diff --git a/zerver/management/commands/set_unread_to_pointer.py b/zerver/management/commands/set_unread_to_pointer.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b7a012978..0000000000
--- a/zerver/management/commands/set_unread_to_pointer.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
-from optparse import make_option
-import logging
-
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
-
-from zerver.lib import utils
-from zerver.models import UserMessage, UserProfile, \
-    get_user_profile_by_email
-from django.db import transaction, models
-
-
-class Command(BaseCommand):
-    help = "Updates a user's read messages up to her current pointer location"
-
-    option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
-        make_option('-f', '--for-real',
-                    dest='for_real',
-                    action='store_true',
-                    default=False,
-                    help="Actually change message flags. Default is a dry run."),
-        make_option('-a', '--all',
-                    dest='all_users',
-                    action='store_true',
-                    default=False,
-                    help="Updates flags for all users at once."),
-        make_option('-r', '--realm',
-                    dest='one_realm',
-                    action='store_true',
-                    default=False,
-                    help="Updates flags for all users in one realm at once."),
-        )
-
-    def handle(self, *args, **options):
-        if not args and not options["all_users"] and not options["one_realm"]:
-            print "Please specify an e-mail address and/or --realm or --all"
-            exit(1)
-
-        if options["all_users"]:
-            users = UserProfile.objects.all()
-        elif options["one_realm"]:
-            if not args:
-                print "Please specify which realm to process."
-                exit(1)
-            users = UserProfile.objects.filter(realm__domain=args[0])
-        else:
-            users = [get_user_profile_by_email(args[0])]
-
-
-        for user_profile in users:
-            pointer = user_profile.pointer
-            msgs = UserMessage.objects.filter(user_profile=user_profile,
-                                              flags=~UserMessage.flags.read,
-                                              message__id__lte=pointer)
-            if not options["for_real"]:
-                for msg in msgs:
-                    print "Adding read flag to msg: %s - %s/%s (own msg: %s)"   \
-                            % (user_profile.email,
-                               msg.message.id,
-                               msg.id,
-                               msg.message.sender.email == user_profile.email)
-            else:
-                def do_update(batch):
-                    with transaction.commit_on_success():
-                        UserMessage.objects.filter(id__in=batch).update(flags=models.F('flags').bitor(UserMessage.flags.read))
-
-                mids = [m.id for m in msgs]
-                utils.run_in_batches(mids, 250, do_update, 3, logging.info)
-
-        if not options["for_real"]:
-            print "Dry run completed. Run with --for-real to change message flags."
-            exit(1)
-
-        print "User messages updated."