diff --git a/.TOOLVERSIONS b/.TOOLVERSIONS
deleted file mode 100644
index 002d5b5ad1..0000000000
--- a/.TOOLVERSIONS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-android-sdk-build-tools;28.0.1;
-android-sdk;4333796;aa190cfd7299cd6a1c687355bb2764e4
-nix;2.2.1;
-node;10.15.0;
-StatusImAppImage;20181208;
-StatusIm-Windows-base-image;20181113;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci/utils.groovy b/ci/utils.groovy
index debdb8f964..a501ad0cea 100644
--- a/ci/utils.groovy
+++ b/ci/utils.groovy
@@ -3,14 +3,6 @@ def getVersion() {
   return readFile(path).trim()
 }
 
-def getToolVersion(name) {
-  def version = sh(
-    returnStdout: true,
-    script: "${env.WORKSPACE}/scripts/toolversion ${name}"
-  ).trim()
-  return version
-}
-
 def branchName() {
   return env.GIT_BRANCH.replaceAll(/.*origin\//, '')
 }
diff --git a/scripts/lib/setup/packages.sh b/scripts/lib/setup/packages.sh
index 2cc4f9698c..6c09418a1c 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/setup/packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/lib/setup/packages.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,3 @@ function program_version_exists() {
   fi
   $(exit 1)
 }
-
-function toolversion() {
-  ${GIT_ROOT}/scripts/toolversion "${1}"
-}
diff --git a/scripts/prepare-for-desktop-platform.sh b/scripts/prepare-for-desktop-platform.sh
index 652c918a86..9e61ee02e3 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare-for-desktop-platform.sh
+++ b/scripts/prepare-for-desktop-platform.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
 NC='\033[0m'
 PLATFORM_FOLDER="desktop/js_files"
 
-$GIT_ROOT/scripts/run-environment-check.sh desktop
-
 if [ ! -f package.json ] || [ $(readlink package.json) != "${PLATFORM_FOLDER}/package.json" ]; then
   rm -rf node_modules
 
diff --git a/scripts/run-environment-check.sh b/scripts/run-environment-check.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5a7685dcb7..0000000000
--- a/scripts/run-environment-check.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-RED='\033[0;31m'
-GREEN='\033[0;32m'
-YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
-NC='\033[0m'
-PLATFORM=""
-
-_current_dir=$(cd "${BASH_SOURCE%/*}" && pwd)
-source "$_current_dir/lib/setup/path-support.sh"
-
-source_lib "packages.sh"
-
-EXPECTED_NODE_VERSION="v$(toolversion node)" # note the 'v' in front, that is how node does versioning
-EXPECTED_YARN_VERSION="$(toolversion yarn)" # note the lack of 'v' in front. inconsistent. :(
-
-# if no arguments passed, inform user about possible ones
-if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
-  echo -e "${GREEN}This script should be invoked with platform argument: 'android', 'ios' or 'desktop'${NC}"
-  exit 1
-else
-  PLATFORM=$1
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$IN_NIX_SHELL" ]; then
-  if ! program_version_exists node $EXPECTED_NODE_VERSION || ! program_version_exists yarn $EXPECTED_YARN_VERSION; then
-    echo -e "${YELLOW}********************************************************************************************"
-
-    echo -e "The current environment doesn't contain the expected versions of node and/or yarn"
-    echo -e "  - node:\texpected\t${EXPECTED_NODE_VERSION}"
-    echo -e "  \t\tfound\t\t$(node -v) ($(which node))"
-    echo -e "  - yarn:\texpected\t${EXPECTED_YARN_VERSION}"
-    echo -e "  \t\tfound\t\t$(yarn -v) ($(which yarn))"
-    echo -e "Please open another console to reload the environment."
-
-    echo -e "**********************************************************************************************${NC}"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
-if [ "$PLATFORM" == 'ios' ] && [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
-  echo -e "${RED}iOS builds are only possible on macOS hosts${NC}"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo -e "${GREEN}Finished!${NC}"
diff --git a/scripts/setup b/scripts/setup
index 1fe66efd44..2e92cfd433 100755
--- a/scripts/setup
+++ b/scripts/setup
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fi
 setup_header "Installing requirements..."
 
 if [ "$IN_NIX_SHELL" != 'pure' ] && ! is_nixos && ! program_exists nix; then
-  required_version=$(toolversion nix)
+  required_version="2.3.1"
   NIX_INSTALLER_NO_MODIFY_PROFILE=1 bash <(curl https://nixos.org/releases/nix/nix-${required_version}/install) --no-daemon
   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     echo -e "${YELLOW}**********************************************************************************************************"
diff --git a/scripts/toolversion b/scripts/toolversion
deleted file mode 100755
index 50f1296f8b..0000000000
--- a/scripts/toolversion
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-################################################################################
-# This tool fetches versions and checksums of build tools from the .TOOLVERSIONS
-# file in project root. This is then used by various setup scripts,
-# and most importantly by Dockerfiles.
-################################################################################
-
-set -e
-
-GIT_ROOT=$(cd "${BASH_SOURCE%/*}" && git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-TOOL_VERSIONS_FILE="${GIT_ROOT}/.TOOLVERSIONS"
-
-usage () {
-  echo "Usage: toolversion [-c] <name>" >&2
-  echo
-  echo "This script extracts tooling versions from ${TOOL_VERSIONS_FILE}"
-  exit 0
-}
-
-# some options parsing
-while getopts ":ch" opt; do
-  case $opt in
-    c)  CHECKSUM=1; shift ;;
-    h)  usage;;
-    \?) echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2; exit 1;;
-  esac
-done
-
-# verify the main argument was given
-if [[ -z "${1}" ]]; then usage; fi
-
-NAME=${1}
-
-getColumn () {
-    local value=$(awk -F';' "/^${NAME};/{print \$${1}}" "${TOOL_VERSIONS_FILE}")
-    [ -z "$value" ] && echo "\nUnexpected missing value for ${NAME} in ${TOOL_VERSIONS_FILE}" && exit 1
-    echo $value
-}
-
-if [[ $CHECKSUM ]]; then
-    getColumn 3
-else
-    getColumn 2
-fi