diff --git a/bin/rmcore b/bin/rmcore
deleted file mode 100755
index fb90f57d9..000000000
--- a/bin/rmcore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# =========                 |
-# \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
-#  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2017 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
-#     rmcore
-#
-# Description
-#     remove all core files
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-usage() {
-    cat<<USAGE
-Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTIONS] [dir1] .. [dirN]
-options:
-    -help | -h      print the usage
-
-Remove all core files
-USAGE
-}
-
-# default is pwd
-if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]
-then
-    set -- .
-elif [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "-help" ]
-then
-    usage && exit 0
-fi
-
-for i
-do
-    if [ -d "$i" ]
-    then
-        echo "removing all core files: $i"
-        find $i \
-            \( \
-                -type f \
-                -name 'core' -o -name 'core.[1-9]*' -o -name 'vgcore.*' \
-            \) -print0 | \
-            xargs -t -0 rm 2>/dev/null
-    else
-        echo "no directory: $i" 1>&2
-    fi
-done
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bin/rm~all b/bin/rm~all
deleted file mode 100755
index 1aa47316e..000000000
--- a/bin/rm~all
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# =========                 |
-# \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
-#  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2017 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
-#     rm~all
-#
-# Description
-#     remove all *~ files
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-usage() {
-    cat<<USAGE
-Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTIONS] [dir1] .. [dirN]
-options:
-    -help | -h    print the usage
-
-Remove all backup *~ files
-USAGE
-}
-
-# default is pwd
-if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]
-then
-    set -- .
-elif [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "-help" ]
-then
-    usage && exit 0
-fi
-
-for i
-do
-    if [ -d "$i" ]
-    then
-        echo "removing all *~ files: $i"
-        find $i \( -name '*~' -o -name '.*~' \) -print0 | \
-            xargs -t -0 rm 2>/dev/null
-    else
-        echo "no directory: $i" 1>&2
-    fi
-done
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/etc/config.sh/bash_completion b/etc/config.sh/bash_completion
index 34cbd3116..2b1494b43 100644
--- a/etc/config.sh/bash_completion
+++ b/etc/config.sh/bash_completion
@@ -6638,46 +6638,6 @@ _ptot_ ()
 }
 complete -o filenames -o nospace -F _ptot_ ptot
 
-_rm~all_ ()
-{
-    local cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
-    local prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"
-    local line=${COMP_LINE}
-    local used=$(echo "$line" | grep -oE "\-[a-zA-Z]+ ")
-
-    opts="-help"
-    for o in $used ; do opts="${opts/$o/}" ; done
-    extra="-d"
-
-    [ "$COMP_CWORD" = 1 ] || \
-    case "$prev" in
-       -*) ;;
-        *) opts="";;
-    esac
-    COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts}" $extra -- ${cur}) )
-}
-complete -o filenames -o nospace -F _rm~all_ rm~all
-
-_rmcore_ ()
-{
-    local cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
-    local prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"
-    local line=${COMP_LINE}
-    local used=$(echo "$line" | grep -oE "\-[a-zA-Z]+ ")
-
-    opts="-help"
-    for o in $used ; do opts="${opts/$o/}" ; done
-    extra="-d"
-
-    [ "$COMP_CWORD" = 1 ] || \
-    case "$prev" in
-       -*) ;;
-        *) opts="";;
-    esac
-    COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts}" $extra -- ${cur}) )
-}
-complete -o filenames -o nospace -F _rmcore_ rmcore
-
 _sample_ ()
 {
     local cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"