diff --git a/client/boot.go b/client/boot.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 70e4ef36..00000000
--- a/client/boot.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/jackpal/bencode-go"
-	"net"
-	"os"
-	"strconv"
-)
-
-type Request struct {
-	Op   string "op"
-	Code string "code"
-}
-
-type Response struct {
-	Session string   "session"
-	Out     string   "out"
-	Status  []string "status"
-	Ex      string   "ex"
-	RootEx  string   "root-ex"
-}
-
-func NewRequest(taskargs []string) *Request {
-	code := "(boot"
-	if len(taskargs) > 0 {
-		for _, taskarg := range taskargs {
-			code += " " + strconv.Quote(taskarg)
-		}
-	} else {
-		code += " help"
-	}
-	code += ")"
-	return &Request{"eval", code}
-}
-
-type Server struct {
-	net.Conn
-}
-
-func CreateServer(url string) (*Server, error) {
-	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", url)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &Server{conn}, nil
-}
-
-func (srv Server) send(req *Request) (*Response, error) {
-	if err := bencode.Marshal(srv, *req); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	res := &Response{}
-	if err := bencode.Unmarshal(srv, res); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return res, nil
-}
-
-func main() {
-	srv, err := CreateServer("0.0.0.0:52644")
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error connecting to boot server: %v\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	req := NewRequest(os.Args[1:])
-	res, err := srv.send(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error encoding or decoding tasks: %v\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	} else if res.Ex != "" {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error from boot build server: %v\n", res.Ex)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	fmt.Print(res.Out)
-}