diff --git a/tools/StripAndTarQtForAndroidMin.sh b/tools/StripAndTarQtForAndroidMin.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 548c74dfc31..00000000000
--- a/tools/StripAndTarQtForAndroidMin.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo 'Qt directory must be specified as argument'
-    exit 1
-fi
-if [ ! -d $1 ] ; then
-    echo 'Qt directory not found'
-    exit 1
-fi
-cd $1
-rm *
-find . ! -name '5.8' -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec rm -rf {} +
-cd 5.8
-find . ! -name 'android_armv7' -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec rm -rf {} +
-cd clang_64
-rm -rf doc
-cd $1
-cd ..
-tar -jcvf Qt5.8.0-android-min.tar.bz2 $1
diff --git a/tools/StripAndTarQtForLinuxMin.sh b/tools/StripAndTarQtForLinuxMin.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b813c5b77b3..00000000000
--- a/tools/StripAndTarQtForLinuxMin.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo 'Qt directory must be specified as argument'
-    exit 1
-fi
-if [ ! -d $1 ] ; then
-    echo 'Qt directory not found'
-    exit 1
-fi
-cd $1
-rm *
-find . ! -name '5.8' -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec rm -rf {} +
-cd 5.8
-find . ! -name 'gcc_64' -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec rm -rf {} +
-cd clang_64
-rm -rf doc
-cd $1
-cd ..
-tar -jcvf Qt5.8.0-linux-min.tar.bz2 $1
diff --git a/tools/StripAndTarQtForOSXMin.sh b/tools/StripAndTarQtForOSXMin.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1e16db34ac1..00000000000
--- a/tools/StripAndTarQtForOSXMin.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo 'Qt directory must be specified as argument'
-    exit 1
-fi
-if [ ! -d $1 ] ; then
-    echo 'Qt directory not found'
-    exit 1
-fi
-cd $1
-rm *
-find . ! -name '5.8' -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec rm -rf {} +
-cd 5.8
-find . ! -name 'clang_64' -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec rm -rf {} +
-cd clang_64
-rm -rf doc
-cd lib
-rm -rf *.dSYM
-cd $1
-cd ..
-tar -jcvf Qt5.8.0-mac-clang-min.tar.bz2 $1
diff --git a/tools/StripAndTarQtForiOSMin.sh b/tools/StripAndTarQtForiOSMin.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d50e537a2d5..00000000000
--- a/tools/StripAndTarQtForiOSMin.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo 'Qt directory must be specified as argument'
-    exit 1
-fi
-if [ ! -d $1 ] ; then
-    echo 'Qt directory not found'
-    exit 1
-fi
-cd $1
-rm *
-find . ! -name '5.8' -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec rm -rf {} +
-cd 5.8
-find . ! -name 'ios' -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec rm -rf {} +
-cd ios
-rm -rf doc
-find . -type f -name 'lib*_debug.a' -delete
-find . -type f -name 'lib*_debug.la' -delete
-find . -type f -name 'lib*_debug.prl' -delete
-cd ..
-cd ..
-cd ..
-tar -jcvf Qt5.8.0-mac-ios-min.tar.bz2 $1
diff --git a/tools/get_xcode_version.sh b/tools/get_xcode_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1ba8bf13206..00000000000
--- a/tools/get_xcode_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-xcodebuild -version 2>&1 | (head -n1) | awk  '{print $2}'
-
diff --git a/tools/iosccachecc.sh b/tools/iosccachecc.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 01c52e0d3fa..00000000000
--- a/tools/iosccachecc.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-ccache $IOS_CCACHE_CC "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/iosccachecxx.sh b/tools/iosccachecxx.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e9c075a2f0e..00000000000
--- a/tools/iosccachecxx.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-ccache $IOS_CCACHE_CXX "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/patch_qt_for_xcode8.sh b/tools/patch_qt_for_xcode8.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index dc0379e79db..00000000000
--- a/tools/patch_qt_for_xcode8.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-XCODEVER=`xcodebuild -version 2>&1 | (head -n1) | awk  '{print $2}'`
-echo "Testing Xcode version: $XCODEVER"
-IOSDIR=/tmp/ios
-OSXDIR=/tmp/$QT_DIR
-if [ X"$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR" == "X" ]; then
-    echo "missing TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR"
-    exit 1
-fi
-#IOSDIR=/Applications/Qt/5.5/ios
-#OSXDIR=/Applications/Qt/5.5/clang_64
-#TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR=/Users/gus/github/work/qgroundcontrol
-if [ "$XCODEVER" == "8.0" ]; then
-    if [ -d $OSXDIR/bin ]; then
-        QTVER=`$OSXDIR/bin/qmake -version | grep "Using Qt" | awk  '{print $4}'`
-        echo "Testing Qt Version: $QTVER"
-        if [ "$QTVER" == "5.5.1" ]; then
-            echo "Found Xcode $XCODEVER for OSX. Applying patch:"
-            cd $OSXDIR 2> /dev/null && \
-            patch -N -p7 < ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/tools/qt_macos_xcode8.patch # 2>&1 > /dev/null
-        fi
-    fi
-    if [ -d $IOSDIR/bin ]; then
-        QTVER=`$IOSDIR/bin/qmake -version | grep "Using Qt" | awk  '{print $4}'`
-        echo "Testing Qt Version: $QTVER"
-        if [ "$QTVER" == "5.5.1" ]; then
-            echo "Found Xcode $XCODEVER for iOS. Applying patch:"
-            cd $IOSDIR 2> /dev/null && \
-            patch -N -p7 < ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/tools/qt_ios_xcode8.patch # 2>&1 > /dev/null
-        fi
-    fi
-fi
diff --git a/tools/qt_ios_xcode8.patch b/tools/qt_ios_xcode8.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 090e1b3485f..00000000000
--- a/tools/qt_ios_xcode8.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur /Volumes/BootCopy/Applications/Qt/5.5/ios/mkspecs/features/mac/default_pre.prf mkspecs/features/mac/default_pre.prf
---- /Volumes/BootCopy/Applications/Qt/5.5/ios/mkspecs/features/mac/default_pre.prf	2015-10-12 18:59:25.000000000 -0400
-+++ mkspecs/features/mac/default_pre.prf	2016-09-18 19:53:59.000000000 -0400
-@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
-         error("Xcode is not installed in $${QMAKE_XCODE_DEVELOPER_PATH}. Please use xcode-select to choose Xcode installation path.")
- 
-     # Make sure Xcode is set up properly
--    isEmpty($$list($$system("/usr/bin/xcrun -find xcrun 2>/dev/null"))): \
-+    isEmpty($$list($$system("/usr/bin/xcrun -find xcodebuild 2>/dev/null"))): \
-         error("Xcode not set up properly. You may need to confirm the license agreement by running /usr/bin/xcodebuild.")
- }
- 
-diff -Naur /Volumes/BootCopy/Applications/Qt/5.5/ios/mkspecs/macx-ios-clang/features/sdk.prf mkspecs/macx-ios-clang/features/sdk.prf
---- /Volumes/BootCopy/Applications/Qt/5.5/ios/mkspecs/macx-ios-clang/features/sdk.prf	2015-10-12 18:59:26.000000000 -0400
-+++ mkspecs/macx-ios-clang/features/sdk.prf	2016-09-18 19:53:57.000000000 -0400
-@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
- 
- load(sdk)
- 
--lessThan(QMAKE_MAC_SDK_VERSION, "8.0"): \
--    error("Current $$QMAKE_MAC_SDK SDK version ($$QMAKE_MAC_SDK_VERSION) is too old. Please upgrade Xcode.")
-+#-- This is a string compare and "10.0" is less then "8.0"
-+#lessThan(QMAKE_MAC_SDK_VERSION, "8.0"): \
-+#    error("Current $$QMAKE_MAC_SDK SDK version ($$QMAKE_MAC_SDK_VERSION) is too old. Please upgrade Xcode.")
- 
- macx-xcode {
-     sdk_path_iphoneos.name = "QMAKE_MAC_SDK_PATH[sdk=iphoneos*]"
diff --git a/tools/qt_macos_xcode8.patch b/tools/qt_macos_xcode8.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1de019f7d47..00000000000
--- a/tools/qt_macos_xcode8.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur /Volumes/BootCopy/Applications/Qt/5.5/clang_64/mkspecs/features/mac/default_pre.prf mkspecs/features/mac/default_pre.prf
---- /Volumes/BootCopy/Applications/Qt/5.5/clang_64/mkspecs/features/mac/default_pre.prf	2015-10-12 19:40:39.000000000 -0400
-+++ mkspecs/features/mac/default_pre.prf	2016-09-18 19:54:02.000000000 -0400
-@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
-         error("Xcode is not installed in $${QMAKE_XCODE_DEVELOPER_PATH}. Please use xcode-select to choose Xcode installation path.")
- 
-     # Make sure Xcode is set up properly
--    isEmpty($$list($$system("/usr/bin/xcrun -find xcrun 2>/dev/null"))): \
-+    isEmpty($$list($$system("/usr/bin/xcrun -find xcodebuild 2>/dev/null"))): \
-         error("Xcode not set up properly. You may need to confirm the license agreement by running /usr/bin/xcodebuild.")
- }
- 
diff --git a/tools/update_ios_version.sh b/tools/update_ios_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3d5b79a7e45..00000000000
--- a/tools/update_ios_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# this requires `master` in the git tree
-#  travis-ci branch builds are unable to set the version properly
-
-PLIST_FILE_SRC=$1
-PLIST_FILE_DST=$2
-
-BUILD_CODE=`git rev-list master --first-parent --count`
-VERSION_CODE=`git describe --always --tags | sed -e 's/[^0-9.]*\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/'`
-
-if [ -z "$BUILD_CODE" -o -z "$VERSION_CODE" ]; then
-    echo "Error: Version and/or build empty."
-    exit 1 # Cause the build to fail
-else
-    echo "Version: ${VERSION_CODE}"
-    echo "Build:   ${BUILD_CODE}"
-fi
-
-sed -e "s/\###BUILD###/${BUILD_CODE}/" -e "s/\###VERSION###/${VERSION_CODE}/" $PLIST_FILE_SRC > $PLIST_FILE_DST