diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9a5f3b3e..bed26cfd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,
 	AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-debug], [enable debugging support]),
 	[debug=$enableval], [debug=no])
 
-# Help line for abs
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(abs,
-	AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-abs], [do not include Arch Linux Build System script]),
-	[includeabs=$enableval], [includeabs=yes])
-
 # Help line for pacman.static
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(pacman-static,
 	AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-pacman-static], [do not build static version of pacman]),
@@ -273,17 +268,7 @@ else
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall"
 fi
 
-# Enable or disable inclusion of abs script
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for inclusion of abs script)
-if test "x$includeabs" = "xyes" ; then
-	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-	AC_DEFINE([INCLUDE_ABS], , [Include abs script])
-else
-	AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-fi
-AM_CONDITIONAL(INCLUDE_ABS, test "x$includeabs" = "xyes")
-
-# Enable or disable inclusion of abs script
+# Enable or disable inclusion of pacman.static
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to build pacman.static)
 if test "x$pacmanstatic" = "xyes" ; then
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
@@ -315,7 +300,6 @@ scripts/Makefile
 doc/Makefile
 etc/Makefile
 etc/pacman.d/Makefile
-etc/abs/Makefile
 po/Makefile.in
 pactest/Makefile
 contrib/Makefile
@@ -355,7 +339,6 @@ pacman_display_version:
     Doxygen support        : ${usedoxygen}
     Asciidoc support       : ${useasciidoc}
     debug support          : ${debug}
-    include abs            : ${includeabs}
     build pacman.static    : ${pacmanstatic}
 "
 
diff --git a/etc/Makefile.am b/etc/Makefile.am
index 2cff0150..6fa7d98c 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile.am
+++ b/etc/Makefile.am
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 SUBDIRS = pacman.d
 
-if INCLUDE_ABS
-SUBDIRS += abs
-endif
-
 dist_sysconf_DATA = makepkg.conf pacman.conf
 EXTRA_DIST = makepkg.conf.in pacman.conf.in
 
diff --git a/etc/abs/Makefile.am b/etc/abs/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index b6b64f03..00000000
--- a/etc/abs/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-EXTRA_DIST = \
-	abs.conf \
-	supfile.community \
-	supfile.core \
-	supfile.extra \
-	supfile.testing \
-	supfile.unstable
-
-install-data-hook:
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/abs ; \
-	for j in $(EXTRA_DIST); do \
-		$(INSTALL) -c -m 644 $(srcdir)/$$j $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/abs/$$j ; \
-	done
-
-uninstall-hook:
-	for j in $(EXTRA_DIST); do \
-		rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/abs/$$j ; \
-	done
-
-# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 noet:
diff --git a/etc/abs/abs.conf b/etc/abs/abs.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 782b269b..00000000
--- a/etc/abs/abs.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#
-# /etc/abs/abs.conf
-#
-
-# the top-level directory of all your PKGBUILDs
-[ "$ABSROOT" = "" ] && ABSROOT="/var/abs/"
-
-#
-# Supfiles to be parsed by abs (in this order)
-#   (prefix a module with a ! to disable it)
-#
-SUPFILES=(core extra !unstable !community !testing)
-
diff --git a/etc/abs/supfile.community b/etc/abs/supfile.community
deleted file mode 100644
index 6565ea50..00000000
--- a/etc/abs/supfile.community
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#
-# supfile.community
-#
-
-# this is the host containing the community PKGBUILD files
-*default host=cvs.archlinux.org
-
-*default release=cvs
-*default delete
-*default use-rel-suffix
-*default compress
-#*default umask=002
-
-*default tag=CURRENT
-community
diff --git a/etc/abs/supfile.core b/etc/abs/supfile.core
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e052bce..00000000
--- a/etc/abs/supfile.core
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#
-# supfile.core
-#
-
-# this is the host containing the core PKGBUILD files
-*default host=cvs.archlinux.org
-
-*default release=cvs
-*default delete
-*default use-rel-suffix
-*default compress
-#*default umask=002
-
-*default tag=CURRENT
-core
diff --git a/etc/abs/supfile.extra b/etc/abs/supfile.extra
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f69a7b5..00000000
--- a/etc/abs/supfile.extra
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#
-# supfile.extra
-#
-
-# this is the host containing the extra PKGBUILD files
-*default host=cvs.archlinux.org
-
-*default release=cvs
-*default delete
-*default use-rel-suffix
-*default compress
-#*default umask=002
-
-*default tag=CURRENT
-extra
diff --git a/etc/abs/supfile.testing b/etc/abs/supfile.testing
deleted file mode 100644
index 70fc6551..00000000
--- a/etc/abs/supfile.testing
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#
-# supfile.testing
-#
-
-# this is the host containing the testing PKGBUILD files
-*default host=cvs.archlinux.org
-
-*default release=cvs
-*default delete
-*default use-rel-suffix
-*default compress
-#*default umask=002
-
-*default tag=TESTING
-core
-extra
diff --git a/etc/abs/supfile.unstable b/etc/abs/supfile.unstable
deleted file mode 100644
index d567313d..00000000
--- a/etc/abs/supfile.unstable
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#
-# supfile.unstable
-#
-
-# this is the host containing the unstable PKGBUILD files
-*default host=cvs.archlinux.org
-
-*default release=cvs
-*default delete
-*default use-rel-suffix
-*default compress
-#*default umask=002
-
-*default tag=CURRENT
-unstable
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 0f46f122..359a8041 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ src/pacman/sync.c
 src/pacman/util.c
 
 # scripts with gettext translations
-scripts/abs.sh.in
 scripts/gensync.sh.in
 scripts/makepkg.sh.in
 scripts/pacman-optimize.sh.in
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
index 17a2a41e..7164b9fa 100644
--- a/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-abs
 gensync
 makepkg
 makeworld
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
index 01250f5b..175ddd17 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -11,12 +11,7 @@ bin_SCRIPTS = \
 	repo-remove \
 	updatesync
 
-if INCLUDE_ABS
-bin_SCRIPTS += abs
-endif
-
 EXTRA_DIST = \
-	abs.sh.in \
 	gensync.sh.in \
 	makepkg.sh.in \
 	makeworld.sh.in \
@@ -54,7 +49,6 @@ $(bin_SCRIPTS): Makefile
 	chmod a-w $@.tmp
 	mv $@.tmp $@
 
-abs: $(srcdir)/abs.sh.in
 gensync: $(srcdir)/gensync.sh.in
 makepkg: $(srcdir)/makepkg.sh.in
 makeworld: $(srcdir)/makeworld.sh.in
diff --git a/scripts/abs.sh.in b/scripts/abs.sh.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 79f2aef0..00000000
--- a/scripts/abs.sh.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,171 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-#
-#   abs - download a PKGBUILD tree from a CVS repository
-#   @configure_input@
-#
-#   Copyright (c) 2002-2007 by Judd Vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org>
-#
-#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-#   (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#   GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-
-##
-# Script Exit Reasons
-# -------------------
-#              E_OK : Everything worked :)
-# E_MISSING_PROGRAM : A program the script depends on is not installed.
-#    E_CONFIG_ERROR : Missing/incorrect configuration.
-#  E_INVALID_OPTION : User has passed unknown/invalid option to script.
-##
-
-# gettext initialization
-export TEXTDOMAIN='pacman'
-export TEXTDOMAINDIR='@localedir@'
-
-myver='@PACKAGE_VERSION@'
-BUG_REPORT_EMAIL='@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@'
-CONFDIR="@sysconfdir@/abs"
-PASSIVE='m'
-
-# Source config files
-if [ -r "$CONFDIR/abs.conf" ]; then
-	source "$CONFDIR/abs.conf"
-fi
-
-# User based overrides
-if [ -r ~/.abs.conf ]; then
-	source ~/.abs.conf
-fi
-
-
-msg() {
-	local mesg=$1; shift
-	printf "==> ${mesg}\n" "$@" >&2
-}
-
-error() {
-	local mesg=$1; shift
-	printf  "==> $(gettext "ERROR:") ${mesg}\n" "$@" >&2
-}
-
-
-usage() {
-	printf "$(gettext "abs (pacman) %s - download a PKGBUILD tree from a CVS repository")\n\n" "$myver"
-	printf "$(gettext "Usage %s [options] [repository...]")\n\n" "$0"
-	printf "$(gettext "Options:")\n"
-	printf "$(gettext "  -p, --passive  The connection is opened in passive mode.")\n"
-	echo
-	printf "$(gettext "  -h, --help     Display this help message then exit.")\n"
-	printf "$(gettext "  -V, --version  Display version information then exit.")\n"
-	echo
-	printf "$(gettext "\
-abs will synchronize build scripts from the CVS repository\n\
-into %s. You can follow different package trees by\n\
-editing %s files. If no argument is given, abs\n\
-will synchronize from supfiles specified in %s.\n\n")" \
-		"$ABSROOT" "$CONFDIR/supfile.*" "$CONFDIR/abs.conf"
-	printf "$(gettext "Report bugs to <%s>.")\n" "$BUG_REPORT_EMAIL"
-}
-
-version() {
-	printf "abs (pacman) %s\n" "$myver"
-	printf "$(gettext "\
-Copyright (C) 2002-2007 Judd Vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org>.\n\n\
-This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.\n\
-There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n")"
-}
-
-
-##
-# Signal Traps
-##
-trap 'error "$(gettext "TERM signal caught. Exiting...")"; exit 1' TERM HUP QUIT
-trap 'error "$(gettext "Aborted by user! Exiting...")"; exit 1' INT
-trap 'error "$(gettext "An unknown error has occured. Exiting...")"; exit 1' ERR
-
-
-# Parse Command Line Options.
-OPT_SHORT="hpV"
-OPT_LONG="help,passive,version"
-OPT_TEMP="$(getopt -o "$OPT_SHORT" -l "$OPT_LONG" -n "$(basename "$0")" -- "$@" || echo 'GETOPT GO BANG!')"
-if echo "$OPT_TEMP" | grep -q 'GETOPT GO BANG!'; then
-	# This is a small hack to stop the script bailing with 'set -e'
-	echo; usage; exit 1 # E_INVALID_OPTION;
-fi
-eval set -- "$OPT_TEMP"
-unset OPT_SHORT OPT_LONG OPT_TEMP
-
-while true; do
-	case "$1" in
-		-p|--passive)  PASSIVE='-';;
-
-		-h|--help)     usage; exit 0;; # E_OK
-		-V|--version)  version; exit 0;; # E_OK
-
-		--)            OPT_IND=0; shift; break;;
-		*)             usage; exit 1;; # E_INVALID_OPTION
-	esac
-	shift
-done
-
-if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
-	SUPFILES=("$@")
-fi
-
-
-# Check permissions and programs.
-if [ ! -d "$ABSROOT" ]; then
-	error "$(gettext "%s does not exist or is not a directory.")" "$ABSROOT"
-	exit 1 # E_CONFIG_ERROR
-elif [ ! -w "$ABSROOT" ]; then
-	error "$(gettext "You do not have write permissions in %s.")" "$ABSROOT"
-	exit 1 # E_CONFIG_ERROR
-fi
-
-
-if [ "$(type -p csup)" ]; then
-	CVSUP="csup"
-elif [ "$(type -p cvsup)" ]; then
-	CVSUP="cvsup"
-else
-	error "$(gettext "Missing CVS synchronization utility. Install csup or cvsup.")"
-	exit 1 # E_MISSING_PROGRAM
-fi
-
-
-# Begin script.
-for sup in ${SUPFILES[@]}; do
-	case "$sup" in
-		testing)
-			if [ ! -d "$ABSROOT/$sup" ]; then
-				mkdir "$ABSROOT/$sup"
-			fi
-			workdir="$ABSROOT/$sup"
-			;;
-
-		*)
-			if [ "$sup" != "${sup#!}" ]; then
-				continue
-			fi
-			workdir="$ABSROOT"
-			;;
-	esac
-
-	msg "$(gettext "Updating %s...")" "$sup"
-	cd "$workdir"
-	$CVSUP -L 1 -r 0 -g -b "$workdir" -P "$PASSIVE" -c .sup "$CONFDIR/supfile.$sup"
-done
-
-exit 0 # E_OK
-
-# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: