diff --git a/contrib/ChangeLog b/contrib/ChangeLog
index d3417e623fc81986f3a87a97282362e8af3c347b..dd758fc3bee30ac8e42de9506c278ca3ac489f60 100644
--- a/contrib/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-12-06  Ben Elliston  <bje@au.ibm.com>
+
+	* newcvsroot: Remove.
+
 2005-11-03  Steven Bosscher  <stevenb@suse.de>
 
 	* gcc_build: Fix my previous checking.
diff --git a/contrib/newcvsroot b/contrib/newcvsroot
deleted file mode 100755
index 29827cc4eea6c60d9645586d39dcd061bc861741..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/contrib/newcvsroot
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env bash
-# Written by Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>
-
-# Replaces all CVS/Root and CVS/Repository files in a checked-out CVS
-# tree. Requires shell with # and % variable substitution (e.g. bash).
-
-# Usage: newcvsroot <newroot> <modulename> <toplevel directory>
-
-if [ $# != 3 ]; then
-    echo "Note to svn users: use svn switch --relocate instead."
-    echo
-    echo "usage: `basename $0` <newroot> <modulename> <toplevel directory>"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-root=$1; shift
-module=$1; shift
-topdir=$1; shift
-
-rep=${root##*:}
-
-case "$topdir" in
-/*|./*|../*) echo >&2 "$0 wants relative path from top of checkout"; exit 1;;
-esac
-
-find $topdir \( -name Repository -o -name Root \) -print | while read f; do
-
-case "$f" in
-*/CVS/Root) echo $root > "$f" ;;
-*/CVS/Repository)
-  r=${module}${f#${topdir}}
-  echo > "$f" $rep/${r%/CVS/Repository}
-  ;;
-esac
-
-done