diff --git a/bin/check_go_path b/bin/check_go_path
deleted file mode 100755
index 33567ce00..000000000
--- a/bin/check_go_path
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-PKG="$1"
-
-DIR="$(pwd -P)"
-GOPATH="$(go env GOPATH)"
-
-# The path separator is ; on windows.
-if [ "$(go env GOOS)" = "windows" ]; then
-    PATHSEP=';'
-else
-    PATHSEP=':'
-fi
-
-while read -r -d "$PATHSEP" p; do
-    if ! cd "$p/src/$PKG" 2>/dev/null; then
-        continue
-    fi
-
-    if [ "$DIR" = "$(pwd -P)" ]; then
-        exit 0
-    fi
-    cd "$DIR"
-done <<< "$GOPATH$PATHSEP"
-
-echo "go-ipfs must be built from within your \$GOPATH directory."
-echo "expected within '$GOPATH' but got '$DIR'"
-exit 1
diff --git a/bin/check_gx_program b/bin/check_gx_program
deleted file mode 100755
index a1e7770ab..000000000
--- a/bin/check_gx_program
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Check if a gx program is installed and if its version is at least
-# equal to a minimum version number.
-#
-# Call it for example like this:
-#
-#   $ check_gx_program "gx-go" "0.2.0" "Use 'make gx_upgrade' to install or upgrade gx-go."
-#
-# or:
-#
-#   $ check_gx_program "gx" "0.3" "Use 'make gx_upgrade' to install or upgrade gx."
-#
-
-USAGE="$0 GX_PROGRAM_NAME GX_MIN_VERSION UPGRADE_MSG"
-
-die() {
-    printf >&2 "fatal: %s\n" "$@"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-# Get arguments
-
-test "$#" -eq "3" || die "This program must be passed exactly 3 arguments" "Usage: $USAGE"
-
-GX_PROGRAM_NAME="$1"
-GX_MIN_VERSION="$2"
-UPGRADE_MSG="$3"
-
-# Get path to the directory containing this file
-# If $0 has no slashes, uses "./"
-PREFIX=$(expr "$0" : "\(.*\/\)") || PREFIX='./'
-# Include the 'check_at_least_version' function
-. ${PREFIX}check_version
-
-# Check that the gx program exists
-
-type "$GX_PROGRAM_NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die_upgrade "Program $GX_PROGRAM_NAME is not installed!"
-
-# Check the gx program version
-
-VERS_STR=$($GX_PROGRAM_NAME -v 2>&1) || die "'$GX_PROGRAM_NAME -v' failed with output: $VERS_STR"
-
-GX_CUR_VERSION=$(expr "$VERS_STR" : ".*$GX_PROGRAM_NAME.* version \(.*\)") || die "Invalid '$GX_PROGRAM_NAME -v' output: $VERS_STR"
-
-check_at_least_version "$GX_MIN_VERSION" "$GX_CUR_VERSION" "$GX_PROGRAM_NAME"
diff --git a/mk/golang.mk b/mk/golang.mk
index 763d516b2..884c4a0e2 100644
--- a/mk/golang.mk
+++ b/mk/golang.mk
@@ -71,10 +71,5 @@ check_go_version:
 .PHONY: check_go_version
 DEPS_GO += check_go_version
 
-check_go_path:
-	GOPATH="$(GOPATH)" bin/check_go_path github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
-.PHONY: check_go_path
-DEPS_GO += check_go_path
-
 TEST += $(TEST_GO)
 TEST_SHORT += test_go_fmt test_go_short