diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index f0f618d9ff..fce13ac081 100755
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1155,8 +1155,6 @@ all-assembler-sources = \
 
 native-assembler-sources = $($(target-asm)-assembler-sources)
 
-audit-codegen-sources = $(wildcard $(src)/tools/audit-codegen/*.cpp)
-
 all-codegen-target-sources = \
 	$(compiler-sources) \
 	$(native-assembler-sources)
@@ -1322,7 +1320,6 @@ dynamic-library = $(build)/$(so-prefix)jvm$(so-suffix)
 executable-dynamic = $(build)/$(name)-dynamic$(exe-suffix)
 
 unittest-executable = $(build)/$(name)-unittest${exe-suffix}
-audit-codegen-executable = $(build)/audit-codegen${exe-suffix}
 
 ifneq ($(classpath),avian)
 # Assembler, ConstantPool, and Stream are not technically needed for a
@@ -1486,14 +1483,6 @@ endif
 jdk-test: $(test-dep) $(build)/classpath.jar $(build)/jdk-run-tests.sh $(build)/test.sh
 	/bin/sh $(build)/jdk-run-tests.sh
 
-PHONY: audit-baseline
-audit-baseline: $(audit-codegen-executable)
-	$(<) -output $(build)/codegen-audit-output/baseline.o -format macho
-
-PHONY: audit
-audit: $(audit-codegen-executable)
-	$(<) -output $(build)/codegen-audit-output/baseline.o -format macho
-
 .PHONY: tarball
 tarball:
 	@echo "creating build/avian-$(version).tar.bz2"
@@ -1658,9 +1647,6 @@ endif
 $(unittest-objects): $(build)/unittest/%.o: $(unittest)/%.cpp $(vm-depends) $(unittest-depends)
 	$(compile-unittest-object)
 
-$(build)/tools/audit-codegen/main.o: $(build)/%.o: $(src)/%.cpp $(vm-depends)
-	$(compile-object)
-
 $(test-cpp-objects): $(test-build)/%.o: $(test)/%.cpp $(vm-depends)
 	$(compile-object)
 
@@ -1845,13 +1831,6 @@ ifeq ($(process),interpret)
 	unittest-executable-objects += $(all-codegen-target-objects)
 endif
 
-audit-codegen-objects = $(call cpp-objects,$(audit-codegen-sources),$(src),$(build))
-audit-codegen-executable-objects = $(audit-codegen-objects) $(vm-objects) $(build)/util/arg-parser.o
-
-.PHONY: print
-print:
-	@echo $(audit-codegen-objects)
-
 # apparently, make does poorly with ifs inside of defines, and indented defines.
 # I suggest re-indenting the following before making edits (and unindenting afterwards):
 ifneq ($(platform),windows)
@@ -1891,9 +1870,6 @@ $(executable): $(executable-objects)
 $(unittest-executable): $(unittest-executable-objects)
 	$(link-executable)
 
-$(audit-codegen-executable): $(audit-codegen-executable-objects)
-	$(link-executable)
-
 $(bootimage-generator): $(bootimage-generator-objects) $(vm-objects)
 	echo building $(bootimage-generator) arch=$(build-arch) platform=$(bootimage-platform)
 	$(MAKE) mode=$(mode) \
diff --git a/src/tools/audit-codegen/main.cpp b/src/tools/audit-codegen/main.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 270d0c6348..0000000000
--- a/src/tools/audit-codegen/main.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2008-2013, Avian Contributors
-
-   Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software
-   for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided
-   that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear
-   in all copies.
-
-   There is NO WARRANTY for this software.  See license.txt for
-   details. */
-
-#include <avian/system/system.h>
-
-#include <avian/util/arg-parser.h>
-
-#include <avian/codegen/lir.h>
-#include <avian/codegen/assembler.h>
-#include <avian/codegen/targets.h>
-#include <avian/codegen/registers.h>
-
-#include <avian/heap/heap.h>
-
-// since we aren't linking against libstdc++, we must implement this
-// ourselves:
-extern "C" void __cxa_pure_virtual(void) { abort(); }
-
-using namespace vm;
-using namespace avian::codegen;
-using namespace avian::util;
-
-class BasicEnv {
-public:
-  System* s;
-  Heap* heap;
-  Architecture* arch;
-
-  BasicEnv():
-    s(makeSystem()),
-    heap(makeHeap(s, 32 * 1024)),
-    arch(makeArchitectureNative(s, true))
-  {
-    arch->acquire();
-  }
-
-  ~BasicEnv() {
-    arch->release();
-    s->dispose();
-  }
-};
-
-class Asm {
-public:
-  Zone zone;
-  Assembler* a;
-
-  Asm(BasicEnv& env):
-    zone(env.s, env.heap, 8192),
-    a(env.arch->makeAssembler(env.heap, &zone))
-  { }
-
-  ~Asm() {
-    a->dispose();
-  }
-};
-
-void generateCode(BasicEnv& env) {
-  Asm a(env);
-  for(RegisterIterator it(env.arch->registerFile()->generalRegisters); it.hasNext(); ) {
-    int r = it.next();
-    lir::Register reg(r);
-    a.a->apply(lir::Add,
-      OperandInfo(4, lir::RegisterOperand, &reg),
-      OperandInfo(4, lir::RegisterOperand, &reg),
-      OperandInfo(4, lir::RegisterOperand, &reg));
-  }
-  unsigned length = a.a->endBlock(false)->resolve(0, 0);
-  printf("length: %d\n", length);
-  uint8_t* data = static_cast<uint8_t*>(env.s->tryAllocate(length));
-  a.a->setDestination(data);
-  a.a->write();
-  for(unsigned i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-    printf("%02x ", data[i]);
-  }
-  printf("\n");
-  env.s->free(data);
-}
-
-class Arguments {
-public:
-  const char* output;
-  const char* outputFormat;
-
-  Arguments(int argc, char** argv) {
-    ArgParser parser;
-    Arg out(parser, true, "output", "<output object file>");
-    Arg format(parser, true, "format", "<format of output object file>");
-
-    if(!parser.parse(argc, argv)) {
-      exit(1);
-    }
-
-    output = out.value;
-    outputFormat = format.value;
-
-    // TODO: sanitize format values
-  }
-};
-
-int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-  Arguments args(argc, argv);
-
-  BasicEnv env;
-
-  generateCode(env);
-
-  return 0;
-}
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