diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 34122aa261d0ef58cba8f670bcca9c0a39b2b3cc..038b7fd57f04b17fa1df964dd09dfd34102fe271 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2157,7 +2157,6 @@ LTA/ltastorageoverview/lib/store.py -text
 LTA/ltastorageoverview/lib/webservice/__init__.py -text
 LTA/ltastorageoverview/lib/webservice/templates/index.html -text
 LTA/ltastorageoverview/lib/webservice/webservice.py -text
-LTA/ltastorageoverview/ltastorageoverview_build.sh -text
 LTA/ltastorageoverview/test/CMakeLists.txt -text
 LTA/ltastorageoverview/test/common_test_ltastoragedb.py -text
 LTA/ltastorageoverview/test/db_performance_test.py -text
diff --git a/LTA/ltastorageoverview/ltastorageoverview_build.sh b/LTA/ltastorageoverview/ltastorageoverview_build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index dce9ca20c26a7b64b2f8bef1f67ec7ff33af68d5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/LTA/ltastorageoverview/ltastorageoverview_build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash 
-# $Id: ltastorageoverview_build.sh 32113 2015-08-03 10:07:57Z schaap $
-
-if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
-    echo "Usage: ./ltastorageoverview_build.sh <tag>"
-    echo "where tag is a name or version number which is added to the tarballs."
-    echo "This script creates two build flavours (local_dev/lexar) in source_root_dir/build and builds ltastorageoverview"
-    echo "Then it performs a local install (in the each specific build dir) and creates a deployable tarball"
-    echo "Final result is a tarball in source_root_dir/build which can be copied to the ingest servers"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-#get path of this build script and determine source root from there
-REL_PATH="`dirname \"$0\"`"
-ABS_PATH="`( cd \"$REL_PATH\" && pwd )`"
-SOURCE_ROOT="$ABS_PATH/../.."
-
-echo "Using '$SOURCE_ROOT' as source route"
-
-BUILD_TAG="$1"
-echo "Using Build tag $BUILD_TAG"
-
-LOCAL_DEV_BUILD_DIR=$SOURCE_ROOT/build/local_dev/gnu_debug
-LOCAL_DEV_INSTALL_DIR=$LOCAL_DEV_BUILD_DIR/local_install
-
-mkdir -p $LOCAL_DEV_BUILD_DIR
-
-cd $LOCAL_DEV_BUILD_DIR && cmake -DBUILD_PACKAGES=ltastorageoverview -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$LOCAL_DEV_INSTALL_DIR/ltastorageoverview__$BUILD_TAG $SOURCE_ROOT
-cd $LOCAL_DEV_BUILD_DIR && make && make local_dev && rm -rf $LOCAL_DEV_INSTALL_DIR && make install
-
-
-LEXAR_BUILD_DIR=$SOURCE_ROOT/build/lexar/gnu_debug
-mkdir -p $LEXAR_BUILD_DIR
-
-cd $LEXAR_BUILD_DIR && cmake -DBUILD_PACKAGES=ltastorageoverview -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/globalhome/ingest/ltastorageoverview_$BUILD_TAG $SOURCE_ROOT
-cd $LEXAR_BUILD_DIR && make && rm -rf ./local_install && make DESTDIR=./local_install install
-cd $LEXAR_BUILD_DIR/local_install/globalhome/ingest && tar cvzf $SOURCE_ROOT/build/ltastorageoverview_"$BUILD_TAG"_lexar.tgz ltastorageoverview_$BUILD_TAG