diff --git a/src/bin/Makefile b/src/bin/Makefile
index 4c6690724aeff077a4ee2ddede12036de1082b74..c2ebfc490397a5cc041c96af41273fa939826241 100644
--- a/src/bin/Makefile
+++ b/src/bin/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 # Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 #
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/Makefile,v 1.40 2003/11/29 19:52:04 pgsql Exp $
+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/Makefile,v 1.41 2003/12/17 18:44:08 petere Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ subdir = src/bin
 top_builddir = ../..
 include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 
-DIRS := initdb initlocation ipcclean pg_ctl pg_dump pg_id \
+DIRS := initdb initlocation ipcclean pg_ctl pg_dump \
 	psql scripts pg_config pg_controldata pg_resetxlog \
 	pg_encoding
 
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index 0d0628a28a029b6224c8c64b11bc2e96183bb8ca..0efae260d7ef3d848526343ea5baa0516d584362 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  * Portions taken from FreeBSD.
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c,v 1.16 2003/12/01 23:15:47 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c,v 1.17 2003/12/17 18:44:08 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ exit_nicely(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * find the current user using code lifted from pg_id.c
+ * find the current user
  *
  * on unix make sure it isn't really root
  */
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_id/Makefile b/src/bin/pg_id/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 29230f59465dd08a514ef0f26b5f26f15ae4be72..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/bin/pg_id/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# Makefile for src/bin/pg_id
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2000 by PostgreSQL Global Development Team
-#
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_id/Makefile,v 1.21 2003/11/29 19:52:05 pgsql Exp $
-#
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-subdir = src/bin/pg_id
-top_builddir = ../../..
-include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
-
-all: pg_id
-
-pg_id: pg_id.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(LIBS) -o $@
-
-install: all installdirs
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) pg_id$(X) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/pg_id$(X)
-
-installdirs:
-	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
-
-uninstall:
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/pg_id$(X)
-
-depend dep:
-	$(CC) -MM $(CFLAGS) *.c >depend
-
-clean distclean maintainer-clean:
-	rm -f pg_id$(X) pg_id.o
-
-ifeq (depend,$(wildcard depend))
-include depend
-endif
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_id/pg_id.c b/src/bin/pg_id/pg_id.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 32309aa0b3357f9f5d14ce58b2775dfaf16f751b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/bin/pg_id/pg_id.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,133 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * pg_id.c
- *
- * A crippled id utility for use in various shell scripts in use by PostgreSQL
- * (in particular initdb)
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
- *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_id/pg_id.c,v 1.26 2003/11/29 19:52:06 pgsql Exp $
- */
-#include "postgres_fe.h"
-
-#ifdef HAVE_GETOPT_H
-#include <getopt.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <pwd.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-int
-main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	int			c;
-	int			name_only_flag = 0,
-				use_real_uid_flag = 0,
-				limit_user_info = 0;
-	const char *username = NULL;
-	extern int	optind;
-#ifndef WIN32
-	struct passwd *pw;
-#else
-	struct passwd_win32
-	{
-		int pw_uid;
-		char pw_name[128];
-	} pass_win32;
-	struct passwd_win32 *pw = &pass_win32;
-	unsigned long pwname_size = sizeof(pass_win32.pw_name) - 1;
-
-	pw->pw_uid = 1;
-#endif
-
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "nru")) != -1)
-	{
-		switch (c)
-		{
-			case 'n':
-				name_only_flag = 1;
-				break;
-			case 'r':
-				use_real_uid_flag = 1;
-				break;
-			case 'u':
-				limit_user_info = 1;
-				break;
-			default:
-#ifndef WIN32
-				fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-n] [-r] [-u] [username]\n", argv[0]);
-#else
-				fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-n] [-r] [-u]\n", argv[0]);
-#endif
-				exit(1);
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (argc - optind >= 1)
-#ifndef WIN32
-		username = argv[optind];
-#else
-	{
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: specifying a username is not supported on this platform\n", argv[0]);
-		exit(1);
-	}	
-#endif
-
-	if (name_only_flag && !limit_user_info)
-	{
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: -n must be used together with -u\n", argv[0]);
-		exit(1);
-	}
-	if (username && use_real_uid_flag)
-	{
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: -r cannot be used when a user name is given\n", argv[0]);
-		exit(1);
-	}
-
-#ifndef WIN32
-	if (username)
-	{
-		pw = getpwnam(username);
-		if (!pw)
-		{
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: no such user\n", argv[0], username);
-			exit(1);
-		}
-	}
-	else if (use_real_uid_flag)
-		pw = getpwuid(getuid());
-	else
-		pw = getpwuid(geteuid());
-
-	if (!pw)
-	{
-		perror(argv[0]);
-		exit(1);
-	}
-#else
-	if (!use_real_uid_flag)
-	{
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: -r must be used on this platform\n", argv[0]);
-		exit(1);
-	}
-
-	GetUserName(pw->pw_name, &pwname_size);
-#endif
-
-	if (!limit_user_info)
-		printf("uid=%d(%s)\n", (int) pw->pw_uid, pw->pw_name);
-	else if (name_only_flag)
-		puts(pw->pw_name);
-	else
-#ifdef __BEOS__
-	if (pw->pw_uid == 0)
-		printf("1\n");
-	else
-#endif
-		printf("%d\n", (int) pw->pw_uid);
-
-	return 0;
-}