diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -262,6 +262,4 @@ libratbag is licensed under the MIT license.
 
 See the COPYING file for the full license information.
 
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-
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diff --git a/semaphore/semaphore-build-script.sh b/semaphore/semaphore-build-script.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 524f2bd7..00000000
--- a/semaphore/semaphore-build-script.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# This is the build script used for
-# https://semaphoreci.com/libratbag/libratbag/
-#
-# semaphore uses this script directly, use the following two commands as
-# semaphore's build script:
-#  curl  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libratbag/libratbag/master/semaphore/semaphore-build-script.sh > build-script.sh
-#  sh ./build-script.sh
-
-sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install -y valgrind check libevdev-dev libudev-dev doxygen graphviz
-
-# no meson on 14.04
-sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip
-sudo pip3 install meson
-
-# ninja on 14.04 is too old
-git clone git://github.com/ninja-build/ninja.git
-cd ninja
-git checkout release
-./configure.py --bootstrap
-sudo cp ninja /usr/bin/ninja
-cd ..
-
-meson builddir
-ninja -C builddir test