diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash~ b/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash~
deleted file mode 100755
index 8520a08c19650e47b43f790d54a71452723ef96c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash~
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-#$1 programs to be killed and checked
-var=`ps -A |grep -E -i $1`
-echo $var
-if [ -n \"$var\" ]; then echo 'Match found'; else echo 'Match not found' ;fi 
-