diff --git a/scripts/archive_assim.py b/scripts/archive_assim.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 66553e29a9af50a23cf8f4b966ee26c20302c43b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/scripts/archive_assim.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-import os, sys, warnings, glob
-import datetime as dt
-from cfg import exp, cluster
-from utils import symlink, copy_scp_srvx8, copy, mkdir, mkdir_srvx8, clean_wrfdir
-
-# if cluster.name != 'srvx8':
-#     copy = copy_scp_srvx8
-#     mkdir = mkdir_srvx8
-
-time = dt.datetime.strptime(sys.argv[1], '%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M')
-
-try:
-    print('archive obs space diagnostics')
-    savedir = cluster.archivedir+'/obs_seq_final/'
-    mkdir(savedir)
-    copy(cluster.dartrundir+'/obs_seq.final', savedir+time.strftime('/%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M_obs_seq.final'))
-except Exception as e:
-    warnings.warn(str(e))
-
-try:
-    print('archive regression diagnostics')
-    savedir = cluster.archivedir+'/reg_factor/'
-    mkdir(savedir)
-    copy(cluster.dartrundir+'/reg_diagnostics', savedir+time.strftime('/%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M_reg_diagnostics'))
-except Exception as e:
-    warnings.warn(str(e))
-
-
-print('archive model state')
-try:
-    mkdir(cluster.archivedir)
-
-    print('copy prior posterior members to archive')
-    for iens in range(1, exp.n_ens+1):
-        savedir = cluster.archivedir+time.strftime('/%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M/')+str(iens)
-        mkdir(savedir)
-
-        copy(cluster.dartrundir+'/input.nml',
-             cluster.archivedir+time.strftime('/%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M/input.nml'))
-
-        filter_in = cluster.dartrundir+'/preassim_member_'+str(iens).zfill(4)+'.nc'
-        filter_out = cluster.dartrundir+'/filter_restart_d01.'+str(iens).zfill(4)
-
-        # files not necessary as wrfouts exist
-        #copy(filter_in, savedir+time.strftime('/%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M_prior'))
-        #copy(filter_out, savedir+time.strftime('/%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M_posterior'))
-
-
-    # copy mean and sd to archive
-    print('copy preassim, postassim mean and sd')
-    for f in ['preassim_mean.nc', 'preassim_sd.nc',
-              'output_mean.nc', 'output_sd.nc']:
-        copy(cluster.dartrundir+'/'+f,
-             cluster.archivedir+'/'+f[:-3]+time.strftime('_%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S'))
-
-except Exception as e:
-    warnings.warn(str(e))
diff --git a/scripts/archive_wrf.py b/scripts/archive_wrf.py
deleted file mode 100755
index cfa63623d4641744360c328cc6e7c833c3161e40..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/scripts/archive_wrf.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import os, sys, warnings, glob
-import datetime as dt
-from config.cfg import exp, cluster
-from utils import symlink, copy_scp_srvx8, copy, mkdir, mkdir_srvx8, clean_wrfdir
-
-# if cluster.name != 'srvx8':
-#     copy = copy_scp_srvx8
-#     mkdir = mkdir_srvx8
-
-time = dt.datetime.strptime(sys.argv[1], '%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M')
-
-print('archive forecasts')
-try:
-    start = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M')
-    for iens in range(1, exp.n_ens+1):
-        savedir = cluster.archivedir()+'/'+start+'/'+str(iens)
-        mkdir(savedir)
-
-        wrfout_files = glob.glob(cluster.wrf_rundir(iens)+'/wrfout_d01_*')
-        wrfout_files.sort()
-        for f in wrfout_files:
-            copy(f, savedir+'/'+os.path.basename(f))
-            print(savedir+'/'+os.path.basename(f), 'saved.')
-
-except Exception as e:
-    warnings.warn(str(e))