diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f9145ff7d..4942ecbd63 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ if (BUILD_TOOLS)
         udt-test
         vhacd-util
         gpu-frame-player
-        gpu-frame-converter
         ice-client
         ktx-tool
         ac-client
diff --git a/tools/gpu-frame-converter/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/gpu-frame-converter/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c2a2f5546..0000000000
--- a/tools/gpu-frame-converter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-
-if (WIN32)
-    set(TARGET_NAME gpu-frame-converter)
-    setup_memory_debugger()
-    setup_hifi_project()
-    set_property(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 17)
-    link_hifi_libraries( shared gpu shaders )
-    package_libraries_for_deployment()
-endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/gpu-frame-converter/src/main.cpp b/tools/gpu-frame-converter/src/main.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 15aeafffb5..0000000000
--- a/tools/gpu-frame-converter/src/main.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-//
-//  Created by Bradley Austin Davis on 2019/10/03
-//  Copyright 2013-2019 High Fidelity, Inc.
-//
-//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
-//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
-//
-
-#include <gpu/FrameIO.h>
-#include <gpu/Batch.h>
-#include <gpu/FrameIOKeys.h>
-#include <shared/Storage.h>
-#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-#include <shared/FileUtils.h>
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <filesystem>
-#include <fstream>
-
-namespace fs = std::filesystem;
-using Json = nlohmann::json;
-using Paths = std::vector<std::filesystem::path>;
-
-const char* DEFAULT_SOURCE_PATH{ "D:/Frames" };
-static const std::string OLD_FRAME_EXTENSION{ ".json" };
-static const std::string OLD_BINARY_EXTENSION{ ".bin" };
-static const std::string NEW_EXTENSION{ gpu::hfb::EXTENSION };
-
-inline std::string readFileToString(const fs::path& path) {
-    std::ifstream file(path);
-    return std::string((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(file)), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
-}
-
-inline gpu::hfb::Buffer readFile(const fs::path& path) {
-    std::ifstream file(path, std::ios::binary | std::ios::ate);
-    size_t size = file.tellg();
-    if (!size) {
-        return {};
-    }
-    file.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
-
-    gpu::hfb::Buffer result;
-    result.resize(size);
-    if (!file.read((char*)result.data(), size)) {
-        throw std::runtime_error("Failed to read file");
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-
-Paths getFrames(const std::string& sourcePath) {
-    Paths result;
-    for (auto& p : fs::directory_iterator(sourcePath)) {
-        if (!p.is_regular_file()) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        const auto& path = p.path();
-        if (path.string().find(".hfb.json") != std::string::npos) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        if (path.extension().string() == OLD_FRAME_EXTENSION) {
-            result.push_back(path);
-        }
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-
-void convertFrame(const fs::path& path) {
-    auto name = path.filename().string();
-    name = name.substr(0, name.length() - OLD_FRAME_EXTENSION.length());
-
-    auto frameNode = Json::parse(readFileToString(path));
-    auto capturedTexturesNode = frameNode[gpu::keys::capturedTextures];
-
-    gpu::hfb::Buffer binary = readFile(path.parent_path() / (name + OLD_BINARY_EXTENSION));
-    gpu::hfb::Buffers pngs;
-    for (const auto& capturedTextureIndexNode : capturedTexturesNode) {
-        int index = capturedTextureIndexNode;
-        auto imageFile = path.parent_path() / (name + "." + std::to_string(index) + ".0.png");
-        frameNode[gpu::keys::textures][index][gpu::keys::chunk] = 2 + pngs.size();
-        pngs.push_back(readFile(imageFile));
-    }
-    frameNode.erase(gpu::keys::capturedTextures);
-    auto outputPath = path.parent_path() / (name + NEW_EXTENSION);
-    {
-        auto jsonOutputPath = path.parent_path() / (name + ".hfb.json");
-        std::ofstream of(jsonOutputPath);
-        auto str = frameNode.dump(2);
-        of.write(str.data(), str.size());
-    }
-    gpu::hfb::writeFrame(outputPath.string(), frameNode.dump(), binary, pngs);
-    {
-        auto frameBuffer = readFile(outputPath.string());
-        auto descriptor = gpu::hfb::Descriptor::parse(frameBuffer.data(), frameBuffer.size());
-        std::cout << descriptor.header.magic << std::endl;
-    }
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-    for (const auto& framePath : getFrames(DEFAULT_SOURCE_PATH)) {
-        std::cout << framePath << std::endl;
-        convertFrame(framePath);
-    }
-    return 0;
-}