diff --git a/iop/iop.completion b/iop/iop.completion
index 5935d852f..b05398f62 100644
--- a/iop/iop.completion
+++ b/iop/iop.completion
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ _iop()
              feeds_update genconfig \
              generate_tarballs install_key \
              scp_changes setup_host ssh_install_key status \
-             update_feed_branches ssh_upgrade smoketest"
+             ssh_upgrade smoketest"
 
     if [ $COMP_CWORD -eq 1 ] ; then
 
diff --git a/iop/scripts/update_feed_branches.sh b/iop/scripts/update_feed_branches.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9b07ece8c..000000000
--- a/iop/scripts/update_feed_branches.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Exported interface
-function update_feed_branches {
-	local release="$1"
-	local ipath="$(pwd)"
-	local branch="$2"
-	local curbranch
-
-	[ -n "$release" ] || {
-		echo "Usage: ./update_feeds <RELEASE> <BRANCH>"
-		echo ""
-		echo "If you do not give a branch as argument,"
-		echo "<RELEASE> branch will be updated to commit"
-		echo "hash given in feeds.conf for each feed repo"
-		exit 1
-	}
-
-	if [ -n "$branch" ]; then
-		echo "Updating release branch $release to specific commit hash given in feeds.conf for each feed repo at branch $branch"
-		if git diff-index --quiet HEAD; then
-			curbranch=`git symbolic-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null`
-			curbranch=${curbranch##refs/heads/}
-			if [ -z $curbranch ]; then
-				curbranch=`git log -1 --pretty=format:"%H"`
-			fi
-			git checkout $branch || {
-				echo "couldn't checkout branch $branch"
-				exit 99
-			}
-		else
-			echo "You have unsaved changes."
-			exit 99
-		fi
-	else
-		echo "Updating release branch $release to specific commit hash given in feeds.conf for each feed repo"
-	fi
-
-	ifeeds="$(grep -r 'dev.iopsys.eu' feeds.conf | awk '{print$2}' | tr '\n' ' ')"
-
-	for f in $ifeeds; do
-		commith=$(grep $f feeds.conf | cut -d'^' -f2)
-		cd $ipath/feeds/$f
-		git branch -D $release 2>/dev/null
-		echo "$f: updating release branch $release to commit $commith"
-		git checkout $commith
-		git push origin :$release
-		git checkout -b $release
-		git push --set-upstream origin $release
-		cd $ipath
-	done
-
-	if [ -n "$branch" ]; then
-		echo "Release branch $release is updated to specific commit hash given in feeds.conf in in branch $branch for each feed repo"
-		git checkout $curbranch
-	else
-		echo "Release branch $release is updated to specific commit hash given in feeds.conf for each feed repo"
-	fi
-}
-
-register_command "update_feed_branches" "<release> [branch] Update branches in feeds from the current top level commit or specified top level branch"