diff --git a/include/scons.mk b/include/scons.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b76710542..0000000000
--- a/include/scons.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-export PLATFORM=posix
-
-SCONS_VARS = \
-	CC="$(TARGET_CC_NOCACHE)" \
-	CXX="$(TARGET_CXX_NOCACHE)" \
-	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)" \
-	CXXFLAGS="$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CXXFLAGS)" \
-	CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CPPFLAGS)" \
-	LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)" \
-	DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)"
-
-define Build/Configure/Default
-	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
-		$(SCONS_VARS) \
-		scons \
-			prefix=/usr \
-			$(SCONS_OPTIONS) \
-		install \
-	)
-endef
-
-define Build/Compile
-endef
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index d7207ba89d..a161154b80 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tools-$(BUILD_TOOLCHAIN) += gmp mpfr mpc libelf expat
 tools-y += m4 libtool autoconf automake flex bison pkg-config mklibs zlib
 tools-y += sstrip make-ext4fs e2fsprogs mtd-utils mkimage
 tools-y += firmware-utils patch-image quilt padjffs2
-tools-y += mm-macros missing-macros cmake scons bc findutils gengetopt patchelf
+tools-y += mm-macros missing-macros cmake bc findutils gengetopt patchelf
 tools-y += mtools dosfstools libressl
 tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_orion_generic) += wrt350nv2-builder upslug2
 tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_x86) += qemu
diff --git a/tools/scons/Makefile b/tools/scons/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index a9f2507835..0000000000
--- a/tools/scons/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2011-2015 OpenWrt.org
-#
-# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
-# See /LICENSE for more information.
-#
-
-include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
-
-PKG_NAME:=scons
-PKG_VERSION:=3.1.1
-
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/scons \
-		http://fossies.org/linux/misc/
-PKG_HASH:=4cea417fdd7499a36f407923d03b4b7000b0f9e8fd7b31b316b9ce7eba9143a5
-
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
-
-define Host/Configure
-endef
-
-define Host/Compile
-endef
-
-define Host/Install
-	./files/pywrap.sh $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/setup.py install --prefix=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)
-	rm -f $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/scons*.py
-	for bin in $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/scons*; do \
-		mv "$$$$bin" "$$$$bin.py";                \
-		cp ./files/pywrap.sh "$$$$bin";           \
-	done
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call HostBuild))
diff --git a/tools/scons/files/pywrap.sh b/tools/scons/files/pywrap.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 53910e9472..0000000000
--- a/tools/scons/files/pywrap.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-case "${0##*/}" in
-	pywrap.sh) arg1="";;
-	*) arg1="$0.py" ;;
-esac
-
-for bin in python python3; do
-    case "$($bin -V 2>&1)" in
-        "Python 3"*) exec $bin $arg1 "$@" ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-echo "Unable to find a Python 3.x interpreter for executing ${arg1:+$arg1 }$@ !" >&2
-exit 1
diff --git a/tools/scons/patches/001-platform_env.patch b/tools/scons/patches/001-platform_env.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2be31470c2..0000000000
--- a/tools/scons/patches/001-platform_env.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/engine/SCons/Platform/__init__.py
-+++ b/engine/SCons/Platform/__init__.py
-@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ def platform_default():
-     care about the machine architecture.
-     """
-     osname = os.name
-+    if 'PLATFORM' in os.environ:
-+        return os.environ['PLATFORM']
-     if osname == 'java':
-         osname = os._osType
-     if osname == 'posix':