diff --git a/build_tools/apply_license.py b/build_tools/apply_license.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c64077..0000000
--- a/build_tools/apply_license.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import shutil
-import tempfile
-import sys
-import re
-
-rex = "@FILENAME@"
-
-filename = sys.argv[1]
-
-
-fh = file("header.txt")
-header = fh.read()
-header_translated = re.sub(r'@FILENAME@', filename, header)
-fh.close()
-
-f = file(filename)
-lines = f.read()
-f.close()
-
-lines = re.sub(r'(?s)/\*\+.*\+\*/','',lines)
-lines = header_translated + lines
-
-with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False) as tmp_sources:
-  tmp_sources.write(lines)
-
-shutil.move(tmp_sources.name, filename)
diff --git a/build_tools/header.txt b/build_tools/header.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index fa4e972..0000000
--- a/build_tools/header.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*+
-    VIDE -- Void IDEntification pipeline -- @FILENAME@
-    Copyright (C) 2010-2013 Guilhem Lavaux
-    Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Paul M. Sutter
-
-    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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 General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-+*/