diff --git a/tools/pip_install.py b/tools/pip_install.py
index 047b93f08..aa1d06a80 100755
--- a/tools/pip_install.py
+++ b/tools/pip_install.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import tempfile
 
 import merge_requirements as merge_module
 import readlink
-import strip_hashes
 
 
 # Once this code doesn't need to support Python 2, we can simply use
diff --git a/tools/strip_hashes.py b/tools/strip_hashes.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 988e72eb8..000000000
--- a/tools/strip_hashes.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-"""Removes hash information from requirement files passed to it as file path
-arguments or simply piped to stdin."""
-
-import re
-import sys
-
-
-def process_entries(entries):
-    """Strips off hash strings from dependencies.
-
-    :param list entries: List of entries
-
-    :returns: list of dependencies without hashes
-    :rtype: list
-    """
-    out_lines = []
-    for e in entries:
-        e = e.strip()
-        search = re.search(r'^(\S*==\S*).*$', e)
-        if search:
-            out_lines.append(search.group(1))
-    return out_lines
-
-def main(*paths):
-    """
-    Reads dependency definitions from a (list of) file(s) provided on the
-    command line. If no command line arguments are present, data is read from
-    stdin instead.
-
-    Hashes are removed from returned entries.
-    """
-
-    deps = []
-    if paths:
-        for path in paths:
-            with open(path) as file_h:
-                deps += process_entries(file_h.readlines())
-    else:
-        # Need to check if interactive to avoid blocking if nothing is piped
-        if not sys.stdin.isatty():
-            stdin_data = []
-            for line in sys.stdin:
-                stdin_data.append(line)
-            deps += process_entries(stdin_data)
-
-    return "\n".join(deps)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    print(main(*sys.argv[1:]))  # pylint: disable=star-args