diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3078a76..6ec81c3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ sh:
 	cp -f sh/connect $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f sh/nws $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f sh/vol $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
-	cp -f sh/proxtest $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f sh/pco $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f sh/git-survey $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f sh/vim-swap-handler $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
diff --git a/sh/proxtest b/sh/proxtest
deleted file mode 100755
index 6769690..0000000
--- a/sh/proxtest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-output_as_proxychains=1
-randomize=1
-choose=0
-outputted_proxies=""
-temp_output=$(mktemp)
-while getopts ":pt:rc:" options; do
-  case $options in
-    p)
-      output_as_proxychains=0
-      ;;
-    t)
-      temp_output=$OPTARG
-      ;;
-    r)
-      randomize=0
-      ;;
-    c)
-      choose=$OPTARG
-      ;;
-    :)
-      printf "specify argument\n"
-      exit
-      ;;
-    *)
-      printf "what has happened\n"
-      exit
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-# get the tor port number using this lsof incantination
-torport=$(\
-  sudo lsof -nP -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN | \
-  grep tor | \
-  awk -F'[ :]+' 'NR = 1 {print $10}'
-)
-
-curl --silent --preproxy socks5://127.0.0.1:$torport https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hookzof/socks5_list/master/proxy.txt -o $temp_output
-
-printf "estimated worsecase run time: %i seconds\n" $(wc -l $temp_output | awk -F' ' '{print $1}') 1>&2
-
-looped=$(\
-  cat $temp_output | \
-  ( [ $randomize -eq 0 ] && shuf || cat ) | \
-  ( [ $choose -ne 0 ] && head -n $choose || cat ) | \
-  tr '\n' ' ' | \
-  tr -d '\r'
-)
-
-for i in $looped; do
-  ip=$(printf $i | awk -F':' '{print $1}')
-  port=$(printf $i | awk -F':' '{print $2}' | tr -d '\r')
-
-  # TODO: timeout is a non-posix gnu extension, remove/replace it
-  timeout 2s nc -zv -x 127.0.0.1:$torport $ip $port 2>/dev/null 1>&2 && \
-    outputted_proxies="$outputted_proxies $i" && \
-    printf "success! %s\n" $i 1>&2 || \
-    printf "failure! %s\n" $i 1>&2
-done
-
-if [ $output_as_proxychains -eq 0 ]; then
-  printf "# generated by proxtest.sh @ %s\n" "$(date)"
-  printf "random_chain\nproxy_dns\nchain_len = 5\n"
-  printf "tcp_read_time_out 15000\ntcp_connect_time_out 8000\n"
-  printf "[ProxyList]\n"
-
-  # assumes all socks5 proxies, change this in future
-  for i in $outputted_proxies; do
-    printf "socks5 %s\n" "$(printf %s $i | tr ':' ' ')"
-  done
-
-  printf "# finished!\n"
-else
-  for i in $outputted_proxies; do
-    printf "%s\n" $i
-  done
-fi