diff --git a/lib/maven.defs b/lib/maven.defs
index 5c29beda36..bdebe20af6 100644
--- a/lib/maven.defs
+++ b/lib/maven.defs
@@ -147,31 +147,3 @@ def maven_jar(
       source_jar = ':%s__download_src' % name if srcjar else None,
       visibility = visibility,
     )
-
-
-def merge_maven_jars(
-    name,
-    srcs,
-    visibility = []):
-
-  def cmd(jars):
-    return ('$(location //tools:merge_jars) $OUT '
-            + ' '.join(['$(location %s)' % j for j in jars]))
-
-  genrule(
-    name = '%s__merged_bin' % name,
-    cmd = cmd(['%s__download_bin' % s for s in srcs]),
-    out = '%s__merged.jar' % name,
-  )
-  genrule(
-    name = '%s__merged_src' % name,
-    cmd = cmd(['%s__download_src' % s for s in srcs]),
-    # tools/eclipse/project.py requires -src.jar suffix.
-    out = '%s__merged-src.jar' % name,
-  )
-  prebuilt_jar(
-    name = name,
-    binary_jar = ':%s__merged_bin' % name,
-    source_jar = ':%s__merged_src' % name,
-    visibility = visibility,
-  )
diff --git a/tools/BUCK b/tools/BUCK
index 489dffc8e8..d9cd42f921 100644
--- a/tools/BUCK
+++ b/tools/BUCK
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ python_binary(
   visibility = ['PUBLIC'],
 )
 
-python_binary(
-  name = 'merge_jars',
-  main = 'merge_jars.py',
-  visibility = ['PUBLIC'],
-)
-
 python_binary(
   name = 'pack_war',
   main = 'pack_war.py',
diff --git a/tools/merge_jars.py b/tools/merge_jars.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 46016c0d21..0000000000
--- a/tools/merge_jars.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-from __future__ import print_function
-import collections
-import sys
-import zipfile
-
-
-if len(sys.argv) < 3:
-  print('usage: %s <out.zip> <in.zip>...' % sys.argv[0], file=sys.stderr)
-  exit(1)
-
-outfile = sys.argv[1]
-infiles = sys.argv[2:]
-seen = set()
-SERVICES = 'META-INF/services/'
-
-try:
-  with zipfile.ZipFile(outfile, 'w') as outzip:
-    services = collections.defaultdict(lambda: '')
-    for infile in infiles:
-      with zipfile.ZipFile(infile) as inzip:
-        for info in inzip.infolist():
-          n = info.filename
-          if n in seen:
-            continue
-          elif n.startswith(SERVICES):
-            # Concatenate all provider configuration files.
-            services[n] += inzip.read(n)
-            continue
-          outzip.writestr(info, inzip.read(n))
-          seen.add(n)
-
-    for n, v in services.iteritems():
-      outzip.writestr(n, v)
-except Exception as err:
-  exit('Failed to merge jars: %s' % err)