diff --git a/Doc/tools/esis2sgml.py b/Doc/tools/esis2sgml.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 5f8c6e83516..00000000000
--- a/Doc/tools/esis2sgml.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python
-
-"""Convert ESIS events to SGML or XML markup.
-
-This is limited, but seems sufficient for the ESIS generated by the
-latex2esis.py script when run over the Python documentation.
-"""
-__version__ = '$Revision$'
-
-import errno
-import re
-import string
-
-
-_data_rx = re.compile(r"[^\\][^\\]*")
-
-def decode(s):
-    r = ''
-    while s:
-        m = _data_rx.match(s)
-        if m:
-            r = r + m.group()
-            s = s[len(m.group()):]
-        elif s[1] == "\\":
-            r = r + "\\"
-            s = s[2:]
-        elif s[1] == "n":
-            r = r + "\n"
-            s = s[2:]
-        else:
-            raise ValueError, "can't handle " + `s`
-    return r
-
-
-def format_attrs(attrs):
-    attrs = attrs.items()
-    attrs.sort()
-    s = ''
-    for name, value in attrs:
-        s = '%s %s="%s"' % (s, name, value)
-    return s
-
-
-def do_convert(ifp, ofp, knownempties, xml=0):
-    attrs = {}
-    lastopened = None
-    knownempty = 0
-    lastempty = 0
-    while 1:
-        line = ifp.readline()
-        if not line:
-            break
-
-        type = line[0]
-        data = line[1:]
-        if data and data[-1] == "\n":
-            data = data[:-1]
-        if type == "-":
-            data = decode(data)
-            ofp.write(data)
-            if "\n" in data:
-                lastopened = None
-            knownempty = 0
-            lastempty = 0
-        elif type == "(":
-            if knownempty and xml:
-                ofp.write("<%s%s/>" % (data, format_attrs(attrs)))
-            else:
-                ofp.write("<%s%s>" % (data, format_attrs(attrs)))
-            if knownempty and data not in knownempties:
-                # accumulate knowledge!
-                knownempties.append(data)
-            attrs = {}
-            lastopened = data
-            lastempty = knownempty
-            knownempty = 0
-        elif type == ")":
-            if xml:
-                if not lastempty:
-                    ofp.write("</%s>" % data)
-            elif data not in knownempties:
-                if lastopened == data:
-                    ofp.write("</>")
-                else:
-                    ofp.write("</%s>" % data)
-            lastopened = None
-            lastempty = 0
-        elif type == "A":
-            name, type, value = string.split(data, " ", 2)
-            attrs[name] = decode(value)
-        elif type == "e":
-            knownempty = 1
-
-
-def sgml_convert(ifp, ofp, knownempties=()):
-    return do_convert(ifp, ofp, list(knownempties), xml=0)
-
-
-def xml_convert(ifp, ofp, knownempties=()):
-    return do_convert(ifp, ofp, list(knownempties), xml=1)
-
-
-def main():
-    import sys
-    #
-    convert = sgml_convert
-    if sys.argv[1:] and sys.argv[1] in ("-x", "--xml"):
-        convert = xml_convert
-        del sys.argv[1]
-    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
-        ifp = sys.stdin
-        ofp = sys.stdout
-    elif len(sys.argv) == 2:
-        ifp = open(sys.argv[1])
-        ofp = sys.stdout
-    elif len(sys.argv) == 3:
-        ifp = open(sys.argv[1])
-        ofp = open(sys.argv[2], "w")
-    else:
-        usage()
-        sys.exit(2)
-    # knownempties is ignored in the XML version
-    try:
-        convert(ifp, ofp)
-    except IOError, (err, msg):
-        if err != errno.EPIPE:
-            raise
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
diff --git a/Doc/tools/latex2esis.py b/Doc/tools/latex2esis.py
deleted file mode 100755
index afa2d865845..00000000000
--- a/Doc/tools/latex2esis.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,337 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python
-
-"""Generate ESIS events based on a LaTeX source document and configuration
-data.
-
-
-"""
-__version__ = '$Revision$'
-
-import errno
-import re
-import string
-import StringIO
-import sys
-
-
-class Error(Exception):
-    pass
-
-class LaTeXFormatError(Error):
-    pass
-
-
-_begin_env_rx = re.compile(r"[\\]begin{([^}]*)}")
-_end_env_rx = re.compile(r"[\\]end{([^}]*)}")
-_begin_macro_rx = re.compile("[\\\\]([a-zA-Z]+[*]?)({|\\s*\n?)")
-_comment_rx = re.compile("%+[ \t]*(.*)\n")
-_text_rx = re.compile(r"[^]%\\{}]+")
-_optional_rx = re.compile(r"\s*[[]([^]]*)[]]")
-_parameter_rx = re.compile("[ \n]*{([^}]*)}")
-_token_rx = re.compile(r"[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9.-]*$")
-_start_group_rx = re.compile("[ \n]*{")
-_start_optional_rx = re.compile("[ \n]*[[]")
-
-
-_charmap = {}
-for c in map(chr, range(256)):
-    _charmap[c] = c
-_charmap["\n"] = r"\n"
-_charmap["\\"] = r"\\"
-del c
-
-def encode(s):
-    return string.join(map(_charmap.get, s), '')
-
-
-ESCAPED_CHARS = "$%#^ {}"
-
-
-def subconvert(line, ofp, table, discards, autoclosing, knownempty,
-               endchar=None):
-    stack = []
-    while line:
-        if line[0] == endchar and not stack:
-            return line[1:]
-        m = _comment_rx.match(line)
-        if m:
-            text = m.group(1)
-            if text:
-                ofp.write("(COMMENT\n")
-                ofp.write("- %s \n" % encode(text))
-                ofp.write(")COMMENT\n")
-                ofp.write("-\\n\n")
-            else:
-                ofp.write("-\\n\n")
-            line = line[m.end():]
-            continue
-        m = _begin_env_rx.match(line)
-        if m:
-            # re-write to use the macro handler
-            line = r"\%s %s" % (m.group(1), line[m.end():])
-            continue
-        m =_end_env_rx.match(line)
-        if m:
-            # end of environment
-            envname = m.group(1)
-            if envname == "document":
-                # special magic
-                for n in stack[1:]:
-                    if n not in autoclosing:
-                        raise LaTeXFormatError("open element on stack: " + `n`)
-                # should be more careful, but this is easier to code:
-                stack = []
-                ofp.write(")document\n")
-            elif envname == stack[-1]:
-                ofp.write(")%s\n" % envname)
-                del stack[-1]
-            else:
-                raise LaTeXFormatError("environment close doesn't match")
-            line = line[m.end():]
-            continue
-        m = _begin_macro_rx.match(line)
-        if m:
-            # start of macro
-            macroname = m.group(1)
-            if macroname == "verbatim":
-                # really magic case!
-                pos = string.find(line, "\\end{verbatim}")
-                text = line[m.end(1):pos]
-                ofp.write("(verbatim\n")
-                ofp.write("-%s\n" % encode(text))
-                ofp.write(")verbatim\n")
-                line = line[pos + len("\\end{verbatim}"):]
-                continue
-            numbered = 1
-            if macroname[-1] == "*":
-                macroname = macroname[:-1]
-                numbered = 0
-            if macroname in autoclosing and macroname in stack:
-                while stack[-1] != macroname:
-                    if stack[-1] and stack[-1] not in discards:
-                        ofp.write(")%s\n-\\n\n" % stack[-1])
-                    del stack[-1]
-                if macroname not in discards:
-                    ofp.write("-\\n\n)%s\n-\\n\n" % macroname)
-                del stack[-1]
-            real_ofp = ofp
-            if macroname in discards:
-                ofp = StringIO.StringIO()
-            #
-            conversion = table.get(macroname, ([], 0, 0))
-            params, optional, empty = conversion
-            empty = empty or knownempty(macroname)
-            if empty:
-                ofp.write("e\n")
-            if not numbered:
-                ofp.write("Anumbered TOKEN no\n")
-            # rip off the macroname
-            if params:
-                if optional and len(params) == 1:
-                    line = line = line[m.end():]
-                else:
-                    line = line[m.end(1):]
-            elif empty:
-                line = line[m.end(1):]
-            else:
-                line = line[m.end():]
-            #
-            # Very ugly special case to deal with \item[].  The catch is that
-            # this needs to occur outside the for loop that handles attribute
-            # parsing so we can 'continue' the outer loop.
-            #
-            if optional and type(params[0]) is type(()):
-                # the attribute name isn't used in this special case
-                stack.append(macroname)
-                ofp.write("(%s\n" % macroname)
-                m = _start_optional_rx.match(line)
-                if m:
-                    line = line[m.end():]
-                    line = subconvert(line, ofp, table, discards,
-                                      autoclosing, knownempty, endchar="]")
-                line = "}" + line
-                continue
-            # handle attribute mappings here:
-            for attrname in params:
-                if optional:
-                    optional = 0
-                    if type(attrname) is type(""):
-                        m = _optional_rx.match(line)
-                        if m:
-                            line = line[m.end():]
-                            ofp.write("A%s TOKEN %s\n"
-                                      % (attrname, encode(m.group(1))))
-                elif type(attrname) is type(()):
-                    # This is a sub-element; but don't place the
-                    # element we found on the stack (\section-like)
-                    stack.append(macroname)
-                    ofp.write("(%s\n" % macroname)
-                    macroname = attrname[0]
-                    m = _start_group_rx.match(line)
-                    if m:
-                        line = line[m.end():]
-                elif type(attrname) is type([]):
-                    # A normal subelement.
-                    attrname = attrname[0]
-                    stack.append(macroname)
-                    stack.append(attrname)
-                    ofp.write("(%s\n" % macroname)
-                    macroname = attrname
-                else:
-                    m = _parameter_rx.match(line)
-                    if not m:
-                        raise LaTeXFormatError(
-                            "could not extract parameter %s for %s: %s"
-                            % (attrname, macroname, `line[:100]`))
-                    value = m.group(1)
-                    if _token_rx.match(value):
-                        dtype = "TOKEN"
-                    else:
-                        dtype = "CDATA"
-                    ofp.write("A%s %s %s\n"
-                              % (attrname, dtype, encode(value)))
-                    line = line[m.end():]
-            stack.append(macroname)
-            ofp.write("(%s\n" % macroname)
-            if empty:
-                line = "}" + line
-            ofp = real_ofp
-            continue
-        if line[0] == "}":
-            # end of macro
-            macroname = stack[-1]
-            conversion = table.get(macroname)
-            if macroname \
-               and macroname not in discards \
-               and type(conversion) is not type(""):
-                # otherwise, it was just a bare group
-                ofp.write(")%s\n" % stack[-1])
-            del stack[-1]
-            line = line[1:]
-            continue
-        if line[0] == "{":
-            stack.append("")
-            line = line[1:]
-            continue
-        if line[0] == "\\" and line[1] in ESCAPED_CHARS:
-            ofp.write("-%s\n" % encode(line[1]))
-            line = line[2:]
-            continue
-        if line[:2] == r"\\":
-            ofp.write("(BREAK\n)BREAK\n")
-            line = line[2:]
-            continue
-        m = _text_rx.match(line)
-        if m:
-            text = encode(m.group())
-            ofp.write("-%s\n" % text)
-            line = line[m.end():]
-            continue
-        # special case because of \item[]
-        if line[0] == "]":
-            ofp.write("-]\n")
-            line = line[1:]
-            continue
-        # avoid infinite loops
-        extra = ""
-        if len(line) > 100:
-            extra = "..."
-        raise LaTeXFormatError("could not identify markup: %s%s"
-                               % (`line[:100]`, extra))
-
-
-def convert(ifp, ofp, table={}, discards=(), autoclosing=(), knownempties=()):
-    d = {}
-    for gi in knownempties:
-        d[gi] = gi
-    try:
-        subconvert(ifp.read(), ofp, table, discards, autoclosing, d.has_key)
-    except IOError, (err, msg):
-        if err != errno.EPIPE:
-            raise
-
-
-def main():
-    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
-        ifp = open(sys.argv[1])
-        ofp = sys.stdout
-    elif len(sys.argv) == 3:
-        ifp = open(sys.argv[1])
-        ofp = open(sys.argv[2], "w")
-    else:
-        usage()
-        sys.exit(2)
-    convert(ifp, ofp, {
-        # entries are name
-        #          -> ([list of attribute names], first_is_optional, empty)
-        "cfuncdesc": (["type", "name", ("args",)], 0, 0),
-        "chapter": ([("title",)], 0, 0),
-        "chapter*": ([("title",)], 0, 0),
-        "classdesc": (["name", ("constructor-args",)], 0, 0),
-        "ctypedesc": (["name"], 0, 0),
-        "cvardesc":  (["type", "name"], 0, 0),
-        "datadesc":  (["name"], 0, 0),
-        "declaremodule": (["id", "type", "name"], 1, 1),
-        "deprecated": (["release"], 0, 1),
-        "documentclass": (["classname"], 0, 1),
-        "excdesc": (["name"], 0, 0),
-        "funcdesc": (["name", ("args",)], 0, 0),
-        "funcdescni": (["name", ("args",)], 0, 0),
-        "indexii": (["ie1", "ie2"], 0, 1),
-        "indexiii": (["ie1", "ie2", "ie3"], 0, 1),
-        "indexiv": (["ie1", "ie2", "ie3", "ie4"], 0, 1),
-        "input": (["source"], 0, 1),
-        "item": ([("leader",)], 1, 0),
-        "label": (["id"], 0, 1),
-        "manpage": (["name", "section"], 0, 1),
-        "memberdesc": (["class", "name"], 1, 0),
-        "methoddesc": (["class", "name", ("args",)], 1, 0),
-        "methoddescni": (["class", "name", ("args",)], 1, 0),
-        "opcodedesc": (["name", "var"], 0, 0),
-        "par": ([], 0, 1),
-        "paragraph": ([("title",)], 0, 0),
-        "rfc": (["number"], 0, 1),
-        "section": ([("title",)], 0, 0),
-        "seemodule": (["ref", "name"], 1, 0),
-        "subparagraph": ([("title",)], 0, 0),
-        "subsection": ([("title",)], 0, 0),
-        "subsubsection": ([("title",)], 0, 0),
-        "tableii": (["colspec", "style", "head1", "head2"], 0, 0),
-        "tableiii": (["colspec", "style", "head1", "head2", "head3"], 0, 0),
-        "tableiv": (["colspec", "style", "head1", "head2", "head3", "head4"],
-                    0, 0),
-        "versionadded": (["version"], 0, 1),
-        "versionchanged": (["version"], 0, 1),
-        #
-        "ABC": ([], 0, 1),
-        "ASCII": ([], 0, 1),
-        "C": ([], 0, 1),
-        "Cpp": ([], 0, 1),
-        "EOF": ([], 0, 1),
-        "e": ([], 0, 1),
-        "ldots": ([], 0, 1),
-        "NULL": ([], 0, 1),
-        "POSIX": ([], 0, 1),
-        "UNIX": ([], 0, 1),
-        #
-        # Things that will actually be going away!
-        #
-        "fi": ([], 0, 1),
-        "ifhtml": ([], 0, 1),
-        "makeindex": ([], 0, 1),
-        "makemodindex": ([], 0, 1),
-        "maketitle": ([], 0, 1),
-        "noindent": ([], 0, 1),
-        "tableofcontents": ([], 0, 1),
-        },
-            discards=["fi", "ifhtml", "makeindex", "makemodindex", "maketitle",
-                      "noindent", "tableofcontents"],
-            autoclosing=["chapter", "section", "subsection", "subsubsection",
-                         "paragraph", "subparagraph", ],
-            knownempties=["appendix",
-                          "maketitle", "makeindex", "makemodindex",
-                          "localmoduletable"])
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()