diff --git a/utils/misc/modifs.csh b/utils/misc/modifs.csh
deleted file mode 100644
index 572ca5a9badba4c54daf04a6139d6766d886320e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/utils/misc/modifs.csh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/csh -f
-
-if ( "$#argv" < "1" ) then
-  echo  usage: modif number_of_days
-  exit
-endif
-
-find . \( -mtime -$1 -a ! -type d -a ! -name "*.o" -a ! -name "*.a" -a ! -name "*.bak" -a ! -name "*.tar*" -a ! -name "*~" -a ! -name "gmsh*" \)
-
-echo "archiver ? (y/n)"
-set caca = "$<"
-
-if ("$caca" == "y") then
-  set liste = `find . \( -mtime -$1 -a ! -type d -a ! -name "*.o" -a ! -name "*.a" -a ! -name "*.bak" -a ! -name "*.tar*" -a ! -name "*~" -a ! -name "gmsh*" \)`
-  set date = `date "+%d.%m.%y-%Hh%M"`
-  tar cvf modifs-gmsh-$date.tar $liste
-  gzip modifs-gmsh-$date.tar
-else 
-  echo "bye"
-endif
-
-
diff --git a/utils/misc/replace.bash b/utils/misc/replace.bash
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index 075c153d066e728bf9dc0e35796e032b2003c3a6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/utils/misc/replace.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -
-
-for A in  $*
-do
-sed "s|1997-2008|1997-2009|g" $A > $A.XXX
-echo modif $A
-rm -f $A
-mv -f $A.XXX $A
-done
-
-# Makefile */Makefile */*/Makefile *.in
-# */*.cpp */*/*.cpp */*.h */*.y */*.l 
-# doc/CREDITS.txt doc/gmsh.html doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
-# */*/*.plist