diff --git a/util/cron/lookForTabs.cron b/util/cron/lookForTabs.cron
deleted file mode 100755
index 55e4ec3dd525..000000000000
--- a/util/cron/lookForTabs.cron
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
-
-use Cwd 'abs_path';
-use File::Basename;
-
-$user = `whoami`;
-chomp($user);
-$mailcommand = "| mail -s \"Cron Nightly TAB check\" $user\@hpe.com";
-$cwd = abs_path(dirname(__FILE__));
-$chplhomedir = abs_path("$cwd/../..");
-
-$matchfile = "$chplhomedir/match.out";
-
-mysystem("export CHPL_HOME=$chplhomedir && util/devel/lookForTabs > $matchfile", "looking for tabs", 1, 1);
-$matches = `wc -l $matchfile`;
-chomp($matches);
-if ($matches != 0) {
-  print "matches!\n";
-  if (!exists($ENV{"CHPL_TEST_NOMAIL"}) or grep {$ENV{"CHPL_TEST_NOMAIL"} =~ /^$_$/i} ('','\s*','0','f(alse)?','no?')) {
-      open(MAIL, "| mail -s 'Cron Nightly TAB check' chapel_dev\@cray.com");
-      open(MESSAGE, "<$matchfile");
-      while (<MESSAGE>) {
-        my($line) = $_;
-        print MAIL "$line";
-      }
-      close(MAIL);
-  } else {
-      print "CHPL_TEST_NOMAIL: No mail\n";
-  }
-} else {
-  print "no matches!\n";
-}
-
-exit 0;
-
-
-#
-# subroutines
-#
-
-sub mysystem {
-    $command = $_[0];
-    $errorname = $_[1];
-    $fatal = $_[2];
-    $mailmsg = $_[3];
-
-    $status = system($command);
-    if ($status != 0) {
-	$somethingfailed = 1;
-        $status = $status / 256;
-	print "Error $_[1]: $status\n";
-
-    if ($mailmsg != 0) {
-        if (!exists($ENV{"CHPL_TEST_NOMAIL"}) or grep {$ENV{"CHPL_TEST_NOMAIL"} =~ /^$_$/i} ('','\s*','0','f(alse)?','no?')) {
-            open(MAIL, $mailcommand);
-            print MAIL "=== Summary ===================================================\n";
-            print MAIL "ERROR $_[1]: $status\n";
-            print MAIL "(workspace left at $tmpdir)\n";
-            print MAIL "=== End Summary ===============================================\n";
-            close(MAIL);
-        } else {
-            print "CHPL_TEST_NOMAIL: No $mailcommand\n";
-        }
-    }
-    }
-    $status;
-}