diff --git a/simics-tools/.package-list b/simics-tools/.package-list
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--- a/simics-tools/.package-list
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-../simics-cryptography-4.8.16
-../simics-eclipse-4.8.78
-../simics-goldsand-4.8.pre83
diff --git a/simics-tools/bin/craff b/simics-tools/bin/craff
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--- a/simics-tools/bin/craff
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-. `dirname "$0"`/../scripts/find-paths.sh
-
-"$BINDIR/craff" "$@"
diff --git a/simics-tools/linux64/bin/craff b/simics-tools/linux64/bin/craff
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index 8e313e3..0000000
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diff --git a/simics-tools/scripts/find-paths.sh b/simics-tools/scripts/find-paths.sh
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--- a/simics-tools/scripts/find-paths.sh
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@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-if [ "x$SIMICS_BASE_PACKAGE" != "x" ]; then
-    DIR="$SIMICS_BASE_PACKAGE/bin/`basename "$0"`"
-else
-    DIR="$0"
-fi
-
-case `uname` in
-    CYGWIN*)
-	DIR="`cygpath "$0"`"
-	;;
-esac
-
-SCRIPTSDIR="`dirname "$DIR"`"
-SCRIPTSDIR="`cd "$SCRIPTSDIR"; pwd`" # allow convoluted start paths
-if [ "$SCRIPTSDIR" = "." ] ; then
-    HOSTSDIR="`cd .. ; pwd`"
-else
-    # find HOSTSDIR in a way that works when running from a user-install
-    HOSTSDIR="$(dirname "$SCRIPTSDIR")"
-    HOSTSDIR="$(cd "$HOSTSDIR" ; pwd)"
-fi
-
-USER_SET_HOST=$SIMICS_HOST
-SIMICS_HOST="$(sh "$HOSTSDIR"/scripts/host-type.sh 2> /dev/null)"
-
-if [ -z "$SIMICS_HOST" ] ; then
-    SIMICS_HOST=$USER_SET_HOST
-    echo "The Simics start-script failed to find a matching host for Simics."
-    if [ -z "$USER_SET_HOST" ] ; then
-	echo "Set the SIMICS_HOST environment variable to set the host" \
-	    "manually."
-    fi
-    echo "Error message:" `sh $HOSTSDIR/scripts/host-type.sh 2>&1`
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-BINDIR="$HOSTSDIR/$SIMICS_HOST/bin"
diff --git a/simics-tools/scripts/host-type.sh b/simics-tools/scripts/host-type.sh
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--- a/simics-tools/scripts/host-type.sh
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@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-OS=`uname -s`
-HOST_ARCH=`uname -m`
-
-SCRIPTSDIR="`dirname "$0"`"
-SIMICS_ROOT="`cd "$SCRIPTSDIR"/.. ; pwd`"
-
-case $HOST_ARCH in
-    i*86)
-        BITS="32"
-	;;
-    x86_64|amd64)
-        BITS="64 32"
-	;;
-    *)
-        echo "Unsupported architecture: $HOST_ARCH" >&2
-	exit 1
-	;;
-esac
-
-case $OS in
-    Linux)
-        OS_PART=linux
-	;;
-    CYGWIN_NT*WOW64)
-        OS_PART=win
-        # Cygwin is only a 32 bit application, which causes the host arch
-        # detection to go wrong, so override it here
-        BITS="64 32"
-	;;
-    CYGWIN_NT*)
-        OS_PART=win
-	;;
-    *)
-        echo "Unsupported OS: $OS" >&2
-	exit 1
-	;;
-esac
-
-
-# should be renamed to SIMICS_HOST_DIR (bug 10827)
-# <add id="environment variable">
-# <dt><tt>SIMICS_HOST</tt></dt>
-# <dd>
-# Overrides the host type detected by Simics. The value must be the
-# name of the directory containing the host-specific files of a Simics
-# installation. Typically a string on the form arch-os, e.g.,
-# linux32.
-# </dd></add>
-if [ -n "$SIMICS_HOST" ]; then
-    if [ -d "$SIMICS_ROOT/$SIMICS_HOST/bin"  ]; then
-	echo $SIMICS_HOST
-	exit 0
-    else
-	echo "Non-existing host $SIMICS_HOST." >&2
-	exit 1
-    fi
-else
-    for bits in $BITS; do
-	host=$OS_PART$bits
-	if [ -d "$SIMICS_ROOT/$host/bin" ]; then
-	    echo $host
-	    exit 0
-	fi
-    done
-    echo "No matching host found." >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/simics-tools/scripts/host_type.py b/simics-tools/scripts/host_type.py
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--- a/simics-tools/scripts/host_type.py
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-#!/usr/bin/python
-
-# This Software is part of Wind River Simics. The rights to copy, distribute,
-# modify, or otherwise make use of this Software may be licensed only
-# pursuant to the terms of an applicable Wind River license agreement.
-# 
-# Copyright 2010-2016 Intel Corporation
-
-# Platform-independent and import-able Python interface to host-type.sh.
-
-from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
-import os, sys
-import simicsutils.host
-
-class HostTypeError(Exception): pass
-
-def host_type(simics_root):
-    if simicsutils.host.is_windows():
-        # sh is not available, so instead emulate the behavior of host-type.sh
-        return os.environ.get('SIMICS_HOST', simicsutils.host.host_type())
-    host_type_sh = os.path.join(simics_root, "scripts", "host-type.sh")
-    if not os.path.isfile(host_type_sh):
-        raise HostTypeError("Invalid simics_root: Script '%s' not found"
-                            % host_type_sh)
-
-    proc = Popen([host_type_sh], stdout = PIPE, stderr = PIPE)
-    (stdout, stderr) = proc.communicate()
-    if proc.returncode == 0:
-        return stdout.rstrip()
-    else:
-        raise HostTypeError("%s failed: " % host_type_sh + stderr)
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    simics_root = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0])))
-    try:
-        result = host_type(simics_root)
-    except HostTypeError, e:
-        sys.stderr.write(e.message)
-        exit(1)
-    sys.stdout.write(result + "\n")