diff --git a/scripts/wire2amino.go b/scripts/wire2amino.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 459d80e08..000000000
--- a/scripts/wire2amino.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,204 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/tendermint/go-amino"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/ed25519"
-	cryptoAmino "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/encoding/amino"
-
-	cmn "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/common"
-
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/privval"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
-)
-
-type GenesisValidator struct {
-	PubKey Data   `json:"pub_key"`
-	Power  int64  `json:"power"`
-	Name   string `json:"name"`
-}
-
-type Genesis struct {
-	GenesisTime     time.Time              `json:"genesis_time"`
-	ChainID         string                 `json:"chain_id"`
-	ConsensusParams *types.ConsensusParams `json:"consensus_params,omitempty"`
-	Validators      []GenesisValidator     `json:"validators"`
-	AppHash         cmn.HexBytes           `json:"app_hash"`
-	AppState        json.RawMessage        `json:"app_state,omitempty"`
-	AppOptions      json.RawMessage        `json:"app_options,omitempty"` // DEPRECATED
-}
-
-type NodeKey struct {
-	PrivKey Data `json:"priv_key"`
-}
-
-type PrivValKey struct {
-	Address cmn.HexBytes `json:"address"`
-	PubKey  Data         `json:"pub_key"`
-	PrivKey Data         `json:"priv_key"`
-}
-
-type PrivValState struct {
-	LastHeight int64 `json:"last_height"`
-	LastRound  int   `json:"last_round"`
-	LastStep   int8  `json:"last_step"`
-}
-
-type Data struct {
-	Type string       `json:"type"`
-	Data cmn.HexBytes `json:"data"`
-}
-
-func convertNodeKey(cdc *amino.Codec, jsonBytes []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	var nodeKey NodeKey
-	err := json.Unmarshal(jsonBytes, &nodeKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var privKey ed25519.PrivKeyEd25519
-	copy(privKey[:], nodeKey.PrivKey.Data)
-
-	nodeKeyNew := p2p.NodeKey{privKey}
-
-	bz, err := cdc.MarshalJSON(nodeKeyNew)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return bz, nil
-}
-
-func convertPrivValKey(cdc *amino.Codec, jsonBytes []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	var privVal PrivValKey
-	err := json.Unmarshal(jsonBytes, &privVal)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var privKey ed25519.PrivKeyEd25519
-	copy(privKey[:], privVal.PrivKey.Data)
-
-	var pubKey ed25519.PubKeyEd25519
-	copy(pubKey[:], privVal.PubKey.Data)
-
-	privValNew := privval.FilePVKey{
-		Address: pubKey.Address(),
-		PubKey:  pubKey,
-		PrivKey: privKey,
-	}
-
-	bz, err := cdc.MarshalJSON(privValNew)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return bz, nil
-}
-
-func convertPrivValState(cdc *amino.Codec, jsonBytes []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	var privVal PrivValState
-	err := json.Unmarshal(jsonBytes, &privVal)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	privValNew := privval.FilePVLastSignState{
-		Height: privVal.LastHeight,
-		Round:  privVal.LastRound,
-		Step:   privVal.LastStep,
-	}
-
-	bz, err := cdc.MarshalJSON(privValNew)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return bz, nil
-}
-
-func convertGenesis(cdc *amino.Codec, jsonBytes []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	var genesis Genesis
-	err := json.Unmarshal(jsonBytes, &genesis)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	genesisNew := types.GenesisDoc{
-		GenesisTime:     genesis.GenesisTime,
-		ChainID:         genesis.ChainID,
-		ConsensusParams: genesis.ConsensusParams,
-		// Validators
-		AppHash:  genesis.AppHash,
-		AppState: genesis.AppState,
-	}
-
-	if genesis.AppOptions != nil {
-		genesisNew.AppState = genesis.AppOptions
-	}
-
-	for _, v := range genesis.Validators {
-		var pubKey ed25519.PubKeyEd25519
-		copy(pubKey[:], v.PubKey.Data)
-		genesisNew.Validators = append(
-			genesisNew.Validators,
-			types.GenesisValidator{
-				PubKey: pubKey,
-				Power:  v.Power,
-				Name:   v.Name,
-			},
-		)
-
-	}
-
-	bz, err := cdc.MarshalJSON(genesisNew)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return bz, nil
-}
-
-func main() {
-	cdc := amino.NewCodec()
-	cryptoAmino.RegisterAmino(cdc)
-
-	args := os.Args[1:]
-	if len(args) != 1 {
-		fmt.Println("Please specify a file to convert")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	filePath := args[0]
-	fileName := filepath.Base(filePath)
-
-	fileBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	var bz []byte
-
-	switch fileName {
-	case "node_key.json":
-		bz, err = convertNodeKey(cdc, fileBytes)
-	case "priv_validator_key.json":
-		bz, err = convertPrivValKey(cdc, fileBytes)
-	case "priv_validator_state.json":
-		bz, err = convertPrivValState(cdc, fileBytes)
-	case "genesis.json":
-		bz, err = convertGenesis(cdc, fileBytes)
-	default:
-		fmt.Println("Expected file name to be in (node_key.json, priv_validator.json, genesis.json)")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	fmt.Println(string(bz))
-
-}