diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/extrudeMesh/setRoots.H b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/extrudeMesh/setRoots.H
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c13db28d19f93ec3fc4bb9b7be943bc721eed33..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/extrudeMesh/setRoots.H
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-    argList::validArgs.clear();
-    argList::noParallel();
-
-    argList::validOptions.insert("sourceCase", "source case");
-    argList::validOptions.insert("sourcePatch", "source patch");
-
-    argList::validOptions.insert("surface", "surface file");
-
-    argList::validOptions.insert("mergeFaces", "");
-
-    argList args(argc, argv);
-
-    if (!args.check())
-    {
-         FatalError.exit();
-    }