diff --git a/lib/sde-package/new.in b/lib/sde-package/new.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 62ded85..0000000
--- a/lib/sde-package/new.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: lib/sde-package/new.in
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
-# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-package_new() {
-	local method=
-	if [ "$1" = "-fm" ]; then
-		method="freshmeat"
-		shift
-	elif [ "$1" = "-deb" ];then
-		shift
-		cd $SDEROOT
-		exec python ./lib/sde-package/new-debian.py "$@"
-	fi
-	# new package
-	new_package="$1"; shift
-	if [ "$new_package" != "${new_package//\//}" ]; then
-		new_repository="${new_package%/*}"
-		new_package="${new_package##*/}"
-
-		if [ ! -d "${new_repository}" ]; then
-			# uhm, it doesn't exist yet
-			if [ "$new_repository" = "${new_repository//\//}" ]; then
-				# uh, just a repo name
-				new_repository="$SDEROOT/package/$new_repository"
-			elif [ -d "$SDEROOT/${new_repository%/*}" ]; then
-				# SDEROOT relative
-				new_repository="$SDEROOT/$new_repository"
-			else
-				# not even $SDEROOT relative
-				echo_abort 1 "package_new() can't handle repository '$new_repository'."
-			fi
-		fi
-	else
-		new_repository=$( package_autodetect_repo )
-		echo_warning "assuming requested repository as '${new_repository:-wip}'."
-		new_repository="$SDEROOT/package/${new_repository:-wip}"
-	fi
-
-	if [ -d "${new_repository%/*}" ]; then
-		# normalize
-		new_repository=$( cd ${new_repository%/*}; pwd -P )/${new_repository##*/}
-	else
-		echo_abort 1 "repository ${new_repository} doesn't have a valid parent folder."
-	fi
-
-	# on this tree, and at package/
-	[ "${new_repository%/*}" = "$SDEROOT/package" ] ||
-		echo_abort 1 "invalid repository location. (${new_repository%/*})"
-
-	if [ ! -d "$new_repository" ]; then
-		echo_warning "New repository created. (${new_repository#$SDEROOT/package/})"
-	fi
-	cd "$SDEROOT"
-	case "${method}" in
-		freshmeat)
-			fm_name=${1:-$new_package}
-			/bin/bash ./lib/sde-package/new-freshmeat.sh ${new_repository#$SDEROOT/package/}/$new_package "$fm_name"
-			;;
-		*)	/bin/sh ./lib/sde-package/new.sh ${new_repository#$SDEROOT/package/}/$new_package "$@"
-			;;
-	esac
-	if [ -e package/*/$new_package/$new_package.desc ];then
-		echo -n "Updating chksum $new_package... "
-		if ./bin/sde pkg up $new_package &> /dev/null;then
-			echo "ok"
-		else
-			echo "failed"
-		fi
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/lib/sde-package/new.sh b/lib/sde-package/new.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d3d0ee..0000000
--- a/lib/sde-package/new.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: lib/sde-package/new.sh
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
-# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-# Written by Benjamin Schieder <blindcoder@scavenger.homeip.net>
-#
-# Use:
-# newpackage.sh [-main] <rep>/<pkg> http://www.example.com/down/pkg.tar.bz2
-#
-# will create <pkg>.desc and <pkg>.conf. .desc will contain the [D] and [COPY]
-# already filled in. The other tags are mentioned with TODO.
-#
-# .conf will contain an empty <pkg>_main() { } and custmain="<pkg>_main"
-# if -main is specified.
-#
-
-if [ "$1" = "-main" ] ; then
-	create_main=1
-	shift
-fi
-
-if [ $# -lt 2 ] ; then
-	cat <<-EEE
-Usage:
-$0 <option> package/repository/packagename Download_1 < Download_2, Download_n >
-
-Where <option> may be:
-	-main		Create a package.conf file with main-function
-
-	EEE
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-
-dir=${1#package/} ; shift
-package=${dir##*/}
-if [ "$package" = "$dir" ]; then
-	echo "failed"
-	echo -e "\t$dir must be <rep>/<pkg>!\n"
-	exit
-fi
-
-rep="$( echo package/*/$package | cut -d'/' -f 2 )"
-if [ "$rep" != "*" ]; then
-	echo "failed"
-	echo -e "\tpackage $package belongs to $rep!\n"
-	exit
-fi
-
-rep=${dir/\/$package/}
-confdir="package/$dir"
-maintainer='The OpenSDE Community <list@opensde.org>'
-
-echo -n "Creating $confdir ... "
-if [ -e $confdir ] ; then
-	echo "failed"
-	echo -e "\t$confdir already exists!\n"
-	exit
-fi
-if mkdir -p $confdir ; then
-	echo "ok"
-else
-	echo "failed"
-	exit
-fi
-
-echo -n "Creating $package.desc ... "
-TAG=SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE
-
-	cat >$confdir/$package.desc <<EEE
-[COPY] --- $TAG-BEGIN ---
-[COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-[COPY]
-[COPY] Filename: package/.../$package/$package.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) $( date +%Y ) The OpenSDE Project
-[COPY]
-[COPY] More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-[COPY]
-[COPY] This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-[COPY] it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-[COPY] the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
-[COPY] GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
-[COPY] --- $TAG-END ---
-
-[I] TODO: Short Information
-
-[T] TODO: Long Expanation
-[T] TODO: Long Expanation
-[T] TODO: Long Expanation
-[T] TODO: Long Expanation
-[T] TODO: Long Expanation
-
-[U] TODO: URL
-
-[A] TODO: Author
-[M] ${maintainer:-TODO: Maintainer}
-
-[C] TODO: Category
-
-[L] TODO: License
-[S] TODO: Status
-[V] TODO: Version
-[P] X -----5---9 800.000
-
-EEE
-
-while [ "$1" ]; do
-	dl=$1; shift
-	file=`echo $dl | sed 's,^.*/,,g'`
-	server=${dl%$file}
-	echo [D] 0 $file $server >> $confdir/$package.desc
-done
-echo >> $confdir/$package.desc
-
-echo "ok"
-echo -n "Creating $package.conf ... "
-
-if [ "$create_main" = "1" ] ; then
-	cat >>$confdir/$package.conf <<-EEE
-${package}_main() {
-	: TODO
-}
-
-custmain="${package}_main"
-EEE
-fi
-
-echo "ok"
-echo "Remember to fill in the TODO's:"
-grep TODO $confdir/$package.*
-echo