diff --git a/bin/foamPack b/bin/foamPack
deleted file mode 100755
index e3d090e2f..000000000
--- a/bin/foamPack
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# =========                 |
-# \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
-#  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2012 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
-#     foamPack [OPTION]
-#
-# Description
-#     Pack and compress the OpenFOAM directory for release
-#
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-packDir=$WM_PROJECT-$WM_PROJECT_VERSION
-toolsDir="${0%/*}/tools"  # this script is located in the tools/ parent dir
-
-usage() {
-    exec 1>&2
-    while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do echo "$1"; shift; done
-cat <<USAGE
-Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTION]
-options:
-  -o, -output <dir>     specify alternative output directory
-  -nogit                bypass using 'git archive'
-
-* Pack and compress OpenFOAM directory for release
-
-USAGE
-    exit 1
-}
-
-unset outputDir nogit
-# parse options
-while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
-do
-    case "$1" in
-    -h | -help)
-        usage
-        ;;
-    -nogit)
-        nogit=true
-        shift
-        ;;
-    -o | -output)
-        [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage "'$1' option requires an argument"
-        outputDir=${2%%/}
-        shift 2
-        ;;
-    -*)
-        usage "unknown option: '$*'"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        break
-        ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-# check for essential directories
-[ -d $packDir ] || {
-    echo "Error: directory $packDir does not exist" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-}
-
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-timeStamp=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
-packExt=tgz
-packBase=${packDir}_${timeStamp}
-
-# add optional output directory
-[ -d "$outputDir" ] && packBase="$outputDir/$packBase"
-packFile=$packBase.$packExt
-
-# avoid overwriting old pack file
-if [ -f $packFile ]
-then
-    echo "Error: $packFile already exists" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# add time-stamp file before packing
-echo $timeStamp 2>/dev/null > $packDir/.timeStamp
-
-# check for git (program and .git directory)
-(cd $packDir && git branch) > /dev/null 2>&1 || nogit=true
-
-if [ "$nogit" = true ]
-then
-    echo "pack manually" 1>&2
-    foamPackSource $packDir $packFile
-else
-    if [ ! -f $packDir/.build ]
-    then
-        echo "Error: $packDir/.build does not exists" 1>&2
-        echo "       Please update this by running e.g. 'wmakePrintBuild -update' in $packDir" 1>&2
-        exit 2
-    fi
-
-
-    echo "pack with git-archive" 1>&2 &&
-    ( cd $packDir && git archive --format=tar --prefix=$packDir/ HEAD) > $packBase.tar &&
-
-    echo "add in time-stamp and lnInclude directories" 1>&2 &&
-    tar cf $packBase.tar2 $packDir/.timeStamp $packDir/.build `find -H $packDir -type d -name lnInclude` &&
-    tar Af $packBase.tar $packBase.tar2 &&
-
-    echo "gzip tar file" 1>&2 &&
-    gzip -c9 $packBase.tar > $packFile &&
-    rm -f $packBase.tar $packBase.tar2 2>/dev/null
-fi
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bin/foamPackBin b/bin/foamPackBin
deleted file mode 100755
index cdc548502..000000000
--- a/bin/foamPackBin
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# =========                 |
-# \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
-#  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2015 OpenFOAM Foundation
-#    \\/     M anipulation  |
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# License
-#     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#     under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#     (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-#     ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-#     FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-#     for more details.
-#
-#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#     along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# Script
-#     foamPackBin [OPTION] <archOptions>
-#
-# Description
-#     Pack and compress binary version of OpenFOAM for release
-#
-# Script
-#     foamPackThirdPartyBin [OPTION] <archOptions>
-#
-# Description
-#     Pack and compress binary version of OpenFOAM ThirdParty for release
-#
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-toolsDir="${0%/*}/tools"  # this script is located in the tools/ parent dir
-
-case "${0##*/}" in
-*ThirdParty*)
-    # for ThirdParty
-    codeBase="OpenFOAM ThirdParty"
-    packDir=ThirdParty-$WM_PROJECT_VERSION
-    listBinDirs=$toolsDir/foamListThirdPartyBinDirs
-    ;;
-*)
-    # regular
-    codeBase="OpenFOAM"
-    packDir=$WM_PROJECT-$WM_PROJECT_VERSION
-    listBinDirs=$toolsDir/foamListBinDirs
-    ;;
-esac
-
-
-usage() {
-    exec 1>&2
-    while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do echo "$1"; shift; done
-cat <<USAGE
-Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTION] <archOptions>
-       ${0##*/} [OPTION] -current
-options:
-  -b, -bzip2            use bzip2 instead of gzip compression
-  -c, -current          use current value of \$WM_OPTIONS
-  -o, -output <dir>     specify alternative output directory
-
-* Pack and compress binary version of $codeBase for release
-
-    The value of 'archOptions' normally corresponds to \$WM_OPTIONS
-    The current value of \$WM_OPTIONS = $WM_OPTIONS
-
-USAGE
-    exit 1
-}
-
-
-unset archOptions outputDir
-packExt=tgz
-
-# parse options
-while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
-do
-    case "$1" in
-    -h | -help)
-        usage
-        ;;
-    -b | -bzip2)
-        packExt=tbz
-        shift
-        ;;
-    -c | -current)      # use $WM_OPTIONS - eg, 'linux64GccDPOpt'
-        archOptions="$WM_OPTIONS"
-        shift
-        ;;
-    -o | -output)
-        [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage "'$1' option requires an argument"
-        outputDir=${2%%/}
-        shift 2
-        ;;
-    -*)
-        usage "unknown option: '$*'"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        break
-        ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-if [ -n "$archOptions" ]
-then
-    [ $# -eq 0 ] || usage "Error: cannot specify both -current and architecture"
-else
-    archOptions="$1"
-    [ $# -eq 1 ] || usage "Error: specify architecture"
-fi
-
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-timeStamp=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
-packBase=${packDir}.${archOptions}_${timeStamp}
-
-# add optional output directory
-[ -d "$outputDir" ] && packBase="$outputDir/$packBase"
-packFile=$packBase.$packExt
-
-# avoid overwriting old pack file
-if [ -f $packFile ]
-then
-    echo "Error: $packFile already exists" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# Get list of directories
-dirList=$( $listBinDirs $packDir $archOptions )
-if [ $? -eq 0 -a -n "$dirList" ]
-then
-    echo "Pack into $packFile" 1>&2
-    echo 1>&2
-else
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# bzip2 or gzip compression
-case "$packFile" in
-*tbz)
-    tarOpt=cpjf
-    ;;
-*)
-    tarOpt=cpzf
-    ;;
-esac
-
-# Clean up on Ctrl-C
-trap 'rm -f $packFile 2>/dev/null' INT
-
-tar $tarOpt $packFile $dirList
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]
-then
-    echo "Finished packing file $packFile" 1>&2
-else
-    echo "Error: failure packing $packFile" 1>&2
-    rm -f $packFile 2>/dev/null
-fi
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bin/foamPackBinAll b/bin/foamPackBinAll
deleted file mode 100755
index e2f15f20b..000000000
--- a/bin/foamPackBinAll
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# =========                 |
-# \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
-#  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011 OpenFOAM Foundation
-#    \\/     M anipulation  |
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# License
-#     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#     under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#     (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-#     ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-#     FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-#     for more details.
-#
-#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#     along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# Script
-#     foamPackBinAll [OPTION]
-#
-# Description
-#     Pack and compress all binary versions of OpenFOAM for release
-#
-# Script
-#     foamPackThirdPartyBinAll [OPTION]
-#
-# Description
-#     Pack and compress all binary versions of OpenFOAM ThirdParty for release
-#
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-binDir="${0%/*}"  # this script is located in the bin/ dir
-
-case "${0##*/}" in
-*ThirdParty*)
-    # for ThirdParty
-    packDir=ThirdParty-$WM_PROJECT_VERSION
-    packBin=foamPackThirdPartyBin
-    ;;
-*)
-    # regular
-    packDir=$WM_PROJECT-$WM_PROJECT_VERSION
-    packBin=foamPackBin
-    ;;
-esac
-
-
-[ -d $packDir ] || {
-    echo "Error: directory $packDir does not exist" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-}
-
-
-if [ -d $packDir/lib ]
-then
-
-    # obtain archOptions types from lib/<archOptions>
-    for archOptions in $packDir/lib/*
-    do
-        $binDir/$packBin $@ ${archOptions##*/}
-    done
-
-elif [ -d $packDir/platforms ]
-then
-
-    # obtain archOptions types from platforms/<archOptions>/lib
-    for archOptions in $packDir/platforms/*/lib
-    do
-        archOptions=${archOptions%%/lib}
-        $binDir/$packBin $@ ${archOptions##*/}
-    done
-
-else
-
-    echo "Error: directory $packDir does not appear packable" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-
-fi
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bin/foamPackDoxygen b/bin/foamPackDoxygen
deleted file mode 100755
index 4b34c8ecd..000000000
--- a/bin/foamPackDoxygen
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,147 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# =========                 |
-# \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
-#  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011 OpenFOAM Foundation
-#    \\/     M anipulation  |
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# License
-#     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#     under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#     (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-#     ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-#     FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-#     for more details.
-#
-#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#     along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# Script
-#     foamPackDoxygen [-prefix DIR] [-o outputDir]
-#
-# Description
-#     Pack and compress the OpenFOAM doxygen html for release
-#
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-packDir=$WM_PROJECT-$WM_PROJECT_VERSION
-htmlDir=doc/Doxygen/html
-
-usage() {
-    exec 1>&2
-    while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do echo "$1"; shift; done
-cat <<USAGE
-Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTION]
-options:
-  -b, -bzip2            use bzip2 instead of gzip compression
-  -o, -output <dir>     specify alternative output directory
-  -prefix <dir>         use alternative prefix
-
-* Pack and compress the OpenFOAM doxygen html for release
-
-USAGE
-    exit 1
-}
-
-
-unset prefix outputDir
-packExt=tgz
-
-# parse options
-while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
-do
-    case $1 in
-    -h | -help)
-        usage
-        ;;
-    -b | -bzip2)
-        packExt=tbz
-        shift
-        ;;
-    -o | -output)
-        [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage "'$1' option requires an argument"
-        outputDir=${2%%/}
-        shift 2
-        ;;
-    -prefix | --prefix)
-        [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage "'$1' option requires an argument"
-        prefix=${2%%/}
-        shift 2
-        ;;
-    -*)
-        usage "unknown option: '$*'"
-        ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-# if packing from within the directory, use -prefix form
-if [ "${PWD##*/}" = "$packDir" ]
-then
-    : ${prefix:=$packDir}
-fi
-
-# pack the directories directly and add prefix afterwards
-if [ -n "$prefix" ]
-then
-    packDir="$prefix"
-elif [ ! -d $packDir ]
-then
-    echo "Error: directory $packDir does not exist" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-packName=${packDir}_Doxygen
-
-# add optional output directory
-[ -d "$outputDir" ] && packName="$outputDir/$packName"
-packFile=$packName.$packExt
-
-
-if [ -f $packFile ]
-then
-    echo "Error: $packFile already exists" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-cat <<INFO 1>&2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Packing doxygen html into $packFile
-
-INFO
-
-# bzip2 or gzip compression
-case "$packFile" in
-*tbz)
-    tarOpt=cpjf
-    ;;
-*)
-    tarOpt=cpzf
-    ;;
-esac
-
-# Clean up on Ctrl-C
-trap 'rm -f $packFile 2>/dev/null' INT
-
-if [ -n "$prefix" ]
-then
-    # requires GNU tar
-    tar $tarOpt $packFile --transform="s@^@$prefix/@" $htmlDir
-else
-    tar $tarOpt $packFile $packDir/$htmlDir
-fi
-
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]
-then
-    echo "Finished packing doxygen html into $packFile" 1>&2
-else
-    echo "Error: failure packing doxygen html into $packFile" 1>&2
-    rm -f $packFile 2>/dev/null
-fi
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bin/foamPackSource b/bin/foamPackSource
deleted file mode 100755
index 2153c6486..000000000
--- a/bin/foamPackSource
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# =========                 |
-# \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
-#  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011 OpenFOAM Foundation
-#    \\/     M anipulation  |
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# License
-#     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#     under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#     (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-#     ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-#     FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-#     for more details.
-#
-#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#     along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# Script
-#     foamPackSource <directory> <tarFile>
-#
-# Description
-#     Pack and compress all source files from a given directory.
-#
-# Note
-#     Not normally called directly by the user
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-tmpFile=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/foamPackFiles.$$
-toolsDir="${0%/*}/tools"  # this script is located in the tools/ parent dir
-
-[ $# -eq 2 ] || {
-cat <<USAGE 1>&2
-Usage : ${0##*/} directory tarFile
-
-* Pack and compress all source files from a given directory into <tarFile>
-
-USAGE
-    exit 1
-}
-
-# canonical form (no double and no trailing dashes)
-packDir=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's@//*@/@g' -e 's@/$@@')
-packFile=$2
-
-# check for essential directories
-[ -d $packDir ] || {
-    echo "Error: directory $packDir does not exist" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-}
-
-
-# avoid overwriting old pack file
-if [ -f $packFile ]
-then
-    echo "Error: $packFile already exists" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Clean up on termination and on Ctrl-C
-trap 'rm -f $tmpFile 2>/dev/null; exit 0' EXIT TERM INT
-
-# get all names
-$toolsDir/foamListSourceFiles $packDir > $tmpFile
-
-
-# provide some feedback
-cat <<INFO 1>&2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Packing $packDir source files into $packFile
-
-INFO
-wc $tmpFile | awk '{print "Packing",$1,"files - this could take some time ..."}' 1>&2
-
-
-# bzip2 or gzip compression
-case "$packFile" in
-*tbz)
-    tarOpt=cpjf
-    ;;
-*)
-    tarOpt=cpzf
-    ;;
-esac
-
-# Clean up on Ctrl-C
-trap 'rm -f $packFile $tmpFile 2>/dev/null' INT
-
-tar $tarOpt $packFile --files-from $tmpFile
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]
-then
-    echo "Finished packing $packDir into $packFile" 1>&2
-else
-    echo "Error: failure packing $packDir into $packFile" 1>&2
-    rm -f $packFile 2>/dev/null
-fi
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bin/foamPackThirdParty b/bin/foamPackThirdParty
deleted file mode 100755
index 753787239..000000000
--- a/bin/foamPackThirdParty
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# =========                 |
-# \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
-#  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011 OpenFOAM Foundation
-#    \\/     M anipulation  |
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# License
-#     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#     under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#     (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#     OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-#     ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-#     FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-#     for more details.
-#
-#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#     along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# Script
-#     foamPackThirdParty [OPTION]
-#
-# Description
-#     Pack and compress the OpenFOAM ThirdParty directory for release
-#
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-packDir=ThirdParty-$WM_PROJECT_VERSION
-toolsDir="${0%/*}/tools"  # this script is located in the tools/ parent dir
-
-usage() {
-    exec 1>&2
-    while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do echo "$1"; shift; done
-cat <<USAGE
-Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTION]
-options:
-  -o <dir>          specify alternative output directory
-
-* Pack and compress ThirdParty directory for release
-
-USAGE
-    exit 1
-}
-
-unset prefix outputDir nogit
-# parse options
-while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
-do
-    case "$1" in
-    -h | -help)
-        usage
-        ;;
-    -nogit)
-        nogit=true
-        shift
-        ;;
-    -o | -output)
-        [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage "'$1' option requires an argument"
-        outputDir=${2%%/}
-        shift 2
-        ;;
-    -*)
-        usage "unknown option: '$*'"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        break
-        ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-# check for essential directories
-[ -d $packDir ] || {
-    echo "Error: directory $packDir does not exist" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-}
-
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-timeStamp=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
-packExt=tgz
-packBase=${packDir}_${timeStamp}
-
-# add optional output directory
-[ -d "$outputDir" ] && packBase="$outputDir/$packBase"
-packFile=$packBase.$packExt
-
-# avoid overwriting old pack file
-if [ -f $packFile ]
-then
-    echo "Error: $packFile already exists"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# add time-stamp file before packing
-echo $timeStamp 2>/dev/null > $packDir/.timeStamp
-echo "pack manually" 1>&2
-foamPackSource $packDir $packFile
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bin/foamPackThirdPartyBin b/bin/foamPackThirdPartyBin
deleted file mode 120000
index 4841836eb..000000000
--- a/bin/foamPackThirdPartyBin
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-foamPackBin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/foamPackThirdPartyBinAll b/bin/foamPackThirdPartyBinAll
deleted file mode 120000
index d37f60a48..000000000
--- a/bin/foamPackThirdPartyBinAll
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-foamPackBinAll
\ No newline at end of file