diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e9e6bd8e9..5992c9e6b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ src/zcash-gtest
 src/zcash-tx
 src/test/test_bitcoin
 
-# Zcash utilities
-src/zcash/GenerateParams
-src/zcash/CreateJoinSplit
-
 *zcashTest.pk
 *zcashTest.vk
 
diff --git a/qa/zcash/full_test_suite.py b/qa/zcash/full_test_suite.py
index d8a076420..a2cb768c7 100755
--- a/qa/zcash/full_test_suite.py
+++ b/qa/zcash/full_test_suite.py
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ def check_security_hardening():
     ret &= test_rpath_runpath('src/zcash-gtest')
     ret &= test_rpath_runpath('src/zcash-tx')
     ret &= test_rpath_runpath('src/test/test_bitcoin')
-    ret &= test_rpath_runpath('src/zcash/GenerateParams')
 
     # NOTE: checksec.sh does not reliably determine whether FORTIFY_SOURCE
     # is enabled for the entire binary. See issue #915.
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ def check_security_hardening():
     ret &= test_fortify_source('src/zcash-gtest')
     ret &= test_fortify_source('src/zcash-tx')
     ret &= test_fortify_source('src/test/test_bitcoin')
-    ret &= test_fortify_source('src/zcash/GenerateParams')
 
     return ret
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 825e061eb..1d657c5b3 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -610,5 +610,3 @@ if ENABLE_TESTS
 include Makefile.test.include
 include Makefile.gtest.include
 endif
-
-include Makefile.zcash.include
diff --git a/src/Makefile.zcash.include b/src/Makefile.zcash.include
deleted file mode 100644
index 177931c88..000000000
--- a/src/Makefile.zcash.include
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-noinst_PROGRAMS += \
-  zcash/GenerateParams \
-  zcash/CreateJoinSplit
-
-# tool for generating our public parameters
-zcash_GenerateParams_SOURCES = zcash/GenerateParams.cpp
-zcash_GenerateParams_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
-zcash_GenerateParams_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(PIE_FLAGS)
-zcash_GenerateParams_LDADD = \
-  $(BOOST_LIBS) \
-  $(LIBZCASH) \
-  $(LIBSNARK) \
-  $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) \
-  $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) \
-  $(LIBZCASH_LIBS)
-
-# tool for profiling the creation of joinsplits
-zcash_CreateJoinSplit_SOURCES = zcash/CreateJoinSplit.cpp
-zcash_CreateJoinSplit_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(BITCOIN_INCLUDES)
-zcash_CreateJoinSplit_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(PIE_FLAGS)
-zcash_CreateJoinSplit_LDADD = \
-  $(LIBBITCOIN_COMMON) \
-  $(LIBZCASH) \
-  $(LIBSNARK) \
-  $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) \
-  $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) \
-  $(BOOST_LIBS) \
-  $(LIBZCASH_LIBS)
diff --git a/src/zcash/CreateJoinSplit.cpp b/src/zcash/CreateJoinSplit.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index bcf9a218e..000000000
--- a/src/zcash/CreateJoinSplit.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2016 The Zcash developers
-// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-#include "../util.h"
-#include "primitives/transaction.h"
-#include "zcash/JoinSplit.hpp"
-
-#include <libsnark/common/profiling.hpp>
-
-using namespace libzcash;
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-    libsnark::start_profiling();
-
-    auto p = ZCJoinSplit::Prepared((ZC_GetParamsDir() / "sprout-verifying.key").string(),
-                                   (ZC_GetParamsDir() / "sprout-proving.key").string());
-
-    // construct a proof.
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
-        uint256 anchor = ZCIncrementalMerkleTree().root();
-        uint256 pubKeyHash;
-
-        JSDescription jsdesc(*p,
-                             pubKeyHash,
-                             anchor,
-                             {JSInput(), JSInput()},
-                             {JSOutput(), JSOutput()},
-                             0,
-                             0);
-    }
-
-    delete p; // not that it matters
-}
diff --git a/src/zcash/GenerateParams.cpp b/src/zcash/GenerateParams.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ca2d7814..000000000
--- a/src/zcash/GenerateParams.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#include "zcash/JoinSplit.hpp"
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include "crypto/common.h"
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-    if (init_and_check_sodium() == -1) {
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    if(argc != 4) {
-        std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " provingKeyFileName verificationKeyFileName r1csFileName" << std::endl;
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    std::string pkFile = argv[1];
-    std::string vkFile = argv[2];
-    std::string r1csFile = argv[3];
-
-    ZCJoinSplit::Generate(r1csFile, vkFile, pkFile);
-
-    return 0;
-}