diff --git a/zerver/management/commands/update_mit_fullnames.py b/zerver/management/commands/update_mit_fullnames.py
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index fd8eb742ee..0000000000
--- a/zerver/management/commands/update_mit_fullnames.py
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@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
-from optparse import make_option
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
-
-from zerver.models import UserProfile
-from zerver.lib.actions import compute_mit_user_fullname
-
-# Helper to be used with manage.py shell to fix bad names on prod.
-def update_mit_fullnames(change=False):
-    for u in UserProfile.objects.select_related().all():
-        if (u.is_active or u.realm.domain != "mit.edu"):
-            # Don't change fullnames for non-MIT users or users who
-            # actually have an account (is_active) and thus have
-            # presumably set their fullname how they like it.
-            continue
-        computed_name = compute_mit_user_fullname(u.email)
-        if u.full_name != computed_name:
-            print "%s: %s => %s" % (u.email, u.full_name, computed_name)
-            if change:
-                u.full_name = computed_name
-                u.save(update_fields=["full_name"])
-
-class Command(BaseCommand):
-    option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
-        make_option('--dry-run', '-n', dest='dry_run', default=False, action='store_true'),)
-
-    def handle(self, *args, **options):
-        update_mit_fullnames(change=not options['dry_run'])