diff --git a/test/shaping/Makefile.am b/test/shaping/Makefile.am
index e2944f607..fa1faf512 100644
--- a/test/shaping/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/shaping/Makefile.am
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES =
 lib:
 	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C $(top_builddir)/src lib
 
-manifests:
-	@$(srcdir)/hb-manifest-update "$(srcdir)/texts" "$(srcdir)/fonts" "$(srcdir)/tests"
-
 EXTRA_DIST += \
 	README.md \
 	hb-diff \
@@ -20,8 +17,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
 	hb-diff-filter-failures \
 	hb-diff-ngrams \
 	hb-diff-stat \
-	hb-manifest-read \
-	hb-manifest-update \
 	hb-unicode-decode \
 	hb-unicode-encode \
 	hb-unicode-prettyname \
@@ -107,6 +102,4 @@ endif
 
 TESTS_LOG_COMPILER = $(srcdir)/run-tests.py
 
-.PHONY: manifests
-
 -include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/test/shaping/hb-manifest-read b/test/shaping/hb-manifest-read
deleted file mode 100755
index b1b36ba8a..000000000
--- a/test/shaping/hb-manifest-read
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from hb_test_tools import *
-
-UtilMains.process_multiple_args (FilterHelpers.filter_printer_function (Manifest.read), mnemonic="DIR")
diff --git a/test/shaping/hb-manifest-update b/test/shaping/hb-manifest-update
deleted file mode 100755
index eeb84b86b..000000000
--- a/test/shaping/hb-manifest-update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from hb_test_tools import *
-
-UtilMains.process_multiple_args (Manifest.update_recursive, mnemonic="DIR")