diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9db7cbd39..c765ffb607 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ coverage_percent.txt
 linux-coverage-build
 linux-build
 win32-build
-qa/pull-tester/run-bitcoind-for-test.sh
 qa/pull-tester/tests_config.py
 qa/cache/*
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7357e4ec9f..ced258e02e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1077,7 +1077,6 @@ AC_SUBST(ZMQ_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(PROTOBUF_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(QR_LIBS)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile doc/man/Makefile share/setup.nsi share/qt/Info.plist src/test/buildenv.py])
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([qa/pull-tester/run-bitcoind-for-test.sh],[chmod +x qa/pull-tester/run-bitcoind-for-test.sh])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([qa/pull-tester/tests_config.py],[chmod +x qa/pull-tester/tests_config.py])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh],[chmod +x contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh])
 AC_CONFIG_LINKS([qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py:qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py])
diff --git a/qa/pull-tester/run-bitcoind-for-test.sh.in b/qa/pull-tester/run-bitcoind-for-test.sh.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 14ae08e4e5..0000000000
--- a/qa/pull-tester/run-bitcoind-for-test.sh.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2013-2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-#
-DATADIR="@abs_top_builddir@/.bitcoin"
-rm -rf "$DATADIR"
-mkdir -p "$DATADIR"/regtest
-touch "$DATADIR/regtest/debug.log"
-tail -q -n 1 -F "$DATADIR/regtest/debug.log" | grep -m 1 -q "Done loading" &
-WAITER=$!
-PORT=`expr 10000 + $$ % 55536`
-"@abs_top_builddir@/src/bitcoind@EXEEXT@" -connect=0.0.0.0 -datadir="$DATADIR" -rpcuser=user -rpcpassword=pass -listen -keypool=3 -debug -debug=net -logtimestamps -checkmempool=0 -relaypriority=0 -port=$PORT -whitelist=127.0.0.1 -regtest -rpcport=`expr $PORT + 1` &
-BITCOIND=$!
-
-#Install a watchdog.
-(sleep 10 && kill -0 $WAITER 2>/dev/null && kill -9 $BITCOIND $$)&
-wait $WAITER
-
-if [ -n "$TIMEOUT" ]; then
-  timeout "$TIMEOUT"s "$@" $PORT
-  RETURN=$?
-else
-  "$@" $PORT
-  RETURN=$?
-fi
-
-(sleep 15 && kill -0 $BITCOIND 2>/dev/null && kill -9 $BITCOIND $$)&
-kill $BITCOIND && wait $BITCOIND
-
-# timeout returns 124 on timeout, otherwise the return value of the child
-
-# If $RETURN is not 0, the test failed. Dump the tail of the debug log.
-if [ $RETURN -ne 0 ]; then tail -n 200 $DATADIR/regtest/debug.log; fi
-
-exit $RETURN