diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 954342ff2ca7499f7ff180e7f8e5bab3baf4b897..80b5d1302c7c82b29842d2dfc92b400cd5e830c9 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -4289,13 +4289,6 @@ SAS/OTB/jRSP/.cvsignore -text
 SAS/OTB/jRSP/include/jRSP/nl_astron_lofar_sas_otb_jrsp_Board.h -text
 SAS/OTB/jRSP/pom.xml -text
 SAS/OTB/pom.xml -text svneol=unset#application/xml
-SAS/OTB/scripts/CMakeLists.txt -text
-SAS/OTB/scripts/src/CMakeLists.txt -text
-SAS/OTB/scripts/src/checkOTDBServer -text
-SAS/OTB/scripts/src/startOTB -text
-SAS/OTB/scripts/src/startOTBServer -text
-SAS/OTB/scripts/src/startOTBTest -text
-SAS/OTB/scripts/src/stopOTBServer -text
 SAS/OTDB/SPRINT_1.8 -text
 SAS/OTDB/bin/copyTree.py -text
 SAS/OTDB/bin/create_new_database.sh -text svneol=unset#application/x-shellscript
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 965ea86874653b0c37d0e3aecc4ce0e5e1718f61..4b7122446833768efc8b64ca839d8ff3630dd5f0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -273,9 +273,6 @@ SAS/OTB/jRSP/configure.in
 SAS/OTB/jRSP/nbproject
 SAS/OTB/jRSP/target
 SAS/OTB/nbproject
-SAS/OTB/scripts/Makefile.common
-SAS/OTB/scripts/autoconf_share
-SAS/OTB/scripts/lofarconf
 SAS/OTDB/Makefile.common
 SAS/OTDB/autoconf_share
 SAS/OTDB/lofarconf
diff --git a/SAS/OTB/scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/SAS/OTB/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1347f939ceb33cd23688c3d99d5b19f800f4da32..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/SAS/OTB/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# $Id: $
-
-add_subdirectory(src)
diff --git a/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/CMakeLists.txt b/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 74c8c7deef599120140d9774b88ffe60db7d5578..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# $Id: $
-
-install(PROGRAMS
-  checkOTDBServer
-  startOTB
-  startOTBServer
-  startOTBTest
-  stopOTBServer
-  DESTINATION sbin)
diff --git a/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/checkOTDBServer b/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/checkOTDBServer
deleted file mode 100755
index d8fc183332e5514d14ceca0cd04d76cdd8338ce0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/checkOTDBServer
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-export serverDir=/opt/sas/server
-export clientDir=/opt/sas/client
-export JAVAHOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_07
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$serverDir
-check_logfile=/opt/lofar/var/log/checkOTDBServer.log
-check_curdate=`date +%Y-%m-%d\ %H:%M:%S`
-
-start_server()
-{
-      curdate=`date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S`
-      logfile="/opt/lofar/var/log/OTDBServer."$curdate
-      echo "Starting server: $JAVAHOME/bin/java -jar $serverDir/jOTDB2.jar paulus boskabouter LOFAR20 sas001 sas001 $port1 $port2 &" | tee -a $logfile
-      $JAVAHOME/bin/java -jar $serverDir/jOTDB2.jar paulus boskabouter LOFAR20 sas001 sas001 $port1 $port2 2>&1 1>$logfile&
-      serverpid=$!
-}
-
-port1=13599
-port2=13600
-ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep java | grep $port1 2>&1 1>/dev/null
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-   start_server
-   echo "[${check_curdate}]: Started server. See logfile $logfile" >> $check_logfile
-else
-   echo "[${check_curdate}]: Server running" >> $check_logfile
-fi
diff --git a/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/startOTB b/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/startOTB
deleted file mode 100755
index d72e3a7875751f58907ad735f29fee0e13fc146f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/startOTB
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-export serverDir=/opt/sas/server
-export clientDir=/opt/sas/client
-export JAVAHOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_07
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$serverDir
-
-serverpid=0
-ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep server | grep java | grep 11500 2>&1 1>/dev/null
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "starting server first"
-	curdate=`date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S`
-        $JAVAHOME/bin/java -jar $serverDir/jOTDB3.jar sas001.control.lofar sas001.control.lofar 11500 11501 2>&1 1>/opt/lofar/var/log/OTBServer.$curdate &
-    serverpid=$!
-fi
-
-curdate=`date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S`
-$JAVAHOME/bin/java -jar $clientDir/OTB.jar -p 11500 2>&1 1>/opt/lofar/var/log/OTB.$curdate &
-
diff --git a/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/startOTBServer b/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/startOTBServer
deleted file mode 100755
index 1e74a60a26a81fa40a225afa9a0889c83f41331c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/startOTBServer
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-export serverDir=/opt/sas/server
-export JAVAHOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_07
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$serverDir
-
-serverpid=0
-ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep server | grep java | grep 11500 2>&1 1>/dev/null
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "starting server"
-	curdate=`date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S`
-        $JAVAHOME/bin/java -jar $serverDir/jOTDB3.jar sas001.control.lofar sas001.control.lofar 11500 11501 2>&1 1>/opt/lofar/var/log/OTBServer.$curdate &
-else
-        echo "Server already running; kill first!"
-        exit
-fi
diff --git a/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/startOTBTest b/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/startOTBTest
deleted file mode 100755
index 2b231cc251abf864148e69ca9947aedcfb0938dc..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/startOTBTest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-export serverDir=/opt/sas/server
-export clientDir=/opt/sas/client
-export JAVAHOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_07
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$serverDir
-
-serverpid=0
-ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep java | grep 11510 2>&1 1>/dev/null
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-        $JAVAHOME/bin/java -jar $serverDir/jOTDB3.jar sas001.control.lofar sas001.control.lofar 11510 11511 &
-    serverpid=$!
-fi
-
-
-$JAVAHOME/bin/java -jar $clientDir/OTB.jar -p 11510
-
diff --git a/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/stopOTBServer b/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/stopOTBServer
deleted file mode 100755
index 592b7b02f157f89ebbf78ef243dce184aa91c4ca..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/SAS/OTB/scripts/src/stopOTBServer
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Script to stop running OTB server
-#
-
-serverpid=`ps -eaf | grep 11500 | grep server | awk '{print $2}'`
-
-if [ "$serverpid" != "" ]; then 
-  echo "Found OTB server process with PID: "$serverpid
-  kill $serverpid
-  serverpid=`ps -eaf | grep 11500 | grep server | awk '{print $2}'`
-  if [ "$serverpid" != "" ]; then 
-     echo "Could not stop server; try manually"
-  else
-     echo "Server stopped"
-  fi
-fi
-