diff --git a/irdb-libs/cicd_tests/do-build.sh b/irdb-libs/cicd_tests/do-build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index facd61a68834f2eb43e8882cd2fcbe27da134fb3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/irdb-libs/cicd_tests/do-build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#/bin/bash 
-
-set -e
-set -x
-
-main()
-{
-
-	# gather info for debugging later, probably not necessary 
-	pwd
-	hostname
-	whoami
-	env|grep "^CICD"
-
-	git submodule sync 
-	git submodule update --init --recursive
-
-	local orig_dir=$(pwd)
-
-	# puts irdblibs_umbrella (and all submodules) in CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR
-	cicd_setup_module_dependency allnp/peasoup_umbrella.git irdblibs_umbrella
-
-
-	# puts the version of irdb-libs to test in irdblibs_umbrella/irdb-libs
-	cicd_put_module_in_tree irdblibs_umbrella/irdb-libs
-
-	# Build/run $PSZ, test result
-	cd $CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR/irdblibs_umbrella
-	source set_env_vars
-	sudo ./get-peasoup-packages.sh all
-
-	# remove pedi files so that rebuilding includes re-doing pedi setup.
-	$PEDI_HOME/pedi -c -m manifest.txt || true # ignore errors in cleanup
-	./build-all.sh
-	dropdb $PGDATABASE 2>/dev/null || true ; ./postgres_setup.sh
-
-	cd $orig_dir
-}
-
-main "$@"
diff --git a/irdb-libs/cicd_tests/do-clean.sh b/irdb-libs/cicd_tests/do-clean.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 940af5a554ef70271942e838f8cecd03e1859922..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/irdb-libs/cicd_tests/do-clean.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#/bin/bash 
-
-set -e
-set -x
-
-main()
-{
-
-	# gather info for debugging later, probably not necessary 
-	pwd
-	hostname
-	whoami
-	env|grep "^CICD"
-
-
-	if [[ $CICD_NIGHTLY == 1 ]] ; then
-		rm -rf $CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR/irdblibs_umbrella
-	fi
-
-}
-
-main "$@"
diff --git a/irdb-libs/cicd_tests/xform-cat.sh b/irdb-libs/cicd_tests/xform-cat.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4ee04a86db0c6c2776626dcd25414d00915e3089..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/irdb-libs/cicd_tests/xform-cat.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-cd $CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR/irdblibs_umbrella
-
-set -e
-set -x
-
-source set_env_vars
-cd /tmp
-rm -rf cat.rida ped_cat; 
-$PSZ $(which cat) ./cat.rida -c rida=on -s meds_static=off -c p1transform=on --tempdir ped_cat || true
-if [[ ! -x ./cat.rida ]]; then cat ped_cat/logs/*; fi
-./cat.rida /dev/null 
diff --git a/irdb-libs/cicd_tests/xform-ls.sh b/irdb-libs/cicd_tests/xform-ls.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f31df7b4023e81619efa86fb57d12b6574b5664d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/irdb-libs/cicd_tests/xform-ls.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-set -x
-
-cd $CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR/irdblibs_umbrella
-source set_env_vars
-cd /tmp
-rm -rf ls.rida ped_ls
-$PSZ /bin/ls ./ls.rida -c rida=on -s meds_static=off -c p1transform=on --tempdir ped_ls || true
-if [[ ! -x ./ls.rida ]]; then cat ped_ls/logs/*; fi
-rm -rf ped_ls
-./ls.rida
diff --git a/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/.gitignore b/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 53a7cf9fa5397fc697b8f9e6682396f861e079f6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-mylib.so
diff --git a/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/basic-pgms-orig.sh b/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/basic-pgms-orig.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c6a3170cf5b600ca7ff3dc430d1b9c837921eadb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/basic-pgms-orig.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-set -x
-
-cd $CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR/ps_pe_umbrella
-source set_env_vars
-
-# internal tests that do not require transforming binaries
-cd $PEASOUP_HOME/tests
-make clean; ./test_cmds.sh -c orig -l
-
diff --git a/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/do-build.sh b/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/do-build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a25af4cdd1f00d7fcd0aad1b5851cebad14e7b3d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/do-build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#/bin/bash 
-
-set -e
-set -x
-
-main()
-{
-
-	# gather info for debugging later, probably not necessary 
-	pwd
-	hostname
-	whoami
-	env|grep "^CICD"
-
-	git submodule sync 
-	git submodule update --init --recursive
-
-	local orig_dir=$(pwd)
-
-	# puts peasoup_umbrella (and all submodules) in CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR
-	cicd_setup_module_dependency allnp/peasoup_umbrella.git ps_pe_umbrella
-
-
-	# puts the version of peasoup_examples to test in ps_pe_umbrella/peasoup_examples
-	cicd_put_module_in_tree ps_pe_umbrella/peasoup_examples
-
-	# Build/run $PSZ, test result
-	cd $CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR/ps_pe_umbrella
-	source set_env_vars
-	sudo ./get-peasoup-packages.sh all
-
-	# remove pedi files so that rebuilding includes re-doing pedi setup.
-	$PEDI_HOME/pedi -c -m manifest.txt || true # ignore errors in cleanup
-	./build-all.sh
-	dropdb $PGDATABASE 2>/dev/null || true ; ./postgres_setup.sh
-
-	cd $orig_dir
-}
-
-main "$@"
diff --git a/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/do-clean.sh b/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/do-clean.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 06febc8bf388e5cf5c181ce4780cbeedb9da56d0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/do-clean.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#/bin/bash 
-
-set -e
-set -x
-
-main()
-{
-
-	# gather info for debugging later, probably not necessary 
-	pwd
-	hostname
-	whoami
-	env|grep "^CICD"
-
-
-	if [[ $CICD_NIGHTLY == 1 ]] ; then
-		rm -rf $CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR/ps_pe_umbrella
-	fi
-
-}
-
-main "$@"
diff --git a/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/verify-fails.sh b/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/verify-fails.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1196ac5463ff3d8d262db6c93865483d9662e4c0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/verify-fails.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-set -x
-
-cd $CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR/ps_pe_umbrella
-source set_env_vars
-
-cd $PEASOUP_HOME/tests
-make clean
-
-# verify "fail" configuration
-./test_cmds.sh -l -c expect_fail -a ls
-./test_cmds.sh -l -c expect_fail -a grep
-
-exit 0
-
diff --git a/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/xform-cat.sh b/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/xform-cat.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5afbcb8cce0143b5d7c5954f0472cec7b2778493..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/xform-cat.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-cd $CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR/ps_pe_umbrella
-
-set -e
-set -x
-
-source set_env_vars
-cd /tmp
-rm -rf cat.rida ped_cat; 
-$PSZ $(which cat) ./cat.rida -c rida=on -s meds_static=off -c p1transform=on --tempdir ped_cat || true
-if [[ ! -x ./cat.rida ]]; then cat ped_cat/logs/*; fi
-./cat.rida /dev/null 
-
diff --git a/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/xform-ls.sh b/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/xform-ls.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 41d6fb8d732ae4b3eeb01d24a8f4968724125141..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/peasoup_examples/cicd_tests/xform-ls.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-set -x
-
-cd $CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR/ps_pe_umbrella
-source set_env_vars
-cd /tmp
-rm -rf ls.rida ped_ls
-$PSZ /bin/ls ./ls.rida -c rida=on -s meds_static=off -c p1transform=on --tempdir ped_ls || true
-if [[ ! -x ./ls.rida ]]; then cat ped_ls/logs/*; fi
-rm -rf ped_ls
-./ls.rida
-
-