diff --git a/scripts/dots.py b/scripts/dots.py
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index 6a6f6a5b0..000000000
--- a/scripts/dots.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-import sys, threading, time
-
-class ProgressBase(threading.Thread):
-    """Base class - not to be instanciated."""
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.rlock = threading.RLock()
-        self.cv = threading.Condition()
-        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
-        self.setDaemon(1)
-
-    def __call__(self):
-        self.start()
-
-    def start(self):
-        self.stopFlag = 0
-        threading.Thread.start(self)
-
-    def stop(self):
-        """To be called by the 'main' thread: Method will block
-        and wait for the thread to stop before returning control
-        to 'main'."""
-
-        self.stopFlag = 1
-
-        # Wake up 'Sleeping Beauty' ahead of time (if it needs to)...
-        self.cv.acquire()
-        self.cv.notify()
-        self.cv.release()
-
-        # Block and wait here untill thread fully exits its run method.
-        self.rlock.acquire()
-
-class Dotter(ProgressBase):
-    """Print 'animated' sequence of dots - one per sec."""
-
-    def __init__(self, seq='. ', speed=1):
-        self.__seq = seq
-        self.__speed = speed
-        self.inplace = 0
-        ProgressBase.__init__(self)
-
-    def run(self):
-        self.cv.acquire()
-        self.rlock.acquire()
-        while 1:
-            self.cv.wait(self.__speed)      # 'Sleeping Beauty' part
-            if self.stopFlag:
-                try:
-                    return                              ### >>>
-                finally:
-                    # release lock immediatley after returning
-                    self.rlock.release()
-            if self.inplace: sys.stdout.write('\b')
-            sys.stdout.write(self.__seq)
-            sys.stdout.flush()
-
-def dotIt(seq, fnct, *args, **kwargs):
-    """Displays progress dots (1 per sec) while the fnct executes"""
-
-    indicator = Dotter(seq, speed=1)
-    indicator.start() # prints sequence of dots, 1 dot per second
-    fnct(*args, **kwargs)
-    indicator.stop()