diff --git a/util/Makefile.am b/util/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 414dc683be..0000000000
--- a/util/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# The extract_strings tool is a build utility that runs on the build system.
-
-noinst_PROGRAMS = extract-strings
-
-extract_strings_SOURCES = extract-strings.c
-extract_strings_CFLAGS = $(GLIB_CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD)
-extract_strings_LDADD = $(GLIB_LIBS_FOR_BUILD)
-
--include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/util/extract-strings.c b/util/extract-strings.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 44acbc2ba4..0000000000
--- a/util/extract-strings.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,182 +0,0 @@
-/* GTK - The GIMP Toolkit
- * Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library 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
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include <locale.h>
-#include <glib.h>
-
-typedef struct {
-  GString *output;
-  gboolean translatable;
-  gchar *context;
-  gchar *comments;
-  GString *text;
-} ParserData;
-
-static void
-start_element_handler (GMarkupParseContext  *contexts,
-                       const gchar          *element_name,
-                       const gchar         **attribute_names,
-                       const gchar         **attribute_values,
-                       gpointer              user_data,
-                       GError              **error)
-{
-  ParserData *data = user_data;
-
-  if (g_str_equal (element_name, "property") ||
-      g_str_equal (element_name, "attribute") ||
-      g_str_equal (element_name, "item"))
-    {
-      gboolean translatable;
-      gchar *context;
-      gchar *comments;
-
-      g_markup_collect_attributes (element_name,
-                                   attribute_names,
-                                   attribute_values,
-                                   error,
-                                   G_MARKUP_COLLECT_STRING|G_MARKUP_COLLECT_OPTIONAL, "name", NULL,
-                                   G_MARKUP_COLLECT_STRING|G_MARKUP_COLLECT_OPTIONAL, "value", NULL,
-                                   G_MARKUP_COLLECT_TRISTATE, "translatable", &translatable,
-                                   G_MARKUP_COLLECT_STRDUP|G_MARKUP_COLLECT_OPTIONAL, "context", &context,
-                                   G_MARKUP_COLLECT_STRDUP|G_MARKUP_COLLECT_OPTIONAL, "comments", &comments,
-                                   G_MARKUP_COLLECT_STRING|G_MARKUP_COLLECT_OPTIONAL, "id", NULL,
-                                   G_MARKUP_COLLECT_STRING|G_MARKUP_COLLECT_OPTIONAL, "bind-source", NULL,
-                                   G_MARKUP_COLLECT_STRING|G_MARKUP_COLLECT_OPTIONAL, "bind-property", NULL,
-                                   G_MARKUP_COLLECT_STRING|G_MARKUP_COLLECT_OPTIONAL, "bind-flags", NULL,
-                                   G_MARKUP_COLLECT_INVALID);
-
-      if (translatable == TRUE)
-        {
-          data->translatable = TRUE;
-          data->context = context;
-          data->comments = comments;
-          data->text = g_string_new ("");
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static void
-end_element_handler (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
-                     const gchar          *element_name,
-                     gpointer              user_data,
-                     GError              **error)
-{
-  ParserData *data = user_data;
-  gchar **lines;
-  gint i;
-
-  if (!data->translatable)
-    return;
-
-  lines = g_strsplit (data->text->str, "\n", -1);
-
-  if (data->comments)
-    g_string_append_printf (data->output, "\n/* %s */\n",
-                            data->comments);
-
-  if (data->context)
-    g_string_append_printf (data->output, "C_(\"%s\", ",
-                            data->context);
-  else
-    g_string_append (data->output, "N_(");
-
-  for (i = 0; lines[i]; i++)
-    g_string_append_printf (data->output, "%s\"%s%s\"%s",
-                            i > 0 ? "   " : "",
-                            lines[i],
-                            lines[i+1] ? "\\n" : "",
-                            lines[i+1] ? "\n" : "");
-
-  g_string_append (data->output, ");\n");
-
-  g_strfreev (lines);
-
-  g_free (data->comments);
-  g_free (data->context);
-  g_string_free (data->text, TRUE);
-
-  data->comments = NULL;
-  data->context = NULL;
-  data->text = NULL;
-  data->translatable = FALSE;
-}
-
-static void
-text_handler (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
-              const gchar          *text,
-              gsize                 text_len,
-              gpointer              user_data,
-              GError              **error)
-{
-  ParserData *data = user_data;
-
-  if (!data->translatable)
-    return;
-
-  g_string_append_len (data->text, text, text_len);
-}
-
-static const GMarkupParser parser = {
-  start_element_handler,
-  end_element_handler,
-  text_handler,
-  NULL,
-  NULL
-};
-
-int
-main (int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-  gchar *contents;
-  gsize length;
-  GError *error;
-  GMarkupParseContext *context;
-  ParserData data;
-
-  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
-
-  if (argc < 2)
-    {
-      g_printerr ("Expect a filename\n");
-      return 1;
-    }
-
-  error = NULL;
-  if (!g_file_get_contents (argv[1], &contents, &length, &error))
-    {
-      g_printerr ("%s\n", error->message);
-      g_error_free (error);
-      return 1;
-    }
-
-  data.output = g_string_new ("");
-  data.translatable = FALSE;
-
-  context = g_markup_parse_context_new (&parser, 0, &data, NULL);
-  if (!g_markup_parse_context_parse (context, contents, length, &error))
-    {
-      g_markup_parse_context_free (context);
-      g_free (contents);
-      g_printerr ("%s\n", error->message);
-      g_error_free (error);
-      return 1;
-    }
-
-  g_print ("%s", g_string_free (data.output, FALSE));
-
-  return 0;
-}