diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c6ae5cd964..1191b141dd 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -285,18 +285,10 @@ startScripts {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  compile project(':ethereum:evmtool')
   compile project(':pantheon')
   errorprone 'com.google.errorprone:error_prone_core:2.3.1'
 }
 
-task createEVMToolApp(type: CreateStartScripts) {
-  outputDir = startScripts.outputDir
-  mainClassName = 'tech.pegasys.pantheon.EVMTool'
-  applicationName = 'evm'
-  classpath = startScripts.classpath
-}
-
 distributions {
   main {
     contents {
diff --git a/ethereum/evmtool/build.gradle b/ethereum/evmtool/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 99bdadb20c..0000000000
--- a/ethereum/evmtool/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-jar {
-  baseName 'pantheon-evmtool'
-  manifest {
-    attributes(
-      'Implementation-Title': baseName,
-      'Implementation-Version': project.version)
-  }
-}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 67f3609484..45471fae3a 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ include 'consensus:clique'
 include 'consensus:common'
 include 'consensus:ibft'
 include 'crypto'
-include 'ethereum:evmtool'
 include 'ethereum:p2p'
 include 'ethereum:mock-p2p'
 include 'ethereum:jsonrpc'