diff --git a/tools/pidtest.c b/tools/pidtest.c
deleted file mode 100644
index cded580281..0000000000
--- a/tools/pidtest.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#define SAME 1
-
-int childflag = 0;
-int grandchildflag = 0;
-void *
-grandchild_func(void * data)
-{
-        pid_t pid = (pid_t) data;
-
-        if (pid ==  getpid()){
-                grandchildflag = SAME;
-        }
-
-        if (grandchildflag ^ childflag){
-                printf("Inconsistency detected\n");
-        }
-        return NULL;
-}
-
-void *
-child_func(void * data)
-{
-        pid_t pid = (pid_t) data;
-        pthread_t thread_id;
-
-        if (pid ==  getpid()){
-                childflag = SAME;
-        }
-
-        pthread_create(&thread_id, NULL, grandchild_func, (void*)getpid());
-
-}
-
-int
-main()
-{
-        pthread_t thread_id;
-        pthread_attr_t tattr;
-        int  firsttime = 1;
-
-        pthread_attr_init(&tattr);
-        pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&tattr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
-
-again:
-       if ( fork() == 0 ) { 
-                childflag = 0; 
-                grandchildflag =0;
-                if (pthread_create(&thread_id, &tattr, child_func, (void*)getpid()) != 0){
-                        printf("%s: creating thread failed", __FUNCTION__);
-                }
-                sleep(1);
-                if (firsttime){
-                        firsttime=0;
-                        goto again;
-                }
-        }
-
-        sleep(5);
-        return 0;
-}
-