diff --git a/tools/send-github-payloads b/tools/send-github-payloads
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index 778b3fefc0..0000000000
--- a/tools/send-github-payloads
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@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import sys
-import os
-import json
-
-sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'api'))
-import zulip
-
-zulip_client = zulip.Client(site="http://localhost:9991", client="ZulipGithubPayloadSender/0.1")
-
-payload_dir = "zerver/tests/fixtures/github"
-for filename in os.listdir(payload_dir):
-    with open(os.path.join(payload_dir, filename)) as f:
-        req = json.loads(f.read())
-    req['api-key'] = zulip_client.api_key
-    req['email'] = zulip_client.email
-    zulip_client.do_api_query(req, zulip.API_VERSTRING + "external/github")