diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ and build numbers for older releases of IntelliJ IDEA can be found on the page o
 If you intend to make open source contributions to the IntelliJ Platform,
 see [Contributing to the IntelliJ Project](http://www.jetbrains.org/display/IJOS/Contribute) for more information.
 
-_**Tags:**_ The GitHub repository doesn't contain any tags for performance reasons. If you need to check out a tag, fetch it from [the repository mirror](git://git.jetbrains.org/idea/community.git) which contains all of them. There are scripts `fetch-tag.sh` and `list-tags.sh` which simplify the task.
-
 _**Speed Tip:**_ If the complete repository history isn't needed then using a shallow clone (`git clone --depth 1`) will save significant time.
 
 These Git operations can also be done through the [IntelliJ IDEA user interface](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/using-git-integration.html).
diff --git a/fetch-tag.sh b/fetch-tag.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Fetches the given tag and creates it locally.
-# Usage: ./fetch-tag.sh <name-of-tag>
-# Example: ./fetch-tag.sh idea/183.4139.22
-
-
-if [[ -z "$1" ]] ; then
-  echo "
-  Usage:   ./fetch-tag.sh <name-of-tag>
-  Example: ./fetch-tag.sh idea/183.4139.22"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-TAG="$1"
-
-set -e # Any command which returns non-zero exit code will cause this shell script to exit immediately
-
-git fetch -q git://git.jetbrains.org/idea/community.git $TAG
-git tag $TAG FETCH_HEAD
-
-HASH=`git rev-parse $TAG`
-
-echo "The tag $TAG has been created at $HASH"
-
diff --git a/list-tags.sh b/list-tags.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Lists all tags available in the repository.
-# Usage: ./list-tags.sh
-
-git ls-remote --tags git://git.jetbrains.org/idea/community.git