diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 6604284f6..bcef18645 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,16 +5,6 @@
 # @license Apache 2.0
 ###################################################################################
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Linux)
-    add_executable(rmshm rmshm.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries(rmshm PUBLIC Threads::Threads rt)
-
-    add_executable(rmsem rmsem.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries(rmsem PUBLIC Threads::Threads rt)
-
-    list(APPEND TOOLS rmsem rmshm)
-endif()
-
 install(
     TARGETS ${TOOLS}
     COMPONENT tools
diff --git a/tools/rmsem.cpp b/tools/rmsem.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e3b7682b1..000000000
--- a/tools/rmsem.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/** Delete semaphores.
- *
- * @author Steffen Vogel <post@steffenvogel.de>
- * @copyright 2014-2022, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
- * @license Apache 2.0
- *********************************************************************************/
-
-#include <semaphore.h>
-#include <iostream>
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-		int ret = sem_unlink(argv[i]);
-		if (ret)
-			std::cerr << "Failed to unlink: " << argv[i] << std::endl;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/tools/rmshm.cpp b/tools/rmshm.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 00539f84b..000000000
--- a/tools/rmshm.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/** Delete shared memory regions.
- *
- * @author Steffen Vogel <post@steffenvogel.de>
- * @copyright 2014-2022, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
- * @license Apache 2.0
- *********************************************************************************/
-
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <iostream>
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-		int ret = shm_unlink(argv[i]);
-		if (ret)
-			std::cerr << "Failed to unlink: " << argv[i] << std::endl;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}