diff --git a/vcpkg_version_finder.py b/vcpkg_version_finder.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5da2b8e9c..000000000
--- a/vcpkg_version_finder.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-from pathlib import Path
-import json
-import sys
-
-if (sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor) < (3, 6):
-    raise TypeError("at least python 3.6 is required for this script")
-
-if len(sys.argv) > 1:
-    PKG_NAME = sys.argv[1]
-else:
-    raise TypeError("package name must be passed")
-
-if len(sys.argv) > 2:
-    VCPKG_PATH = Path(sys.argv[2])
-else:
-    print("no vcpkg path has been passed. Assuming vcpkg root is on the same level as this script file")
-    VCPKG_PATH = Path(__file__).parent / 'vcpkg'
-
-if len(sys.argv) > 3:
-    print("the arguments after the second one are ignored")
-
-
-if not VCPKG_PATH.exists():
-    raise FileNotFoundError(f"dir does not exist: {VCPKG_PATH}")
-
-VERSIONS_PATH = VCPKG_PATH / 'versions'
-if not VERSIONS_PATH.exists():
-    raise FileNotFoundError(f"dir does not exist: {VERSIONS_PATH}")
-
-PKG_VERSION_PATH = VERSIONS_PATH / (PKG_NAME[0] + '-')
-if not PKG_VERSION_PATH.exists():
-    raise FileNotFoundError(f"dir does not exist: {PKG_VERSION_PATH}")
-
-PKG_VERSION_JSON_PATHNAME = PKG_VERSION_PATH / (PKG_NAME + '.json')
-if not PKG_VERSION_JSON_PATHNAME.exists:
-    raise FileNotFoundError(f"dir does not exist: {PKG_VERSION_JSON_PATHNAME}")
-
-
-print(f'reading versions from {PKG_VERSION_JSON_PATHNAME}')
-with open(PKG_VERSION_JSON_PATHNAME) as f:
-    pkg_versions_file = json.load(f)
-    info_list = pkg_versions_file["versions"]
-
-    versions_list = []
-    for info in info_list:
-        if "version-string" in info:
-            versions_list.append(info["version-string"])
-        elif "version" in info:
-            versions_list.append(info["version"])
-        elif "version-date" in info:
-            versions_list.append(info["version-date"])
-        elif "version-semver" in info:
-            versions_list.append(info["version-semver"])
-        else:
-            raise KeyError(info)
-                
-    versions_set = sorted(set(versions_list), reverse=True)
-
-    for version in versions_set:
-        print(version)