diff --git a/.rootkeys b/.rootkeys
index 65b76373ef..c6cb0d2d68 100644
--- a/.rootkeys
+++ b/.rootkeys
@@ -195,8 +195,6 @@
 3f8bcf29ulZIC9rC4wM70H_q4s6VPg tools/misc/xen_log.c
 3f13d81eQ9Vz-h-6RDGFkNR9CRP95g tools/misc/xen_nat_enable
 3f13d81e6Z6806ihYYUw8GVKNkYnuw tools/misc/xen_nat_enable.README
-3fafbef1fJFKCcJLq-ffpauvpM10jQ tools/misc/xen_netwatch.c
-3fafd0abTbQjsCr5W3DDyNdqdJezrA tools/misc/xen_netwatch_redhatscript
 3f1668d4F29Jsw0aC0bJEIkOBiagiQ tools/misc/xen_read_console.c
 3f87ba90EUVPQLVOlFG0sW89BCwouQ tools/misc/xen_refresh_dev.c
 3f72f1bdJPsV3JCnBqs9ddL9tr6D2g xen/COPYING
diff --git a/tools/misc/Makefile b/tools/misc/Makefile
index f7d874baed..e3ac944e54 100644
--- a/tools/misc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/misc/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ HDRS     = $(wildcard *.h)
 SRCS     = $(wildcard *.c)
 OBJS     = $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(SRCS))
 
-TARGETS  = xen_read_console xen_cpuperf xen_refresh_dev xen_netwatch
+TARGETS  = xen_read_console xen_cpuperf xen_refresh_dev
 
 INSTALL  = $(TARGETS) xen-mkdevnodes xen_nat_enable xen-clone 
 
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ clean:
 	$(RM) *.o $(TARGETS)
 	$(MAKE) -C miniterm clean	
 
-xen_netwatch: %: %.c $(HDRS) Makefile
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
-
 %: %.c $(HDRS) Makefile
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_INC) -o $@ $<
 
diff --git a/tools/misc/xen_netwatch.c b/tools/misc/xen_netwatch.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e1194e329..0000000000
--- a/tools/misc/xen_netwatch.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,225 +0,0 @@
-/******************************************************************************
- * xen_netwatch.c
- * 
- * Watch for network interfaces changing state (IFF_UP), and call a standard
- * script '/etc/xen/netwatch <ifname> up|down'. Logging from the netwatch
- * daemon is written to '/var/xen/netwatch' -- other programs can therefore
- * watch that file to take action on interface state changes.
- * 
- * Note that, apart from the names of the default action script and log file,
- * this program is not actually Xen-dependent.
- * 
- * Copyright (c) 2003, K A Fraser
- */
-
-#include <asm/types.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include <sys/resource.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <sys/un.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <linux/netlink.h>
-#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
-#include <linux/if.h>
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <time.h>
-
-#define DEFAULT_SCRIPT  "/etc/xen/netwatch"
-#define DEFAULT_LOGFILE "/var/xen/netwatch"
-
-#define LOG(_f, _a...)                                  \
-    do {                                                \
-        time_t now = time(NULL);                        \
-        char *tstr = ctime(&now);                       \
-        char *p = strchr(tstr, '\n'); if (p) *p = '\0'; \
-        fprintf(logfd, "%s: " _f "\n", tstr,  ## _a);   \
-        fflush(logfd);                                  \
-    } while ( 0 )
-
-#define EXIT do { LOG("Exiting."); return 1; } while ( 0 )
-
-static void daemonise(void)
-{
-    int i;
-    struct rlimit rlim;
-
-    /* Close all file handles we inherited from our parent. */
-    if ( getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim) == 0 )
-        for ( i = 0; i < rlim.rlim_cur; i++ )
-            close(i);
-
-    /* Lose the controlling tty. */
-    setsid();
-}
-
-void handle_child_death(int dummy)
-{
-    (void)waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG);
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-    char *logfile = DEFAULT_LOGFILE;
-    char *scriptfile = DEFAULT_SCRIPT;
-    FILE *logfd;
-    int i, nlfd, unixfd, bytes, last_index = ~0;
-    unsigned int last_flags = ~0;
-    char buffer[8192];
-    struct sockaddr_nl nladdr;
-    struct nlmsghdr *nlmsg;
-    struct ifinfomsg *ifi;
-    struct ifreq ifr;
-    struct sigaction sigchld;
-
-    for ( i = 1; i < argc; i++ )
-    {
-        if ( strncmp("-s", argv[i], 2) == 0 )
-        {
-            scriptfile = argv[i] + 2;
-        }
-        else if ( strncmp("-l", argv[i], 2) == 0 )
-        {
-            logfile = argv[i] + 2;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            printf("Usage: %s [-s<script>] [-l<logfile>]\n", argv[0]);
-            printf("Default script:   %s\n", scriptfile);
-            printf("Default log file: %s\n", logfile);
-            return 0;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* Ensure that zombie children are reaped. */
-    memset(&sigchld, 0, sizeof(sigchld));
-    sigchld.sa_handler = handle_child_death;
-    sigemptyset(&sigchld.sa_mask);
-    sigchld.sa_flags = SA_NOCLDSTOP | SA_RESTART;
-    (void)sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sigchld, NULL);
-
-    /*
-     * After child daemonises it can't display errors until it opens the log 
-     * file. Since it may be unable to open the log file, we test for that
-     * possibility here.
-     */
-    if ( (logfd = fopen(logfile, "wb")) == NULL )
-    {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Could not open log file '%s' (%d)\n", logfile, errno);
-        fprintf(stderr, "Exiting.\n");
-        return 1;
-    }
-    fclose(logfd);
-
-    switch ( fork() )
-    {
-    case 0:
-        daemonise();
-        break;
-    case -1:
-        fprintf(stderr, "Could not daemonize. (%d)\n", errno);
-        fprintf(stderr, "Exiting.\n");
-        return 1;
-    default:
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    /* Silent error is forgiveable here, as our parent did a test for us. */
-    if ( (logfd = fopen(logfile, "wb")) == NULL )
-        return 1;
-
-    if ( (nlfd = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, NETLINK_ROUTE)) == -1 )
-    {
-        LOG("Could not open an rtnetlink socket. (%d)\n", errno);
-        EXIT;
-    }
-
-    if ( (unixfd = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) == -1 )
-    {
-        LOG("Could not open UNIX socket. (%d)\n", errno);
-        EXIT;
-    }
-
-    nladdr.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
-    nladdr.nl_pid    = 0;
-    nladdr.nl_groups = RTMGRP_LINK;
-    if ( bind(nlfd, (struct sockaddr *)&nladdr, sizeof(nladdr)) == -1 )
-    {
-        LOG("Could not bind to kernel (%d)\n", errno);
-        EXIT;
-    }
-
-    for ( ; ; )
-    {
-        memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
-
-        if ( (bytes = read(nlfd, buffer, sizeof(buffer))) == -1 )
-        {
-            if ( errno != EINTR )
-                LOG("Error when reading from socket (%d)", errno);
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        if ( bytes == 0 )
-            continue;
-
-        for ( nlmsg = (struct nlmsghdr *)buffer; 
-              !(nlmsg->nlmsg_flags & NLMSG_DONE);
-              nlmsg = NLMSG_NEXT(nlmsg, bytes) )
-        {
-            /*
-             * This termination condition works. NLMSG_DONE doesn't always.
-             * This therefore works around a Linux bug.
-             */
-            if ( nlmsg->nlmsg_len == 0 )
-                break;
-
-            if ( nlmsg->nlmsg_type != RTM_NEWLINK )
-                continue;
-
-            ifi = NLMSG_DATA(nlmsg);
-
-            ifr.ifr_ifindex = ifi->ifi_index;
-            if ( ioctl(unixfd, SIOCGIFNAME, &ifr) == -1 )
-                continue;
-
-            if ( !(ifi->ifi_change & IFF_UP) )
-                continue;
-
-            /* Ignore duplicate messages. This works around a Linux bug.*/
-            if ( (last_index == ifr.ifr_ifindex) &&
-                 (last_flags == ifi->ifi_flags) )
-                continue;
-            last_index = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
-            last_flags = ifi->ifi_flags;
-
-            LOG("Network %s event for interface %s",
-                (ifi->ifi_flags & IFF_UP) ? "UP" : "DOWN",
-                ifr.ifr_name);
-
-            switch ( fork() )
-            {
-            case 0:
-                execl(scriptfile,
-                      ifr.ifr_name, 
-                      (ifi->ifi_flags & IFF_UP) ? "up" : "down");
-                LOG("Error executing network script '%s %s %s'", 
-                    scriptfile, ifr.ifr_name, 
-                    (ifi->ifi_flags & IFF_UP) ? "up" : "down");
-                return 1;
-            case -1:
-                LOG("Error forking to exec script");
-            default:
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
- out:
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/tools/misc/xen_netwatch_redhatscript b/tools/misc/xen_netwatch_redhatscript
deleted file mode 100755
index 1104abd342..0000000000
--- a/tools/misc/xen_netwatch_redhatscript
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Example xen_netwatch script for Red Hat systems.
-# If the network interface goes up or down then standard Red Hat
-# scripts are executed. This may be necessary to reconfigure default
-# routes, for example.
-#
-# This script should be placed at /etc/xen/netwatch
-# You should make sure that the directory /var/xen/ exists.
-#
-# Something like the follwoing should be placed in a startup script
-# such as /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
-#
-# if [ -x /usr/bin/xen_netwatch ]; then
-#     if [ -a /etc/xen/netwatch ]; then
-#         mkdir -p /var/xen
-#         /usr/bin/xen_netwatch
-#     fi
-# fi
-
-cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts || exit 1
-
-if [ "x$2" == "xup" ]; then
-        if [ -x ./ifup ]; then
-                ./ifup $1
-        fi
-fi
-
-if [ "x$2" == "xdown" ] ; then
-        if [ -x ./ifdown ]; then
-                ./ifdown $1
-        fi
-fi