diff --git a/tools/Dependencies b/tools/Dependencies
index 307a20fdc2..4dac963317 100644
--- a/tools/Dependencies
+++ b/tools/Dependencies
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ h5dump.lo: \
    $(top_srcdir)/src/H5private.h \
    $(top_builddir)/src/H5config.h
 h5dumputil.lo: \
-   $(srcdir)/h5dumputil.c \
    $(srcdir)/h5dump.h \
    $(top_srcdir)/src/hdf5.h \
    $(top_srcdir)/src/H5public.h \
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.in b/tools/Makefile.in
index e486d93ebe..01c909e519 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/tools/Makefile.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ LIB_OBJ=$(LIB_SRC:.c=.lo)
 PUB_LIB=
 
 ## Source and object files for programs...
-PROG_SRC=h5debug.c h5import.c h5ls.c h5repart.c h5dump.c h5dumputil.c \
+PROG_SRC=h5debug.c h5import.c h5ls.c h5repart.c h5dump.c \
 	h5toh4.c h5dumptst.c pdb2hdf.c
 PROG_OBJ=$(PROG_SRC:.c=.lo)
 PRIVATE_HDR=h5tools.h
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ h5ls: h5ls.lo
 h5repart: h5repart.lo
 	@$(LT_LINK_EXE) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ h5repart.lo $(LIB) $(LIBHDF5) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
 
-h5dump: h5dump.lo h5dumputil.lo
-	@$(LT_LINK_EXE) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ h5dump.lo h5dumputil.lo $(LIB) $(LIBHDF5) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
+h5dump: h5dump.lo
+	@$(LT_LINK_EXE) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ h5dump.lo $(LIB) $(LIBHDF5) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
 
 h5toh4: h5toh4.lo
 	@$(LT_LINK_EXE) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ h5toh4.lo $(LIB) $(LIBHDF5) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
diff --git a/tools/h5dumputil.c b/tools/h5dumputil.c
deleted file mode 100644
index a88f4b2a87..0000000000
--- a/tools/h5dumputil.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,146 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *
- * Purpose:	A library for displaying the values of a dataset or an attribute
- *              in a human readable format.
- *
- * Note:        h5dumputil is a modification of h5tools.c 
- */
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include <h5dump.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include "h5tools.h"
-
-/*
- * The output functions need a temporary buffer to hold a piece of the
- * dataset while it's being printed.  This constant sets the limit on the
- * size of that temporary buffer in bytes.  For efficiency's sake, choose the
- * largest value suitable for your machine (for testing use a small value).
- */
-#if 0
-#define H5DUMP_BUFSIZE	(1024*1024)
-#else
-#define H5DUMP_BUFSIZE	(1024)
-#endif
-
-#ifndef MIN
-#define MIN(X,Y)	((X)<(Y)?(X):(Y))
-#endif
-#ifndef NELMTS
-#define NELMTS(X)	(sizeof(X)/sizeof(*X))
-#endif
-#define ALIGN(A,Z)	((((A)+(Z)-1)/(Z))*(Z))
-
-
-extern void indentation(int);
-
-int print_data(hid_t , hid_t , int);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Function:	h5dump_sprint
- *
- * Purpose:	Prints the value pointed to by VP into the string S assuming
- *		the data type of VP is TYPE.
- *
- * Return:	void
- *
- * Modifications:
- *
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-#if 0
-static void
-h5dump_sprint(char *s/*out*/, hid_t type, void *vp)
-{
-    size_t	i, n;
-    char	temp[1024];
-    int		j;
-    H5T_str_t   str_pad;
-
-    if (H5Tequal(type, H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE)) {
-	sprintf(s, "%g", *((double*)vp));
-    } else if (H5Tequal(type, H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT)) {
-	sprintf(s, "%g", *((float*)vp));
-    } else if (H5Tequal(type, H5T_NATIVE_SHORT)) {
-	sprintf(s, "%d", *((short*)vp));
-    } else if (H5Tequal(type, H5T_NATIVE_USHORT)) {
-	sprintf(s, "%u", *((unsigned short*)vp));
-    } else if (H5Tequal(type, H5T_NATIVE_INT)) {
-	sprintf(s, "%d", *((int*)vp));
-    } else if (H5Tequal(type, H5T_NATIVE_UINT)) {
-	sprintf(s, "%u", *((unsigned*)vp));
-    } else if (H5Tequal(type, H5T_NATIVE_LONG)) {
-	sprintf(s, "%ld", *((long*)vp));
-    } else if (H5Tequal(type, H5T_NATIVE_ULONG)) {
-	sprintf(s, "%lu", *((unsigned long*)vp));
-    } else if (H5Tequal(type, H5T_NATIVE_SCHAR)) {
-        sprintf(s, "%d", *((signed char*)vp));
-    } else if (H5Tequal(type, H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR)) {
-        sprintf(s, "%u", *((unsigned char*)vp));
-    } else if (H5T_STRING==H5Tget_class(type)) {
-           str_pad = H5Tget_strpad(type) ;
-           j = 0;
-           for (i = 0; i < H5Tget_size(type); i++) {
-	        switch (*((char*)vp+i)) {
-	        case '"':
-	              strcpy(s+j, "\\\"");
-                      j += strlen("\\\"");
-	              break;
-	        case '\\':
-	              strcpy(s+j, "\\\\");
-                      j += strlen("\\\\");
-	              break;
-	        case '\b':
-	             strcpy(s+j, "\\b");
-                      j += strlen("\\b");
-	             break;
-	        case '\f':
-	             strcpy(s+j, "\\f");
-                      j += strlen("\\f");
-	             break;
-	        case '\n':
-	             strcpy(s+j, "\\n");
-                      j += strlen("\\n");
-	             break;
-	        case '\r':
-	             strcpy(s+j, "\\r");
-                      j += strlen("\\r");
-	             break;
-	        case '\t':
-	             strcpy(s+j, "\\t");
-                      j += strlen("\\t");
-	             break;
-	        default:
-                    if (isprint(*((char*)vp+i))){
-                        sprintf(s+j, "%c", *((char*)vp+i));
-                        j += strlen(s+j);
-                    } else { 
-                        if (str_pad == H5T_STR_NULLTERM &&
-                            *((unsigned char*)vp+i) == '\0' ) {
-                            sprintf(s+j, "%c", *((unsigned char*)vp+i));
-                            i = H5Tget_size(type);
-                        } else {
-                            sprintf(s+j, "\\%03o", *((unsigned char*)vp+i));
-                            j += strlen(s+j);
-                        }
-                    }
-                   break;
-	        }
-           }
-    } else {
-	strcpy(temp, "0x");
-	n = H5Tget_size(type);
-	for (i=0; i<n; i++) {
-	    sprintf(temp+strlen(temp), "%02x", ((unsigned char*)vp)[i]);
-	}
-       sprintf(s,  "%s", temp);
-    }
-
-}
-
-
-#endif
-
-