diff --git a/.github/scripts/distfiles.sh b/.github/scripts/distfiles.sh
index eaa7857af2..630c990032 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/distfiles.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/distfiles.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ gitonly=".git*
 ^docs/tests/CI.md
 ^docs/THANKS-filter
 ^projects/Windows/*
-^scripts/ciconfig.pl
-^scripts/cijobs.pl
 ^scripts/contributors.sh
 ^scripts/contrithanks.sh
 ^scripts/delta
diff --git a/scripts/ciconfig.pl b/scripts/ciconfig.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index a02dfb768f..0000000000
--- a/scripts/ciconfig.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,196 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
-#***************************************************************************
-#                                  _   _ ____  _
-#  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \| |
-#                             / __| | | | |_) | |
-#                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
-#                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
-#
-# Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
-#
-# This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
-# you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
-# are also available at https://curl.se/docs/copyright.html.
-#
-# You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
-# copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
-# furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file.
-#
-# This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
-#
-###########################################################################
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-my %with;
-my %without;
-my %used;
-my %avail;
-
-# these options are enabled by default in the sense that they will attempt to
-# check for and use this feature without the configure flag
-my %defaulton = (
-    # --enable-
-    'shared' => 1,
-    'static' => 1,
-    'fast-install' => 1,
-    'silent-rules' => 1,
-    'optimize' => 1,
-    'http' => 1,
-    'ftp' => 1,
-    'file' => 1,
-    'ldap' => 1,
-    'ldaps' => 1,
-    'rtsp' => 1,
-    'proxy' => 1,
-    'dict' => 1,
-    'telnet' => 1,
-    'tftp' => 1,
-    'pop3' => 1,
-    'imap' => 1,
-    'smb' => 1,
-    'smtp' => 1,
-    'gopher' => 1,
-    'mqtt' => 1,
-    'manual' => 1,
-    'libcurl-option' => 1,
-    'libgcc' => 1,
-    'ipv6' => 1,
-    'openssl-auto-load-config' => 1,
-    'versioned-symbols' => 1,
-    'symbol-hiding' => 1,
-    'threaded-resolver' => 1,
-    'pthreads' => 1,
-    'verbose' => 1,
-    'basic-auth' => 1,
-    'bearer-auth' => 1,
-    'digest-auth' => 1,
-    'kerberos-auth' => 1,
-    'negotiate-auth' => 1,
-    'aws' => 1,
-    'ntlm' => 1,
-    'ntlm-wb' => 1,
-    'tls-srp' => 1,
-    'unix-sockets' => 1,
-    'cookies' => 1,
-    'socketpair' => 1,
-    'http-auth' => 1,
-    'doh' => 1,
-    'mime' => 1,
-    'dateparse' => 1,
-    'netrc' => 1,
-    'progress-meter' => 1,
-    'dnsshuffle' => 1,
-    'get-easy-options' => 1,
-    'alt-svc' => 1,
-    'hsts' => 1,
-
-    # --with-
-    'aix-soname' => 1,
-    'pic' => 1,
-    'zlib' => 1,
-    'zstd' => 1,
-    'brotli' => 1,
-    'random' => 1,
-    'ca-bundle' => 1,
-    'ca-path' => 1,
-    'libssh2' => 1,
-    'nghttp2' => 1,
-    'librtmp' => 1,
-    'libidn2' => 1,
-    'sysroot' => 1,
-    'lber-lib' => 1,
-    'ldap-lib' => 1,
-
-    );
-
-sub configureopts {
-    my ($opts)=@_;
-    my %thisin;
-    my %thisout;
-
-    while($opts =~ s/--with-([^ =]*)//) {
-        $with{$1}++;
-        $used{$1}++;
-        $thisin{$1}++;
-    }
-    while($opts =~ s/--enable-([^ =]*)//) {
-        $with{$1}++;
-        $used{$1}++;
-        $thisin{$1}++;
-    }
-
-    while($opts =~ s/--without-([^ =]*)//) {
-        $without{$1}++;
-        $used{$1}++;
-        $thisout{$1}++;
-    }
-    while($opts =~ s/--disable-([^ =]*)//) {
-        $without{$1}++;
-        $used{$1}++;
-        $thisout{$1}++;
-    }
-    return join(" ", sort(keys %thisin), "/", sort(keys %thisout));
-}
-
-# run configure --help and check what available WITH/ENABLE options that exist
-sub configurehelp {
-    open(C, "./configure --help|");
-    while(<C>) {
-        if($_ =~ /^  --(with|enable)-([a-z0-9-]+)/) {
-            $avail{$2}++;
-        }
-    }
-    close(C);
-}
-
-sub scanjobs {
-
-    my $jobs;
-    open(CI, "./scripts/cijobs.pl|");
-    while(<CI>) {
-        if($_ =~ /^\#\#\#/) {
-            $jobs++;
-        }
-        if($_ =~ /^configure: (.*)/) {
-            my $c= configureopts($1);
-            #print "C: $c\n";
-        }
-    }
-    close(CI);
-}
-
-configurehelp();
-scanjobs();
-
-print "Used configure options (with / without)\n";
-for my $w (sort keys %used) {
-    printf "  %s: %d %d%s\n", $w, $with{$w}, $without{$w},
-        $defaulton{$w} ? " (auto)" : "";
-}
-
-print "Never used configure options\n";
-for my $w (sort keys %avail) {
-    if(!$used{$w}) {
-        printf "  %s%s\n", $w,
-            $defaulton{$w} ? " (auto)" : "";
-    }
-}
-
-print "Never ENABLED configure options that are not on by default\n";
-for my $w (sort keys %avail) {
-    if(!$with{$w} && !$defaulton{$w}) {
-        printf "  %s\n", $w;
-    }
-}
-
-print "ENABLED configure options that are not available\n";
-for my $w (sort keys %with) {
-    if(!$avail{$w}) {
-        printf "  %s\n", $w;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/scripts/cijobs.pl b/scripts/cijobs.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index 3939867f3c..0000000000
--- a/scripts/cijobs.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,521 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
-#***************************************************************************
-#                                  _   _ ____  _
-#  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \| |
-#                             / __| | | | |_) | |
-#                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
-#                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
-#
-# Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
-#
-# This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
-# you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
-# are also available at https://curl.se/docs/copyright.html.
-#
-# You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
-# copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
-# furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file.
-#
-# This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
-#
-###########################################################################
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-my %filelevel= ('file' => 1,
-                'service' => 1);
-
-my $jobid = 1;
-
-sub submit {
-    my ($jref)=@_;
-    my %job = %$jref;
-
-    printf "\n##### job %u \n", $jobid++;
-    for my $k (sort keys %job) {
-        printf "%s: %s\n", $k, $job{$k} if($job{$k});
-        undef $$jref{$k} if(!$filelevel{$k});
-    }
-}
-
-my %job;
-
-sub githubactions {
-    my ($tag)=@_;
-    my @files= `git ls-tree -r --name-only $tag .github/workflows 2>/dev/null`;
-    my $c = 0;
-    foreach my $f (sort @files) {
-        my $j = 0;
-        my $m = -1;
-        my $done = 0;
-        chomp $f;
-        open(G, "git show $tag:$f 2>/dev/null|");
-        # start counting file jobs
-        undef %job;
-        $job{'file'} = $f;
-        $job{'service'} = "gha";
-        my @cc;
-        my $os;
-        my $topname;
-        my $line = 1;
-        while(<G>) {
-            $job{'line'} = $line;
-            if($_ =~ /^name: (.*)/) {
-                $topname=$1;
-            }
-            elsif($_ =~ /runs-on: (.*)/) {
-                my $r = $1;
-                #print "runs-on: $r\n";
-                if($r =~ /ubuntu/) {
-                    $os = "linux";
-                }
-                elsif($r =~ /macos/) {
-                    $os = "macos";
-                }
-                elsif($r =~ /windows/) {
-                    $os = "windows";
-                }
-
-                # commit previously counted jobs
-                $c += $j;
-                # non-matrix job
-                $j = 1;
-            }
-            elsif($_ =~ /^\s*matrix:/) {
-                # switch to matrix mode
-                $m = 0;
-                $j = 0;
-            }
-            elsif($_ =~ /^    - run: .* apt-get .* install (.*)/) {
-                $job{'install'} = $1;
-            }
-            elsif($m >= 0) {
-                if($_ =~ /^          - name: (.*)/) {
-                    # matrix job
-                    #print "name: $1\n";
-                    $job{'name'} = $1;
-                    $j += ($m ? $m : 1);
-                }
-                elsif($_ =~ /install: (.*)/) {
-                    $job{'install'} = $1;
-                }
-                elsif($_ =~ /( |curl-)configure: (.*)/) {
-                    $job{'configure'} = $2;
-                    $job{'os'}=$os;
-                    submit(\%job);
-                    $done++;
-                }
-                elsif($_ =~ /generate: (.*)/) {
-                    $job{'cmake'} = $1;
-                    if($m) {
-                        # matrix mode, multiple copies
-                        my %dupe = %job;
-                        for my $cc (@cc) {
-                            %job = %dupe;
-                            $job{'cc'} = $cc;
-                            $job{'os'}=$os;
-                            submit(\%job);
-                            $done++;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        $job{'os'}=$os;
-                        submit(\%job);
-                        $done++;
-                    }
-                }
-                elsif($_ =~ /- CC: (.*)/) {
-                    # matrix multiplier
-                    push @cc, $1;
-                    $m++;
-                }
-                elsif($_ =~ /^\s*steps:/) {
-                    # disable matrix mode
-                    $m = -1;
-                }
-            }
-            $line++;
-        }
-        close(G);
-        # commit final counted jobs
-        $c += $j;
-
-        if(!$done) {
-            $job{'name'} = $topname? $topname : '[unnamed]';
-            $job{'os'}=$os;
-            submit(\%job);
-            $done++;
-        }
-        # reset internal job counter
-        $j = 0;
-    }
-    #print "Jobs: $c\n";
-    return $c;
-}
-
-sub azurepipelines {
-    my ($tag)=@_;
-    open(G, "git show $tag:.azure-pipelines.yml 2>/dev/null|");
-    my $c = 0;
-    my $j = 0;
-    my $m = -1;
-    my $image;
-    my %job;
-    my $line = 1;
-    my $os;
-    $job{'file'} = ".azure-pipelines.yml";
-    $job{'service'} = "azure";
-    while(<G>) {
-        if($_ =~ /^          vmImage: (.*)/) {
-            my $i = $1;
-            if($i =~ /ubuntu/) {
-                $os = "linux";
-            }
-            elsif($i =~ /windows/) {
-                $os = "windows";
-            }
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^  - stage: (.*)/) {
-            my $topname = $1;
-            if($topname !~ /(windows|linux)/) {
-                $job{'name'} = $topname;
-                $job{'line'}=$line;
-                submit(\%job);
-            }
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /job:/) {
-            # commit previously counted jobs
-            $c += $j;
-            # initial value for non-matrix job
-            $j = 1;
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /matrix:/) {
-            # start of new matrix list(!)
-            $m = 0;
-            $j = 0;
-        }
-        elsif($m >= 0) {
-            if($_ =~ /^              name: (.*)/) {
-                # single matrix list entry job
-                $j++;
-                $job{'name'} = $1;
-            }
-            # azure matrix is a simple list,
-            # therefore no multiplier needed
-            elsif($_ =~ /steps:/) {
-                # disable matrix mode
-                $m = -1;
-            }
-            elsif($_ =~ /^              configure: (.*)/) {
-                $job{'configure'} = $1;
-                $job{'line'}=$line;
-                $job{'os'}=$os;
-                submit(\%job);
-            }
-        }
-        $line++;
-    }
-    close(G);
-    # commit final counted jobs
-    $c += $j;
-
-    return $c;
-}
-
-sub appveyor {
-    my ($tag)=@_;
-    open(G, "git show $tag:appveyor.yml 2>/dev/null|");
-    my $c = 0;
-    my %job;
-    my $line=0;
-    $job{'file'} = "appveyor.yml";
-    $job{'service'} = "appveyor";
-
-    while(<G>) {
-        $line++;
-        if($_ =~ /^(    - |install)/) {
-            if($job{'image'}) {
-                $job{'os'} = "windows";
-                submit(\%job);
-                $c++;
-            }
-        }
-        $job{'line'} = $line;
-        if($_ =~ /^      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: \'(.*)\'/) {
-            $job{'image'}= $1;
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^      BUILD_SYSTEM: (.*)/) {
-            $job{'build'} = lc($1);
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^      PRJ_GEN: \'(.*)\'/) {
-            $job{'compiler'} = $1;
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^      PRJ_CFG: (.*)/) {
-            $job{'config'} = $1;
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^      OPENSSL: \'(.*)\'/) {
-            $job{'openssl'} = $1 eq "ON" ? "true" : "false";
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^      SCHANNEL: \'(.*)\'/) {
-            $job{'schannel'} = $1 eq "ON" ? "true" : "false";
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^      ENABLE_UNICODE: \'(.*)\'/) {
-            $job{'unicode'} = $1 eq "ON" ? "true" : "false";
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^      HTTP_ONLY: \'(.*)\'/) {
-            $job{'http-only'} = $1 eq "ON" ? "true" : "false";
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^      TESTING: \'(.*)\'/) {
-            $job{'testing'} = $1 eq "ON" ? "true" : "false";
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^      SHARED: \'(.*)\'/) {
-            $job{'shared'} = $1 eq "ON" ? "true" : "false";
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^      TARGET: \'-A (.*)\'/) {
-            $job{'target'} = $1;
-        }
-    }
-    close(G);
-
-    return $c;
-}
-
-sub cirrus {
-    my ($tag)=@_;
-    open(G, "git show $tag:.cirrus.yml 2>/dev/null|");
-    my $c = 0;
-    my %job;
-    my $line=0;
-    my $name = 0;
-    my $os;
-    $job{'file'} = ".cirrus.yml";
-    $job{'service'} = "cirrus";
-    while(<G>) {
-        $line++;
-        if($_ =~ /^    ( |-) (name|image_family|image):/) {
-            $c++;
-        }
-        if($_ =~ /^    - name:/) {
-            if($name) {
-                $job{'os'} = $os;
-                $job{'line'} = $line;
-                submit(\%job);
-                $name = 0;
-            }
-        }
-        if($_ =~ /^    - name: (.*)/) {
-            $job{'name'} = $1;
-            $name = 1;
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^        image_family: (.*)/) {
-            $os = "freebsd";
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^windows_task:/) {
-            $os = "windows";
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^        prepare: pacman -S --needed --noconfirm --noprogressbar (.*)/) {
-            $job{'install'} = $1;
-        }
-        elsif($_ =~ /^        configure: (.*)/) {
-            $job{'configure'} = $1;
-        }
-    }
-    close(G);
-    if($name) {
-        $job{'os'} = $os;
-        $job{'line'} = $line;
-        submit(\%job);
-    }
-    return $c;
-}
-
-sub circle {
-    my ($tag)=@_;
-    open(G, "git show $tag:.circleci/config.yml 2>/dev/null|");
-    my $c = 0;
-    my $wf = 0;
-    my %job;
-    my %cmd;
-    my %configure;
-    my %target;
-    my $line=0;
-    my $cmds;
-    my $jobs;
-    my $workflow;
-    my $cmdname;
-    my $jobname;
-    $job{'file'} = ".circleci/config.yml";
-    $job{'service'} = "circleci";
-    while(<G>) {
-        $line++;
-        if($_ =~ /^commands:/) {
-            # we record configure lines in this state
-            $cmds = 1;
-        }
-        elsif($cmds) {
-            if($_ =~ /^  ([^ ]*):/) {
-                $cmdname = $1;
-            }
-            elsif($_ =~ /^            .*.\/configure (.*)/) {
-                $cmd{$cmdname}=$1;
-            }
-        }
-        if($_ =~ /^jobs:/) {
-            # we record which job runs with configure here
-            $jobs = 1;
-            $cmds = 0;
-        }
-        elsif($jobs) {
-            if($_ =~ /^  ([^ ]*):/) {
-                $jobname = $1;
-            }
-            elsif($_ =~ /^      - (configure.*)/) {
-                $configure{$jobname}=$1;
-            }
-            elsif($_ =~ /^    resource_class: arm.medium/) {
-                $target{$jobname}="arm";
-            }
-        }
-        if($_ =~ /^workflows:/) {
-            $wf = 1;
-            $cmds = 0;
-        }
-        elsif($wf) {
-            if($_ =~ /^  ([^ ]+):/) {
-                $workflow = $1;
-            }
-            elsif($_ =~ /^      - (.*)\n/) {
-                my $jb = $1;
-                my $cnfgure = $configure{$jb};
-                my $trgt = $target{$jb};
-                $job{'configure'} = $cmd{$cnfgure};
-                $job{'name' }=$workflow;
-                $job{'os'} = "linux";
-                $job{'line'} = $line;
-                $job{'target'} = $trgt if($trgt);
-                submit(\%job);
-            }
-            if($_ =~ / *jobs:/) {
-                $c++;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    close(G);
-    return $c;
-}
-
-sub zuul {
-    my ($tag)=@_;
-    open(G, "git show $tag:zuul.d/jobs.yaml 2>/dev/null|");
-    my $c = 0;
-    my %job;
-    my $line=0;
-    my $type;
-    my $jobmode;
-    my $apt = 0;
-    my $env = 0;
-    my $envcont;
-    $job{'file'} = "zuul.d/jobs.yaml";
-    $job{'service'} = "zuul";
-    while(<G>) {
-        $line++;
-        #print "L: ($jobmode / $env) $_";
-        if($_ =~ /^- job:/) {
-            $jobmode = 1; # start a new
-            $type="configure";
-        }
-        if($jobmode) {
-            if($apt) {
-                if($_ =~ /^        - (.*)/) {
-                    my $value = $1;
-                    $job{'install'} .= "$value ";
-                }
-                else {
-                    $apt = 0; # end of curl_apt_packages
-                }
-            }
-            if($env) {
-                if($envcont) {
-                    if($_ =~ /^          (.*)/) {
-                        $job{$envcont} .= "$1 ";
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        $envcont = "";
-                    }
-                }
-                if($_ =~ /^        ([^:]+): (.*)/) {
-                    my ($var, $value) = ($1, $2);
-
-                    if($var eq "C") {
-                        $var = $type;
-                    }
-                    elsif($var eq "T") {
-                        $var = "tests";
-                        if($value eq "cmake") {
-                            # otherwise it remains configure
-                            $type = "cmake";
-                        }
-                    }
-                    elsif($var eq "CC") {
-                        $var = "compiler";
-                    }
-                    elsif($var eq "CHECKSRC") {
-                        $job{'checksrc'} = $value ? "true" : "false";
-                        $var = "";
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        $var = "";
-                    }
-                    if($value eq ">-") {
-                        $envcont = $var;
-                    }
-                    elsif($var) {
-                        $job{$var} = $value;
-                    }
-                }
-                elsif($_ !~ /^        /) {
-                    # end of envs
-                    $env = 0;
-                }
-            }
-            if($_ =~ /^      curl_env:/) {
-                $env = 1; # start of envs
-            }
-            elsif($_ =~ /^      curl_apt_packages:/) {
-                $apt = 1; # start of apt packages
-            }
-            elsif($_ =~ /^    name: (.*)/) {
-                my $n = $1;
-                if($n eq "curl-base") {
-                    # not counted
-                    $jobmode = 0;
-                    next;
-                }
-                $job{'name'} = $n;
-            }
-            elsif($_ =~ /^\n\z/) {
-                # a job is complete
-                $job{'line'}=$line;
-                $job{'os'}="linux";
-                submit(\%job);
-                $jobmode = 0;
-                $c++;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    close(G);
-    return $c;
-}
-
-my $tag = `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null` || "master";
-chomp $tag;
-githubactions($tag);
-azurepipelines($tag);
-appveyor($tag);
-zuul($tag);
-cirrus($tag);
-circle($tag);