diff --git a/tools/generate-hot-reference.sh b/tools/generate-hot-reference.sh
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--- a/tools/generate-hot-reference.sh
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-#!/bin/sh -e
-
-# Generates the HOT reference from the heat repository
-
-usage() {
-    echo "$0 HEAT_DIR"
-}
-
-HEAT_DIR=$1
-
-if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-    usage
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# generate the doc in the heat directory
-(
-    cd $HEAT_DIR
-    tox -edocs
-    . .tox/docs/bin/activate
-    make -C doc xml
-)
-
-SOURCES="cfn functions openstack"
-TARGET=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/../doc/hot-reference/generated
-
-for source in $SOURCES; do
-    openstack-dn2osdbk $HEAT_DIR/doc/build/xml/template_guide/$source.xml \
-        $TARGET/$source.xml
-done