diff --git a/toolbox/Android.mk b/toolbox/Android.mk
index 05b83a2..d60dab4 100644
--- a/toolbox/Android.mk
+++ b/toolbox/Android.mk
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
     umount \
     uptime \
     watchprops \
-    wipe \
 
 ALL_TOOLS = $(BSD_TOOLS) $(OUR_TOOLS)
 
diff --git a/toolbox/wipe.c b/toolbox/wipe.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 650a0d6..0000000
--- a/toolbox/wipe.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <cutils/android_reboot.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-
-#ifndef PATH_MAX
-#define PATH_MAX 4096
-#endif
-
-
-/* Directories created by init defined in system/rootdir/init.rc */
-static char *INIT_DIRS[] = {
-    "/system/etc/ppp",
-    "/data/misc",
-    "/data/local",
-    "/data/local/tmp",
-    "/data/data",
-    "/data/app_private",
-    "/data/app",
-    NULL
-};
-
-static void wipe (const char *path);
-
-static int usage()
-{
-    fprintf(stderr, "wipe <system|data|all>\n\n"
-                    "system means '/system'\n"
-                    "data means '/data'\n");
-
-    return -1;
-}
-
-int wipe_main (int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-    char *whatToWipe;
-
-    if (argc != 2) return usage();
-
-    whatToWipe = argv[1];
-
-    if (0 == strcmp (whatToWipe, "system")) {
-        fprintf(stdout, "Wiping /system\n");
-        wipe ("/system");
-        fprintf(stdout, "Done wiping /android\n");
-    } else if (0 == strcmp (whatToWipe, "data")) {
-        fprintf(stdout, "Wiping /data\n");
-        wipe ("/data");
-        fprintf(stdout, "Done wiping /data\n");
-    } else if (0 == strcmp (whatToWipe, "all")) {
-        fprintf(stdout, "Wiping /system and /data\n");
-        wipe ("/system");
-        wipe ("/data");
-        fprintf(stdout, "Done wiping /system and /data\n");
-    } else if (0 == strcmp(whatToWipe, "nuke")) {
-		int ret;
-		fprintf(stdout, "Nuking the device...\n");
-		wipe ("/system");
-        wipe ("/data");
-		fprintf(stdout, "Device nuked! Rebooting...\n");
-		ret = android_reboot(ANDROID_RB_RESTART, 0, 0);
-	    if (ret < 0) {
-	        fprintf(stderr, "Reboot failed, %s\n", strerror(errno));
-	        return 1;
-	    }
-	} else {
-        return usage();
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static char nameBuffer[PATH_MAX];
-static struct stat statBuffer;
-
-static void wipe (const char *path) 
-{
-    DIR *dir;
-    struct dirent *de;
-    int ret;
-
-    dir = opendir(path);
-
-    if (dir == NULL) {
-        fprintf (stderr, "Error opendir'ing %s '%s'\n",
-                    path, strerror(errno));
-        return;
-    }
-
-    char *filenameOffset;
-
-    strcpy(nameBuffer, path);
-    strcat(nameBuffer, "/");
-
-    filenameOffset = nameBuffer + strlen(nameBuffer);
-
-    for (;;) {
-        de = readdir(dir);
-
-        if (de == NULL) {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        if (0 == strcmp(de->d_name, ".")
-                || 0 == strcmp(de->d_name, "..")
-                || 0 == strcmp(de->d_name, "lost+found")
-        ) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        strcpy(filenameOffset, de->d_name);
-
-        ret = lstat (nameBuffer, &statBuffer);
-
-        if (ret != 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "stat() error on '%s' '%s'\n", 
-                    nameBuffer, strerror(errno));
-        }
-
-        if(S_ISDIR(statBuffer.st_mode)) {
-            int i;
-            char *newpath;
-
-#if 0
-            closedir(dir);
-#endif
-
-            newpath = strdup(nameBuffer);
-            wipe(newpath);
-
-            /* Leave directories created by init, they have special permissions. */
-            for (i = 0; INIT_DIRS[i]; i++) {
-                if (strcmp(INIT_DIRS[i], newpath) == 0) {
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            if (INIT_DIRS[i] == NULL) {
-                ret = rmdir(newpath);
-                if (ret != 0) {
-                    fprintf(stderr, "rmdir() error on '%s' '%s'\n", 
-                        newpath, strerror(errno));
-                }
-            }
-
-            free(newpath);
-
-#if 0
-            dir = opendir(path);
-            if (dir == NULL) {
-                fprintf (stderr, "Error opendir'ing %s '%s'\n",
-                            path, strerror(errno));
-                return;
-            }
-#endif
-
-            strcpy(nameBuffer, path);
-            strcat(nameBuffer, "/");
-
-        } else {
-            ret = unlink(nameBuffer);
-
-            if (ret != 0) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "unlink() error on '%s' '%s'\n", 
-                    nameBuffer, strerror(errno));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    closedir(dir);
-
-}