diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 625de7bc8d..97662d62d7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1325,7 +1325,6 @@ localedir      = get_option('datadir') / 'locale'
 
 # Check for internal tools
 extract_vector_icon = find_program('tools'/'extract-vector-icon.sh')
-generate_changelog  = find_program('tools'/'generate_changelog.sh')
 generate_news       = find_program('tools'/'generate-news')
 gimppath2svg        = find_program('tools'/'gimppath2svg.py')
 module_dependencies = find_program('tools'/'module-dependencies.py')
@@ -1815,17 +1814,6 @@ if xmllint.found()
   )
 endif
 
-custom_target('Changelog',
-  input : [ ],
-  output: [ 'Changelog', ],
-  command: [
-    generate_changelog,
-    meson.project_source_root(),
-    '@OUTPUT@'
-  ],
-  build_by_default: false,
-)
-
 meson.add_dist_script('meson_dist_script.py',
                       generate_version_h ?  gitversion_h.full_path() : gitversion_h,
                       meson.project_source_root(), meson.project_build_root())
diff --git a/tools/generate_changelog.sh b/tools/generate_changelog.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9616799a16..0000000000
--- a/tools/generate_changelog.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-srcdir="$1"
-output="$2"
-
-echo "Creating ${output} based on git log"
-
-gitdir="${srcdir}/.git"
-
-if [ ! -d "${gitdir}" ]; then
-    echo "A git checkout and git-log is required to write changelog in ${output}." \
-    | tee ${output} >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-
-CHANGELOG_START=74424325abb54620b370f2595445b2b2a19fe5e7
-
-( \
-    git log "${CHANGELOG_START}^.." --stat "${srcdir}" > temp_log.tmp
-    status=$?
-    cat temp_log.tmp | fmt --split-only > "${output}.tmp" | rm temp_log.tmp \
-    && [ "$status" -eq 0 ] \
-    && mv "${output}.tmp" "${output}" -f \
-    && echo "Appending ChangeLog.pre-git" \
-    && cat "${srcdir}/ChangeLog.pre-git" >> "${output}" \
-    && exit 0
-) \
-||\
-( \
-    rm "${output}.tmp" -f \
-    && echo "Failed to generate ChangeLog, your ChangeLog may be outdated" >&2 \
-    && (test -f "${output}" \
-        || echo "git-log is required to generate this file" >> "${output}") \
-    && exit 1
-)