diff --git a/util/release_tarball-240.sh b/util/release_tarball-240.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b9f350ade..000000000
--- a/util/release_tarball-240.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
-
-if ! test -f m4/Ovis-top.m4; then
-	echo This must be run from top of a source tree, which should be clean.
-	exit 1
-fi
-REPO_DIR=`pwd`
-OUTPUT_DIR=`pwd`/Release
-
-BRANCH_NAME=TOSS-v2.4.5
-
-# Will get this from git in the future
-VERSION=2.4.5
-
-if ! test -f libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz; then
-	echo "do not need a copy of libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz in $REPO_DIR"
-	echo "for release $VERSION before packing."
-	#	exit 1
-fi
-# Create output dir
-mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR
-
-# cd to local git clone
-cd $REPO_DIR
-
-# Checkout $BRANCH_NAME
-git checkout origin/$BRANCH_NAME -b $BRANCH_NAME
-
-# Find SHA of latest checkin
-COMMIT_ID="$(git log -1 --pretty="%H")"
-
-# Get most recent tag id for this branch
-TAG_ID="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)"
-
-TARGET=ldms-${VERSION}.tar
-
-# Create archive of desired branch
-#git archive $BRANCH_NAME --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/ldms-${VERSION}.tar
-git archive --prefix=ldms-${VERSION}/ $COMMIT_ID --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/$TARGET
-sleep 0.1
-
-# cd to output dir
-cd $OUTPUT_DIR
-
-# Untar archive
-echo "Untarring archive"
-tar xf $TARGET
-sleep 0.1
-
-# Add SHA file
-pushd ldms-${VERSION}
-echo $COMMIT_ID > SHA.txt
-echo $TAG_ID > TAG.txt
-./autogen.sh
-#cp $REPO_DIR/libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz .
-popd
-
-# Tar back up excluding unwanted files and dirs
-echo "tarring archive with excludes from "
-echo "$REPO_DIR/util/tar-excludes.txt"
-TAR_OPTS="-X $REPO_DIR/util/tar-excludes.txt"
-tar czf $TARGET.gz $TAR_OPTS ldms-${VERSION}
-sleep 0.1
-
-# Remove untarred stuff
-echo "Removing cruft"
-rm -rf ldms-${VERSION} $TARGET
-sleep 0.1
-
-ls -l
diff --git a/util/release_tarball-300-mon6.sh b/util/release_tarball-300-mon6.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 69606c940..000000000
--- a/util/release_tarball-300-mon6.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
-# This script handles pulling the unified ldms etc from the various repos
-# bundling them into a single tree
-# and tarring them up after pruning any dev-only stuff.
-
-if ! test -f m4/Ovis-top.m4; then
-	echo This must be run from top of a source tree, which should be clean.
-	exit 1
-fi
-REPO_DIR=`pwd`
-OUTPUT_DIR=`pwd`/Release
-
-BRANCH_NAME=trinity_mon_rhel6
-
-# Will get this from git in the future
-VERSION=3.0.0
-
-if ! test -f libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz; then
-	echo "do not need a copy of libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz in $REPO_DIR"
-	echo "for release $VERSION before packing."
-	#	exit 1
-fi
-# Create output dir
-mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR
-
-# cd to local git clone
-cd $REPO_DIR
-
-# Checkout $BRANCH_NAME
-git checkout origin/$BRANCH_NAME -b $BRANCH_NAME
-
-git submodule init sos
-git submodule update
-
-# Find SHA of latest checkin
-COMMIT_ID="$(git log -1 --pretty="%H")"
-cd sos
-SOS_COMMIT_ID="$(git log -1 --pretty="%H")"
-cd ..
-
-# Get most recent tag id for this branch
-TAG_ID="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)"
-
-TARGET=ldms-${VERSION}.tar
-SOSTARGET=sos.tar
-
-# Create archive of desired branch
-#git archive $BRANCH_NAME --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/ldms-${VERSION}.tar
-git archive --prefix=ldms-${VERSION}/ $COMMIT_ID --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/$TARGET
-sleep 0.1
-cd sos
-git archive --prefix=sos/ $SOS_COMMIT_ID --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/$SOSTARGET
-cd ..
-
-# cd to output dir
-cd $OUTPUT_DIR
-
-# Untar archive
-echo "Untarring archive"
-tar xf $TARGET
-cd ldms-${VERSION}
-tar xf ../$SOSTARGET
-cd ..
-sleep 0.1
-
-
-# Add SHA file
-pushd ldms-${VERSION}
-echo $COMMIT_ID > SHA.txt
-echo $SOS_COMMIT_ID > SHASOS.txt
-echo $TAG_ID > TAG.txt
-./autogen.sh
-#cp $REPO_DIR/libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz .
-popd
-
-# Tar back up excluding unwanted files and dirs
-echo "tarring archive with excludes from "
-echo "$REPO_DIR/util/tar-excludes.txt"
-TAR_OPTS="-X $REPO_DIR/util/tar-excludes.txt"
-tar czf $TARGET.gz $TAR_OPTS ldms-${VERSION}
-sleep 0.1
-
-# Remove untarred stuff
-echo "Relocating cruft"
-rm -rf old
-mkdir old
-mv ldms-${VERSION} $TARGET $SOSTARGET old
-sleep 0.1
-
-ls -l
diff --git a/util/release_tarball-300-rhine-nosos.sh b/util/release_tarball-300-rhine-nosos.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 23c5f006f..000000000
--- a/util/release_tarball-300-rhine-nosos.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
-# This script handles pulling the unified ldms etc from the various repos
-# bundling them into a single tree
-# and tarring them up after pruning any dev-only stuff.
-##
-
-if ! test -f m4/Ovis-top.m4; then
-	echo This must be run from top of a source tree, which should be clean.
-	exit 1
-fi
-REPO_DIR=`pwd`
-OUTPUT_DIR=`pwd`/Release
-
-BRANCH_NAME=cray_dec_1
-
-# Will get this from git in the future
-VERSION=3.3.2
-
-if ! test -f libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz; then
-	echo "do not need a copy of libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz in $REPO_DIR"
-	echo "for release $VERSION before packing."
-	#	exit 1
-fi
-# Create output dir
-mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR
-
-# cd to local git clone
-cd $REPO_DIR
-
-if ! ./util/release_tarball-300-rhine-nosos.sh; then
-	echo "util/release_tarball-300-rhine-nosos.sh failed"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-# Checkout $BRANCH_NAME
-if ! test "$BRANCH_NAME" = "master"; then
-	git checkout origin/$BRANCH_NAME $BRANCH_NAME
-fi
-git submodule init gpcd-support
-git submodule update gpcd-support
-
-# Find SHA of latest checkin
-COMMIT_ID="$(git log -1 --pretty="%H")"
-
-# Get most recent tag id for this branch
-TAG_ID="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)"
-
-TARGET=ovis-${VERSION}.tar
-GPCDTARGET=gpcd.tar
-
-
-# Create archive of desired branch
-#git archive $BRANCH_NAME --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/ldms-${VERSION}.tar
-git archive --prefix=ovis-${VERSION}/ $COMMIT_ID --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/$TARGET
-sleep 0.1
-
-cd gpcd-support
-git archive --prefix=gpcd-support/ master --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/$GPCDTARGET
-# cp $GPCDTARGET ${OUTPUT_DIR}/
-cd ..
-
-# cd to output dir
-cd $OUTPUT_DIR
-
-# Untar archive
-echo "Untarring archive"
-tar xf $TARGET
-cd ovis-${VERSION}
-tar xf ../$GPCDTARGET
-if ! test -f gpcd-support/configure.ac; then
-	echo GPCD-SUPPORT not untarred ok
-	exit 1
-fi
-cd ..
-sleep 0.1
-
-
-# Add SHA file
-pushd ovis-${VERSION}
-echo $COMMIT_ID > SHA.txt
-echo $TAG_ID > TAG.txt
-./autogen.sh
-#cp $REPO_DIR/libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz .
-popd
-
-# Tar back up excluding unwanted files and dirs
-echo "tarring archive with excludes from "
-echo "$REPO_DIR/util/tar-excludes.txt"
-TAR_OPTS="-X $REPO_DIR/util/tar-excludes.txt"
-tar czf $TARGET.gz $TAR_OPTS ovis-${VERSION}
-sleep 0.1
-
-# Remove untarred stuff
-echo "Relocating cruft"
-rm -rf old
-mkdir old
-mv -f ovis-${VERSION} $TARGET old
-sleep 0.1
-
-ls -l
diff --git a/util/release_tarball-300-rhine.sh b/util/release_tarball-300-rhine.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e4e778316..000000000
--- a/util/release_tarball-300-rhine.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
-# This script handles pulling the unified ldms etc from the various repos
-# bundling them into a single tree
-# and tarring them up after pruning any dev-only stuff.
-##
-# on lanl, can't reach remote repos, so tar is our friend for sos.
-
-if ! test -f m4/Ovis-top.m4; then
-	echo This must be run from top of a source tree, which should be clean.
-	exit 1
-fi
-REPO_DIR=`pwd`
-OUTPUT_DIR=`pwd`/Release
-
-BRANCH_NAME=cray_dec_1
-
-# Will get this from git in the future
-VERSION=3.3.2
-
-if ! test -f libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz; then
-	echo "do not need a copy of libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz in $REPO_DIR"
-	echo "for release $VERSION before packing."
-	#	exit 1
-fi
-# Create output dir
-mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR
-
-# cd to local git clone
-cd $REPO_DIR
-
-curbranch=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --short HEAD`
-# Checkout $BRANCH_NAME
-if ! test "x$BRANCH_NAME" = "x$curbranch"; then
-	if ! git checkout origin/$BRANCH_NAME -b $BRANCH_NAME ; then
-		echo "could not checkout $BRANCH_NAME requested"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-fi
-git submodule init sos
-git submodule init gpcd-support
-git submodule update sos
-git submodule update gpcd-support
-
-# Find SHA of latest checkin
-COMMIT_ID="$(git log -1 --pretty="%H")"
-SOS_COMMIT_ID=cfe185184d8d4d9451ad120a6a1cf06806c6af4d
-
-# Get most recent tag id for this branch
-TAG_ID="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)"
-
-TARGET=ovis-${VERSION}.tar
-SOSTARGET=sos.tar
-GPCDTARGET=gpcd.tar
-
-
-#cp util/cray-sos.patch $OUTPUT_DIR
-# Create archive of desired branch
-#git archive $BRANCH_NAME --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/ldms-${VERSION}.tar
-git archive --prefix=ovis-${VERSION}/ $COMMIT_ID --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/$TARGET
-sleep 0.1
-cd sos
-git archive --prefix=sos/ $SOS_COMMIT_ID --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/$SOSTARGET
-# cp $SOSTARGET ${OUTPUT_DIR}/
-cd ..
-
-cd gpcd-support
-git archive --prefix=gpcd-support/ master --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/$GPCDTARGET
-# cp $GPCDTARGET ${OUTPUT_DIR}/
-cd ..
-
-# cd to output dir
-cd $OUTPUT_DIR
-
-# Untar archive
-echo "Untarring archive"
-tar xf $TARGET
-cd ovis-${VERSION}
-tar xf ../$SOSTARGET
-tar xf ../$GPCDTARGET
-if ! test -f sos/configure.ac; then
-	echo SOS not untarred ok
-	exit 1
-else
-	: # cd sos; patch < ../../cray-sos.patch)
-fi
-if ! test -f gpcd-support/configure.ac; then
-	echo GPCD-SUPPORT not untarred ok
-	exit 1
-fi
-cd ..
-sleep 0.1
-
-
-# Add SHA file
-pushd ovis-${VERSION}
-echo $COMMIT_ID > SHA.txt
-echo $SOS_COMMIT_ID > SHASOS.txt
-echo $TAG_ID > TAG.txt
-./autogen.sh
-#cp $REPO_DIR/libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz .
-popd
-
-# Tar back up excluding unwanted files and dirs
-echo "tarring archive with excludes from "
-echo "$REPO_DIR/util/tar-excludes.txt"
-TAR_OPTS="-X $REPO_DIR/util/tar-excludes.txt"
-tar czf $TARGET.gz $TAR_OPTS ovis-${VERSION}
-sleep 0.1
-
-# Remove untarred stuff
-echo "Relocating cruft"
-rm -rf old
-mkdir old
-mv -f ovis-${VERSION} $TARGET $SOSTARGET old
-sleep 0.1
-
-ls -l
-exit 0
diff --git a/util/release_tarball-300.sh b/util/release_tarball-300.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index df7a84981..000000000
--- a/util/release_tarball-300.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
-# This script handles pulling the unified ldms etc from the various repos
-# bundling them into a single tree
-# and tarring them up after pruning any dev-only stuff.
-
-if ! test -f m4/Ovis-top.m4; then
-	echo This must be run from top of a source tree, which should be clean.
-	exit 1
-fi
-REPO_DIR=`pwd`
-OUTPUT_DIR=`pwd`/Release
-
-BRANCH_NAME=top-level-build-chama
-
-# Will get this from git in the future
-VERSION=3.0.0
-
-if ! test -f libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz; then
-	echo "do not need a copy of libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz in $REPO_DIR"
-	echo "for release $VERSION before packing."
-	#	exit 1
-fi
-# Create output dir
-mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR
-
-# cd to local git clone
-cd $REPO_DIR
-
-# Checkout $BRANCH_NAME
-git checkout origin/$BRANCH_NAME -b $BRANCH_NAME
-
-git submodule init sos
-git submodule update
-
-# Find SHA of latest checkin
-COMMIT_ID="$(git log -1 --pretty="%H")"
-cd sos
-SOS_COMMIT_ID="$(git log -1 --pretty="%H")"
-cd ..
-
-# Get most recent tag id for this branch
-TAG_ID="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)"
-
-TARGET=ldms-${VERSION}.tar
-SOSTARGET=sos.tar
-
-# Create archive of desired branch
-#git archive $BRANCH_NAME --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/ldms-${VERSION}.tar
-git archive --prefix=ldms-${VERSION}/ $COMMIT_ID --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/$TARGET
-sleep 0.1
-cd sos
-git archive --prefix=sos/ $SOS_COMMIT_ID --format=tar --output=${OUTPUT_DIR}/$SOSTARGET
-cd ..
-
-# cd to output dir
-cd $OUTPUT_DIR
-
-# Untar archive
-echo "Untarring archive"
-tar xf $TARGET
-cd ldms-${VERSION}
-tar xf ../$SOSTARGET
-cd ..
-sleep 0.1
-
-
-# Add SHA file
-pushd ldms-${VERSION}
-echo $COMMIT_ID > SHA.txt
-echo $SOS_COMMIT_ID > SHASOS.txt
-echo $TAG_ID > TAG.txt
-./autogen.sh
-#cp $REPO_DIR/libevent-2.0.21-stable.tar.gz .
-popd
-
-# Tar back up excluding unwanted files and dirs
-echo "tarring archive with excludes from "
-echo "$REPO_DIR/util/tar-excludes.txt"
-TAR_OPTS="-X $REPO_DIR/util/tar-excludes.txt"
-tar czf $TARGET.gz $TAR_OPTS ldms-${VERSION}
-sleep 0.1
-
-# Remove untarred stuff
-echo "Relocating cruft"
-rm -rf old
-mkdir old
-mv ldms-${VERSION} $TARGET $SOSTARGET old
-sleep 0.1
-
-ls -l
diff --git a/util/tar-excludes.txt b/util/tar-excludes.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f4e77db1..000000000
--- a/util/tar-excludes.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-ldms/ldms_utils
-util/release_tarball*
-scratch
-ldms_release
-sedcutils