diff --git a/script/setup_development_db.sh b/script/setup_development_db.sh
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index 74aefc249ca..00000000000
--- a/script/setup_development_db.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o errexit
-cd `dirname $0`/..
-
-if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-    echo "=========================================================================="
-    echo " "
-    echo "  WARNING: running this script will overwrite the production database."
-    echo "  If you are sure you want to do this, run this:"
-    echo " "
-    echo "  script/setup_development_db.sh --destroy-all-the-things"
-    echo " "
-    echo "=========================================================================="
-elif [ "$1" = "--destroy-all-the-things" ]; then
-
-    script/create_test_db.sh READWRITE
-    ( printf "BEGIN;\n"; cat ./t/sql/webservice.sql; printf "\nCOMMIT;\n"; ) | ./admin/psql READWRITE
-    ./admin/psql READWRITE < ./t/sql/editor.sql
-    ./admin/psql READWRITE < ./admin/sql/SetSequences.sql
-
-else
-    echo Unrecognized option "$1"
-fi