diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e6a125f9e..c94aeb428 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ Thumbs.db
 #######################
 /build/
 /cmake/postinst
-/third_party/libosmium/tmp/
 
 # Eclipse related files #
 #########################
diff --git a/scripts/build_osmium_tools.sh b/scripts/build_osmium_tools.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 81777ec39..000000000
--- a/scripts/build_osmium_tools.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Builds command line tools shipped with libosmium for example osmium_convert
-# CMake build directory is build/osmium; binaries are located under build/osmium/examples
-
-
-# e: exit on first error, x: print commands
-set -ex
-
-BUILD_DIR=build/osmium
-
-cmake -E remove_directory $BUILD_DIR
-cmake -E make_directory $BUILD_DIR
-cmake -E chdir $BUILD_DIR cmake ../../third_party/libosmium -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=1 -DBUILD_TESTING=0
-cmake -E chdir $BUILD_DIR cmake --build .