diff --git a/scripts/abstract.php b/scripts/abstract.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 9810418c4a676..0000000000000
--- a/scripts/abstract.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-use \Magento\Framework\AppInterface as AppInterface;
-use \Magento\Framework\App\Http as Http;
-
-use Magento\Framework\ObjectManager\ConfigLoaderInterface;
-use Magento\Framework\App\Request\Http as RequestHttp;
-use Magento\Framework\App\Response\Http as ResponseHttp;
-use Magento\Framework\Event;
-use Magento\Framework\Filesystem;
-use Magento\Framework\App\AreaList as AreaList;
-use Magento\Framework\App\State as State;
-
-abstract class AbstractApp implements AppInterface
-{
-    public function __construct(
-        \Magento\Framework\ObjectManagerInterface $objectManager,
-        Event\Manager $eventManager,
-        AreaList $areaList,
-        RequestHttp $request,
-        ResponseHttp $response,
-        ConfigLoaderInterface $configLoader,
-        State $state,
-        Filesystem $filesystem,
-        \Magento\Framework\Registry $registry
-    ) {
-        $this->_objectManager = $objectManager;
-        $this->_eventManager = $eventManager;
-        $this->_areaList = $areaList;
-        $this->_request = $request;
-        $this->_response = $response;
-        $this->_configLoader = $configLoader;
-        $this->_state = $state;
-        $this->_filesystem = $filesystem;
-        $this->registry = $registry;
-    }
-
-    public function launch()
-    {
-        $this->run();
-        return $this->_response;
-    }
-
-    abstract public function run();
-
-    public function catchException(\Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap $bootstrap, \Exception $exception)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/scripts/create-categories.php b/scripts/create-categories.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 06a2e443839fa..0000000000000
--- a/scripts/create-categories.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../app/bootstrap.php';
-$bootstrap = \Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap::create(BP, $_SERVER);
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/abstract.php';
-
-class CreateCategoriesApp extends AbstractApp
-{
-
-    public function run()
-    {
-        $this->_objectManager->get('Magento\Framework\Registry')
-            ->register('isSecureArea', true);
-
-        for ($i=0; $i<2500; ++$i) {
-            $newCategoryName = 'Performance Category ' .$i;
-
-            /** @var Magento\Catalog\Model\Category\Interceptor $newCategory */
-            $newCategory = $this->_objectManager->create('\Magento\Catalog\Model\Category');
-            $existingCategory = $newCategory->loadByAttribute('name', $newCategoryName);
-
-            if (!$existingCategory) {
-                $newCategory->setData(
-                    array(
-                        'name' => $newCategoryName,
-                        'parent_id' => Magento\Catalog\Model\Category::TREE_ROOT_ID,
-                        'attribute_set_id' => $newCategory->getDefaultAttributeSetId(),
-                        'path' => Magento\Catalog\Model\Category::TREE_ROOT_ID,
-                    )
-                );
-                $newCategory->save();
-
-                echo "Created\t" . $newCategoryName . PHP_EOL;
-            } else {
-                $newCategory->delete();
-                echo "Deleting\t" . $newCategoryName . PHP_EOL;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/** @var \Magento\Framework\App\Http $app */
-$app = $bootstrap->createApplication('CreateCategoriesApp');
-$bootstrap->run($app);
-
-