diff --git a/bin/import.rb b/bin/import.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index 524e26618..000000000
--- a/bin/import.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/ruby
-
-require 'rubygems'
-require 'json'
-require 'socket'
-
-
-log_name = ARGV[0]
-log_path = ARGV[1] || "/dev/stdin"
-source_host = %x(hostname).chomp
-
-if not log_name
-  $stderr.puts "usage: import.rb log_name [path]"
-  exit 1
-end
-
-sock = TCPSocket.new('127.0.0.1', 12345)
-size = 0
-start_t = Time.now.to_f
-File.open(log_path).each do |line|
-  msg = {"log_name" => log_name,
-         "raw_entry" => line,
-         "source_host" => source_host,
-        }
-  sock.puts msg.to_json
-  size += line.length
-end
-end_t = Time.now.to_f
-sock.close
-
-size /= 1024.0  # kB
-puts "import rate: #{size/(end_t-start_t)} kB/s"
diff --git a/bin/list_json_keys b/bin/list_json_keys
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index 6132f84fb..000000000
--- a/bin/list_json_keys
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/ruby
-
-require 'rubygems'
-require 'json'
-require 'lib/util'
-
-all_keys = {}
-$stdin.each do |line|
-  LogStash::Util.collapse(JSON.parse(line)).keys.each do |k|
-    all_keys[k] = true
-  end
-end
-
-puts all_keys.keys.sort
diff --git a/bin/list_keys b/bin/list_keys
deleted file mode 100755
index e0eef8147..000000000
--- a/bin/list_keys
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/ruby
-
-require 'rubygems'
-require 'ferret'
-
-include Ferret
-
-i = Index::IndexReader.new(ARGV[0])
-puts i.fields.sort { |a, b| a.to_s <=> b.to_s }
diff --git a/bin/sendblock.rb b/bin/sendblock.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e8123f683..000000000
--- a/bin/sendblock.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/ruby
-#
-require 'rubygems'
-require "socket"
-require "lib/net/message"
-require "lib/net/client"
-require "lib/net/messages/directory"
-require "lib/net/messages/indexevent"
-require "lib/net/messages/search"
-require "lib/net/messages/searchhits"
-require "lib/net/messages/ping"
-require "set"
-require "thread"
-
-Thread::abort_on_exception = true
-
-class SearchClient < LogStash::Net::MessageClient
-end
-
-def main(args)
-  client = SearchClient.new
-  msg = LogStash::Net::Messages::PingRequest.new
-  op = client.sendmsg("logstash-directory", msg) do |response|
-    puts response
-    :finished
-  end
-
-  op.wait_until_finished
-  puts "Done!"
-
-  return 0
-end
-
-if $0 == __FILE__
-  exit main(ARGV)
-end
diff --git a/bin/test_parse_entry b/bin/test_parse_entry
deleted file mode 100755
index 85e7ff10f..000000000
--- a/bin/test_parse_entry
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/ruby
-
-home = ENV["LOGSTASH_HOME"] || "/opt/logstash"
-require "#{home}/config.rb"
-
-log_type = ARGV[0]
-log = $logs[log_type]
-if not log
-  $stderr.puts "invalid log_type=#{log_type} specified"
-  exit 1
-end
-
-$stdin.each do |line|
-  res = log.parse_entry(line)
-  if res
-    res.delete("@LINE")
-    puts res.inspect
-  else
-    $stderr.puts "** DID NOT MATCH: #{line}"
-  end
-end