diff --git a/python/tools/prepare-db-upgrade.sh b/python/tools/prepare-db-upgrade.sh
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index 0f98293af92..00000000000
--- a/python/tools/prepare-db-upgrade.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Prepare the upgrade script directory for a Python database schema upgrade. Now
-# just forwards to the language-independent script.
-
-set -eu
-app_dir="$(dirname "$0")"
-"${app_dir}/../../misc/scripts/prepare-db-upgrade.sh" --lang python "$@"
diff --git a/ruby/scripts/prepare-db-upgrade.sh b/ruby/scripts/prepare-db-upgrade.sh
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index 10cc8bf0260..00000000000
--- a/ruby/scripts/prepare-db-upgrade.sh
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@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Prepare the upgrade script directory for a Ruby database schema upgrade. Now
-# just forwards to the language-independent script.
-
-set -eu
-app_dir="$(dirname "$0")"
-"${app_dir}/../../misc/scripts/prepare-db-upgrade.sh" --lang ruby "$@"