diff --git a/doc/hgmerge.1.txt b/doc/hgmerge.1.txt
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--- a/doc/hgmerge.1.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-HGMERGE(1)
-==========
-Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
-v0.1, 27 May 2005
-
-NAME
-----
-hgmerge - default wrapper to merge files in Mercurial SCM system
-
-SYNOPSIS
---------
-'hgmerge' local ancestor remote
-
-DESCRIPTION
------------
-The hgmerge(1) command provides a graphical interface to merge files in the
-Mercurial system. It is a simple wrapper around kdiff3, merge(1) and tkdiff(1),
-or simply diff(1) and patch(1) depending on what is present on the system.
-
-hgmerge(1) is used by the Mercurial SCM if the environment variable HGMERGE is
-not set.
-
-AUTHOR
-------
-Written by Vincent Danjean <Vincent.Danjean@free.fr>
-
-SEE ALSO
---------
-hg(1) - the command line interface to Mercurial SCM
-
-COPYING
--------
-Copyright \(C) 2005-2007 Matt Mackall.
-Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General
-Public License (GPL).
diff --git a/doc/ja/hgmerge.1.ja.txt b/doc/ja/hgmerge.1.ja.txt
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--- a/doc/ja/hgmerge.1.ja.txt
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@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-HGMERGE(1)
-==========
-Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
-v0.1, 27 May 2005
-
-名前
---
-hgmerge - Mercurial ソースコード管理システムでファイルをマージする
-のに使われるデフォルトのラッパー
-
-書式
---
-'hgmerge' local ancestor remote
-
-説明
---
-hgmerge(1) コマンドは Mercurial システムでファイルをマージするため
-のグラフィカルなインターフェイスを提供します。これは kdiff3,
-merge(1), tkdiff(1), または単純に diff(1) と patch(1) のラッパーで、
-どれがシステム上にあるかに依存します。
-
-hgmerge(1) は Mercurial ソースコード管理システムで環境変数
-HGMERGE が設定されていない場合に使われます。
-
-著者
---
-Vincent Danjean <Vincent.Danjean@free.fr> によって書かれました。
-
-関連情報
---
-hg(1) - Mercurial システムへのコマンドラインインターフェイス
-
-著作権情報
-----
-Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Matt Mackall.
-このソフトウェアの自由な使用は GNU 一般公有使用許諾 (GPL) のもとで
-認められます。
diff --git a/hgmerge b/hgmerge
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--- a/hgmerge
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,213 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# hgmerge - default merge helper for Mercurial
-#
-# This tries to find a way to do three-way merge on the current system.
-# The result ought to end up in $1.  Script is run in root directory of
-# repository.
-#
-# Environment variables set by Mercurial:
-# HG_FILE            name of file within repo
-# HG_MY_NODE         revision being merged
-# HG_OTHER_NODE      revision being merged
-
-set -e # bail out quickly on failure
-
-LOCAL="$1"
-BASE="$2"
-OTHER="$3"
-
-if [ -n "$VISUAL" ]; then
-    EDIT_PROG="$VISUAL"
-elif [ -n "$EDITOR" ]; then
-    EDIT_PROG="$EDITOR"
-else
-    EDIT_PROG="vi"
-fi
-
-# find decent versions of our utilities, insisting on the GNU versions where we
-# need to
-MERGE="merge"
-DIFF3="gdiff3"
-DIFF="gdiff"
-PATCH="gpatch"
-
-type "$MERGE" >/dev/null 2>&1 || MERGE=
-type "$DIFF3" >/dev/null 2>&1 || DIFF3="diff3"
-$DIFF3 --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || DIFF3=
-type "$DIFF"  >/dev/null 2>&1 || DIFF="diff"
-type "$DIFF"  >/dev/null 2>&1 || DIFF=
-type "$PATCH" >/dev/null 2>&1 || PATCH="patch"
-type "$PATCH" >/dev/null 2>&1 || PATCH=
-
-# find optional visual utilities
-FILEMERGE="/Developer/Applications/Utilities/FileMerge.app/Contents/MacOS/FileMerge"
-KDIFF3="kdiff3"
-TKDIFF="tkdiff"
-MELD="meld"
-
-type "$FILEMERGE" >/dev/null 2>&1 || FILEMERGE=
-type "$KDIFF3"    >/dev/null 2>&1 || KDIFF3=
-type "$TKDIFF"    >/dev/null 2>&1 || TKDIFF=
-type "$MELD"      >/dev/null 2>&1 || MELD=
-
-# Hack for Solaris
-TEST="/usr/bin/test"
-type "$TEST" >/dev/null 2>&1 || TEST="/bin/test"
-type "$TEST" >/dev/null 2>&1 || TEST="test"
-
-# random part of names
-RAND="$RANDOM$RANDOM"
-
-# temporary directory for diff+patch merge
-HGTMP="${TMPDIR-/tmp}/hgmerge.$RAND"
-
-# backup file
-BACKUP="$LOCAL.orig.$RAND"
-
-# file used to test for file change
-CHGTEST="$LOCAL.chg.$RAND"
-
-# put all your required cleanup here
-cleanup() {
-    rm -f "$BACKUP" "$CHGTEST"
-    rm -rf "$HGTMP"
-}
-
-# functions concerning program exit
-success() {
-    cleanup
-    exit 0
-}
-
-failure() {
-    echo "merge failed" 1>&2
-    mv "$BACKUP" "$LOCAL"
-    cleanup
-    exit 1
-}
-
-# Ask if the merge was successful
-ask_if_merged() {
-    while true; do
-        echo "$LOCAL seems unchanged."
-        echo "Was the merge successful? [y/n]"
-        read answer
-        case "$answer" in
-            y*|Y*) success;;
-            n*|N*) failure;;
-        esac
-    done
-}
-
-# Check if conflict markers are present and ask if the merge was successful
-conflicts_or_success() {
-    while egrep '^(<<<<<<< .*|=======|>>>>>>> .*)$' "$LOCAL" >/dev/null; do
-        echo "$LOCAL contains conflict markers."
-        echo "Keep this version? [y/n]"
-        read answer
-        case "$answer" in
-            y*|Y*) success;;
-            n*|N*) failure;;
-        esac
-    done
-    success
-}
-
-# Clean up when interrupted
-trap "failure" 1 2 3 6 15 # HUP INT QUIT ABRT TERM
-
-# Back up our file (and try hard to keep the mtime unchanged)
-mv "$LOCAL" "$BACKUP"
-cp "$BACKUP" "$LOCAL"
-
-# Attempt to do a non-interactive merge
-if [ -n "$MERGE" -o -n "$DIFF3" ]; then
-    if [ -n "$MERGE" ]; then
-        $MERGE "$LOCAL" "$BASE" "$OTHER" 2> /dev/null && success
-    elif [ -n "$DIFF3" ]; then
-        $DIFF3 -m "$BACKUP" "$BASE" "$OTHER" > "$LOCAL" && success
-    fi
-    if [ $? -gt 1 ]; then
-        echo "automatic merge failed! Exiting." 1>&2
-        failure
-    fi
-fi
-
-# on MacOS X try FileMerge.app, shipped with Apple's developer tools
-if [ -n "$FILEMERGE" ]; then
-    cp "$BACKUP" "$LOCAL"
-    cp "$BACKUP" "$CHGTEST"
-    # filemerge prefers the right by default
-    $FILEMERGE -left "$OTHER" -right "$LOCAL" -ancestor "$BASE" -merge "$LOCAL"
-    [ $? -ne 0 ] && echo "FileMerge failed to launch" && failure
-    $TEST "$LOCAL" -nt "$CHGTEST" && conflicts_or_success || ask_if_merged
-fi
-
-if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
-    # try using kdiff3, which is fairly nice
-    if [ -n "$KDIFF3" ]; then
-        $KDIFF3 --auto "$BASE" "$BACKUP" "$OTHER" -o "$LOCAL" || failure
-        conflicts_or_success
-    fi
-
-    # try using tkdiff, which is a bit less sophisticated
-    if [ -n "$TKDIFF" ]; then
-        $TKDIFF "$BACKUP" "$OTHER" -a "$BASE" -o "$LOCAL" || failure
-        conflicts_or_success
-    fi
-
-    if [ -n "$MELD" ]; then
-        cp "$BACKUP" "$CHGTEST"
-        # protect our feet - meld allows us to save to the left file
-        cp "$BACKUP" "$LOCAL.tmp.$RAND"
-        # Meld doesn't have automatic merging, so to reduce intervention
-        # use the file with conflicts
-        $MELD "$LOCAL.tmp.$RAND" "$LOCAL" "$OTHER" || failure
-        # Also it doesn't return good error code
-        $TEST "$LOCAL" -nt "$CHGTEST" && conflicts_or_success || ask_if_merged
-    fi
-fi
-
-# Attempt to do a merge with $EDIT_PROG
-if [ -n "$MERGE" -o -n "$DIFF3" ]; then
-    echo "conflicts detected in $LOCAL"
-    cp "$BACKUP" "$CHGTEST"
-    case "$EDIT_PROG" in
-        "emacs")
-            $EDIT_PROG "$LOCAL" --eval '(condition-case nil (smerge-mode 1) (error nil))' || failure
-            ;;
-        *)
-            $EDIT_PROG "$LOCAL" || failure
-            ;;
-    esac
-    # Some editors do not return meaningful error codes
-    # Do not take any chances
-    $TEST "$LOCAL" -nt "$CHGTEST" && conflicts_or_success || ask_if_merged
-fi
-
-# attempt to manually merge with diff and patch
-if [ -n "$DIFF" -a -n "$PATCH" ]; then
-
-    (umask 077 && mkdir "$HGTMP") || {
-        echo "Could not create temporary directory $HGTMP" 1>&2
-        failure
-    }
-
-    $DIFF -u "$BASE" "$OTHER" > "$HGTMP/diff" || :
-    if $PATCH "$LOCAL" < "$HGTMP/diff"; then
-        success
-    else
-        # If rejects are empty after using the editor, merge was ok
-        $EDIT_PROG "$LOCAL" "$LOCAL.rej" || failure
-        $TEST -s "$LOCAL.rej" || success
-    fi
-    failure
-fi
-
-echo
-echo "hgmerge: unable to find any merge utility!"
-echo "supported programs:"
-echo "merge, FileMerge, tkdiff, kdiff3, meld, diff+patch"
-echo
-failure
diff --git a/mercurial/help.py b/mercurial/help.py
--- a/mercurial/help.py
+++ b/mercurial/help.py
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ HGMERGE::
     will be executed with three arguments: local file, remote file,
     ancestor file.
 
-    The default program is "hgmerge", which is a shell script provided
-    by Mercurial with some sensible defaults.
-
     (deprecated, use .hgrc)
 
 HGRCPATH::
@@ -97,11 +94,11 @@ VISUAL::
     This is the name of the editor to use when committing. See EDITOR.
 
 EDITOR::
-    Sometimes Mercurial needs to open a text file in an editor for a user
-    to modify, for example when writing commit messages or when using the
-    hgmerge script. The editor it uses is determined by looking at the
-    environment variables HGEDITOR, VISUAL and EDITOR, in that order. The
-    first non-empty one is chosen. If all of them are empty, the editor
+    Sometimes Mercurial needs to open a text file in an editor
+    for a user to modify, for example when writing commit messages.
+    The editor it uses is determined by looking at the environment
+    variables HGEDITOR, VISUAL and EDITOR, in that order. The first
+    non-empty one is chosen. If all of them are empty, the editor
     defaults to 'vi'.
 
 PYTHONPATH::
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-if os.name in ['nt']:
-    extra['scripts'] = ['hg']
-else:
-    extra['scripts'] = ['hg', 'hgmerge']
-
 # specify version string, otherwise 'hg identify' will be used:
 version = ''
 
@@ -77,6 +72,7 @@ setup(name='mercurial',
       url='http://selenic.com/mercurial',
       description='Scalable distributed SCM',
       license='GNU GPL',
+      scripts=['hg'],
       packages=['mercurial', 'mercurial.hgweb', 'hgext', 'hgext.convert'],
       ext_modules=ext_modules,
       data_files=[(os.path.join('mercurial', root),