diff --git a/contrib/cvs/doc/CVSvn.texi.in b/contrib/cvs/doc/CVSvn.texi.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cc02ea58982..000000000000
--- a/contrib/cvs/doc/CVSvn.texi.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@set CVSVN @VERSION@
diff --git a/contrib/cvs/src/version.c.in b/contrib/cvs/src/version.c.in
deleted file mode 100644
index aa2f97f3e8a7..000000000000
--- a/contrib/cvs/src/version.c.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 1994 david d `zoo' zuhn
- * Copyright (c) 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- * Copyright (c) 1992, Brian Berliner and Jeff Polk
- * Copyright (c) 1989-1992, Brian Berliner
- * 
- * You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
- * specified in the README file that comes with this  CVS source distribution.
- * 
- * version.c - the CVS version number
- */
-
-#include "cvs.h"
-
-char *version_string = "Concurrent Versions System (CVS) @VERSION@";
-
-#ifdef CLIENT_SUPPORT
-#ifdef SERVER_SUPPORT
-char *config_string = " (client/server)\n";
-#else
-char *config_string = " (client)\n";
-#endif
-#else
-#ifdef SERVER_SUPPORT
-char *config_string = " (server)\n";
-#else
-char *config_string = "\n";
-#endif
-#endif
-
-
-
-static const char *const version_usage[] =
-{
-    "Usage: %s %s\n",
-    NULL
-};
-
-
-
-/*
- * Output a version string for the client and server.
- *
- * This function will output the simple version number (for the '--version'
- * option) or the version numbers of the client and server (using the 'version'
- * command).
- */
-int
-version (argc, argv)
-    int argc;
-    char **argv;
-{
-    int err = 0;
-
-    if (argc == -1)
-	usage (version_usage);
-
-#ifdef CLIENT_SUPPORT
-    if (current_parsed_root && current_parsed_root->isremote)
-        (void) fputs ("Client: ", stdout);
-#endif
-
-    /* Having the year here is a good idea, so people have
-       some idea of how long ago their version of CVS was
-       released.  */
-    (void) fputs (version_string, stdout);
-    (void) fputs (config_string, stdout);
-
-#ifdef CLIENT_SUPPORT
-    if (current_parsed_root && current_parsed_root->isremote)
-    {
-	(void) fputs ("Server: ", stdout);
-	start_server ();
-	if (supported_request ("version"))
-	    send_to_server ("version\012", 0);
-	else
-	{
-	    send_to_server ("noop\012", 0);
-	    fputs ("(unknown)\n", stdout);
-	}
-	err = get_responses_and_close ();
-    }
-#endif
-    return err;
-}
-