diff --git a/scripts/copy2local.py b/scripts/copy2local.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 64a5b5efee..0000000000
--- a/scripts/copy2local.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-import sys
-import os
-
-if len(sys.argv) == 0:
-    print('Usage: copy2local.py filename')
-    sys.exit(2)
-
-for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
-    print(arg)
-    tmpname = f"{arg}.tmp"
-    with open(arg, encoding='utf-8') as src:
-        with open(tmpname, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as dst:
-            line = src.readline()
-            while line:
-                ld = line.split()
-                if len(ld) > 3 and ld[0].upper() == "COPY" and \
-                        ld[2].upper() in {'FROM', 'TO'} and ld[3].upper() != 'STDIN':
-                    l1 = f"\\set command '\\\\copy {ld[1]} {ld[2]} ' {ld[3]} " + " ".join(
-                        ld[4:]) + "\n"
-                    print(l1)
-                    dst.write(l1)
-                    dst.write(':command\n')
-                else:
-                    dst.write(line)
-                line = src.readline()
-    os.unlink(arg)
-    os.link(tmpname, arg)
-    os.unlink(tmpname)