diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/last-sync b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/last-sync
deleted file mode 100644
index 332356a09c..0000000000
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/last-sync
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-
-# Copyright (C) 2014 by Adrian Reber
-#
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
-# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
-# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
-# the following conditions:
-#
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
-# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-#
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
-# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
-# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
-# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
-# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
-# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
-# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-import requests
-import time
-import sys
-import getopt
-
-fedora = 'org.fedoraproject.prod.bodhi.updates.fedora.sync'
-epel = 'org.fedoraproject.prod.bodhi.updates.epel.sync'
-
-branched = 'org.fedoraproject.prod.compose.branched.rsync.complete'
-rawhide = 'org.fedoraproject.prod.compose.rawhide.rsync.complete'
-
-base_url = 'https://apps.fedoraproject.org/datagrepper/raw'
-
-
-topics =  []
-# default time interval to query for syncs: 1 day
-delta = 86400
-# return 0 and no output if a sync happened during <delta>
-# if no sync happened 1 is returned
-quiet = False
-secondary = False
-
-def usage():
-	print
-	print "last-sync queries the Fedora Message Bus if new data is available on the public servers"
-	print
-	print "Usage: last-sync [options]"
-	print
-	print "Options:"
-	print "  -a, --all                 query all possible releases (default)"
-	print "                            (fedora, epel, branched, rawhide)"
-	print "  -f, --fedora              only query if fedora has been updated during <delta>"
-	print "  -e, --epel                only query if epel has been updated"
-	print "  -b, --branched            only query if the branched off release"
-	print "                            has been updated"
-	print "  -r, --rawhide             only query if rawhide has been updated"
-	print "  -q, --quiet               do not print out any informations"
-	print "  -d DELTA, --delta=DELTA   specify the time interval which should be used"
-	print "                            for the query (default: 86400)"
-
-
-# -a -f -e -b -r -s -q -d
-def parse_args():
-	global topics
-	global delta
-	global quiet
-	global secondary
-	try:
-		opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "afhebrsqd:", ["all", "fedora", "epel", "rawhide", "branched", "secondary", "quiet", "delta="])
-	except getopt.GetoptError as err:
-		print str(err)
-		usage()
-		sys.exit(2)
-
-	for option, argument in opts:
-		if option in ("-a", "--all"):
-			topics =  [ fedora, epel, branched, rawhide ]
-			secondary = True
-		if option in ("-f", "--fedora"):
-			topics.append(fedora)
-		if option in ("-e", "--epel"):
-			topics.append(epel)
-		if option in ("-r", "--rawhide"):
-			topics.append(rawhide)
-		if option in ("-b", "--branched"):
-			topics.append(branched)
-		if option in ("-s", "--secondary"):
-			topics.append(rawhide)
-			secondary = True
-		if option in ("-q", "--quiet"):
-			quiet = True
-		if option in ("-d", "--delta"):
-			delta = argument
-		if option in ("-h"):
-			usage();
-			sys.exit(0)
-
-
-
-def getKey(item):
-	return item[1]
-
-def create_url(url, topics, delta):
-	topic = ""
-	for i in topics:
-		topic += "&topic=%s" % i
-	return '%s?delta=%s%s' % (url, delta, topic)
-
-parse_args()
-
-if topics == []:
-	topics =  [ fedora, epel, branched, rawhide ]
-	secondary = True
-
-i = 0
-data = None
-while i < 5:
-	try:
-		data = requests.get(create_url(base_url, topics, delta), timeout=1).json()
-		break
-	except:
-		pass
-
-if not data:
-	sys.exit(1)
-
-repos = []
-
-for i in range(0, data['count']):
-	try:
-		repo = "%s-%s" % (data['raw_messages'][i]['msg']['repo'], data['raw_messages'][i]['msg']['release'])
-	except:
-		# the rawhide and branch sync message has no repo information
-		arch = data['raw_messages'][i]['msg']['arch']
-		if arch == '':
-			arch = 'primary'
-		elif not secondary:
-			continue
-		repo = "%s-%s" % (data['raw_messages'][i]['msg']['branch'], arch)
-
-	repos.append([repo, data['raw_messages'][i]['timestamp']])
-
-if quiet == False:
-	for repo, timestamp in sorted(repos, key=getKey):
-		print "%s: %s" % (repo, time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000", time.gmtime(timestamp)))
-
-if data['count'] > 0:
-	sys.exit(0)
-else:
-	sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 2fba73bd66..9f50de6f6b 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@
   - config
   when: env != 'staging'
 
-- name: install the fedmsg query script
-  copy: src=last-sync dest=/usr/local/bin/last-sync mode=0755
-
 - name: install the umdl-required script
   copy: src=umdl-required dest=/usr/local/bin/umdl-required mode=0755