diff --git a/Lib/perl5/jstring.i b/Lib/perl5/jstring.i
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c179b754..000000000
--- a/Lib/perl5/jstring.i
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-%include <typemaps/valtypes.swg>
-
-%fragment(SWIG_AsVal_frag(jstring),"header") {
-SWIGINTERN int
-SWIG_AsVal_dec(jstring)(SV *obj, jstring *val)
-{
-  if (SvPOK(obj)) {
-    if (val) {
-      STRLEN len = 0;
-      char *cstr = SvPV(obj, len); 
-      *val = JvNewStringLatin1(cstr, len);
-    }
-    return SWIG_OK;
-  }
-  return SWIG_ERROR;
-}
-}
-
-%fragment(SWIG_From_frag(jstring),"header") {
-SWIGINTERNINLINE SV *
-SWIG_From_dec(jstring)(jstring val)
-{
-  SV *obj = sv_newmortal();
-  if (!val) {
-    sv_setsv(obj, &PL_sv_undef);
-  } else {
-    jsize len = JvGetStringUTFLength(val);
-    if (!len) {
-      sv_setsv(obj, &PL_sv_undef);
-    } else {
-      char *tmp = %new_array(len, char);
-      JvGetStringUTFRegion(val, 0, len, tmp);
-      sv_setpvn(obj, tmp, len);
-      SvUTF8_on(obj);
-      %delete_array(tmp);
-    }
-  }
-  return obj;
-}
-}
-
-%typemaps_asvalfrom(%checkcode(STRING),
-		    %arg(SWIG_AsVal(jstring)), 
-		    %arg(SWIG_From(jstring)), 
-		    %arg(SWIG_AsVal_frag(jstring)), 
-		    %arg(SWIG_From_frag(jstring)), 
-		    java::lang::String *);
-
diff --git a/Lib/python/jstring.i b/Lib/python/jstring.i
deleted file mode 100644
index bda95237b..000000000
--- a/Lib/python/jstring.i
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-%include <typemaps/valtypes.swg>
-
-%fragment(SWIG_AsVal_frag(jstring),"header") {
-SWIGINTERN int
-SWIG_AsVal(jstring)(PyObject *obj, jstring *val)
-{
-  if (obj == Py_None) {
-    if (val) *val = 0;
-    return SWIG_OK;
-  }
-  
-  PyObject *tmp = 0;
-  int isunicode = PyUnicode_Check(obj);
-  if (!isunicode && PyString_Check(obj)) {
-    if (val) {
-      obj = tmp = PyUnicode_FromObject(obj);
-    }
-    isunicode = 1;
-  }
-  if (isunicode) {
-    if (val) {
-      if (sizeof(Py_UNICODE) == sizeof(jchar)) {
-	*val = JvNewString((const jchar *) PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(obj),PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(obj));
-	return SWIG_NEWOBJ;
-      } else {
-	int len = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(obj);
-	Py_UNICODE *pchars = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(obj);
-	*val = JvAllocString (len);
-	jchar *jchars = JvGetStringChars (*val);	
-	for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
-	  jchars[i] = pchars[i];
-	}
-	return SWIG_NEWOBJ;
-      }
-    }
-    Py_XDECREF(tmp);
-    return SWIG_OK;
-  }
-  return SWIG_TypeError;
-}
-}
-
-%fragment(SWIG_From_frag(jstring),"header") {
-SWIGINTERNINLINE PyObject *
-SWIG_From(jstring)(jstring val)
-{
-  if (!val) {
-    return SWIG_Py_Void();
-  } 
-  if (sizeof(Py_UNICODE) == sizeof(jchar)) {    
-    return PyUnicode_FromUnicode((const Py_UNICODE *) JvGetStringChars(val),
-				 JvGetStringUTFLength(val));
-  } else {
-    int len = JvGetStringUTFLength(val);
-    Py_UNICODE pchars[len];
-    jchar *jchars = JvGetStringChars(val);
-    
-    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {      
-      pchars[i] = jchars[i];
-    }
-    return PyUnicode_FromUnicode((const Py_UNICODE *) pchars, len);
-  }
-}
-}
-
-%typemaps_asvalfrom(%checkcode(STRING),
-		    %arg(SWIG_AsVal(jstring)), 
-		    %arg(SWIG_From(jstring)), 
-		    %arg(SWIG_AsVal_frag(jstring)), 
-		    %arg(SWIG_From_frag(jstring)), 
-		    java::lang::String *);
-
diff --git a/Lib/ruby/jstring.i b/Lib/ruby/jstring.i
deleted file mode 100644
index 17efa978d..000000000
--- a/Lib/ruby/jstring.i
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-%include <typemaps/valtypes.swg>
-
-%fragment(SWIG_AsVal_frag(jstring),"header") {
-SWIGINTERN int
-SWIG_AsVal(jstring)(VALUE obj, jstring *val)
-{
-  if (NIL_P(obj)){
-    if (val) *val = 0;
-    return SWIG_OK;
-  } 
-  if (TYPE(obj) == T_STRING) {
-    if (val) {
-      char *cstr = rb_string_value_ptr(&(obj));
-      jsize len = RSTRING_LEN(obj);
-      *val = JvNewStringLatin1(cstr, len);
-    }
-    return SWIG_NEWOBJ;
-  }
-  return SWIG_TypeError;
-}
-}
-
-%fragment(SWIG_From_frag(jstring),"header") {
-SWIGINTERNINLINE VALUE
-SWIG_From(jstring)(jstring val)
-{
-  if (!val) {
-    return Qnil;
-  } else {
-    jint len = JvGetStringUTFLength(val);
-    char buf[len];
-    JvGetStringUTFRegion(val, 0, len, buf);
-    return rb_str_new(buf,len);
-  }
-}
-}
-
-%typemaps_asvalfrom(%checkcode(STRING),
-		    %arg(SWIG_AsVal(jstring)), 
-		    %arg(SWIG_From(jstring)), 
-		    %arg(SWIG_AsVal_frag(jstring)), 
-		    %arg(SWIG_From_frag(jstring)), 
-		    java::lang::String *);
-
diff --git a/Lib/tcl/jstring.i b/Lib/tcl/jstring.i
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fb7b89fe..000000000
--- a/Lib/tcl/jstring.i
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-%include <typemaps/valtypes.swg>
-
-%fragment(SWIG_AsVal_frag(jstring),"header") {
-SWIGINTERN int
-SWIG_AsVal_dec(jstring)(Tcl_Obj * obj, jstring *val)
-{
-  int len = 0;
-  const char *cstr = Tcl_GetStringFromObj(obj, &len);
-  if (!cstr || (strcmp(cstr,"NULL") == 0)) {
-    if (val) *val = 0;
-    return SWIG_OK;
-  } else {
-    int len = 0;
-    const Tcl_UniChar *ucstr = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(obj,&len);
-    if (val) {
-      *val = JvNewString((const jchar*)ucstr, len);
-    }
-  }
-  
-  return SWIG_NEWOBJ;
-}
-}
-
-%fragment(SWIG_From_frag(jstring),"header") {
-SWIGINTERNINLINE Tcl_Obj *
-SWIG_From_dec(jstring)(jstring val)
-{
-  if (!val) {
-    return Tcl_NewStringObj("NULL",-1);
-  } else {
-    return Tcl_NewUnicodeObj((Tcl_UniChar *)JvGetStringChars(val),JvGetStringUTFLength(val));
-  }
-}
-}
-
-%typemaps_asvalfrom(%checkcode(STRING),
-		    %arg(SWIG_AsVal(jstring)), 
-		    %arg(SWIG_From(jstring)), 
-		    %arg(SWIG_AsVal_frag(jstring)), 
-		    %arg(SWIG_From_frag(jstring)), 
-		    java::lang::String *);
-