diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6870258f6..e7937cfc6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ BUILD_FLAGS = -mod=readonly -ldflags "$(LD_FLAGS)"
 all: check build test install
 
 # The below include contains the tools.
-include scripts/devtools/Makefile
+include tools.mk
 include tests.mk
 
 ########################################
@@ -153,10 +153,6 @@ lint:
 
 DESTINATION = ./index.html.md
 
-rpc-docs:
-	cat rpc/core/slate_header.txt > $(DESTINATION)
-	godoc2md -template rpc/core/doc_template.txt github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core | grep -v -e "pipe.go" -e "routes.go" -e "dev.go" | sed 's,/src/target,https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/tree/master/rpc/core,' >> $(DESTINATION)
-
 ###########################################################
 ### Docker image
 
diff --git a/rpc/core/README.md b/rpc/core/README.md
index 32c3051e3..d767c5f71 100644
--- a/rpc/core/README.md
+++ b/rpc/core/README.md
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 # Tendermint RPC
 
-We are using [Slate](https://github.com/lord/slate) to power our RPC
-documentation. For generating markdown use:
-
-```shell
-go get github.com/davecheney/godoc2md
-
-# from root of this repo
-make rpc-docs
-```
-
 ## Pagination
 
 Requests that return multiple items will be paginated to 30 items by default.
diff --git a/rpc/core/slate_header.txt b/rpc/core/slate_header.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index bb4ca6e03..000000000
--- a/rpc/core/slate_header.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
----
-title: RPC Reference
-
-language_tabs: # must be one of https://git.io/vQNgJ
-  - shell
-  - go
-
-toc_footers:
-  - <a href='https://tendermint.com/'>Tendermint</a>
-  - <a href='https://github.com/lord/slate'>Documentation Powered by Slate</a>
-
-search: true
----
diff --git a/scripts/devtools/Makefile b/tools.mk
similarity index 86%
rename from scripts/devtools/Makefile
rename to tools.mk
index 1ca24bf9d..f0a8338a6 100644
--- a/scripts/devtools/Makefile
+++ b/tools.mk
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ mkfile_dir := $(shell cd $(shell dirname $(mkfile_path)); pwd)
 
 TOOLS_DESTDIR  ?= $(GOPATH)/bin
 
-GOIMPORTS     = $(TOOLS_DESTDIR)/goimports
 CERTSTRAP     = $(TOOLS_DESTDIR)/certstrap
 PROTOBUF     	= $(TOOLS_DESTDIR)/protoc
 GOX						= $(TOOLS_DESTDIR)/gox
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ GOODMAN 			= $(TOOLS_DESTDIR)/goodman
 
 all: tools
 
-tools: goimports certstrap protobuf gox goodman
+tools: certstrap protobuf gox goodman
 
 check: check_tools
 
@@ -57,11 +56,6 @@ check_tools:
 	@echo "Found tools: $(foreach tool,$(notdir $(GOTOOLS)),\
         $(if $(shell which $(tool)),$(tool),$(error "No $(tool) in PATH")))"
 
-goimports: $(GOIMPORTS)
-$(GOIMPORTS):
-	@echo "Get goimports@v0.0.0-20190628034336-212fb13d595e"
-	@go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@v0.0.0-20190628034336-212fb13d595e
-
 certstrap: $(CERTSTRAP)
 $(CERTSTRAP):
 	@echo "Get Certstrap"
@@ -86,7 +80,7 @@ $(GOODMAN):
 	@go get github.com/snikch/goodman/cmd/goodman@10e37e294daa3c9a90abded60ff9924bafab3888
 
 tools-clean:
-	rm -f $(CERTSTRAP) $(GOIMPORTS) $(PROTOBUF) $(GOX) $(GOODMAN)
+	rm -f $(CERTSTRAP) $(PROTOBUF) $(GOX) $(GOODMAN)
 	rm -f tools-stamp
 
 .PHONY: all tools tools-clean