diff --git a/libraries/GCS_MAVLink/VERSION b/libraries/GCS_MAVLink/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 238d6e882a..0000000000
--- a/libraries/GCS_MAVLink/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.0.7
diff --git a/libraries/GCS_MAVLink/update b/libraries/GCS_MAVLink/update
deleted file mode 100755
index 36dd19d046..0000000000
--- a/libraries/GCS_MAVLink/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-if [[ $# != 1 ]]
-then
-    echo "usage: $0 version"
-    exit
-fi
-
-MAVLINK_VERSION=$1
-rm -rf  VERSION mavlink* include lib share *.zip
-wget http://github.com/downloads/mavlink/mavlink/mavlink-${MAVLINK_VERSION}.zip
-unzip mavlink-${MAVLINK_VERSION}.zip
-mv mavlink-${MAVLINK_VERSION}/* .
-rm -rf  mavlink* share lib
-echo $MAVLINK_VERSION > VERSION