diff --git a/tests/misc/test-gstreamer-completion.sh b/tests/misc/test-gstreamer-completion.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2aae688f15..0000000000
--- a/tests/misc/test-gstreamer-completion.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-. $(dirname "$0")/../../tools/gstreamer-completion
-ret=0
-
-
-test_gst_inspect_completion() {
-    local expected
-    COMP_WORDS=(gst-inspect)
-    while [[ "$1" != -- ]]; do COMP_WORDS+=("$1"); shift; done; shift
-    COMP_CWORD=$(( ${#COMP_WORDS[*]} - 1 ))
-    COMP_LINE="${COMP_WORDS[*]}"
-    COMP_POINT=${#COMP_LINE}
-    expected=(); while [[ -n "$1" ]]; do expected+=("$1"); shift; done
-
-    printf "test_gst_inspect_completion: '${COMP_WORDS[*]}'... "
-    _gst_inspect
-
-    _assert_expected && echo OK
-}
-
-_assert_expected() {
-    for x in "${expected[@]}"; do
-        grep -w -q -- "$x" <(echo "${COMPREPLY[*]}") &>/dev/null || {
-            ret=1
-            echo FAIL
-            echo "Expected: '$x'. Got:"
-            for r in "${COMPREPLY[@]}"; do echo $r; done | head
-            echo ""
-            return 1
-        }
-    done
-    return 0
-}
-
-# test_gst_inspect_completion <command line to complete> -- <expected completions>
-test_gst_inspect_completion '' -- --version --gst-debug-level coreelements fakesrc
-test_gst_inspect_completion --ver -- --version
-test_gst_inspect_completion --gst-debug-le -- --gst-debug-level
-test_gst_inspect_completion --gst-debug-level '' -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-test_gst_inspect_completion --gst-debug-level = -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-test_gst_inspect_completion --gst-debug-level= -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-test_gst_inspect_completion --gst-debug-level=4 -- 4
-test_gst_inspect_completion coreel -- coreelements
-test_gst_inspect_completion fake -- fakesrc fakesink
-test_gst_inspect_completion --version --gst-debug-level = 2 fake -- fakesrc fakesink
-test_gst_inspect_completion --gst-debug-level=2 fake -- fakesrc fakesink
-
-
-test_gst_launch_completion() {
-    local expected
-    COMP_WORDS=(gst-launch)
-    while [[ "$1" != -- ]]; do COMP_WORDS+=("$1"); shift; done; shift
-    COMP_CWORD=$(( ${#COMP_WORDS[*]} - 1 ))
-    COMP_LINE="${COMP_WORDS[*]}"
-    COMP_POINT=${#COMP_LINE}
-    expected=(); while [[ -n "$1" ]]; do expected+=("$1"); shift; done
-
-    printf "test_gst_launch_completion: '${COMP_WORDS[*]}'... "
-    _gst_launch
-
-    _assert_expected &&
-    echo OK
-}
-
-# test_gst_launch_completion <command line to complete> -- <expected completions>
-test_gst_launch_completion '' -- --eos-on-shutdown --gst-debug-level fakesrc fakesink
-test_gst_launch_completion --mes -- --messages
-test_gst_launch_completion --gst-debug-le -- --gst-debug-level
-test_gst_launch_completion --gst-debug-level '' -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-test_gst_launch_completion --gst-debug-level = -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-test_gst_launch_completion --gst-debug-level= -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-test_gst_launch_completion --gst-debug-level=4 -- 4
-test_gst_launch_completion fak -- fakesrc fakesink
-test_gst_launch_completion --messages fak -- fakesrc fakesink
-test_gst_launch_completion --messages --eos-on-shutdown fak -- fakesrc
-test_gst_launch_completion --gst-debug-level = 4 fak -- fakesrc
-test_gst_launch_completion --gst-debug-level=4 fak -- fakesrc
-test_gst_launch_completion fakesrc '' -- name= is-live= format= !
-test_gst_launch_completion fakesrc is-live -- is-live=
-test_gst_launch_completion fakesrc is-live = -- true false
-test_gst_launch_completion fakesrc format = -- bytes time buffers percent
-test_gst_launch_completion fakesrc format= -- bytes time buffers percent
-test_gst_launch_completion fakesrc format=by -- bytes
-test_gst_launch_completion fakesrc format= '' -- bytes time buffers percent
-test_gst_launch_completion fakesrc format= by -- bytes
-test_gst_launch_completion fakesrc is-live = true '' -- name= format= !
-test_gst_launch_completion fakesrc is-live = true for -- format=
-test_gst_launch_completion fakesrc is-live=true '' -- name= format= !
-test_gst_launch_completion fakesrc is-live=true for -- format=
-test_gst_launch_completion fakesrc is-live = true format = -- bytes time
-test_gst_launch_completion fakesrc is-live=true format= -- bytes time
-
-
-test_gst_launch_parse() {
-    local cur cword words curtype option element property
-    words=(gst-launch)
-    while [[ "$1" != -- ]]; do words+=("$1"); shift; done; shift
-    cword=$(( ${#words[*]} - 1 ))
-    cur="${words[cword]}"
-    local xcurtype="$1" xoption="$2" xelement="$3" xproperty="$4"
-
-    printf "test_gst_launch_parse: '${words[*]}'... "
-    _gst_launch_parse
-
-    _assert curtype "$curtype" "$xcurtype" &&
-    _assert option "$option" "$xoption" &&
-    _assert element "$element" "$xelement" &&
-    _assert property "$property" "$xproperty" &&
-    echo OK
-}
-
-_assert() {
-    local name="$1" got="$2" expected="$3"
-    [[ -z "$expected" || "$got" == "$expected" ]] || {
-        ret=1
-        echo "FAIL"
-        echo "Expected $name: '$expected'. Got: '$got'."
-        echo ""
-        false
-    }
-}
-
-test_gst_launch_parse '' -- option-or-element '' '' ''
-test_gst_launch_parse --mes -- option '' '' ''
-test_gst_launch_parse --messages -- option '' '' ''
-test_gst_launch_parse --gst-debug-level '' -- optionval --gst-debug-level '' ''
-test_gst_launch_parse --gst-debug-level = -- optionval --gst-debug-level '' ''
-test_gst_launch_parse --gst-debug-level= -- optionval --gst-debug-level '' ''
-test_gst_launch_parse --gst-debug-level=5 -- optionval --gst-debug-level '' ''
-test_gst_launch_parse fak -- element '' '' ''
-test_gst_launch_parse --messages fak -- element '' '' ''
-test_gst_launch_parse --gst-debug-level = 5 fak -- element '' '' ''
-test_gst_launch_parse fakesrc '' -- property '' fakesrc ''
-test_gst_launch_parse fakesrc is-l -- property '' fakesrc ''
-test_gst_launch_parse fakesrc is-live = -- propertyval '' fakesrc is-live
-test_gst_launch_parse fakesrc is-live= -- propertyval '' fakesrc is-live
-test_gst_launch_parse fakesrc is-live=b -- propertyval '' fakesrc is-live
-test_gst_launch_parse fakesrc is-live = true form -- property '' 'fakesrc' ''
-test_gst_launch_parse fakesrc is-live = true ! -- ! '' '' ''
-test_gst_launch_parse fakesrc is-live = true ! fakesi -- element '' '' ''
-test_gst_launch_parse fakesrc is-live = true ! fakesink '' -- property '' fakesink ''
-
-
-exit $ret
diff --git a/tools/gstreamer-completion b/tools/gstreamer-completion
deleted file mode 100644
index af5973a2af..0000000000
--- a/tools/gstreamer-completion
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,192 +0,0 @@
-# Bash tab-completion for GStreamer.                      -*- shell-script -*-
-# Put this in /etc/bash_completion.d/
-
-_gst_inspect() {
-    local _gst_version=1.0
-    local cur cword prev words
-    _gst_init_completion
-    [[ "$cur" == "=" ]] && cur=
-    [[ "$cur" =~ -.*=*$ ]] && prev="${cur%%=*}" cur="${cur#*=}"
-
-    _gst_common_options || return
-
-    COMPREPLY=( $(compgen \
-        -W "$(_gst_parse_help gst-inspect-$_gst_version) \
-            $(_gst_plugins) $(_gst_elements)" \
-        -- "$cur") )
-    [[ $COMPREPLY == *= ]] && compopt -o nospace 2>/dev/null
-} &&
-complete -F _gst_inspect gst-inspect-1.0
-
-_gst_launch() {
-    local _gst_version=1.0
-    local cur cword prev words
-    _gst_init_completion
-    local curtype option element property
-    _gst_launch_parse
-    _gst_common_options || return
-
-    COMPREPLY=( $(_gst_launch_compgen) )
-    [[ $COMPREPLY == *= ]] && compopt -o nospace 2>/dev/null
-} &&
-complete -o default -F _gst_launch gst-launch-1.0
-
-_gst_common_options() {
-    if [[ -n "$curtype" ]]; then  # Called from _gst_launch
-        [[ $curtype == optionval ]] || return 0
-    else  # Called from _gst_inspect
-        local option="$prev"
-    fi
-
-    case "$option" in
-        --gst-debug-level)
-                COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "0 1 2 3 4 5" -- "$cur") );;
-        --gst-debug) # TODO: comma-separated list of category_name:level pairs.
-                ;;
-        --gst-plugin-path) # TODO: support multiple (colon-separated) paths.
-                COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -d -- "$cur") );;
-        --gst-plugin-load) # TODO: comma-separated list of plugins (files?).
-                ;;
-        *) return 0;;
-    esac
-    return 1  # No need to attempt further completions.
-}
-
-_gst_launch_compgen() {
-    case $curtype in
-        option)
-            compgen \
-                -W "$(_gst_parse_help gst-launch-$_gst_version)" \
-                -- "$cur" ;;
-        element)
-            compgen -W "$(_gst_elements)" -- "$cur" ;;
-        option-or-element)
-            compgen \
-                -W "$(_gst_parse_help gst-launch-$_gst_version) \
-                    $(_gst_elements)" \
-                -- "$cur" ;;
-        optionval)
-            case "$option" in
-                -o|--output) compgen -f -- "$cur" ;;
-                --exclude) ;; # TODO: comma-separated list of status information types.
-            esac ;;
-        \!)
-            compgen -W '!' -- "$cur" ;;
-        property)
-            compgen -W "$(_gst_properties $element) ! " -- "$cur" ;;
-        propertyval)
-            compgen -W "$(_gst_property_values $element $property)" -- "$cur" ;;
-    esac
-}
-
-_gst_plugins() {
-    gst-inspect-$_gst_version 2>/dev/null |
-    grep -v 'Total count' |
-    awk -F': +' '{print $1}' |
-    uniq
-}
-
-_gst_elements() {
-    gst-inspect-$_gst_version 2>/dev/null |
-    grep -v 'Total count' |
-    awk -F': +' '{print $2}'
-}
-
-_gst_properties() {
-    local element="$1"
-    gst-inspect-$_gst_version "$element" 2>/dev/null |
-    sed -n '/^Element Properties:$/,$ p' |
-    awk '/^  [a-z]/ { print $1 "=" }'
-}
-
-_gst_property_values() {
-    local element=$1 property=$2
-    gst-inspect-$_gst_version $element 2>/dev/null |
-    awk "
-        /^Element Properties:\$/        { inproperties = 1; next; }
-        inproperties && /^  $property / { inproperty = 1; next; }
-        inproperty && /^ *Boolean/      { printf \"true\nfalse\n\"; exit; }
-        inproperty && /^ *Enum/         { inenum = 1; next; }
-        inenum && /^ *\([0-9]+\): /     { print \$2; next; }
-        inproperty && /^  [a-z]/        { exit; }"
-}
-
-# Walks over $words, sets $curtype to the string:
-#
-#   'option' if $cur is an option or flag like "-a" or "--abc".
-#   'optionval' if $cur is the value of an option
-#               (which will be set in $option).
-#   'element' if $cur is a GStreamer element name.
-#   '!' if $cur is '!'.
-#   'property' if $cur is the name of a property of a GStreamer element
-#               (which will be set in $element).
-#   'propertyval' if $cur is the value of an element's property
-#               (which will be set in $element and $property, respectively).
-#
-# ($cur is the word currently being completed.)
-#
-# Before calling this function make sure that $curtype, $option, $element and
-# $property are local, and that $cur, $cword and $words have been initialised.
-#
-# See test cases in tests/misc/test-gstreamer-completion.sh in the
-# gstreamer source repository.
-#
-_gst_launch_parse() {
-    local i next state
-    curtype= i=1 state=start
-    while [[ $i -le $cword ]]; do
-        next="${words[i]}"
-        # Note that COMP_WORDBREAKS by default includes "=" and ":".
-        case "$state,$next" in
-            start,-*=*) curtype=optionval option="${next%%=*}" state=start;;
-            start,-*) curtype=option option="$next" state=option;;
-            start,) curtype=option-or-element;;
-            start,*) curtype=element element="$next" state=element;;
-            option,=) curtype=optionval state=option=;;
-            option,*) _gst_takes_arg "$option" &&
-                            curtype=optionval state=start ||
-                        # re-evaluate without incrementing i:
-                        { curtype= state=start; continue; }
-                      ;;
-            option=,*) curtype=optionval state=start;;
-            element,\!) curtype='!' state='!';;
-            \!,*) curtype=element element="$next" state=element;;
-            element,*=)
-                curtype=propertyval property="${next%=}" state=property=;;
-            element,*=*)
-                curtype=propertyval property="${next%%=*}" state=element;;
-            element,*) curtype=property property="$next" state=property;;
-            property,=) curtype=propertyval state=property=;;
-            property=,*) curtype=propertyval state=element;;
-        esac
-        i=$((i + 1))
-    done
-    cur="${cur#*=}"
-}
-
-_gst_takes_arg() {
-    case "$1" in
-        -o|--output|--gst-debug-level|--gst-debug) true;;
-        --gst-plugin-path|--gst-plugin-load|--exclude) true;;
-        *) false;;
-    esac
-}
-
-_gst_parse_help() {
-    $1 --help-all 2>&1 | grep -Eo -e '--[a-z-]+'
-}
-
-_gst_init_completion() {
-    if type _get_comp_words_by_ref &>/dev/null; then
-        # Available since bash-completion 1.2
-        _get_comp_words_by_ref cur cword prev words
-    else
-        # bash-completion not installed or too old. Use bash's raw facilities.
-        # This won't complete properly if the cursor is in the middle of a
-        # word.
-        cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
-        prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"
-        cword=$COMP_CWORD
-        words=("${COMP_WORDS[@]}")
-    fi
-}