diff --git a/ctdb/common/cmdline.c b/ctdb/common/cmdline.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a4557eab17..00000000000
--- a/ctdb/common/cmdline.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,181 +0,0 @@
-/*
- common commandline code to ctdb test tools
-
- Copyright (C) Andrew Tridgell 2007
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, see .
-*/
-
-#include "replace.h"
-#include "system/filesys.h"
-#include "system/network.h"
-
-#include
-#include
-#include
-#include
-
-#include "lib/util/debug.h"
-#include "ctdb_private.h"
-#include "ctdb_client.h"
-
-#include "common/rb_tree.h"
-#include "common/common.h"
-#include "common/logging.h"
-#include "common/cmdline.h"
-
-
-
-/* Handle common command line options for ctdb test progs
- */
-
-static struct {
- const char *socketname;
- const char *debuglevel;
- int torture;
- const char *events;
-} ctdb_cmdline = {
- .torture = 0,
- .debuglevel = "NOTICE",
-};
-
-enum {OPT_EVENTSYSTEM=1};
-
-static void ctdb_cmdline_callback(poptContext con,
- enum poptCallbackReason reason,
- const struct poptOption *opt,
- const char *arg, const void *data)
-{
- switch (opt->val) {
- case OPT_EVENTSYSTEM:
- tevent_set_default_backend(arg);
- break;
- }
-}
-
-
-struct poptOption popt_ctdb_cmdline[] = {
- { NULL, 0, POPT_ARG_CALLBACK, (void *)ctdb_cmdline_callback },
- { "socket", 0, POPT_ARG_STRING, &ctdb_cmdline.socketname, 0, "local socket name", "filename" },
- { "debug", 'd', POPT_ARG_STRING, &ctdb_cmdline.debuglevel, 0, "debug level"},
- { "torture", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &ctdb_cmdline.torture, 0, "enable nastiness in library", NULL },
- { "events", 0, POPT_ARG_STRING, NULL, OPT_EVENTSYSTEM, "event system", NULL },
- { NULL }
-};
-
-
-/*
- startup daemon side of ctdb according to command line options
- */
-struct ctdb_context *ctdb_cmdline_init(struct tevent_context *ev)
-{
- struct ctdb_context *ctdb;
- enum debug_level log_level;
- int ret;
-
- /* initialise ctdb */
- ctdb = ctdb_init(ev);
- if (ctdb == NULL) {
- printf("Failed to init ctdb\n");
- exit(1);
- }
-
- if (ctdb_cmdline.torture) {
- ctdb_set_flags(ctdb, CTDB_FLAG_TORTURE);
- }
-
- /* command line specified a socket name */
- if (ctdb_cmdline.socketname != NULL) {
- setenv("CTDB_SOCKET", ctdb_cmdline.socketname, 1);
- ret = ctdb_set_socketname(ctdb, ctdb_cmdline.socketname);
- if (ret == -1) {
- printf("ctdb_set_socketname failed - %s\n",
- ctdb_errstr(ctdb));
- exit(1);
- }
- }
-
- /* Set the debug level */
- if (debug_level_parse(ctdb_cmdline.debuglevel, &log_level)) {
- DEBUGLEVEL = debug_level_to_int(log_level);
- } else {
- DEBUGLEVEL = debug_level_to_int(DEBUG_NOTICE);
- }
-
- return ctdb;
-}
-
-
-/*
- startup a client only ctdb context
- */
-struct ctdb_context *ctdb_cmdline_client(struct tevent_context *ev,
- struct timeval req_timeout)
-{
- struct ctdb_context *ctdb;
- enum debug_level log_level;
- char *socket_name;
- int ret;
-
- /* initialise ctdb */
- ctdb = ctdb_init(ev);
- if (ctdb == NULL) {
- fprintf(stderr, "Failed to init ctdb\n");
- exit(1);
- }
-
- /* tell ctdb the socket address */
- socket_name = getenv("CTDB_SOCKET");
- if (socket_name != NULL) {
- ret = ctdb_set_socketname(ctdb, socket_name);
- if (ret == -1) {
- printf("ctdb_set_socketname failed - %s\n",
- ctdb_errstr(ctdb));
- exit(1);
- }
- }
-
- if (ctdb_cmdline.socketname != NULL) {
- ret = ctdb_set_socketname(ctdb, ctdb_cmdline.socketname);
- if (ret == -1) {
- fprintf(stderr, "ctdb_set_socketname failed - %s\n",
- ctdb_errstr(ctdb));
- exit(1);
- }
- }
-
- /* Set the debug level */
- if (debug_level_parse(ctdb_cmdline.debuglevel, &log_level)) {
- DEBUGLEVEL = debug_level_to_int(log_level);
- } else {
- DEBUGLEVEL = debug_level_to_int(DEBUG_NOTICE);
- }
-
- ret = ctdb_socket_connect(ctdb);
- if (ret != 0) {
- fprintf(stderr, __location__ " Failed to connect to daemon\n");
- talloc_free(ctdb);
- return NULL;
- }
-
- /* get our pnn */
- ctdb->pnn = ctdb_ctrl_getpnn(ctdb, req_timeout, CTDB_CURRENT_NODE);
- if (ctdb->pnn == (uint32_t)-1) {
- DEBUG(DEBUG_CRIT,(__location__ " Failed to get ctdb pnn\n"));
- talloc_free(ctdb);
- return NULL;
- }
-
- return ctdb;
-}
diff --git a/ctdb/common/cmdline.h b/ctdb/common/cmdline.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0285b4d125e..00000000000
--- a/ctdb/common/cmdline.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef CTDB_CMDLINE_H
-#define CTDB_CMDLINE_H
-
-extern struct poptOption popt_ctdb_cmdline[];
-
-#define POPT_CTDB_CMDLINE { NULL, 0, POPT_ARG_INCLUDE_TABLE, popt_ctdb_cmdline, 0, "Common ctdb options:", NULL },
-
-struct ctdb_context *ctdb_cmdline_init(struct tevent_context *ev);
-
-struct ctdb_context *ctdb_cmdline_client(struct tevent_context *ev,
- struct timeval req_timeout);
-
-#endif /* CTDB_CMDLINE_H */
diff --git a/ctdb/server/ctdb_recoverd.c b/ctdb/server/ctdb_recoverd.c
index 92ba35f3310..68618333ad7 100644
--- a/ctdb/server/ctdb_recoverd.c
+++ b/ctdb/server/ctdb_recoverd.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
#include "ctdb_client.h"
#include "common/system.h"
-#include "common/cmdline.h"
#include "common/common.h"
#include "common/logging.h"
diff --git a/ctdb/tests/src/porting_tests.c b/ctdb/tests/src/porting_tests.c
index 146218f2761..74dbf0781b4 100644
--- a/ctdb/tests/src/porting_tests.c
+++ b/ctdb/tests/src/porting_tests.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
#include "lib/util/blocking.h"
#include "protocol/protocol.h"
-#include "common/cmdline.h"
#include "common/system.h"
#include "common/logging.h"
diff --git a/ctdb/wscript b/ctdb/wscript
index c775cb5dc94..a69e57b2a82 100644
--- a/ctdb/wscript
+++ b/ctdb/wscript
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def build(bld):
bld.SAMBA_SUBSYSTEM('ctdb-common',
source=bld.SUBDIR('common',
'''ctdb_io.c ctdb_util.c ctdb_ltdb.c
- cmdline.c'''),
+ '''),
includes='include',
deps='replace popt talloc tevent tdb popt ctdb-system')