diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d5639bc798b..da7e9d7dc5f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -43,13 +43,18 @@ Library
   OSError exception when The OS had been told to ignore SIGCLD in our process
   or otherwise not wait for exiting child processes.
 
-
 Tests
 -----
 
 - Issue #775964: test_grp now skips YP/NIS entries instead of failing when
   encountering them.
 
+Tools/Demos
+-----------
+
+- Issue #10706: Remove outdated script runtests.sh.  Either ``make test``
+  or ``python -m test`` should be used instead.
+
 
 What's New in Python 3.2 Beta 1?
 ================================
diff --git a/runtests.sh b/runtests.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d7b46467618..00000000000
--- a/runtests.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-HELP="Usage: ./runtests.py [-h] [-x] [flags] [tests]
-
-Runs each unit test independently, with output directed to a file in
-OUT/<test>.out.  If no tests are given, all tests are run; otherwise,
-only the specified tests are run, unless -x is also given, in which
-case all tests *except* those given are run.
-
-Standard output shows the name of the tests run, with 'BAD' or
-'SKIPPED' added if the test didn't produce a positive result.  Also,
-three files are created, named 'BAD', 'GOOD' and 'SKIPPED', to which
-are written the names of the tests categorized by result.
-
-Flags (arguments starting with '-') are passed transparently to
-regrtest.py, except for -x, which is processed here."
-
-# Choose the Python binary.
-case `uname` in
-Darwin) PYTHON=./python.exe;;
-CYGWIN*) PYTHON=./python.exe;;
-*)      PYTHON=./python;;
-esac
-
-PYTHON="$PYTHON -bb"
-
-# Unset PYTHONPATH, just to be sure.
-unset PYTHONPATH
-
-# Create the output directory if necessary.
-mkdir -p OUT
-
-# Empty the summary files.
->GOOD
->BAD
->SKIPPED
-
-# Process flags (transparently pass these on to regrtest.py)
-FLAGS=""
-EXCEPT=""
-while :
-do
-    case $1 in
-    -h|--h|-help|--help) echo "$HELP"; exit;;
-    --) FLAGS="$FLAGS $1"; shift; break;;
-    -x) EXCEPT="$1"; shift;;
-    -*) FLAGS="$FLAGS $1"; shift;;
-    *)  break;;
-    esac
-done
-
-# Compute the list of tests to run.
-case "$#$EXCEPT" in
-0) 
-    TESTS=`(cd Lib/test; ls test_*.py | sed 's/\.py//')`
-    ;;
-*-x)
-    PAT="^(`echo $@ | sed 's/\.py//g' | sed 's/ /|/g'`)$"
-    TESTS=`(cd Lib/test; ls test_*.py | sed 's/\.py//' | egrep -v "$PAT")`
-    ;;
-*)
-    TESTS="$@"
-    ;;
-esac
-
-# Run the tests.
-for T in $TESTS
-do
-    echo -n $T
-    if   case $T in
-         *curses*)
-	     echo
-	     $PYTHON -E Lib/test/regrtest.py $FLAGS $T 2>OUT/$T.out
-	     ;;
-         *)  $PYTHON -E Lib/test/regrtest.py $FLAGS $T >OUT/$T.out 2>&1;;
-         esac
-    then
-        if grep -q "1 test skipped:" OUT/$T.out
-        then
-            echo " SKIPPED"
-            echo $T >>SKIPPED
-        else
-            echo
-            echo $T >>GOOD
-        fi
-    else
-        echo " BAD"
-        echo $T >>BAD
-    fi
-done
-
-# Summarize results
-wc -l BAD GOOD SKIPPED