diff --git a/bin/findEmptyMake b/bin/findEmptyMake
deleted file mode 100755
index e0ac838ca..000000000
--- a/bin/findEmptyMake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# =========                 |
-# \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
-#  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2016 OpenFOAM Foundation
-#    \\/     M anipulation  |
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# License
-#     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#     under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#     (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-#     ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-#     FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-#     for more details.
-#
-#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#     along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# Script
-#     findEmptyMake
-#
-# Description
-#     Usage: findEmptyMake [dir1 .. dirN]
-#
-#     Find Make/ directories without a 'files' or 'options' file.
-#     This can occur when a directory has been moved.
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-usage() {
-    exec 1>&2
-    while [ "$#" -ge 1 ]; do echo "$1"; shift; done
-    cat<<USAGE
-Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTION] [dir1 .. dirN]
-
-Find Make/ directories without a 'files' or 'options' file.
-This can occur when a directory has been moved.
-
-USAGE
-    exit 1
-}
-
-# parse options
-while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
-do
-    case "$1" in
-    -h | -help)
-        usage
-        ;;
-    -*)
-       usage "unknown option: '$*'"
-       ;;
-    *)
-       break
-       ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-# default is the current directory
-[ "$#" -gt 0 ] || set -- .
-
-for checkDir
-do
-    if [ -d "$checkDir" ]
-    then
-        echo "searching: $checkDir" 1>&2
-    else
-        echo "skipping non-dir: $checkDir" 1>&2
-        continue
-    fi
-
-    find $checkDir -depth -name Make -type d -print | while read makeDir
-    do
-        [ -r "$makeDir/files" -a -r "$makeDir/options" ] || echo "$makeDir"
-    done
-
-done
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bin/foamCopySettings b/bin/foamCopySettings
deleted file mode 100755
index 089dd2e08..000000000
--- a/bin/foamCopySettings
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,151 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# =========                 |
-# \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
-#  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2016 OpenFOAM Foundation
-#    \\/     M anipulation  |
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# License
-#     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#     under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#     (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-#     ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-#     FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-#     for more details.
-#
-#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#     along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# Script
-#     foamCopySettings
-#
-# Description
-#     Usage: foamCopySettings srcDir dstDir
-#
-#     Copy OpenFOAM settings from one case to another, without copying
-#     the mesh or results
-#     - requires rsync
-#
-# Note
-#     The foamCopySettings.rc (found with the ~OpenFOAM expansion) can be used
-#     to add any custom rsync options.
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Script=${0##*/}
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-usage() {
-    exec 1>&2
-    while [ "$#" -ge 1 ]; do echo "$1"; shift; done
-    cat <<USAGE
-
-Usage: $Script srcDir dstDir
-
-    Copy OpenFOAM settings from one case to another, without copying
-    the mesh or results.
-    - requires rsync
-
-Note
-    The $Script.rc (found via the ~OpenFOAM expansion - see foamEtcFile)
-    can be used to add any custom rsync options.
-
-USAGE
-    exit 1
-}
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# parse options
-while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
-do
-    case "$1" in
-    -h | -help)
-        usage
-        ;;
-    -*)
-        usage "unknown option: '$*'"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        break
-        ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-# need rsync
-type rsync >/dev/null 2>&1 || usage "Error: 'rsync' seems to be missing"
-
-[ "$#" -eq 2 ] || usage "Error: incorrect number of arguments"
-
-srcDir=${1%/}
-dstDir=${2%/}
-
-for i in $srcDir $dstDir
-do
-    [ -d "$i" ] || { echo "Error: directory '$i' does not exist"; exit 1; }
-done
-
-# check that the srcDir looks okay
-for i in $srcDir/constant $srcDir/system
-do
-    if [ ! -d "$i" ]
-    then
-        echo "Error: no '${i##*/}' directory in '$srcDir'"
-        echo "       does not appear to be an OpenFOAM case"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-done
-
-# files and directories to copy
-# avoid processor directories here too to make for cleaner output
-fileList=$(find -H $srcDir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -not -name "processor*")
-
-# avoid polyMesh and processor* directories
-rsync="rsync --exclude polyMesh --exclude processor*"
-
-#
-# get any extra user options
-# extract lines starting with '--longOption'
-#
-if rcFile=$(foamEtcFile $Script.rc)
-then
-    rsync="$rsync "$(sed -ne '/^ *--/p' $rcFile | tr '\n' ' ')
-fi
-
-
-# TODO:
-#  - verify that it works with multiple mesh regions
-#  - special treatment for starting with negative crank angles
-
-
-echo
-echo "synchronizing with"
-echo "    $rsync"
-echo
-
-for i in $fileList
-do
-    name="${i##*/}"
-    # skip numerical (results) directories (except 0)
-    # and things that look like log files or queuing system output
-    case "$name" in
-    ( [1-9] | [0-9]?* | log | *.log | foam.[eo][1-9]* )
-        echo "$i  [skipped]"
-        continue
-        ;;
-    # skip things that look sampled directories and converted data
-    ( probes | sets | surfaces | En[Ss]ight )
-        echo "$i  [skipped]"
-        continue
-        ;;
-    (*)
-        echo "$i -> $dstDir/$name"
-        $rsync -a $i $dstDir
-        ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bin/foamSystemCheck b/bin/foamSystemCheck
deleted file mode 100755
index 399ced8c8..000000000
--- a/bin/foamSystemCheck
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# =========                 |
-# \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
-#  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011 OpenFOAM Foundation
-#    \\/     M anipulation  |
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# License
-#     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#     under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#     (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-#     ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-#     FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-#     for more details.
-#
-#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#     along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# Script
-#     foamSystemCheck
-#
-# Description
-#     Checks the machine system and the user's
-#     personal configuration for running OpenFOAM.
-#
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# STATIC VARIABLES
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-HLINE="-----------------------------------------------------------------------"
-WIDTH=16
-unset fatalError
-
-# FUNCTIONS
-# ~~~~~~~~~
-heading()
-{
-    echo
-    echo "$1"
-    echo "$HLINE"
-}
-
-lenBase()
-{
-    echo $1 | tr -d " " | wc -m | tr -d " "
-}
-
-length()
-{
-    NOCHAR=$(lenBase $1)
-    NOCHAR=$(expr $NOCHAR - 1)
-    [ $NOCHAR -ge 0 ] || NOCHAR=0
-    echo $NOCHAR
-}
-
-fixlen()
-{
-    WORD=$1
-    ONELEN=$(length "$1")
-    LDIFF=$(expr $ONELEN - $2)
-    if [ $LDIFF -le 1 ]
-    then
-        while [ $LDIFF -lt 0 ]
-        do
-            WORD="$WORD "
-            LDIFF=$(expr $LDIFF + 1)
-        done
-        echo "$WORD"
-    else
-        LDIFF=$(expr $LDIFF + 4)
-        WORD=$(echo "$WORD" | cut -c${LDIFF}-)
-        echo "...${WORD}"
-    fi
-}
-
-# MAIN CODE
-# ~~~~~~~~~
-heading "Checking basic system..."
-
-# check shell
-echo "$(fixlen Shell: $WIDTH) $SHELL"
-case "$SHELL" in
-*/csh | */tcsh | */bash | */ksh)
-    ;;
-*)
-    echo "ERROR: Cannot identify the current shell."
-    echo "       OpenFOAM $WM_PROJECT_VERSION is compatible"
-    echo "       with csh, tcsh, ksh and bash."
-    echo
-    fatalError=true
-    ;;
-esac
-
-# check hostname
-HOST=$(uname -n)
-echo "$(fixlen Host: $WIDTH) $HOST"
-if [ $(length $HOST) -eq 0 ]
-then
-    echo "ERROR: Cannot stat hostname."
-    echo "       OpenFOAM $WM_PROJECT_VERSION needs a valid hostname to"
-    echo "       function. Contact your system administrator."
-    echo
-    fatalError=true
-fi
-
-# check os
-OSTYPE=$(uname -s)
-case "$OSTYPE" in
-Linux | LinuxAMD64 | SunOS )
-    echo "$(fixlen OS: $WIDTH) $OSTYPE version $(uname -r)"
-    ;;
-*)
-    echo "ERROR: Incompatible operating system \"$OSTYPE\"."
-    echo "       OpenFOAM $WM_PROJECT_VERSION is currently available for "
-    echo "       Linux, LinuxAMD64 and SunOS only."
-    echo
-    fatalError=true
-    ;;
-esac
-
-
-# check user name
-USER_NAME=$LOGNAME
-if [ $(length $USER_NAME) -eq 0 ]
-then
-    USER_NAME=$USER
-fi
-
-echo "$(fixlen User: $WIDTH) ${USER_NAME}"
-if [ $(length $USER_NAME) -eq 0 ]
-then
-    echo "ERROR: Cannot stat user name $USER_NAME."
-    echo "       OpenFOAM $WM_PROJECT_VERSION needs a valid user name."
-    echo "       Contact your system administrator. "
-    echo
-    fatalError=true
-fi
-
-
-echo
-echo
-if [ "$fatalError" = true ]
-then
-    echo "System check: FAIL"
-    echo "=================="
-    echo "Your system is not currently compatible with OpenFOAM installation "
-    echo "requirements. Review the error messages and consult the documentation"
-    echo "for further instructions."
-    echo
-else
-    echo "System check: PASS"
-    echo "=================="
-    echo "Continue OpenFOAM installation."
-    echo
-fi
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------