diff --git a/qubes-rpc/qubes.Backup b/qubes-rpc/qubes.Backup
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e3f1d48..00000000
--- a/qubes-rpc/qubes.Backup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-echo Starting Backupcopy
-read args
-echo Arguments: $args 
-if [ -d "$args" ] ; then
-  echo "Performing backup to directory $args"
-  TARGET="$args/qubes-backup-`date +'%Y-%d-%d-%H%M%S'`"
-  echo "Copying STDIN data to $TARGET"
-  cat > $TARGET
-else
-  echo "Checking if arguments is matching a command"
-  COMMAND=`echo $args | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
-  TYPE=`type -t $COMMAND`
-  if [ "$TYPE" == "file" ] ; then
-    echo "Redirecting STDIN to $args"
-    # Parsing args to handle quotes correctly
-    # Dangerous method if args are uncontrolled
-    eval "set -- $args"
-    $@
-  else
-    echo "Invalid command $COMMAND"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
diff --git a/qubes-rpc/qubes.Restore b/qubes-rpc/qubes.Restore
deleted file mode 100644
index 96a76e53..00000000
--- a/qubes-rpc/qubes.Restore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-echo Starting Restorecopy >2
-read args
-echo Arguments: $args >2
-if [ -f "$args" ] ; then
-  echo "Performing restore from backup file $args" >2
-  TARGET="$args"
-  echo "Copying $TARGET to STDOUT" >2
-  cat $TARGET | /usr/lib/qubes/tar2qfile
-else
-  echo "Checking if arguments is matching a command" >2
-  COMMAND=`echo $args | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
-  TYPE=`type -t $COMMAND`
-  if [ "$TYPE" == "file" ] ; then
-    echo "Redirecting $args to STDOUT" >2
-    # Parsing args to handle quotes correctly
-    # Dangerous method if args are uncontrolled
-    eval "set -- $args"
-    $@
-  else
-    echo "Invalid command $COMMAND" >2
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi