diff --git a/scripts/triminboxes.php b/scripts/triminboxes.php
deleted file mode 100644
index da09817e5b..0000000000
--- a/scripts/triminboxes.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env php
-<?php
-/*
- * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
- * Copyright (C) 2009, StatusNet, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-define('INSTALLDIR', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/..'));
-
-$shortoptions = 'u::';
-$longoptions = array('start-user-id::');
-
-$helptext = <<<END_OF_TRIM_HELP
-Batch script for trimming notice inboxes to a reasonable size.
-
-    -u <id>
-    --start-user-id=<id>   User ID to start after. Default is all.
-
-END_OF_TRIM_HELP;
-
-require_once INSTALLDIR.'/scripts/commandline.inc';
-
-$id = null;
-
-if (have_option('u')) {
-    $id = get_option_value('u');
-} else if (have_option('--start-user-id')) {
-    $id = get_option_value('--start-user-id');
-} else {
-    $id = null;
-}
-
-$user = new User();
-
-if (!empty($id)) {
-    $user->whereAdd('id > ' . $id);
-}
-
-$cnt = $user->find();
-
-while ($user->fetch()) {
-    Notice_inbox::gc($user->id);
-}