diff --git a/src/script/Makefile.am b/src/script/Makefile.am
index 3994684c..508e5fe1 100644
--- a/src/script/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/script/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 EXTRA_DIST =					\
   $(distributable_scripts)			\
-  hydra-control					\
   hydra-eval-guile-jobs.in
 
 distributable_scripts =				\
diff --git a/src/script/hydra-control b/src/script/hydra-control
deleted file mode 100755
index 7349e303..00000000
--- a/src/script/hydra-control
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-
-action="$1"
-
-if test -z "$HYDRA_DATA"; then
-    echo "Error: \$HYDRA_DATA is not set";
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if test "$action" = "start"; then
-
-    hydra-server > $HYDRA_DATA/server.log 2>&1 &
-    echo $! > $HYDRA_DATA/server.pid
-
-    hydra-evaluator > $HYDRA_DATA/evaluator.log 2>&1 &
-    echo $! > $HYDRA_DATA/evaluator.pid
-
-    hydra-queue-runner > $HYDRA_DATA/queue-runner.log 2>&1 &
-    echo $! > $HYDRA_DATA/queue_runner.pid
-
-elif test "$action" = "stop"; then
-
-    kill $(cat $HYDRA_DATA/server.pid)
-    kill $(cat $HYDRA_DATA/evaluator.pid)
-    kill $(cat $HYDRA_DATA/queue_runner.pid)
-
-elif test "$action" = "status"; then
-
-    echo -n "Hydra web server... "
-    (kill -0 $(cat $HYDRA_DATA/server.pid) 2> /dev/null && echo "ok") || echo "not running"
-
-    echo -n "Hydra evaluator... "
-    (kill -0 $(cat $HYDRA_DATA/evaluator.pid) 2> /dev/null && echo "ok") || echo "not running"
-
-    echo -n "Hydra queue runner... "
-    (kill -0 $(cat $HYDRA_DATA/queue_runner.pid) 2> /dev/null && echo "ok") || echo "not running"
-
-
-else
-    echo "Syntax: $0 [start|stop|status]"
-    exit 1
-fi