(text)
-os.system("diff /tmp/diff-src %s" % srcfn)
-
-"""
-SRCPATHNAME=$1
-DESTHOSTNAME=$2
-DESTPATHNAME=$3
-echo "base64 -d -i > $DESTPATHNAME <<EOF" > /tmp/ssh-up            
-base64 $SRCPATHNAME >> /tmp/ssh-up   
-echo "EOF" >> /tmp/ssh-up
-ssh -A $DESTHOSTNAME < /tmp/ssh-up  
-"""