diff --git a/toolbox/Android.mk b/toolbox/Android.mk
index a866400dc..6f5567d9d 100644
--- a/toolbox/Android.mk
+++ b/toolbox/Android.mk
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ BSD_TOOLS := \
 OUR_TOOLS := \
     df \
     getevent \
-    getprop \
     iftop \
     ioctl \
     ionice \
diff --git a/toolbox/getprop.c b/toolbox/getprop.c
deleted file mode 100644
index dcc0ea030..000000000
--- a/toolbox/getprop.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include <cutils/properties.h>
-
-#include "dynarray.h"
-
-static void record_prop(const char* key, const char* name, void* opaque)
-{
-    strlist_t* list = opaque;
-    char temp[PROP_VALUE_MAX + PROP_NAME_MAX + 16];
-    snprintf(temp, sizeof temp, "[%s]: [%s]", key, name);
-    strlist_append_dup(list, temp);
-}
-
-static void list_properties(void)
-{
-    strlist_t  list[1] = { STRLIST_INITIALIZER };
-
-    /* Record properties in the string list */
-    (void)property_list(record_prop, list);
-
-    /* Sort everything */
-    strlist_sort(list);
-
-    /* print everything */
-    STRLIST_FOREACH(list, str, printf("%s\n", str));
-
-    /* voila */
-    strlist_done(list);
-}
-
-int getprop_main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-    if (argc == 1) {
-        list_properties();
-    } else {
-        char value[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
-        char *default_value;
-        if(argc > 2) {
-            default_value = argv[2];
-        } else {
-            default_value = "";
-        }
-
-        property_get(argv[1], value, default_value);
-        printf("%s\n", value);
-    }
-    return 0;
-}