diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 48ce658..5f1f756 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -376,19 +376,6 @@ install:
 
 Notice how the number of Make jobs is set through the "MAKE" env var.
 
-### build_p2pd.sh
-
-Builds the "p2pd" Go daemon. No longer used by a Make target, but needed by
-other projects that run it directly in their CI config files, like this:
-
-```yaml
-install:
-  # [...]
-  # install and build go-libp2p-daemon
-  - curl -O -L -s -S https://raw.githubusercontent.com/status-im/nimbus-build-system/master/scripts/build_p2pd.sh
-  - bash build_p2pd.sh p2pdCache v0.2.1
-```
-
 ### build_rocksdb.sh
 
 Builds RocksDB. No longer used.
diff --git a/scripts/build_p2pd.sh b/scripts/build_p2pd.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 173b0ec..0000000
--- a/scripts/build_p2pd.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Copyright (c) 2018-2020 Status Research & Development GmbH. Licensed under
-# either of:
-# - Apache License, version 2.0
-# - MIT license
-# at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except
-# according to those terms.
-
-set -e
-
-CACHE_DIR="$1" # optional parameter pointing to a CI cache dir.
-LIBP2P_COMMIT="v0.2.1" # tags work too, only used in nim-libp2p CI for now
-[[ -n "$2" ]] && LIBP2P_COMMIT="$2" # allow overriding it on the command line
-SUBREPO_DIR="vendor/go/src/github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-daemon"
-if [[ ! -e "$SUBREPO_DIR" ]]; then
-	# we're probably in nim-libp2p's CI
-	SUBREPO_DIR="go-libp2p-daemon"
-	rm -rf "$SUBREPO_DIR"
-	git clone -q https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-daemon
-	cd "$SUBREPO_DIR"
-	git checkout -q $LIBP2P_COMMIT
-	cd ..
-fi
-
-## env vars
-# verbosity level
-[[ -z "$V" ]] && V=0
-[[ -z "$BUILD_MSG" ]] && BUILD_MSG="Building p2pd ${LIBP2P_COMMIT}"
-
-# Windows detection
-if uname | grep -qiE "mingw|msys"; then
-	EXE_SUFFIX=".exe"
-	# otherwise it fails in AppVeyor due to https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2495
-	GIT_TIMESTAMP_ARG="--date=unix" # available since Git 2.9.4
-else
-	EXE_SUFFIX=""
-	GIT_TIMESTAMP_ARG="--date=format-local:%s" # available since Git 2.7.0
-fi
-
-TARGET_DIR="${GOPATH%:*}/bin" # if multiple paths are specified, use the first one
-TARGET_BINARY="${TARGET_DIR}/p2pd${EXE_SUFFIX}"
-
-target_needs_rebuilding() {
-	REBUILD=0
-	NO_REBUILD=1
-
-	if [[ -n "$CACHE_DIR" && -e "${CACHE_DIR}/p2pd${EXE_SUFFIX}" ]]; then
-		mkdir -p "${TARGET_DIR}"
-		cp -a "$CACHE_DIR"/* "${TARGET_DIR}/"
-	fi
-
-	# compare the built commit's timestamp to the date of the last commit (keep in mind that Git doesn't preserve file timestamps)
-	if [[ -e "${TARGET_DIR}/timestamp" && $(cat "${TARGET_DIR}/timestamp") -eq $(cd "$SUBREPO_DIR"; git log --pretty=format:%cd -n 1 ${GIT_TIMESTAMP_ARG}) ]]; then
-		return $NO_REBUILD
-	else
-		return $REBUILD
-	fi
-}
-
-build_target() {
-	echo -e "$BUILD_MSG"
-	[[ "$V" == "0" ]] && exec &>/dev/null
-
-	pushd "$SUBREPO_DIR"
-	# Go module downloads can fail randomly in CI VMs, so retry them a few times
-	MAX_RETRIES=5
-	CURR=0
-	while [[ $CURR -lt $MAX_RETRIES ]]; do
-		FAILED=0
-		go get ./... && break || FAILED=1
-		CURR=$(( CURR + 1 ))
-		echo "retry #${CURR}"
-	done
-	if [[ $FAILED == 1 ]]; then
-		echo "Error: still fails after retrying ${MAX_RETRIES} times."
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	go install ./...
-
-	# record the last commit's timestamp
-	git log --pretty=format:%cd -n 1 ${GIT_TIMESTAMP_ARG} > "${TARGET_DIR}/timestamp"
-
-	popd
-
-	# update the CI cache
-	if [[ -n "$CACHE_DIR" ]]; then
-		rm -rf "$CACHE_DIR"
-		mkdir "$CACHE_DIR"
-		cp -a "$TARGET_DIR"/* "$CACHE_DIR"/
-	fi
-}
-
-if target_needs_rebuilding; then
-	build_target
-else
-	echo "No rebuild needed."
-fi
-