diff --git a/tools/list-outdated-packages b/tools/list-outdated-packages
deleted file mode 100755
index a8d700b971..0000000000
--- a/tools/list-outdated-packages
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import subprocess
-import os
-
-ZULIP_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
-os.chdir(ZULIP_PATH)
-
-output = subprocess.check_output(['pip', 'list', '--outdated', '--format',
-                                  'columns']).decode('utf-8').splitlines()
-
-packages_info = output[2:]
-
-for package_line in packages_info:
-    package_name = package_line.split()[0]
-    package_current_version = package_line.split()[1]
-    package_latest_version = package_line.split()[2]
-    try:
-        output = subprocess.check_output(['grep', '-r', package_name, 'requirements', '--exclude=*.txt',
-                                          '--include=pip.txt']).decode('utf-8')
-        print(package_name, "|", package_current_version, "|", package_latest_version)
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-        pass