diff --git a/utils/nightly/linux.sh b/utils/nightly/linux.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e5d3a423f788ebf5884c75397e7551c1729223e3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/utils/nightly/linux.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-EXTRA_VERSION=$1
-GMSH=${HOME}/src/gmsh
-LOG=${GMSH}/nightly.log
-WEB_BIN=geuzaine@geuz.org:/home/www/geuz.org/gmsh/bin/Linux
-CMAKE=/usr/local/bin/cmake
-export PETSC_DIR=${HOME}/src/petsc-3.0.0-p12
-export SLEPC_DIR=${HOME}/src/slepc-3.0.0-p7
-export PETSC_ARCH=linux_complex_umfpack
-
-rm -f ${LOG}
-rm -rf ${GMSH}/bin
-echo "BUILD BEGIN: `date`" > ${LOG}
-cd ${GMSH} && svn update >> ${LOG} 2>&1
-mkdir ${GMSH}/bin
-cd ${GMSH}/bin && \
-  ${CMAKE} -DGMSH_EXTRA_VERSION:string="${EXTRA_VERSION}"\
-           -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:path="/usr/local/med;/usr/local/opencascade;/usr/local"\
-           -DENABLE_NATIVE_FILE_CHOOSER:bool=FALSE\
-           -DENABLE_SWIG:bool=FALSE\
-  ${GMSH} >> ${LOG} 2>&1
-cd ${GMSH}/bin && make html >> ${LOG} 2>&1
-cd ${GMSH}/bin && make package >> ${LOG} 2>&1
-echo "BUILD END: `date`" >> ${LOG}
-
-FILE=`ls ${GMSH}/bin/gmsh-*.tar.gz`
-if [ -f ${FILE} ]; then
-  if [[ ${EXTRA_VERSION} == "-svn" ]]; then
-    scp -C ${FILE} ${WEB_BIN}/gmsh-svn-Linux.tgz
-  else
-    NAME=`basename ${FILE} .tar.gz`
-    scp -C ${FILE} ${WEB_BIN}/${NAME}.tgz
-  fi
-fi
-scp -C ${LOG} ${WEB_BIN}/
diff --git a/utils/nightly/linux_gmsh.crontab b/utils/nightly/linux_gmsh.crontab
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index c2f3ad76c255a50288fc8b9d85a32cde416c4767..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/utils/nightly/linux_gmsh.crontab
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#
-# this will launch a new build every night at 1h01
-#
-1 1 * * * ${HOME}/src/gmsh/utils/nightly/linux.sh -svn
diff --git a/utils/nightly/mac.sh b/utils/nightly/mac.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 96295c4bb258f3240b01433479a678f2349cc9e0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/utils/nightly/mac.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-EXTRA_VERSION=$1
-GMSH=${HOME}/src/gmsh
-LOG=${GMSH}/nightly.log
-WEB_BIN=geuzaine@geuz.org:/home/www/geuz.org/gmsh/bin/MacOSX
-CMAKE=/usr/local/bin/cmake
-export PETSC_DIR=${HOME}/src/petsc-3.0.0-p7
-export PETSC_ARCH=umfpack-cxx-opt
-export SLEPC_DIR=${HOME}/src/slepc-3.0.0-p7
-
-rm -f ${LOG}
-rm -rf ${GMSH}/bin
-echo "BUILD BEGIN: `date`" > ${LOG}
-cd ${GMSH} && svn update >> ${LOG} 2>&1
-mkdir ${GMSH}/bin
-cd ${GMSH}/bin &&\
-  ${CMAKE} -DGMSH_EXTRA_VERSION:string="${EXTRA_VERSION}"\
-           -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:path="/usr/local/opencascade;/usr/local/med;/usr/local"\
-           -DENABLE_SWIG:bool=FALSE\
-  ${GMSH} >> ${LOG} 2>&1
-cd ${GMSH}/bin && make html >> ${LOG} 2>&1
-cd ${GMSH}/bin && make package -j 4 >> ${LOG} 2>&1
-echo "BUILD END: `date`" >> ${LOG}
-
-FILE=`ls ${GMSH}/bin/gmsh-*.dmg`
-if [ -f ${FILE} ]; then
-  if [[ ${EXTRA_VERSION} == "-svn" ]]; then
-    scp -C ${FILE} ${WEB_BIN}/gmsh-svn-MacOSX.dmg
-  else
-    scp -C ${FILE} ${WEB_BIN}/
-  fi
-fi
-scp -C ${LOG} ${WEB_BIN}/
diff --git a/utils/nightly/mac_gmsh.crontab b/utils/nightly/mac_gmsh.crontab
deleted file mode 100644
index 2376c7c9b60b85f2b4bf0b89ea0b701cbbd9d5d7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/utils/nightly/mac_gmsh.crontab
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#
-# this will launch a new build every night at 0h01
-#
-1 0 * * * ${HOME}/src/gmsh/utils/nightly/mac.sh -svn
diff --git a/utils/nightly/windows.sh b/utils/nightly/windows.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 814c38a3459e4cc54c74a7489711d194cbc14a8a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/utils/nightly/windows.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-EXTRA_VERSION=$1
-GMSH=${HOME}/src/gmsh
-LOG=${GMSH}/nightly.log
-WEB_BIN=geuzaine@geuz.org:/home/www/geuz.org/gmsh/bin/Windows
-CMAKE=cmake
-export CC=/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe
-export CXX=/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-g++.exe
-export FC=/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-gfortran.exe
-export PETSC_DIR=${HOME}/src/petsc-3.0.0-p12
-export SLEPC_DIR=${HOME}/src/slepc-3.0.0-p7
-export PETSC_ARCH=win32_complex_umfpack
-
-rm -f ${LOG}
-rm -rf ${GMSH}/bin
-echo "BUILD BEGIN: `date`" > ${LOG}
-cd ${GMSH} && svn update >> ${LOG} 2>&1
-mkdir ${GMSH}/bin
-cd ${GMSH}/bin && \
-  ${CMAKE} -DGMSH_EXTRA_VERSION:string="${EXTRA_VERSION}"\
-           -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:path="/usr/local/med;/usr/local/opencascade;/usr/local;/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw"\
-           -DENABLE_SWIG:bool=FALSE\
-  ${GMSH} >> ${LOG} 2>&1
-cd ${GMSH}/bin && make html >> ${LOG} 2>&1
-cd ${GMSH}/bin && make package >> ${LOG} 2>&1
-echo "BUILD END: `date`" >> ${LOG}
-
-FILE=`ls ${GMSH}/bin/gmsh-*.zip`
-if [ -f ${FILE} ]; then
-  if [[ ${EXTRA_VERSION} == "-svn" ]]; then
-    scp -C ${FILE} ${WEB_BIN}/gmsh-svn-Windows.zip
-  else
-    scp -C ${FILE} ${WEB_BIN}/
-  fi
-fi
-scp -C ${LOG} ${WEB_BIN}/
diff --git a/utils/nightly/windows_gmsh.bat b/utils/nightly/windows_gmsh.bat
deleted file mode 100755
index 1096b2f3878fcfe3711db69c6bdd9619f26e6a08..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/utils/nightly/windows_gmsh.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-@echo off
-
-C:
-chdir C:\cygwin\bin
-
-bash --login C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\src\gmsh\utils\nightly\windows.sh -svn