diff --git a/src/mesa-overlay-control.py b/src/mesa-overlay-control.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 6947250c..00000000
--- a/src/mesa-overlay-control.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,203 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import os
-import socket
-import sys
-import select
-from select import EPOLLIN, EPOLLPRI, EPOLLERR
-import time
-from collections import namedtuple
-import argparse
-
-TIMEOUT = 1.0 # seconds
-
-VERSION_HEADER = bytearray('MesaOverlayControlVersion', 'utf-8')
-DEVICE_NAME_HEADER = bytearray('DeviceName', 'utf-8')
-MESA_VERSION_HEADER = bytearray('MesaVersion', 'utf-8')
-
-DEFAULT_SERVER_ADDRESS = "\0mesa_overlay"
-
-class Connection:
-    def __init__(self, path):
-        # Create a Unix Domain socket and connect
-        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-        try:
-            sock.connect(path)
-        except socket.error as msg:
-            print(msg)
-            sys.exit(1)
-
-        self.sock = sock
-
-        # initialize poll interface and register socket
-        epoll = select.epoll()
-        epoll.register(sock, EPOLLIN | EPOLLPRI | EPOLLERR)
-        self.epoll = epoll
-
-    def recv(self, timeout):
-        '''
-        timeout as float in seconds
-        returns:
-            - None on error or disconnection
-            - bytes() (empty) on timeout
-        '''
-
-        events = self.epoll.poll(timeout)
-        for ev in events:
-            (fd, event) = ev
-            if fd != self.sock.fileno():
-                continue
-
-            # check for socket error
-            if event & EPOLLERR:
-                return None
-
-            # EPOLLIN or EPOLLPRI, just read the message
-            msg = self.sock.recv(4096)
-
-            # socket disconnected
-            if len(msg) == 0:
-                return None
-
-            return msg
-
-        return bytes()
-
-    def send(self, msg):
-        self.sock.send(msg)
-
-class MsgParser:
-    MSGBEGIN = bytes(':', 'utf-8')[0]
-    MSGEND = bytes(';', 'utf-8')[0]
-    MSGSEP = bytes('=', 'utf-8')[0]
-
-    def __init__(self, conn):
-        self.cmdpos = 0
-        self.parampos = 0
-        self.bufferpos = 0
-        self.reading_cmd = False
-        self.reading_param = False
-        self.buffer = None
-        self.cmd = bytearray(4096)
-        self.param = bytearray(4096)
-
-        self.conn = conn
-
-    def readCmd(self, ncmds, timeout=TIMEOUT):
-        '''
-        returns:
-            - None on error or disconnection
-            - bytes() (empty) on timeout
-        '''
-
-        parsed = []
-
-        remaining = timeout
-
-        while remaining > 0 and ncmds > 0:
-            now = time.monotonic()
-
-            if self.buffer == None:
-                self.buffer = self.conn.recv(remaining)
-                self.bufferpos = 0
-
-            # disconnected or error
-            if self.buffer == None:
-                return None
-
-            for i in range(self.bufferpos, len(self.buffer)):
-                c = self.buffer[i]
-                self.bufferpos += 1
-                if c == self.MSGBEGIN:
-                    self.cmdpos = 0
-                    self.parampos = 0
-                    self.reading_cmd = True
-                    self.reading_param = False
-                elif c == self.MSGEND:
-                    if not self.reading_cmd:
-                        continue
-                    self.reading_cmd = False
-                    self.reading_param = False
-
-                    cmd = self.cmd[0:self.cmdpos]
-                    param = self.param[0:self.parampos]
-                    self.reading_cmd = False
-                    self.reading_param = False
-
-                    parsed.append((cmd, param))
-                    ncmds -= 1
-                    if ncmds == 0:
-                        break
-                elif c == self.MSGSEP:
-                    if self.reading_cmd:
-                        self.reading_param = True
-                else:
-                    if self.reading_param:
-                        self.param[self.parampos] = c
-                        self.parampos += 1
-                    elif self.reading_cmd:
-                        self.cmd[self.cmdpos] = c
-                        self.cmdpos += 1
-
-            # if we read the entire buffer and didn't finish the command,
-            # throw it away
-            self.buffer = None
-
-            # check if we have time for another iteration
-            elapsed = time.monotonic() - now
-            remaining = max(0, remaining - elapsed)
-
-        # timeout
-        return parsed
-
-def control(args):
-    if args.socket:
-        address = '\0' + args.socket
-    else:
-        address = DEFAULT_SERVER_ADDRESS
-
-    conn = Connection(address)
-    msgparser = MsgParser(conn)
-
-    version = None
-    name = None
-    mesa_version = None
-
-    msgs = msgparser.readCmd(3)
-
-    for m in msgs:
-        cmd, param = m
-        if cmd == VERSION_HEADER:
-            version = int(param)
-        elif cmd == DEVICE_NAME_HEADER:
-            name = param.decode('utf-8')
-        elif cmd == MESA_VERSION_HEADER:
-            mesa_version = param.decode('utf-8')
-
-    if version != 1 or name == None or mesa_version == None:
-        print('ERROR: invalid protocol')
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-
-    if args.info:
-        info = "Protocol Version: {}\n"
-        info += "Device Name: {}\n"
-        info += "Mesa Version: {}"
-        print(info.format(version, name, mesa_version))
-
-    if args.cmd == 'start-capture':
-        conn.send(bytearray(':capture=1;', 'utf-8'))
-    elif args.cmd == 'stop-capture':
-        conn.send(bytearray(':capture=0;', 'utf-8'))
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='MESA_overlay control client')
-    parser.add_argument('--info', action='store_true', help='Print info from socket')
-    parser.add_argument('--socket', '-s', type=str, help='Path to socket')
-
-    commands = parser.add_subparsers(help='commands to run', dest='cmd')
-    commands.add_parser('start-capture')
-    commands.add_parser('stop-capture')
-
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    control(args)
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 43ad0f0b..3665b2b5 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -69,10 +69,3 @@ install_data(
   files('mangohud.json'),
   install_dir : join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'vulkan', 'implicit_layer.d'),
 )
-
-configure_file(
-  input : files('mesa-overlay-control.py'),
-  output : '@PLAINNAME@',
-  configuration : configuration_data(), # only copy the file
-  install_dir: get_option('bindir'),
-)