diff --git a/packages/angular/package.json b/packages/angular/package.json
index 8b3fdfc678..099931e0fa 100644
--- a/packages/angular/package.json
+++ b/packages/angular/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "npm run clean && npm run build.ng && npm run build.core && npm run clean-generated",
     "build.core": "node scripts/build-core.js",
-    "build.link": "npm run build && node scripts/link-copy.js",
     "build.ng": "ng-packagr -p ng-package.json -c tsconfig.json",
     "build.watch": "npm run build.ng -- --watch",
     "clean": "node scripts/clean.js",
diff --git a/packages/angular/scripts/README.md b/packages/angular/scripts/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 95acfc6eb6..0000000000
--- a/packages/angular/scripts/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Local @ionic/angular test/testapp development
-
-1. `npm install` at the root of `angular`
-2. `npm run build.dev` to build local `@ionic/angular` and `@ionic/core`
-3. `cd test/testapp` to the test app
-4. `npm install` in the test app directory
-5. `npm run serve` copies packages and serve the app (see package.json for more options)
-6. [http://localhost:4200/](http://localhost:4200/)
-
-
-# npm link local development
-
-`npm link` doesn't work as expected due to the `devDependency` on `@angular/core`. This is the work around...
-
-    npm run build.link ../ionic-conference-app
-
-When the command above is ran from the `angular` directory, it will build `@ionic/angular` and copy the `dist` directory to the correct location of another local project. In the example above, the end result is that it copies the `dist` directory to `../ionic-conference-app/node_modules/@ionic/angular/dist`. The path given should be relative to the root of this mono repo.
-
-## package.json note
-
-The `package.json` file in this directory references __Ionic 3__ and is in here to get GitHub to properly show the Used By counts on the repo. __Do not remove it!__
diff --git a/packages/angular/scripts/link-copy.js b/packages/angular/scripts/link-copy.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5465e00a1a..0000000000
--- a/packages/angular/scripts/link-copy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-const fs = require('fs-extra');
-const path = require('path');
-
-
-let prjDir = process.argv[2];
-if (!prjDir) {
-  throw new Error('local path required as last argument to "npm run build.link" command');
-}
-prjDir = path.join(__dirname, '../../../', prjDir);
-
-copyPackage(prjDir, 'angular');
-copyPackage(prjDir, 'core');
-
-
-function copyPackage(prjDir, pkgName) {
-  const prjDest = path.join(prjDir, 'node_modules', '@ionic', pkgName);
-
-  const pkgSrcDir = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', pkgName);
-  const pkgSrcDist = path.join(pkgSrcDir, 'dist');
-  const pkgJsonPath = path.join(pkgSrcDir, 'package.json');
-  const pkgJson = require(pkgJsonPath);
-
-  // make sure this local project exists
-  fs.emptyDirSync(prjDest);
-
-  pkgJson.files.push('package.json');
-
-  pkgJson.files.forEach(f => {
-    const src = path.join(pkgSrcDir, f);
-    const dest = path.join(prjDest, f);
-
-    console.log('copying:', src, 'to', dest);
-    fs.copySync(src, dest);
-  });
-
-  const prjReadme = path.join(prjDest, 'README.md');
-  console.log('readme:', prjReadme);
-
-  fs.writeFileSync(prjReadme, '@ionic/' + pkgName + ' copied from ' + pkgSrcDir + ', ' + new Date());
-}