diff --git a/build/build-image/common.sh b/build/build-image/common.sh
index c6ecbcdedc1..d876dfd900a 100644
--- a/build/build-image/common.sh
+++ b/build/build-image/common.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
 # Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -33,8 +35,7 @@ function make-binaries() {
     apiserver
     controller-manager
     kubelet
-    kubecfg
-    localkube"
+    kubecfg"
 
   ARCH_TARGET="${KUBE_TARGET}/${GOOS}/${GOARCH}"
   mkdir -p "${ARCH_TARGET}"
diff --git a/cmd/localkube/localkube.go b/cmd/localkube/localkube.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3287c62e8c7..00000000000
--- a/cmd/localkube/localkube.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-// An all-in-one binary for standing up a fake Kubernetes cluster on your
-// local machine.
-// Assumes that there is a pre-existing etcd server running on localhost.
-package main
-
-import (
-	"flag"
-	"fmt"
-	"math/rand"
-	"net"
-	"strconv"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/master"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
-	"github.com/coreos/go-etcd/etcd"
-	"github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
-)
-
-// kubelet flags
-var (
-	file               = flag.String("config", "", "Path to the config file/dir")
-	syncFrequency      = flag.Duration("sync_frequency", 10*time.Second, "Max period between synchronizing running containers and config")
-	fileCheckFrequency = flag.Duration("file_check_frequency", 20*time.Second, "Duration between checking file for new data")
-	httpCheckFrequency = flag.Duration("http_check_frequency", 20*time.Second, "Duration between checking http for new data")
-	manifestUrl        = flag.String("manifest_url", "", "URL for accessing the container manifest")
-	kubeletAddress     = flag.String("kubelet_address", "127.0.0.1", "The address for the kubelet info server to serve on")
-	kubeletPort        = flag.Uint("kubelet_port", 10250, "The port for the kubelete info server to serve on")
-)
-
-// master flags
-var (
-	masterPort    = flag.Uint("master_port", 8080, "The port for the master to listen on.  Default 8080.")
-	masterAddress = flag.String("master_address", "127.0.0.1", "The address for the master to listen to. Default 127.0.0.1")
-	apiPrefix     = flag.String("api_prefix", "/api/v1beta1", "The prefix for API requests on the server. Default '/api/v1beta1'")
-)
-
-// flags that affect both
-var (
-	etcdServer = flag.String("etcd_server", "http://localhost:4001", "Url of local etcd server")
-)
-
-// Starts kubelet services. Never returns.
-func fakeKubelet() {
-	endpoint := "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
-	dockerClient, err := docker.NewClient(endpoint)
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Fatal("Couldn't connnect to docker.")
-	}
-
-	myKubelet := kubelet.Kubelet{
-		Hostname:           *kubeletAddress,
-		DockerClient:       dockerClient,
-		FileCheckFrequency: *fileCheckFrequency,
-		SyncFrequency:      *syncFrequency,
-		HTTPCheckFrequency: *httpCheckFrequency,
-	}
-	myKubelet.RunKubelet(*file, *manifestUrl, *etcdServer, *kubeletAddress, *kubeletPort)
-}
-
-// Starts api services (the master). Never returns.
-func apiServer() {
-	m := master.New([]string{*etcdServer}, []string{*kubeletAddress}, nil)
-	glog.Fatal(m.Run(net.JoinHostPort(*masterAddress, strconv.Itoa(int(*masterPort))), *apiPrefix))
-}
-
-// Starts up a controller manager. Never returns.
-func controllerManager() {
-	controllerManager := controller.MakeReplicationManager(
-		etcd.NewClient([]string{*etcdServer}),
-		client.New(fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d", *masterAddress, *masterPort), nil))
-
-	controllerManager.Run(20 * time.Second)
-	select {}
-}
-
-func main() {
-	flag.Parse()
-	util.InitLogs()
-	defer util.FlushLogs()
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
-
-	// Set up logger for etcd client
-	etcd.SetLogger(util.NewLogger("etcd "))
-
-	go apiServer()
-	go fakeKubelet()
-	go controllerManager()
-
-	glog.Infof("All components started.\nMaster running at: http://%s:%d\nKubelet running at: http://%s:%d\n",
-		*masterAddress, *masterPort,
-		*kubeletAddress, *kubeletPort)
-	select {}
-}
diff --git a/hack/build-go.sh b/hack/build-go.sh
index cc901e6e6a6..e2869a3bacd 100755
--- a/hack/build-go.sh
+++ b/hack/build-go.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ source $(dirname $0)/config-go.sh
 
 cd "${KUBE_TARGET}"
 
-BINARIES="proxy integration apiserver controller-manager kubelet kubecfg localkube"
+BINARIES="proxy integration apiserver controller-manager kubelet kubecfg"
 
 if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
   BINARIES="$@"
diff --git a/hack/local-up.sh b/hack/local-up.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4b241bc2fe1..00000000000
--- a/hack/local-up.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# This command builds and runs a local kubernetes cluster.
-
-if [ "$(which etcd)" == "" ]; then
-	echo "etcd must be in your PATH"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-# Stop right away if the build fails
-set -e
-
-# Only build what we need
-(
-  source $(dirname $0)/config-go.sh
-  cd "${KUBE_TARGET}"
-  BINARIES="kubecfg localkube"
-  for b in $BINARIES; do
-    echo "+++ Building ${b}"
-    go build "${KUBE_GO_PACKAGE}"/cmd/${b}
-  done
-)
-
-echo "Starting etcd"
-
-ETCD_DIR=$(mktemp -d -t kube-integration.XXXXXX)
-trap "rm -rf ${ETCD_DIR}" EXIT
-
-(etcd -name test -data-dir ${ETCD_DIR} > /tmp/etcd.log) &
-ETCD_PID=$!
-
-sleep 5
-
-echo "Running localkube as root (so it can talk to docker's unix socket)"
-sudo $(dirname $0)/../output/go/localkube $*
-
-kill $ETCD_PID
diff --git a/hack/localcfg.sh b/hack/localcfg.sh
index d0c7c458fef..50d94190ae1 100755
--- a/hack/localcfg.sh
+++ b/hack/localcfg.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # This file is exactly like kubecfg.sh, but it talks to a local master
-# (which you're assumed to be running with localkube.sh).
+# (which you're assumed to be running with local-up-cluster.sh).
 
 CLOUDCFG=$(dirname $0)/../output/go/kubecfg
 if [ ! -x $CLOUDCFG ]; then