diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1f26a8f..6fcdc87 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -46,12 +46,13 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.109) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Add most dependencies to Build-Depends for successfully run the tests.
   * Recommend python-gnupginterface (used by dgetlp).
   * update-maintainer: Rewrite completely using python-debian (LP: #666504).
+  * ubuntutools/packages.py: Removed (used nowhere).
 
   [ Michael Vogt ]
   * add "add-patch" that provides the non-interactive version of
     edit-patch
 
- -- Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:56:07 +0200
+ -- Benjamin Drung <bdrung@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:38:34 +0100
 
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.108) experimental; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 42ebbfb..e6bd445 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ Files: dch-repeat,
        ubuntutools/lp/libsupport.py,
        ubuntutools/lp/lpapicache.py,
        ubuntutools/misc.py,
-       ubuntutools/packages.py,
        what-patch
 Copyright: 2007-2010, Canonical Ltd.
            2008-2009, Iain Lane <iain@orangesquash.org.uk>
diff --git a/ubuntutools/packages.py b/ubuntutools/packages.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 89d6985..0000000
--- a/ubuntutools/packages.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-#
-#   packages.py - functions related to Ubuntu source packages and releases.
-#
-#   Copyright (C) 2008 Jonathan Davies <jpds@ubuntu.com>
-#   Copyright (C) 2008 Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals <rainct@ubuntu.com>
-#
-#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-#   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-#   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3
-#   of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#   GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#   Please see the /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL file for the full text of
-#   the GNU General Public License license.
-#
-
-# Modules.
-import re
-import subprocess
-import sys
-import urllib2
-
-def checkReleaseExists(release):
-    """
-        Check that an Ubuntu release exists by opening
-        https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/releaseName page on Launchpad.
-
-        If an error is returned; the release does not exist.
-    """
-    release = release.split('-')[0] # Remove pocket
-    try:
-        urllib2.urlopen("https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/%s" % release)
-    except urllib2.HTTPError:
-        print >> sys.stderr, "The Ubuntu '%s' release does not appear to " \
-            "exist on Launchpad." % release
-        sys.exit(1)
-    except urllib2.URLError, error: # Other error (NXDOMAIN, ...)
-        (_, reason) = error.reason
-        print >> sys.stderr, "Error while checking for Ubuntu '%s' " \
-            "release on Launchpad: %s." % (release, reason)
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-def checkSourceExists(package, release):
-    """
-        Check that a package exists by opening its
-        https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/package page.
-
-        Return the package's page URL and it's current version in the requested
-        release.
-    """
-    if '-' in release:
-        (release, pocket) = release.split('-', 1)
-    else:
-        pocket = 'release'
-
-    try:
-        url = 'https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/' + package
-        page = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
-
-        m = re.search('<td>%s</td>\s*\n.*"/ubuntu/%s/\+source/%s/(\d[^"]+)"' % \
-                      (pocket, release, package.replace('+', '\+')), page)
-        if not m:
-            print >> sys.stderr, "Unable to find source package '%s' in " \
-                "the %s-%s pocket." % (package, release.capitalize(), pocket)
-            sys.exit(1)
-    except urllib2.HTTPError, error: # Raised on 404.
-        if error.code == 404:
-            print >> sys.stderr, "The source package '%s' does not appear to " \
-                "exist in Ubuntu." % package
-        else: # Other error code, probably Launchpad malfunction.
-            print >> sys.stderr, "Error while checking Launchpad for Ubuntu " \
-                "package: %s." % error.code
-        sys.exit(1) # Exit. Error encountered.
-    except urllib2.URLError, error: # Other error (NXDOMAIN, ...)
-        (_, reason) = error.reason
-        print >> sys.stderr, "Error while checking Launchpad for Ubuntu " \
-            "package: %s." % reason
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    # Get package version.
-    version = m.group(1)
-
-    return page, version
-
-def packageComponent(package, release):
-    """
-        Use rmadison to see which component a package is in.
-    """
-    madison = subprocess.Popen(['rmadison', '-u', 'ubuntu', '-a', 'source', \
-        '-s', release, package], stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
-    out = madison.communicate()[0]
-    assert (madison.returncode == 0)
-
-    for l in out.splitlines():
-        (pkg, version, rel, builds) = l.split('|')
-        component = 'main'
-        if rel.find('/') != -1:
-            component = rel.split('/')[1]
-
-    return component.strip()
-
-def checkIsInDebian(package, distro):
-    madison = subprocess.Popen(['rmadison', '-u', 'debian', '-a', 'source', \
-                                '-s', distro, package], \
-                               stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-    out = madison.communicate()[0]
-    assert (madison.returncode == 0)
-
-    try:
-        assert out
-    except AssertionError:
-        out = False
-
-    return out