diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/documentation/Developers.md b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/documentation/Developers.md
index cbeeac3c46..3949a596bd 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/documentation/Developers.md
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/documentation/Developers.md
@@ -2,13 +2,9 @@
 
 `virtcontainers` has a few prerequisites for development:
 
-- docker
 - CNI
 - golang
 
-A number of these can be installed using the
-[virtcontainers-setup.sh](../utils/virtcontainers-setup.sh) script.
-
 # Building
 
 To build `virtcontainers`, at the top level directory run:
@@ -43,4 +39,3 @@ This will:
 
 For details on the format and how to submit changes, refer to the
 [Contributing](../../../../CONTRIBUTING.md) document.
-
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/utils/virtcontainers-setup.sh b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/utils/virtcontainers-setup.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ef56c220a7..0000000000
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/utils/virtcontainers-setup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2017,2018 Intel Corporation
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-
-set -e
-
-SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
-
-if [ ! $(command -v go) ]; then
-	echo "This script requires go to be installed and executable"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-GOPATH=$(go env "GOPATH")
-
-if [ ! $(command -v docker) ]; then
-	echo "This script requires docker to be installed and executable"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ ! $(command -v git) ]; then
-	echo "This script requires git to be installed and executable"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
-virtcontainers_build_dir="virtcontainers/build"
-echo -e "Create temporary build directory ${tmpdir}/${virtcontainers_build_dir}"
-mkdir -p ${tmpdir}/${virtcontainers_build_dir}
-
-TMPDIR="${SCRIPT_PATH}/supportfiles"
-OPTDIR="/opt"
-ETCDIR="/etc"
-
-echo -e "Create ${TMPDIR}/cni/bin (needed by testing)"
-rm -rf ${TMPDIR}/cni/bin
-mkdir -p ${TMPDIR}/cni/bin
-echo -e "Create cni directories ${OPTDIR}/cni/bin and ${ETCDIR}/cni/net.d"
-sudo mkdir -p ${OPTDIR}/cni/bin
-sudo mkdir -p ${ETCDIR}/cni/net.d
-
-bundlesdir="${TMPDIR}/bundles"
-echo -e "Create bundles in ${bundlesdir}"
-rm -rf ${bundlesdir}
-busybox_bundle="${bundlesdir}/busybox"
-mkdir -p ${busybox_bundle}
-docker pull busybox
-pushd ${busybox_bundle}
-rootfsdir="rootfs"
-mkdir ${rootfsdir}
-docker export $(docker create busybox) | tar -C ${rootfsdir} -xvf -
-echo -e '#!/bin/sh\ncd "\"\n"sh"' > ${rootfsdir}/.containerexec
-echo -e 'HOME=/root\nPATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin\nTERM=xterm' > ${rootfsdir}/.containerenv
-popd
-
-echo -e "Move to ${tmpdir}/${virtcontainers_build_dir}"
-pushd ${tmpdir}/${virtcontainers_build_dir}
-echo "Clone cni"
-git clone https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins.git
-pushd plugins
-git checkout 7f98c94613021d8b57acfa1a2f0c8d0f6fd7ae5a
-
-echo "Copy CNI config files"
-cp $GOPATH/src/github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/test/cni/10-mynet.conf ${ETCDIR}/cni/net.d/
-cp $GOPATH/src/github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/test/cni/99-loopback.conf ${ETCDIR}/cni/net.d/
-
-./build.sh
-cp ./bin/bridge ${TMPDIR}/cni/bin/cni-bridge
-cp ./bin/loopback ${TMPDIR}/cni/bin/loopback
-cp ./bin/host-local ${TMPDIR}/cni/bin/host-local
-popd
-popd
-sudo cp ${TMPDIR}/cni/bin/* ${OPTDIR}/cni/bin/
-
-rm -rf ${tmpdir}