diff --git a/.git_helpers/ctags b/.git_helpers/ctags
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--- a/.git_helpers/ctags
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-
-# Meant for use as a git hook:
-#   CTAGS_HOOK=1 .git/hooks/ctags &>/dev/null </dev/null &
-# or an aliased cmd on demand:
-#   git config alias.ctags '!.git/hooks/ctags'
-# or disable when you wish:
-#   CTAGS_SKIP=1 git rebase
-
-exit if ENV['CTAGS_SKIP']
-
-ctags  = "/opt/local/bin/ctags"
-ctags  = 'ctags' if !File.exists?(ctags)
-
-dir    = `git rev-parse --show-toplevel`.chomp
-
-conf   = "#{dir}/.git/ctags.conf"
-target = "#{dir}/.tags"
-tmp    = "#{dir}/#{$$}.tags"
-
-opts   = File.exists?(conf) ? "--options=#{conf}" : ''
-
-sleep 5 if ENV['CTAGS_HOOK']
-
-open( target, File::RDONLY|File::CREAT, 0644 ) do |f|
-  if ENV['CTAGS_HOOK']
-    exit unless f.flock( File::LOCK_EX|File::LOCK_NB )
-    exit unless ( Time.now - f.mtime ) > 60
-  end
-
-  system( <<-CMD ) or exit $?.exitstatus
-    git ls-files \
-     | #{ctags} --tag-relative -L - -f"#{tmp}" #{opts} \
-    && mv #{tmp} #{target}
-  CMD
-end
-
-
-