diff --git a/ip/Makefile b/ip/Makefile
index 2ae9df89..a3b4249e 100644
--- a/ip/Makefile
+++ b/ip/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RTMONOBJ=rtmon.o
 include ../config.mk
 
 ALLOBJ=$(IPOBJ) $(RTMONOBJ)
-SCRIPTS=ifcfg rtpr routel routef
+SCRIPTS=ifcfg routel routef
 TARGETS=ip rtmon
 
 all: $(TARGETS) $(SCRIPTS)
diff --git a/ip/rtpr b/ip/rtpr
deleted file mode 100755
index 7e48674b..00000000
--- a/ip/rtpr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-
-exec tr "[\\\\]" "[
-]"
diff --git a/man/man8/rtpr.8 b/man/man8/rtpr.8
deleted file mode 100644
index 87f291ab..00000000
--- a/man/man8/rtpr.8
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-.TH RTPR 8 "18 September, 2015"
-
-.SH NAME
-rtpr \- replace backslashes with newlines.
-
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B rtpr
-is a trivial shell script which converts backslashes in standard input to newlines. It's sole purpose is to be fed with input from
-.B ip
-when executed with it's
-.B --oneline
-flag.
-
-.SH EXAMPLES
-.TP
-ip --oneline address show | rtpr
-Undo oneline converted
-.B ip-address
-output.
-
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR ip (8)
-
-.SH AUTHORS
-Stephen Hemminger <shemming@brocade.com>