diff --git a/artiq/frontend/aqcli_pdq2.py b/artiq/frontend/aqcli_pdq2.py
deleted file mode 100755
index bb0336cd9..000000000
--- a/artiq/frontend/aqcli_pdq2.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-# Copyright (C) 2012-2015 Robert Jordens <jordens@gmail.com>
-
-import argparse
-
-from scipy import interpolate
-import numpy as np
-
-from artiq.protocols.pc_rpc import Client
-from artiq.tools import verbosity_args, init_logger
-
-
-def get_argparser():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="""PDQ2 client.
-        Evaluates times and voltages, interpolates and uploads
-        them to the controller.""")
-    parser.add_argument("-s", "--server", default="::1",
-                        help="hostname or IP of the controller to connect to")
-    parser.add_argument("--port", default=3252, type=int,
-                        help="TCP port to use to connect to the controller")
-    parser.add_argument("-c", "--channel", default=0, type=int,
-                        help="channel: 3*board_num+dac_num [%(default)s]")
-    parser.add_argument("-f", "--frame", default=0, type=int,
-                        help="frame [%(default)s]")
-    parser.add_argument("-t", "--times", default="np.arange(5)*1e-6",
-                        help="sample times (s) [%(default)s]")
-    parser.add_argument("-u", "--voltages",
-                        default="(1-np.cos(t/t[-1]*2*np.pi))/2",
-                        help="sample voltages (V) [%(default)s]")
-    parser.add_argument("-o", "--order", default=3, type=int,
-                        help="interpolation (0: const, 1: lin, 2: quad,"
-                        " 3: cubic) [%(default)s]")
-    parser.add_argument("-e", "--free", default=False, action="store_true",
-                        help="software trigger [%(default)s]")
-    verbosity_args(parser)
-    return parser
-
-
-def main():
-    args = get_argparser().parse_args()
-    init_logger(args)
-    dev = Client(args.server, args.port, "pdq2")
-
-    freq = dev.get_freq()
-    times = np.around(eval(args.times, globals(), {})*freq)
-    voltages = eval(args.voltages, globals(), dict(t=times/freq))
-
-    dt = np.diff(times.astype(np.int))
-    if args.order:
-        tck = interpolate.splrep(times, voltages, k=args.order, s=0)
-        u = interpolate.spalde(times, tck)
-    else:
-        u = voltages[:, None]
-    segment = []
-    for dti, ui in zip(dt, u):
-        segment.append({
-            "duration": int(dti),
-            "channel_data": [{
-                "bias": {
-                    "amplitude": [float(uij) for uij in ui]
-                }
-            }]
-        })
-    program = [[] for i in range(args.frame)]
-    program.append(segment)
-    dev.park()
-    dev.program(program, [args.channel])
-    dev.unpark()
-    dev.cmd("TRIGGER", args.free)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
diff --git a/doc/manual/ndsp_reference.rst b/doc/manual/ndsp_reference.rst
index 1df1af2d6..de35007da 100644
--- a/doc/manual/ndsp_reference.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/ndsp_reference.rst
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ Controller
    :ref: artiq.frontend.aqctl_pdq2.get_argparser
    :prog: aqctl_pdq2
 
-Client
-++++++
-
-.. argparse::
-   :ref: artiq.frontend.aqcli_pdq2.get_argparser
-   :prog: aqcli_pdq2
 
 Lab Brick Digital Attenuator (LDA)
 ----------------------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f644b863e..4b8d9665f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ console_scripts = [
     "aqctl_korad_ka3005p=artiq.frontend.aqctl_korad_ka3005p:main",
     "aqctl_pdq2=artiq.frontend.aqctl_pdq2:main",
     "aqctl_thorlabs_tcube=artiq.frontend.aqctl_thorlabs_tcube:main",
-
-    "aqcli_pdq2=artiq.frontend.aqcli_pdq2:main",
 ]
 
 gui_scripts = [