diff --git a/BiffViewer.launch b/BiffViewer.launch
deleted file mode 100644
index de070c9a61..0000000000
--- a/BiffViewer.launch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<launchConfiguration type="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.localJavaApplication">
-<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.MAPPED_RESOURCE_PATHS">
-<listEntry value="/ApachePOI/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/dev/BiffViewer.java"/>
-</listAttribute>
-<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.MAPPED_RESOURCE_TYPES">
-<listEntry value="1"/>
-</listAttribute>
-<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.ui.favoriteGroups">
-<listEntry value="org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchGroup.debug"/>
-<listEntry value="org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchGroup.run"/>
-</listAttribute>
-<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.MAIN_TYPE" value="org.apache.poi.hssf.dev.BiffViewer"/>
-<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROGRAM_ARGUMENTS" value="/tmp/45312.xls"/>
-<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROJECT_ATTR" value="ApachePOI"/>
-</launchConfiguration>
diff --git a/view.sh b/view.sh
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index 519956cdc6..0000000000
--- a/view.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# find jar-file with highest version number
-for i in `ls build/dist/poi-*.jar | grep -v -- "-sources" | grep -v -- "-examples" | grep -v -- "-excelant" | grep -v -- "-ooxml" | grep -v -- "-scratchpad"`;do
-	CP=$i
-done
-echo Using jar $CP
-
-java -cp $CP org.apache.poi.hssf.dev.BiffViewer --escher "$@"