diff --git a/CONTENTS.md b/CONTENTS.md
index d563dff9..025b3180 100644
--- a/CONTENTS.md
+++ b/CONTENTS.md
@@ -107,18 +107,6 @@ Finds unmaintained binaries sourced from SLE.
 * Package: openSUSE-release-tools
 * Usage: obsolete
 
-#### sync-rebuild
-
-Syncs openSUSE:Factory and openSUSE:Factory:Rebuild. This feature was already
-merged into the [accept
-command](https://github.com/openSUSE/openSUSE-release-tools/commit/87c891662015f14421c2315210c248e712e697c8)
-of the staging projects plug-in.
-
-* Sources: [sync-rebuild.py](sync-rebuild.py)
-* Documentation: --
-* Package: openSUSE-release-tools
-* Usage: obsolete
-
 #### bugowner
 
 Manages bugowner information
diff --git a/dist/package/openSUSE-release-tools.spec b/dist/package/openSUSE-release-tools.spec
index fcda1e67..eeb0187e 100644
--- a/dist/package/openSUSE-release-tools.spec
+++ b/dist/package/openSUSE-release-tools.spec
@@ -397,7 +397,6 @@ exit 0
 %{_bindir}/osrt-openqa-maintenance
 %{_bindir}/osrt-requestfinder
 %{_bindir}/osrt-scan_baselibs
-%{_bindir}/osrt-sync-rebuild
 %{_bindir}/osrt-unmaintained
 %{_bindir}/osrt-totest-manager
 %{_datadir}/%{source_dir}
diff --git a/sync-rebuild.py b/sync-rebuild.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 21de9eb9..00000000
--- a/sync-rebuild.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
-
-import sys
-import os
-import osc
-import osc.core
-import osc.conf
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-import re
-
-
-results = []
-repo = ""
-architectures = ["x86_64", "i586"]
-pkg = ""
-projects = ['openSUSE:Factory', 'openSUSE:Factory:Rebuild']
-
-# initialize osc config
-osc.conf.get_config()
-
-def get_prj_results(prj, arch):
-    url = osc.core.makeurl(osc.conf.config['apiurl'], ['build', prj, 'standard', arch, "_jobhistory?code=lastfailures"])
-    f = osc.core.http_GET(url)
-    xml = f.read()
-    results = []
-
-    root = ET.fromstring(xml)
-
-    xmllines = root.findall("./jobhist")
-
-    for pkg in xmllines:
-        if pkg.attrib['code'] == 'failed':
-            results.append(pkg.attrib['package'])
-
-    return results
-
-def compare_results(factory, rebuild, testmode):
-
-    com_res = set(rebuild).symmetric_difference(set(factory))
-
-    if testmode != False:
-        print(com_res)
-
-    return com_res
-
-def check_pkgs(rebuild_list):
-    url = osc.core.makeurl(osc.conf.config['apiurl'], ['source', 'openSUSE:Factory'])
-    f = osc.core.http_GET(url)
-    xml = f.read()
-    pkglist = []
-
-    root = ET.fromstring(xml)
-
-    xmllines = root.findall("./entry")
-
-    for pkg in xmllines:
-        if pkg.attrib['name'] in rebuild_list:
-            pkglist.append(pkg.attrib['name'])
-
-    return pkglist
-
-def rebuild_pkg_in_factory(package, prj, arch, testmode, code=None):
-    query = { 'cmd': 'rebuild', 'arch': arch }
-    if package:
-        query['package'] = package
-    pkg = query['package']
-
-    u = osc.core.makeurl(osc.conf.config['apiurl'], ['build', prj], query=query)
-
-    if testmode != False:
-        print("Trigger rebuild for this package: " + u)
-
-    else:
-        try:
-            print('tried to trigger rebuild for project \'%s\' package \'%s\'' % (prj, pkg))
-            f = osc.core.http_POST(u)
-
-        except:
-            print('could not trigger rebuild for project \'%s\' package \'%s\'' % (prj, pkg))
-
-testmode = False
-try:
-    if sys.argv[1] != None:
-        if sys.argv[1] == '-test':
-            testmode = True
-            print("testmode: " + str(testmode))
-    else:
-        testmode = False
-except:
-    pass
-
-for arch in architectures:
-    fact_result = get_prj_results('openSUSE:Factory', arch)
-    rebuild_result = get_prj_results('openSUSE:Factory:Rebuild', arch)
-    rebuild_result = check_pkgs(rebuild_result)
-    fact_result = check_pkgs(fact_result)
-    result = compare_results(fact_result, rebuild_result, testmode)
-
-    print(sorted(result))
-
-    for package in result:
-        rebuild_pkg_in_factory(package, 'openSUSE:Factory', arch, testmode, None)
-        rebuild_pkg_in_factory(package, 'openSUSE:Factory:Rebuild', arch, testmode, None)