diff --git a/build-scripts/winrtbuild.bat b/build-scripts/winrtbuild.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index fb3159888..000000000
--- a/build-scripts/winrtbuild.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-@ECHO OFF
-REM
-REM winrtbuild.bat: a batch file to help launch the winrtbuild.ps1
-REM   Powershell script, either from Windows Explorer, or through Buildbot.
-REM
-SET ThisScriptsDirectory=%~dp0
-SET PowerShellScriptPath=%ThisScriptsDirectory%winrtbuild.ps1
-PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& '%PowerShellScriptPath%'";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build-scripts/winrtbuild.ps1 b/build-scripts/winrtbuild.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index ad768c362..000000000
--- a/build-scripts/winrtbuild.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,302 +0,0 @@
-#
-# winrtbuild.ps1 -- A Powershell script to build all SDL/WinRT variants,
-#    across all WinRT platforms, in all of their supported, CPU architectures.
-#
-# Initial version written by David Ludwig <dludwig@pobox.com>
-#
-# This script can be launched from Windows Explorer by double-clicking
-# on winrtbuild.bat
-#
-# Output will be placed in the following subdirectories of the SDL source
-# tree:
-#   * VisualC-WinRT\lib\  -- final .dll, .lib, and .pdb files
-#   * VisualC-WinRT\obj\  -- intermediate build files
-#
-# Recommended Dependencies:
-#   * Windows 8.1 or higher
-#   * Powershell 4.0 or higher (included as part of Windows 8.1)
-#   * Visual C++ 2012, for building Windows 8.0 and Windows Phone 8.0 binaries.
-#   * Visual C++ 2013, for building Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 binaries
-#   * SDKs for Windows 8.0, Windows 8.1, Windows Phone 8.0, and
-#     Windows Phone 8.1, as needed
-#
-# Commom parameters/variables may include, but aren't strictly limited to:
-#   * PlatformToolset: the name of one of Visual Studio's build platforms.
-#     Different PlatformToolsets output different binaries.  One
-#     PlatformToolset exists for each WinRT platform.  Possible values
-#     may include:
-#       - "v110": Visual Studio 2012 build tools, plus the Windows 8.0 SDK
-#       - "v110_wp80": Visual Studio 2012 build tools, plus the Windows Phone 8.0 SDK
-#       - "v120": Visual Studio 2013 build tools, plus the Windows 8.1 SDK
-#       - "v120_wp81": Visual Studio 2013 build tools, plus the Windows Phone 8.1 SDK
-#   * VSProjectPath: the full path to a Visual Studio or Visual C++ project file
-#   * VSProjectName: the internal name of a Visual Studio or Visual C++ project
-#     file.  Some of Visual Studio's own build tools use this name when
-#     calculating paths for build-output.
-#   * Platform: a Visual Studio platform name, which often maps to a CPU
-#     CPU architecture.  Possible values may include: "Win32" (for 32-bit x86),
-#     "ARM", or "x64" (for 64-bit x86).
-#
-
-# Base version of SDL, used for packaging purposes
-$SDLVersion = "2.23.1"
-
-# Gets the .bat file that sets up an MSBuild environment, given one of
-# Visual Studio's, "PlatformToolset"s.
-function Get-MSBuild-Env-Launcher
-{
-    param(
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=1)][string]$PlatformToolset
-    )
-
-    if ($PlatformToolset -eq "v110") {      # Windows 8.0 (not Windows Phone), via VS 2012
-        return "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
-    }
-    if ($PlatformToolset -eq "v110_wp80") { # Windows Phone 8.0, via VS 2012
-        return "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\WPSDK\WP80\vcvarsphoneall.bat"
-    }
-    if ($PlatformToolset -eq "v120") {      # Windows 8.1 (not Windows Phone), via VS 2013
-        return "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
-    }
-    if ($PlatformToolset -eq "v120_wp81") { # Windows Phone 8.1, via VS 2013
-        return "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
-    }
-    if ($PlatformToolset -eq "v140") {      # Windows 10, via VS 2015
-        return "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
-    }
-    return ""
-}
-
-# Gets a string that identifies the build-variant of SDL/WinRT that is specific
-# to a particular Visual Studio PlatformToolset.
-function Get-SDL-WinRT-Variant-Name
-{
-    param(
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=1)][string]$PlatformToolset,
-
-        # If true, append a string to this function's output, identifying the
-        # build-variant's minimum-supported version of Visual Studio.
-        [switch]$IncludeVSSuffix = $false
-    )
-
-    if ($PlatformToolset -eq "v110") {      # Windows 8.0 (not Windows Phone), via VS 2012 project files
-        if ($IncludeVSSuffix) {
-            return "WinRT80_VS2012"
-        } else {
-            return "WinRT80"
-        }
-    }
-    if ($PlatformToolset -eq "v110_wp80") { # Windows Phone 8.0, via VS 2012 project files
-        if ($IncludeVSSuffix) {
-            return "WinPhone80_VS2012"
-        } else {
-            return "WinPhone80"
-        }
-    }
-    if ($PlatformToolset -eq "v120") {      # Windows 8.1 (not Windows Phone), via VS 2013 project files
-        if ($IncludeVSSuffix) {
-            return "WinRT81_VS2013"
-        } else {
-            return "WinRT81"
-        }
-    }
-    if ($PlatformToolset -eq "v120_wp81") { # Windows Phone 8.1, via VS 2013 project files
-        if ($IncludeVSSuffix) {
-            return "WinPhone81_VS2013"
-        } else {
-            return "WinPhone81"
-        }
-    }
-    if ($PlatformToolset -eq "v140") {      # Windows 10, via VS 2015 project files
-        if ($IncludeVSSuffix) {
-            return "UWP_VS2015"
-        } else {
-            return "UWP"
-        }
-    }
-    return ""
-}
-
-# Returns the internal name of a Visual Studio Project.
-#
-# The internal name of a VS Project is encoded inside the project file
-# itself, inside a set of <ProjectName></ProjectName> XML tags.
-function Get-VS-ProjectName
-{
-    param(
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=1)]$VSProjectPath
-    )
-
-    # For now, just do a regex for the project name:
-    $matches = (Get-Content $VSProjectPath | Select-String -Pattern ".*<ProjectName>([^<]+)<.*").Matches
-    foreach ($match in $matches) {
-        if ($match.Groups.Count -ge 1) {
-            return $match.Groups[1].Value
-        }
-    }
-    return $null
-}
-
-# Build a specific variant of SDL/WinRT
-function Build-SDL-WinRT-Variant
-{
-    #
-    # Read in arguments:
-    #
-    param (
-        # name of an SDL project file, minus extensions and
-        # platform-identifying suffixes
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=1)][string]$SDLProjectName,
-
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=2)][string]$PlatformToolset,
-
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=3)][string]$Platform
-    )
-
-    #
-    # Derive other properties from read-in arguments:
-    #
-
-    # The .bat file to setup a platform-appropriate MSBuild environment:
-    $BatchFileForMSBuildEnv = Get-MSBuild-Env-Launcher $PlatformToolset
-
-    # The full path to the VS Project that'll be built:
-    $VSProjectPath = "$PSScriptRoot\..\VisualC-WinRT\$(Get-SDL-WinRT-Variant-Name $PlatformToolset -IncludeVSSuffix)\$SDLProjectName-$(Get-SDL-WinRT-Variant-Name $PlatformToolset).vcxproj"
-
-    # The internal name of the VS Project, used in some post-build steps:
-    $VSProjectName = Get-VS-ProjectName $VSProjectPath
-
-    # Where to place output binaries (.dll, .lib, and .pdb files):
-    $OutDir = "$PSScriptRoot\..\VisualC-WinRT\lib\$(Get-SDL-WinRT-Variant-Name $PlatformToolset)\$Platform"
-
-    # Where to place intermediate build files:
-    $IntermediateDir = "$PSScriptRoot\..\VisualC-WinRT\obj\$SDLProjectName-$(Get-SDL-WinRT-Variant-Name $PlatformToolset)\$Platform"
-
-    #
-    # Build the VS Project:
-    #
-    cmd.exe /c " ""$BatchFileForMSBuildEnv"" x86 & msbuild ""$VSProjectPath"" /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=$Platform /p:OutDir=""$OutDir\\"" /p:IntDir=""$IntermediateDir\\""" | Out-Host
-    $BuildResult = $?
-
-    #
-    # Move .dll files into place.  This fixes a problem whereby MSBuild may
-    # put output files into a sub-directory of $OutDir, rather than $OutDir
-    # itself.
-    #
-    if (Test-Path "$OutDir\$VSProjectName\") {
-        Move-Item -Force "$OutDir\$VSProjectName\*" "$OutDir"
-    }
-
-    #
-    # Clean up unneeded files in $OutDir:
-    #
-    if (Test-Path "$OutDir\$VSProjectName\") {
-        Remove-Item -Recurse "$OutDir\$VSProjectName"
-    }
-    Remove-Item "$OutDir\*.exp"
-    Remove-Item "$OutDir\*.ilk"
-    Remove-Item "$OutDir\*.pri"
-
-    #
-    # All done.  Indicate success, or failure, to the caller:
-    #
-    #echo "RESULT: $BuildResult" | Out-Host
-    return $BuildResult
-}
-
-
-#
-# Build each variant, with corresponding .dll, .lib, and .pdb files:
-#
-$DidAnyDLLBuildFail = $false
-$DidAnyNugetBuildFail = $false
-
-# Ryan disabled WP8.0, because it doesn't appear to have mmdeviceapi.h that SDL_wasapi needs.
-# My assumption is that no one will miss this, but send patches otherwise!  --ryan.
-# Build for Windows Phone 8.0, via VC++ 2012:
-#if ( ! (Build-SDL-WinRT-Variant "SDL" "v110_wp80" "ARM"))   { $DidAnyDLLBuildFail = $true }
-#if ( ! (Build-SDL-WinRT-Variant "SDL" "v110_wp80" "Win32")) { $DidAnyDLLBuildFail = $true }
-
-# Build for Windows Phone 8.1, via VC++ 2013:
-if ( ! (Build-SDL-WinRT-Variant "SDL" "v120_wp81" "ARM"))   { $DidAnyDLLBuildFail = $true }
-if ( ! (Build-SDL-WinRT-Variant "SDL" "v120_wp81" "Win32")) { $DidAnyDLLBuildFail = $true }
-
-# Build for Windows 8.0 and Windows RT 8.0, via VC++ 2012:
-#
-# Win 8.0 auto-building was disabled on 2017-Feb-25, by David Ludwig <dludwig@pobox.com>.
-# Steam's OS-usage surveys indicate that Windows 8.0 use is pretty much nil, plus
-# Microsoft hasn't supported Windows 8.0 development for a few years now.
-# The commented-out lines below may still work on some systems, though.
-# 
-#if ( ! (Build-SDL-WinRT-Variant "SDL" "v110" "ARM"))        { $DidAnyDLLBuildFail = $true }
-#if ( ! (Build-SDL-WinRT-Variant "SDL" "v110" "Win32"))      { $DidAnyDLLBuildFail = $true }
-#if ( ! (Build-SDL-WinRT-Variant "SDL" "v110" "x64"))        { $DidAnyDLLBuildFail = $true }
-
-# Build for Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, via VC++ 2013:
-if ( ! (Build-SDL-WinRT-Variant "SDL" "v120" "ARM"))        { $DidAnyDLLBuildFail = $true }
-if ( ! (Build-SDL-WinRT-Variant "SDL" "v120" "Win32"))      { $DidAnyDLLBuildFail = $true }
-if ( ! (Build-SDL-WinRT-Variant "SDL" "v120" "x64"))        { $DidAnyDLLBuildFail = $true }
-
-# Build for Windows 10, via VC++ 2015
-if ( ! (Build-SDL-WinRT-Variant "SDL" "v140" "ARM"))        { $DidAnyDLLBuildFail = $true }
-if ( ! (Build-SDL-WinRT-Variant "SDL" "v140" "Win32"))      { $DidAnyDLLBuildFail = $true }
-if ( ! (Build-SDL-WinRT-Variant "SDL" "v140" "x64"))        { $DidAnyDLLBuildFail = $true }
-
-# Build NuGet packages, if possible
-if ($DidAnyDLLBuildFail -eq $true) {
-    Write-Warning -Message "Unable to build all variants.  NuGet packages will not be built."
-    $DidAnyNugetBuildFail = $true
-} else {
-    $NugetPath = (Get-Command -CommandType Application nuget.exe | %{$_.Path}) 2> $null
-    if ("$NugetPath" -eq "") {
-        Write-Warning -Message "Unable to find nuget.exe.  NuGet packages will not be built."
-        $DidAnyNugetBuildFail = $true
-    } else {
-        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "Building SDL2 NuGet packages..."
-        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "... via NuGet install: $NugetPath"
-        $NugetOutputDir = "$PSScriptRoot\..\VisualC-WinRT\lib\nuget"
-        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "...  output directory: $NugetOutputDir"
-        $SDLHGRevision = $($(hg log -l 1 --repository "$PSScriptRoot\.." | select-string "changeset") -Replace "changeset:\W*(\d+).*",'$1') 2>$null
-        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "...       HG Revision: $SDLHGRevision"
-
-        # Base options to nuget.exe
-        $NugetOptions = @("pack", "PACKAGE_NAME_WILL_GO_HERE", "-Output", "$NugetOutputDir")
-
-        # Try attaching hg revision to NuGet package:
-        $NugetOptions += "-Version"
-        if ("$SDLHGRevision" -eq "") {
-            Write-Warning -Message "Unable to find the Mercurial revision (maybe hg.exe can't be found?).  NuGet packages will not have this attached to their name."
-            $NugetOptions += "$SDLVersion-Unofficial"
-        } else {
-            $NugetOptions += "$SDLVersion.$SDLHGRevision-Unofficial"
-        }
-
-        # Create NuGet output dir, if not yet created:
-        if ($(Test-Path "$NugetOutputDir") -eq $false) {
-            New-Item "$NugetOutputDir" -type directory
-        }
-
-        # Package SDL2:
-        $NugetOptions[1] = "$PSScriptRoot\..\VisualC-WinRT\SDL2-WinRT.nuspec"
-        &"$NugetPath" $NugetOptions -Symbols
-        if ( ! $? ) { $DidAnyNugetBuildFail = $true }
-
-        # Package SDL2main:
-        $NugetOptions[1] = "$PSScriptRoot\..\VisualC-WinRT\SDL2main-WinRT-NonXAML.nuspec"
-        &"$NugetPath" $NugetOptions
-        if ( ! $? ) { $DidAnyNugetBuildFail = $true }
-    }
-}
-
-
-# Let the script's caller know whether or not any errors occurred.
-# Exit codes compatible with Buildbot are used (1 for error, 0 for success).
-if ($DidAnyDLLBuildFail -eq $true) {
-    Write-Error -Message "Unable to build all known variants of SDL2 for WinRT"
-    exit 1
-} elseif ($DidAnyNugetBuildFail -eq $true) {
-    Write-Warning -Message "Unable to build NuGet packages"
-    exit 0  # Should NuGet package build failure lead to a non-failing result code instead?
-} else {
-    exit 0
-}
diff --git a/docs/release_checklist.md b/docs/release_checklist.md
index b5d9bafb9..33769949e 100644
--- a/docs/release_checklist.md
+++ b/docs/release_checklist.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
         `CFBundleVersion`
     * `Makefile.os2`: `VERSION`
     * `Makefile.w32`: `*_VERSION`
-    * `build-scripts/winrtbuild.ps1`: `$SDLVersion`
     * `include/SDL_version.h`: `SDL_*_VERSION`, `SDL_PATCHLEVEL`
     * `src/main/windows/version.rc`: `FILEVERSION`, `PRODUCTVERSION`,
         `FileVersion`, `ProductVersion`
diff --git a/test/versioning.sh b/test/versioning.sh
index e224ff5be..c82d9572b 100755
--- a/test/versioning.sh
+++ b/test/versioning.sh
@@ -67,14 +67,6 @@ else
     not_ok "Makefile.w32 $version disagrees with SDL_version.h $ref_version"
 fi
 
-version=$(sed -Ene 's/^[$]SDLVersion = "([0-9.]*)"\r?$/\1/p' build-scripts/winrtbuild.ps1)
-
-if [ "$ref_version" = "$version" ]; then
-    ok "winrtbuild.ps1 $version"
-else
-    not_ok "winrtbuild.ps1 $version disagrees with SDL_version.h $ref_version"
-fi
-
 tuple=$(sed -ne 's/^ *FILEVERSION *//p' src/main/windows/version.rc | tr -d '\r')
 ref_tuple="${ref_major},${ref_minor},${ref_micro},0"