diff --git a/scripts/protocgen.sh b/scripts/protocgen.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8e121448b..000000000
--- a/scripts/protocgen.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# By default, this script runs against the latest commit to the master branch
-# in the Tendermint spec repository. To use this script with a different version
-# of the spec repository, run it with the $VERS environment variable set to the
-# desired branch name or commit hash from the spec repo.
-
-: ${VERS:=master}
-
-echo "fetching proto files"
-
-# Get shortened ref of commit
-REF=$(curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.sha" -qL \
-  "https://api.github.com/repos/tendermint/spec/commits/${VERS}" \
-  | cut -c -7)
-
-readonly OUTDIR="tendermint-spec-${REF}"
-curl -qL "https://api.github.com/repos/tendermint/spec/tarball/${REF}" | tar -xzf - ${OUTDIR}/
-
-cp -r ${OUTDIR}/proto/tendermint/* ./proto/tendermint
-cp -r ${OUTDIR}/third_party/** ./third_party
-
-MODNAME="$(go list -m)"
-find ./proto/tendermint -name '*.proto' -not -path "./proto/tendermint/abci/types.proto" \
-	-exec sh ./scripts/protopackage.sh {} "$MODNAME" ';'
-
-# For historical compatibility, the abci file needs to get a slightly different import name
-# so that it can be moved into the ./abci/types directory.
-sh ./scripts/protopackage.sh ./proto/tendermint/abci/types.proto $MODNAME "abci/types"
-
-buf generate --path proto/tendermint --template ./${OUTDIR}/buf.gen.yaml --config ./${OUTDIR}/buf.yaml
-
-mv ./proto/tendermint/abci/types.pb.go ./abci/types
-
-echo "proto files have been compiled"
-
-echo "removing copied files"
-
-find ${OUTDIR}/proto/tendermint/ -name *.proto \
-	| sed "s/$OUTDIR\/\(.*\)/\1/g" \
-	| xargs -I {} rm {}
-
-rm -rf ${OUTDIR}
diff --git a/scripts/protopackage.sh b/scripts/protopackage.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a69e758ca..000000000
--- a/scripts/protopackage.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/sh
-set -eo pipefail
-
-# This script appends the "option go_package" proto option to the file located at $FNAME.
-# This option specifies what the package will be named when imported by other packages.
-# This option is not directly included in the proto files to allow the files to more easily
-# be hosted in github.com/tendermint/spec and shared between other repos.
-# If the option is already specified in the file, it will be replaced using the
-# arguments passed to this script.
-
-FNAME="${1:?missing required .proto filename}"
-MODNAME=$(echo $2| sed 's/\//\\\//g')
-PACKAGE="$(dirname $FNAME | sed 's/^\.\/\(.*\)/\1/g' | sed 's/\//\\\//g')"
-if [[ ! -z "$3" ]]; then
-	PACKAGE="$(echo $3 | sed 's/\//\\\//g')"
-fi
-
-
-if ! grep -q 'option\s\+go_package\s\+=\s\+.*;' $FNAME; then 
-	sed -i "s/\(package tendermint.*\)/\1\n\noption go_package = \"$MODNAME\/$PACKAGE\";/g" $FNAME
-else
-	sed -i "s/option\s\+go_package\s\+=\s\+.*;/option go_package = \"$MODNAME\/$PACKAGE\";/g" $FNAME
-fi