diff --git a/fetch b/fetch
index 1b9709848..37e8e795d 100755
--- a/fetch
+++ b/fetch
@@ -9,12 +9,4 @@ if [[ "#grep#fetch#cleanup#diff#" != *"#$1#"* ]]; then
   "$base_dir"/update_depot_tools
 fi
 
-PYTHON=python
-
-OUTPUT="$(uname | grep 'CYGWIN')"
-CYGWIN=$?
-if [ $CYGWIN = 0 ]; then
-  PYTHON="$base_dir/python.bat"
-fi
-
-PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 exec "$PYTHON" "$base_dir/fetch.py" "$@"
+PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 exec python "$base_dir/fetch.py" "$@"
diff --git a/gclient b/gclient
index 5f8920bfc..7c57dfdea 100755
--- a/gclient
+++ b/gclient
@@ -9,12 +9,4 @@ if [[ "#grep#fetch#cleanup#diff#" != *"#$1#"* ]]; then
   "$base_dir"/update_depot_tools
 fi
 
-PYTHON=python
-
-OUTPUT="$(uname | grep 'CYGWIN')"
-CYGWIN=$?
-if [ $CYGWIN = 0 ]; then
-  PYTHON="$base_dir/python.bat"
-fi
-
-PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 exec "$PYTHON" "$base_dir/gclient.py" "$@"
+PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 exec python "$base_dir/gclient.py" "$@"
diff --git a/update_depot_tools b/update_depot_tools
index f71e7f4fe..a146724ff 100755
--- a/update_depot_tools
+++ b/update_depot_tools
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ then
     base_dir=`cd "$base_dir" && pwd -P`
 fi
 
-# Don't try to use Cygwin tools.  Get real win32 tools using the batch script.
-OUTPUT="$(uname | grep 'CYGWIN')"
-CYGWIN=$?
-if [ $CYGWIN = 0 ]; then
-  exec cmd /c "$base_dir/bootstrap/win/win_tools.bat" force
-fi
-
 # Test if this script is running under a MSys install.  If it is, we will
 # hardcode the paths to SVN and Git where possible.
 OUTPUT="$(uname | grep 'MINGW')"