diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index d1467fbacd6642388d51c82bfd3ac6b40a631fe8..efabb92aa6885a731936a7e2c52a0a3fa4491da9 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -4737,9 +4737,6 @@ SAS/OTB/OTB/conf/ParmDBConfiguration.xml -text
 SAS/OTB/OTB/conf/Plotter-config-plottertest.jar -text
 SAS/OTB/OTB/dist-src/OTB -text svneol=unset#text/x-shellscript
 SAS/OTB/OTB/dist-src/OTB.log_prop -text
-SAS/OTB/OTB/dist-src/showOTB -text svneol=unset#application/x-shellscript
-SAS/OTB/OTB/dist-src/startOTB -text
-SAS/OTB/OTB/dist-src/stopOTB -text svneol=unset#application/x-shellscript
 SAS/OTB/OTB/doc/OTB.EAP -text
 SAS/OTB/OTB/pom.xml -text
 SAS/OTB/OTB/src/nl/astron/lofar/sas/otb/exceptions/ConnectionFailedException.java -text
diff --git a/SAS/OTB/OTB/dist-src/showOTB b/SAS/OTB/OTB/dist-src/showOTB
deleted file mode 100755
index d586fa6384b7e0f90647933e6a3ec86c76f29dd0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/SAS/OTB/OTB/dist-src/showOTB
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Shop running OTB clients 
-#
-# Usage: showOTB
-#
-# Author: A.P. Schoenmakers
-#
-
-
-echo "Finding OTB clients:"
-
-user_ports=( `ps -eaf | grep "otb\/client\/" | grep java | awk '{print $1":"$2":"$(NF-4)}'` )
-
-if [ "$user_ports" == "" ]; then
-  echo "No OTB clients running"
-  exit
-fi
-
-for user_port in "${user_ports[@]}"
-  do
-    user=`echo $user_port | awk -F: '{print $1}'`
-    pid=`echo $user_port | awk -F: '{print $2}'`
-    port=`echo $user_port | awk -F: '{print $3}'`
-    echo "Found client using port $port started by user $user with PID $pid"
-  done
-
-
-
diff --git a/SAS/OTB/OTB/dist-src/startOTB b/SAS/OTB/OTB/dist-src/startOTB
deleted file mode 100755
index 6ac8b87441cb53c0ae17e2ba8e06dd3a70b69b60..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/SAS/OTB/OTB/dist-src/startOTB
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Check if portnumber is added to commandline; if yes, use it.
-if [ -z $1 ]; then
-  port1=12500
-else
-  port1=$1
-fi
-echo "Using port $port1 for this client"
-
-export OTB_DIR=/opt/sas/otb/client
-export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_02
-
-echo
-echo --- Starting OTB Client ---
-
-otbfile=`ls $OTB_DIR/OTB*.jar | grep -v javadoc | grep -v sources`
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$OTB_DIR
-export OTB_APP=$OTB_DIR/`basename $otbfile`
-export CLASSPATH=$OTB_APP
-
-for JAR_DEPENDENCY in $OTB_DIR/lib/*.jar
-do
-	echo -- Adding dependency to CLASSPATH: `basename $JAR_DEPENDENCY`
-	export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$JAR_DEPENDENCY
-done
-
-echo Starting up ...
-curdate=`date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S`
-logfile="/localhome/log/OTBClient_${port1}_${curdate}.log"
-echo "Logging client logs to file $logfile"
-$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -cp $CLASSPATH nl.astron.lofar.sas.otb.Main -s sas001 -p $port1 -d LOFAR_4 -u busyman 2>&1 1>$logfile &
-clientpid=$!
-echo Started OTB client with PID: $clientpid
diff --git a/SAS/OTB/OTB/dist-src/stopOTB b/SAS/OTB/OTB/dist-src/stopOTB
deleted file mode 100755
index 5cc996ad6f043e965559e930efb584ac67958687..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/SAS/OTB/OTB/dist-src/stopOTB
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Stop running OTB client 
-#
-# Usage: stopOTBServer [<port>]
-# where <port> is the portnumber used by the client (default 12500)
-#
-# Author: A.P. Schoenmakers
-
-if [ -z $1 ]; then
-  port=12500
-else
-  port=$1
-fi
-
-echo "Finding clients using port $port"
-
-client_users=( `ps -eaf | grep "otb\/client\/" | grep java | grep $port | awk '{print $1}'` )
-client_pids=( `ps -eaf | grep "otb\/client\/" | grep java | grep $port| awk '{print $2}'` )
-
-if [ ${#client_users[@]} == 0 ]; then
-  echo "No OTB clients running that use port $port"
-  exit
-else
-  for client_pid in ${client_pids[@]}
-  do 
-    echo "Found OTB with PID $client_pid; killing it now"
-    sudo kill $client_pid
-  done
-fi
-