diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dc9d4dc48..a4f6838b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ Execute the build steps and see that packages are generated:
 ```
 ./buildscripts/build-scripts/autogen
 ./buildscripts/build-scripts/clean-buildmachine
-./buildscripts/build-scripts/build-environment-check
 ./buildscripts/build-scripts/install-dependencies
 ./buildscripts/build-scripts/configure
 ./buildscripts/build-scripts/compile
diff --git a/build-remote b/build-remote
index 2be7a5909..48bdc8dfa 100755
--- a/build-remote
+++ b/build-remote
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ common_build() {
 
   local_script autogen
   local_script transfer-to-buildmachine
-  remote_script build-environment-check
   remote_script clean-buildmachine
   remote_script install-dependencies
 
diff --git a/build-scripts/build-environment-check b/build-scripts/build-environment-check
deleted file mode 100755
index aa2571b77..000000000
--- a/build-scripts/build-environment-check
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-. `dirname "$0"`/functions
-. detect-environment
-. compile-options
-
-# WARNING we alter the buildslave: we remove UNWANTED_DEPS
-
-
-### SYSTEM PACKAGE DEPENDENCIES ###
-# Libtool is unwanted because "libltdl" polutes our package dependencies.
-# The rest are wanted only on the machine doing "autogen.sh",
-#     aka buildmaster, which is *different* from the buildslaves
-### TODO add to the unwanted list:    bison byacc flex
-### TODO unfortunately autoconf is installed by autobuild policy
-
-
-case "$OS" in
-    rhel|centos)
-        DEP_LIST="gcc-c++ ncurses ncurses-devel pkgconfig pam-devel"
-        UNWANTED_DEPS="libtool-ltdl libtool-ltdl-devel"
-        ;;
-    debian|ubuntu)
-        DEP_LIST="dpkg-dev debhelper g++ pkg-config build-essential libpam0g-dev"
-        UNWANTED_DEPS="libltdl-dev libltdl7"
-        ;;
-
-    # SKIP IN UNKNOWN OS
-    *)
-        echo "$0: not implemented for OS $OS, skipping"
-        exit 0
-        ;;
-esac
-
-
-case "$OS-$OS_VERSION" in
-    rhel-6*|centos-6*)
-        DEP_LIST="$DEP_LIST rpm-build"
-        ;;
-    rhel-* | centos-* )
-        DEP_LIST="$DEP_LIST rpm-build-libs"
-        ;;
-    *)                  DEP_LIST="$DEP_LIST fakeroot"    ;;
-esac
-
-
-DEP_LIST="$DEP_LIST rsync gcc make sudo wget"
-#UNWANTED_DEPS="$UNWANTED_DEPS libtool"    # TODO automake autoconf bison byacc flex
-
-
-RET=0
-for unwanted in $UNWANTED_DEPS
-do
-    if query_pkg $unwanted
-    then
-        echo "ERROR Found unwanted package:" $unwanted
-        RET=1
-    fi
-done
-
-for dep in $DEP_LIST
-do
-    if query_pkg $dep
-    then true
-    else
-        echo "ERROR Missing system package:" $dep
-        RET=1
-    fi
-done
-
-
-# Exit with the right exit code
-if [  $RET = 0  ]
-then
-    echo "$0: SUCCESS buildslave is correctly setup"
-    exit 0
-else
-    echo "$0: FAILURE buildslave is NOT correctly setup"
-    echo "You should edit the policy in autobuild to fix the issues"
-    exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
index f6dce32d2..384aa9ef8 100755
--- a/ci/build.sh
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ fi
 ssh-add -l
 set -x # stop hiding secrets
 
-time ./buildscripts/build-scripts/build-environment-check
 time ./buildscripts/build-scripts/install-dependencies
 time ./buildscripts/build-scripts/configure # 3 minutes locally
 time ./buildscripts/build-scripts/generate-source-tarballs # 1m49
diff --git a/package-nova-hub.sh b/package-nova-hub.sh
index 650286ddc..fed9f162d 100644
--- a/package-nova-hub.sh
+++ b/package-nova-hub.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export EXPLICIT_ROLE=hub
 
 #./buildscripts/build-scripts/autogen
 #./buildscripts/build-scripts/clean-buildmachine
-#./buildscripts/build-scripts/build-environment-check
 #./buildscripts/build-scripts/install-dependencies
 #./buildscripts/build-scripts/configure
 #./buildscripts/build-scripts/compile