diff --git a/sim/buildrootBugFinder.py b/sim/buildrootBugFinder.py
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index ee9fe0603..000000000
--- a/sim/buildrootBugFinder.py
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@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import sys, os, subprocess
-
-def main():
-    RISCV = os.environ.get("RISCV")
-    maxGoodCount = 400e6 # num instrs that execute sucessfully starting from 0
-    currInstrCount = maxGoodCount
-    linuxTestvectors = RISCV+"/linux-testvectors"
-    if not os.path.exists(linuxTestvectors):
-        sys.stderr.write("Error: Linux testvectors not found at "+linuxTestvectors+"\n")
-        exit(1)
-    checkpointList = [int(fileName.strip('checkpoint')) for fileName in os.listdir(linuxTestvectors) if 'checkpoint' in fileName]
-    checkpointList.sort()
-    
-    logDir = "./logs/buildrootBugFinderLogs/"
-    os.system("mkdir -p "+logDir)
-    summaryLogFilePath = logDir+"summary.log"
-    summaryLogFile = open(summaryLogFilePath,'w')
-    summaryLogFile.close()
-    while True:
-        checkpointList = [checkpoint for checkpoint in checkpointList if checkpoint > currInstrCount]
-        if len(checkpointList)==0:
-            break
-        checkpoint = checkpointList[0]
-        logFile = logDir+"checkpoint"+str(checkpoint)+".log"
-        runCommand="{\nvsim -c <<!\ndo wally-batch.do buildroot buildroot "+RISCV+" 0 "+str(checkpoint+1)+" "+str(checkpoint)+"\n!\n} | tee "+logFile 
-        print(runCommand)
-        os.system(runCommand)
-        try:
-            logOutput = subprocess.check_output(["grep","-e","Reached",logFile])
-            currInstrCount = int(str(logOutput).strip('b').strip('\'').strip('\\n').split(' ')[-2])
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-            currInstrCount = checkpoint
-        summaryStr="Checkpoint "+str(checkpoint)+" reached "+str(currInstrCount)+" instrs\n"
-        summaryLogFile = open(summaryLogFilePath,'a')
-        summaryLogFile.write(summaryStr)
-        summaryLogFile.close()
-
-    return 0
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    exit(main())