diff --git a/tools/check_revision.py b/tools/check_revision.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ba4d495d4..000000000
--- a/tools/check_revision.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Embedded Framework Authors. All rights
-# reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that
-# can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-from file_util import *
-from optparse import OptionParser
-from svn_util import *
-import sys
-
-# cannot be loaded as a module
-if __name__ != "__main__":
-    sys.stderr.write('This file cannot be loaded as a module!')
-    sys.exit()
-
-
-# parse command-line options
-disc = """
-This utility checks that the correct Chromium revision is being used.
-"""
-
-parser = OptionParser(description=disc)
-parser.add_option('-q', '--quiet',
-                  action='store_true', dest='quiet', default=False,
-                  help='do not output detailed status information')
-(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
-
-# The CEF root directory is the parent directory of _this_ script.
-cef_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir))
-src_dir = os.path.join(cef_dir, os.pardir)
-
-if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(cef_dir, '.svn')) or \
-   not os.path.exists(os.path.join(src_dir, '.svn')):
-  sys.stdout.write("Not an SVN checkout.\n")
-  sys.exit(0)
-
-# Retrieve the CEF SVN info.
-cef_info = get_svn_info(cef_dir)
-if not options.quiet:
-  sys.stdout.write('Using CEF revision '+cef_info['revision']+' @ '+\
-      cef_info['url']+"\n")
-
-# Retrieve the Chromium SVN info.
-chromium_info = get_svn_info(src_dir)
-if not options.quiet:
-  sys.stdout.write('Using Chromium revision '+chromium_info['revision']+' @ '+\
-      chromium_info['url']+"\n")
-
-# Parse the compatibility file contents.
-compat_file = os.path.join(cef_dir, 'CHROMIUM_BUILD_COMPATIBILITY.txt')
-config = eval(read_file(compat_file), {'__builtins__': None}, None)
-
-error = False
-
-if 'release_url' in config:
-  current_release_url = None
-  path = os.path.join(os.path.join(src_dir, os.pardir), '.gclient')
-  if os.path.exists(path):
-    # read the .gclient file
-    fp = open(path, 'r')
-    data = fp.read()
-    fp.close()
-
-    # Parse the contents
-    config_dict = {}
-    try:
-      exec(data, config_dict)
-      current_release_url = config_dict['solutions'][0]['url']
-    except Exception, e:
-      sys.stderr.write('Failed to parse existing .glient file.\n')
-      raise
-
-  if not options.quiet:
-    sys.stdout.write('Using Chromium release '+current_release_url+"\n")
-
-  if current_release_url != config['release_url']:
-    error = True
-    sys.stderr.write("\nWARNING: Incorrect Chromium release URL; found "+\
-        current_release_url+', expected '+config['release_url']+"\n")
-else:
-  if chromium_info['url'] != config['chromium_url']:
-    error = True
-    sys.stderr.write("\nWARNING: Incorrect Chromium URL; found "+\
-        chromium_info['url']+', expected '+config['chromium_url']+"\n")
-
-  if chromium_info['revision'] != config['chromium_revision']:
-    error = True
-    sys.stderr.write("\nWARNING: Incorrect Chromium revision; found "+\
-        chromium_info['revision']+', expected '+config['chromium_revision']+"\n")
-
-if error:
-  sys.stderr.write("\nPlease see CHROMIUM_BUILD_COMPATIBILITY.txt for "\
-      "instructions.\n")
diff --git a/tools/gclient_hook.py b/tools/gclient_hook.py
index e62300ec6..ee288c990 100644
--- a/tools/gclient_hook.py
+++ b/tools/gclient_hook.py
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ import os, sys
 # The CEF root directory is the parent directory of _this_ script.
 cef_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir))
 
-print "\nChecking CEF and Chromium revisions..."
-gyper = [ 'python', 'tools/check_revision.py' ]
-RunAction(cef_dir, gyper)
-
 print "\nGenerating CEF version header file..."
 gyper = [ 'python', 'tools/make_version_header.py',
           '--header', 'include/cef_version.h',