diff --git a/IPython/parallel/scripts/__init__.py b/IPython/parallel/scripts/__init__.py
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--- a/IPython/parallel/scripts/__init__.py
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-# encoding: utf-8
-
-""""""
-
-__docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  The IPython Development Team
-#
-#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
-#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Imports
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/IPython/parallel/scripts/ipcluster b/IPython/parallel/scripts/ipcluster
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--- a/IPython/parallel/scripts/ipcluster
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@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# encoding: utf-8
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  Copyright (C) 2008-2009  The IPython Development Team
-#
-#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
-#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Imports
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from IPython.parallel.apps.ipclusterapp import launch_new_instance
-
-launch_new_instance()
diff --git a/IPython/parallel/scripts/ipcontroller b/IPython/parallel/scripts/ipcontroller
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--- a/IPython/parallel/scripts/ipcontroller
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# encoding: utf-8
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  Copyright (C) 2008-2009  The IPython Development Team
-#
-#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
-#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Imports
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from IPython.parallel.apps.ipcontrollerapp import launch_new_instance
-
-launch_new_instance()
diff --git a/IPython/parallel/scripts/ipengine b/IPython/parallel/scripts/ipengine
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--- a/IPython/parallel/scripts/ipengine
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# encoding: utf-8
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  Copyright (C) 2008-2009  The IPython Development Team
-#
-#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
-#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Imports
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from IPython.parallel.apps.ipengineapp import launch_new_instance
-
-launch_new_instance()
diff --git a/IPython/parallel/scripts/iplogger b/IPython/parallel/scripts/iplogger
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--- a/IPython/parallel/scripts/iplogger
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@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# encoding: utf-8
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  Copyright (C) 2008-2009  The IPython Development Team
-#
-#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
-#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Imports
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from IPython.parallel.apps.iploggerapp import launch_new_instance
-
-launch_new_instance()
diff --git a/IPython/scripts/__init__.py b/IPython/scripts/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
--- a/IPython/scripts/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/IPython/scripts/iptest b/IPython/scripts/iptest
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--- a/IPython/scripts/iptest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""IPython Test Suite Runner.
-"""
-
-# The tests can't even run if nose isn't available, so might as well  give the
-# user a civilized error message in that case.
-
-try:
-    import nose
-except ImportError:
-    error = """\
-ERROR: The IPython test suite requires nose to run.
-
-Please install nose on your system first and try again.
-For information on installing nose, see:
-http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose
-
-Exiting."""
-    import sys
-    print >> sys.stderr, error
-else:
-    from IPython.testing import iptestcontroller
-    iptestcontroller.main()
diff --git a/IPython/scripts/ipython b/IPython/scripts/ipython
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--- a/IPython/scripts/ipython
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-"""Terminal-based IPython entry point.
-"""
-
-from IPython import start_ipython
-start_ipython()
diff --git a/IPython/scripts/irunner b/IPython/scripts/irunner
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--- a/IPython/scripts/irunner
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-"""Thin wrapper around the IPython irunner module.
-
-Run with --help for details, or see the irunner source."""
-
-from IPython.lib import irunner
-
-irunner.main()