diff --git a/tools/appimage.sh b/tools/appimage.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index bb0480ce4a..0000000000
--- a/tools/appimage.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,477 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# This code is based on an example recipe from the AppImage project,
-# https://github.com/probonopd/AppImages/blob/e05cbebc62c86f8c602d74d9050bbfbf10df1c69/recipes/powershell/Recipe
-# Copyright (c) 2016 Simon Peter
-# The license of this code and of https://github.com/probonopd/AppImages/raw/e05cbebc62c86f8c602d74d9050bbfbf10df1c69/functions.sh
-# is the MIT License, see https://github.com/probonopd/AppImages/blob/e05cbebc62c86f8c602d74d9050bbfbf10df1c69/LICENSE
-#
-# Generate AppImage, https://appimage.org
-#
-# The resulting PowerShell AppImage is known to run on
-# CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-GnomeLive.iso
-# CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-1511.iso
-# Chromixium-1.5-amd64.iso
-# Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22-3.iso
-# Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-23-10.iso
-# SL-72-x86_64-2016-02-03-LiveDVDgnome.iso
-# debian-live-8.0.0-amd64-xfce-desktop+nonfree.iso
-# debian-live-8.4.0-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso
-# elementary_OS_0.3_freya_amd64.iso
-# kali-linux-2.0-amd64.iso
-# kali-linux-2016.1-amd64.iso
-# kubuntu-14.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso
-# kubuntu-15.04-desktop-amd64.iso
-# kubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso
-# linuxmint-17.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso
-# neon-devedition-gitunstable-20160814-0806-amd64.iso
-# netrunner-17-64bit.iso
-# ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
-# ubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso
-# ubuntu-gnome-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso
-# ubuntu-mate-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso
-# xubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso
-
-APP=powershell
-
-# Generate status file for use by apt-get; assuming that the recipe uses no newer
-# ingredients that would require more recent dependencies than what we assume to
-# be part of the base system
-generate_status()
-{
-  mkdir -p ./tmp/archives/
-  mkdir -p ./tmp/lists/partial
-  touch tmp/pkgcache.bin tmp/srcpkgcache.bin
-  rm status 2>/dev/null || true
-  for PACKAGE in "apt apt-transport-https dbus debconf dictionaries-common dpkg fontconfig fontconfig-config gksu glib-networking gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio gtk2-engines-pixbuf gvfs-backends kde-runtime libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libc6-dev libcairo2 libcups2 libdbus-1-3 libdrm2 libegl1-mesa libfontconfig1 libgbm1 libgcc1 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libgl1 libgl1-mesa libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglib2.0-0 libglu1-mesa libgpg-error0 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnss3 libpango-1.0-0 libpango1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0 libstdc++6 libtasn1-6 libwayland-egl1-mesa libxcb1 lsb-base mime-support passwd udev uuid-runtime" ; do
-    printf "Package: $PACKAGE\nStatus: install ok installed\nArchitecture: all\nVersion: 9:999.999.999\n\n" >> status
-  done
-}
-
-# Delete blacklisted files
-delete_blacklisted()
-{
-  BLACKLISTED_FILES="libc.so.6 libdl.so.2 libstdc++.so.6 libm.so.6 libpthread.so.0 libresolv.so.2 libGL.so.1 libdrm.so.2 libxcb.so.1 libX11.so.6 libgio-2.0.so.0 libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 libasound.so.2 libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 libfontconfig.so.1 libselinux.so.1 libcom_err.so.2 libcrypt.so.1 libexpat.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1 libglib-2.0.so.0 libgpg-error.so.0 libgssapi_krb5.so.2 libhcrypto.so.4 libhx509.so.5 libICE.so.6 libidn.so.11 libk5crypto.so.3 libkeyutils.so.1 libkrb5.so.26 libkrb5.so.3 libkrb5support.so.0 libm.so.6 libp11-kit.so.0 libpthread.so.0 libresolv.so.2 libroken.so.18 librt.so.1 libSM.so.6 libusb-1.0.so.0 libuuid.so.1 libwind.so.0 libz.so.1 libGL.so.1 libdrm.so.2 libgobject-2.0.so.0 libgpg-error.so.0 libxcb.so.1"
-  echo $BLACKLISTED_FILES
-  for FILE in $BLACKLISTED_FILES ; do
-    FOUND=$(find . -type f -name "${FILE}" 2>/dev/null)
-    if [ ! -z "$FOUND" ] ; then
-      echo "Deleting blacklisted ${FOUND}"
-      rm -f "${FOUND}"
-    fi
-  done
-
-  # Do not bundle developer stuff
-  rm -rf usr/include || true
-  rm -rf usr/lib/cmake || true
-  rm -rf usr/lib/pkgconfig || true
-  find . -name '*.la' | xargs -i rm {}
-}
-
-# Add desktop integration
-# Usage: get_desktopintegration name_of_desktop_file_and_exectuable
-get_desktopintegration()
-{
-  REALBIN=$(grep -o "^Exec=.*" *.desktop | sed -e 's|Exec=||g' | cut -d " " -f 1 | head -n 1)
-  cat > ./usr/bin/$REALBIN.wrapper <<\EOxxF
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# The purpose of this script is to provide lightweight desktop integration
-# into the host system without special help from the host system.
-# If you want to use it, then place this in usr/bin/$APPNAME.wrapper
-# and set it as the Exec= line of the .desktop file in the AppImage.
-#
-# For example, to install the appropriate icons for Scribus,
-# put them into the AppDir at the following locations:
-#
-# ./usr/share/icons/default/128x128/apps/scribus.png
-# ./usr/share/icons/default/128x128/mimetypes/application-vnd.scribus.png
-#
-# Note that the filename application-vnd.scribus.png is derived from
-# and must be match MimeType=application/vnd.scribus; in scribus.desktop
-# (with "/" characters replaced by "-").
-#
-# Then, change Exec=scribus to Exec=scribus.wrapper and place the script
-# below in usr/bin/scribus.wrapper and make it executable.
-# When you run AppRun, then AppRun runs the wrapper script below
-# which in turn will run the main application.
-#
-# TODO:
-# Handle multiple versions of the same AppImage?
-# Handle removed AppImages? Currently we are just setting TryExec=
-# See https://specifications.freedesktop.org/thumbnail-spec/thumbnail-spec-latest.html#DELETE
-# Possibly move this to the C runtime that is part of every AppImage?
-
-# Exit on errors
-set -e
-
-# Be verbose if $DEBUG=1 is set
-if [ ! -z "$DEBUG" ] ; then
-  env
-  set -x
-fi
-
-THIS="$0"
-args=("$@") # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3190818/
-NUMBER_OF_ARGS="$#"
-
-# Please do not change $VENDORPREFIX as it will allow for desktop files
-# belonging to AppImages to be recognized by future AppImageKit components
-# such as desktop integration daemons
-VENDORPREFIX=appimagekit
-
-find-up () {
-  path="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${THIS}")")"
-  while [[ "$path" != "" && ! -e "$path/$1" ]]; do
-    path=${path%/*}
-  done
-  # echo "$path"
-}
-
-if [ -z $APPDIR ] ; then
-  # Find the AppDir. It is the directory that contains AppRun.
-  # This assumes that this script resides inside the AppDir or a subdirectory.
-  # If this script is run inside an AppImage, then the AppImage runtime
-  # likely has already set $APPDIR
-  APPDIR=$(find-up "AppRun")
-fi
-
-FILENAME="$(readlink -f "${THIS}")"
-DIRNAME=$(dirname $FILENAME)
-
-DESKTOPFILE=$(find "$APPDIR" -maxdepth 1 -name "*.desktop" | head -n 1)
-DESKTOPFILE_NAME=$(basename "${DESKTOPFILE}")
-
-APP_FULL=$(sed -n -e 's/^Name=//p' "${DESKTOPFILE}" | head -n 1)
-APP=$(echo "$APP_FULL" | tr -c -d '[:alnum:]')
-if [ -z "$APP" ] || [ -z "$APP_FULL" ] ; then
-  APP=$(echo "$DESKTOPFILE_NAME" | sed -e 's/.desktop//g')
-  APP_FULL="$APP"
-fi
-
-RETURN="yes"
-
-if [[ "$FILENAME" != *.wrapper ]] ; then
-  echo "${THIS} is not named correctly. It should be named \$Exec.wrapper"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-BIN=$(echo "$FILENAME" | sed -e 's|.wrapper||g')
-if [[ ! -f "$BIN" ]] ; then
-  echo "$BIN not found"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-trap atexit EXIT
-
-# Note that the following handles 0, 1 or more arguments (file paths)
-# which can include blanks but uses a bashism; can the same be achieved
-# in POSIX-shell? (FIXME)
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3190818
-atexit()
-{
-  if [ -z "$SKIP" ] ; then
-    if [ $NUMBER_OF_ARGS -eq 0 ] ; then
-      exec "${BIN}"
-    else
-      exec "${BIN}" "${args[@]}"
-    fi
-  fi
-}
-
-error()
-{
-  if [ -x /usr/bin/zenity ] ; then
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="" zenity --error --text "${1}" 2>/dev/null
-  elif [ -x /usr/bin/kdialog ] ; then
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="" kdialog --msgbox "${1}" 2>/dev/null
-  elif [ -x /usr/bin/Xdialog ] ; then
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="" Xdialog --msgbox "${1}" 2>/dev/null
-  else
-    echo "${1}"
-  fi
-  exit 1
-}
-
-yesno()
-{
-  TITLE=$1
-  TEXT=$2
-  if [ -x /usr/bin/zenity ] ; then
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="" zenity --question --title="$TITLE" --text="$TEXT" 2>/dev/null && RETURN="yes" || RETURN="no"
-  elif [ -x /usr/bin/kdialog ] ; then
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="" kdialog --caption "" --title "$TITLE" -yesno "$TEXT" && RETURN="yes" || RETURN="no"
-  elif [ -x /usr/bin/Xdialog ] ; then
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="" Xdialog --title "$TITLE" --clear --yesno "$TEXT" 10 80 && RETURN="yes" || RETURN="no"
-  else
-    echo "zenity, kdialog, Xdialog missing. Skipping ${THIS}."
-    exit 0
-  fi
-}
-
-check_prevent()
-{
-  FILE=$1
-  if [ -e "$FILE" ] ; then
-    exit 0
-  fi
-}
-
-check_dep()
-{
-  DEP=$1
-  if [ -z $(which $DEP) ] ; then
-    echo "$DEP is missing. Skipping ${THIS}."
-    exit 0
-  fi
-}
-
-# Determine where the desktop file should be installed
-if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
-   DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP="$HOME/.local/share/applications"
-   STAMP_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/$VENDORPREFIX"
-   SYSTEM_WIDE=""
-else
-   # TODO: Check $XDG_DATA_DIRS
-   DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP="/usr/local/share/applications"
-   STAMP_DIR="/etc/$VENDORPREFIX"
-   SYSTEM_WIDE="--mode system" # for xdg-mime and xdg-icon-resource
-fi
-
-# Remove desktop integration for this AppImage
-if [ "x$1" = "x--remove-appimage-desktop-integration" ] ; then
-  SKIP="yes"
-  rm -f "$STAMP_DIR/${APP}_no_desktopintegration" "$DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP/$VENDORPREFIX-$DESKTOPFILE_NAME"
-  check_dep xdg-desktop-menu
-  xdg-desktop-menu forceupdate
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# Exit immediately if one of these files is present
-# (e.g., because the desktop environment wants to handle desktop integration itself)
-check_prevent "$HOME/.local/share/$VENDORPREFIX/no_desktopintegration"
-check_prevent "/usr/share/$VENDORPREFIX/no_desktopintegration"
-check_prevent "/etc/$VENDORPREFIX/no_desktopintegration"
-
-# Exit immediately if appimaged is running
-pidof appimaged >/dev/null 2>&1 && exit 0
-
-# Exit immediately if $DESKTOPINTEGRATION is not empty
-if [ ! -z "$DESKTOPINTEGRATION" ] ; then
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# Check whether dependencies are present in base system (we do not bundle these)
-# https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/desktop-file-utils/
-check_dep desktop-file-validate
-check_dep update-desktop-database
-check_dep desktop-file-install
-check_dep xdg-icon-resource
-check_dep xdg-mime
-check_dep xdg-desktop-menu
-
-# Exit immediately if one of these files is present (disabled per app)
-check_prevent "$HOME/.local/share/$VENDORPREFIX/${APP}_no_desktopintegration"
-check_prevent "/usr/share/$VENDORPREFIX/${APP}_no_desktopintegration"
-check_prevent "/etc/$VENDORPREFIX/${APP}_no_desktopintegration"
-
-if [ ! -f "$DESKTOPFILE" ] ; then
-  echo "Desktop file is missing. Please run ${THIS} from within an AppImage."
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$APPIMAGE" ] ; then
-  APPIMAGE="$APPDIR/AppRun"
-  # Not running from within an AppImage; hence using the AppRun for Exec=
-fi
-
-ICONFILE="$APPDIR/.DirIcon"
-
-# $XDG_DATA_DIRS contains the default paths /usr/local/share:/usr/share
-# desktop file has to be installed in an applications subdirectory
-# of one of the $XDG_DATA_DIRS components
-if [ -z "$XDG_DATA_DIRS" ] ; then
-  echo "\$XDG_DATA_DIRS is missing. Please run ${THIS} from within an AppImage."
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# Check if the desktop file is already there
-# and if so, whether it points to the same AppImage
-if [ -e "$DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP/$VENDORPREFIX-$DESKTOPFILE_NAME" ] ; then
-  # echo "$DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP/$VENDORPREFIX-$DESKTOPFILE_NAME already there"
-  EXEC=$(grep "^Exec=" "$DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP/$VENDORPREFIX-$DESKTOPFILE_NAME" | head -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 1)
-  # echo $EXEC
-  if [ "Exec=\"$APPIMAGE\"" == "$EXEC" ] ; then
-    exit 0
-  fi
-fi
-
-# We ask the user only if we have found no reason to skip until here
-if [ -z "$SKIP" ] ; then
-  yesno "Install" "Would you like to integrate $APPIMAGE with your system?\n\nThis will add it to your applications menu and install icons.\nIf you don't do this you can still launch the application by double-clicking on the AppImage."
-fi
-
-if [ "$RETURN" = "no" ] ; then
-  yesno "Disable question?" "Should this question be permanently disabled for $APP?\n\nTo re-enable this question you have to delete\n\"$STAMP_DIR/${APP}_no_desktopintegration\""
-  if [ "$RETURN" = "yes" ] ; then
-    mkdir -p "$STAMP_DIR"
-    touch "$STAMP_DIR/${APP}_no_desktopintegration"
-  fi
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# If the user has agreed, rewrite and install the desktop file, and the MIME information
-if [ -z "$SKIP" ] ; then
-  # desktop-file-install is supposed to install .desktop files to the user's
-  # applications directory when run as a non-root user,
-  # and to /usr/share/applications if run as root
-  # but that does not really work for me...
-  #
-  # For Exec we must use quotes
-  # For TryExec quotes is not supported, so, space must be replaced to \s
-  # https://askubuntu.com/questions/175404/how-to-add-space-to-exec-path-in-a-thumbnailer-descrption/175567
-  RESOURCE_NAME=$(echo "$VENDORPREFIX-$DESKTOPFILE_NAME" | sed -e 's/.desktop//g')
-  desktop-file-install --rebuild-mime-info-cache \
-    --vendor=$VENDORPREFIX --set-key=Exec --set-value="\"${APPIMAGE}\" %U" \
-    --set-key=X-AppImage-Comment --set-value="Generated by ${THIS}" \
-    --set-icon="$RESOURCE_NAME" --set-key=TryExec --set-value=${APPIMAGE// /\\s} "$DESKTOPFILE" \
-    --dir "$DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP"
-  chmod a+x "$DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP/"*
-  # echo $RESOURCE_NAME
-
-  # delete "Actions" entry and add an "Uninstall" action
-  sed -i -e '/^Actions=/d' "$DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP/$VENDORPREFIX-$DESKTOPFILE_NAME"
-  cat >> "$DESTINATION_DIR_DESKTOP/$VENDORPREFIX-$DESKTOPFILE_NAME" << EOF
-
-Actions=Uninstall;
-
-[Uninstall]
-Name=Remove desktop integration for $APP_FULL
-Exec="$APPIMAGE" --remove-appimage-desktop-integration
-
-EOF
-
-  # Install the icon files for the application; TODO: scalable
-  ICONS=$(find "${APPDIR}/usr/share/icons/" -iwholename "*/apps/${APP}.png" 2>/dev/null || true)
-  for ICON in $ICONS ; do
-    ICON_SIZE=$(echo "${ICON}" | rev | cut -d "/" -f 3 | rev | cut -d "x" -f 1)
-    xdg-icon-resource install --context apps --size ${ICON_SIZE} "${ICON}" "${RESOURCE_NAME}"
-  done
-
-  # Install mime type
-  find "${APPDIR}/usr/share/mime/" -type f -name *xml -exec xdg-mime install $SYSTEM_WIDE --novendor {} \; 2>/dev/null || true
-
-  # Install the icon files for the mime type; TODO: scalable
-  ICONS=$(find "${APPDIR}/usr/share/icons/" -iwholename "*/mimetypes/*.png" 2>/dev/null || true)
-  for ICON in $ICONS ; do
-    ICON_SIZE=$(echo "${ICON}" | rev | cut -d "/" -f 3 | rev | cut -d "x" -f 1)
-    xdg-icon-resource install --context mimetypes --size ${ICON_SIZE} "${ICON}" $(basename $ICON | sed -e 's/.png//g')
-  done
-
-  xdg-desktop-menu forceupdate
-  gtk-update-icon-cache # for MIME
-fi
-EOxxF
-  chmod a+x ./usr/bin/$REALBIN.wrapper
-
-  sed -i -e "s|^Exec=$REALBIN|Exec=$REALBIN.wrapper|g" $1.desktop
-}
-
-mkdir -p ./$APP/$APP.AppDir/usr/lib
-
-cd ./$APP/
-
-# We get this app and almost all its dependencies via apt-get
-# but not using the host system's information about what is
-# installed on the system but our own assumptions instead
-
-generate_status
-
-echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main universe
-" > sources.list
-
-OPTIONS="-o Debug::NoLocking=1
--o APT::Cache-Limit=125829120
--o Dir::Etc::sourcelist=./sources.list
--o Dir::State=./tmp
--o Dir::Cache=./tmp
--o Dir::State::status=./status
--o Dir::Etc::sourceparts=-
--o APT::Get::List-Cleanup=0
--o APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated=1
--o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=true
--o Debug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall=true
--o APT::Install-Recommends=0
--o APT::Install-Suggests=0
-"
-
-cp ../powershell*ubuntu.14.04_amd64.deb .
-
-# Add local repository so that we can install deb files
-# that were downloaded outside of a repository
-dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -9c > Packages.gz
-echo "deb file:$(readlink -e $PWD) ./" >> sources.list
-
-apt-get $OPTIONS update
-
-URLS=$(apt-get $OPTIONS -y install --print-uris $APP | cut -d "'" -f 2 | grep -e "^http")
-
-wget -c $URLS
-
-cd ./$APP.AppDir/
-
-find ../*.deb -exec dpkg -x {} . \; || true
-
-rm usr/bin/pwsh
-mv opt/microsoft/powershell/*/* usr/bin/
-
-cat > $APP.desktop <<\EOF
-[Desktop Entry]
-Name=powershell
-Comment=Microsoft PowerShell
-Exec=pwsh
-Keywords=shell;prompt;command;commandline;cmd;
-Icon=powershell
-Type=Application
-Categories=System;TerminalEmulator;
-StartupNotify=true
-Terminal=true
-EOF
-
-cp ../../assets/Powershell_256.png $APP.png
-cp ../../assets/AppImageThirdPartyNotices.txt ThirdPartyNotices.txt
-
-cat > ./AppRun <<\EOF
-#!/bin/bash
-HERE=$(dirname $(readlink -f "${0}"))
-export PATH="${HERE}/usr/bin/":$PATH
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${HERE}/usr/lib/":$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-exec "${HERE}/usr/bin/pwsh.wrapper" "$@"
-EOF
-chmod a+x ./AppRun
-
-mkdir -p ./usr/lib ./lib && find ./lib/ -exec cp -v --parents -rfL {} ./usr/ \; && rm -rf ./lib
-mkdir -p ./usr/lib ./lib64 && find ./lib64/ -exec cp -v --parents -rfL {} ./usr/ \; && rm -rf ./lib64
-mv ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/* ./usr/lib/ # AppRun sets Qt env here
-mv ./usr/lib/pulseaudio/*.so usr/lib/ || true
-mv usr/local/share/man usr/share/ || true
-
-delete_blacklisted
-rm -rf ./etc/ ./home/ ./lib/ || true
-rm -r opt/ usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ usr/lib64 usr/share/ || true
-
-VERSION=$(find ../*.deb -name $APP"_*" | head -n 1 | cut -d "~" -f 1 | cut -d "_" -f 2 | cut -d "-" -f 1-2 | sed -e 's|1%3a||g')
-echo $VERSION
-
-get_desktopintegration $APP
-sed -i -e 's|^echo|# echo|g' usr/bin/pwsh.wrapper # Make less verbose
-
-# Go out of AppImage
-cd ..
-
-wget -c https://psgithub.blob.core.windows.net/files/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
-chmod a+x appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
-./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage ./powershell.AppDir
-cp ./powershell*AppImage ..
-
-cd ..
diff --git a/tools/install-powershell-readme.md b/tools/install-powershell-readme.md
index 9135f66d1d..6bbfdd5e8e 100644
--- a/tools/install-powershell-readme.md
+++ b/tools/install-powershell-readme.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 * `sed`
 * native package manager available
 * `curl` (auto-installed if missing)
+* `tr`
 
 ## Parameters
 
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@
 * -interactivetesting - do a quick launch test of VSCode (only relevant when used with -includeide)
 * -skip-sudo-check - use sudo without verifying its availability (hard to accurately do on some distros)
 * -preview - installs the latest preview release of PowerShell core side-by-side with any existing production releases
-* -appimage - perform an AppImage install instead of a native install
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/tools/install-powershell.sh b/tools/install-powershell.sh
index 844bedb43b..72c00d2018 100755
--- a/tools/install-powershell.sh
+++ b/tools/install-powershell.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ install(){
     # -interactivetesting - do a quick launch test of VSCode (only relevant when used with -includeide)
     # -skip-sudo-check    - use sudo without verifying its availability (hard to accurately do on some distros)
     # -preview            - installs the latest preview release of PowerShell core side-by-side with any existing production releases
-    # -appimage           - perform an AppImage install instead of a native install
 
     #gitrepo paths are overrideable to run from your own fork or branch for testing or private distribution
 
@@ -128,27 +127,7 @@ install(){
     echo "  OSSTR: $OSSTR"
 
 
-
-    if [[ "'$*'" =~ appimage ]] ; then
-        if [ -f "$SCRIPTFOLDER/appimage.sh" ]; then
-            #Script files were copied local - use them
-            # shellcheck source=/dev/null
-            . "$SCRIPTFOLDER/appimage.sh"
-        else
-            #Script files are not local - pull from remote
-            echo "Could not find \"appimage.sh\" next to this script..."
-            echo "Pulling and executing it from \"$gitreposcriptroot/appimage.sh\""
-            if [ -n "$(command -v curl)" ]; then
-                echo "found and using curl"
-                bash <(curl -s $gitreposcriptroot/appimage.sh) "$@"
-            elif [ -n "$(command -v wget)" ]; then
-                echo "found and using wget"
-                bash <(wget -qO- $gitreposcriptroot/appimage.sh) "$@"
-            else
-                echo "Could not find curl or wget, install one of these or manually download \"$gitreposcriptroot/appimage.sh\""
-            fi
-        fi
-    elif [ "$DistroBasedOn" == "redhat" ] || [ "$DistroBasedOn" == "debian" ] || [ "$DistroBasedOn" == "osx" ] || [ "$DistroBasedOn" == "suse" ] || [ "$DistroBasedOn" == "amazonlinux" ]; then
+    if [ "$DistroBasedOn" == "redhat" ] || [ "$DistroBasedOn" == "debian" ] || [ "$DistroBasedOn" == "osx" ] || [ "$DistroBasedOn" == "suse" ] || [ "$DistroBasedOn" == "amazonlinux" ]; then
         echo "Configuring PowerShell Core Environment for: $DistroBasedOn $DIST $REV"
         if [ -f "$SCRIPTFOLDER/installpsh-$DistroBasedOn.sh" ]; then
             #Script files were copied local - use them
diff --git a/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1 b/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
index 475c15abc7..3b6961c5cc 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
+++ b/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function Start-PSPackage {
         [string]$Name = "powershell",
 
         # Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, macOS, and Windows packages are supported
-        [ValidateSet("deb", "osxpkg", "rpm", "msi", "zip", "AppImage", "nupkg", "tar", "tar-arm", "tar-arm64", "tar-alpine", "fxdependent")]
+        [ValidateSet("deb", "osxpkg", "rpm", "msi", "zip", "nupkg", "tar", "tar-arm", "tar-arm64", "tar-alpine", "fxdependent")]
         [string[]]$Type,
 
         # Generate windows downlevel package
@@ -335,22 +335,6 @@ function Start-PSPackage {
                     New-MSIPackage @Arguments
                 }
             }
-            "AppImage" {
-                if ($IncludeSymbols.IsPresent) {
-                    throw "AppImage does not support packaging '-IncludeSymbols'"
-                }
-
-                if ($Environment.IsUbuntu14) {
-                    $null = Start-NativeExecution { bash -iex "$PSScriptRoot/../appimage.sh" }
-                    $appImage = Get-Item powershell-*.AppImage
-                    if ($appImage.Count -gt 1) {
-                        throw "Found more than one AppImage package, remove all *.AppImage files and try to create the package again"
-                    }
-                    Rename-Item $appImage.Name $appImage.Name.Replace("-","-$Version-")
-                } else {
-                    Write-Warning "Ignoring AppImage type for non Ubuntu Trusty platform"
-                }
-            }
             'nupkg' {
                 $Arguments = @{
                     PackageNameSuffix = $NameSuffix
diff --git a/tools/releaseBuild/Images/GenericLinuxFiles/PowerShellPackage.ps1 b/tools/releaseBuild/Images/GenericLinuxFiles/PowerShellPackage.ps1
index 9de727789b..e054fd5470 100644
--- a/tools/releaseBuild/Images/GenericLinuxFiles/PowerShellPackage.ps1
+++ b/tools/releaseBuild/Images/GenericLinuxFiles/PowerShellPackage.ps1
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ param (
     [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
     [string]$ReleaseTag,
 
-    [switch]$AppImage,
     [switch]$TarX64,
     [switch]$TarArm,
     [switch]$TarArm64,
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ try {
         Start-PSPackage @releaseTagParam
     }
 
-    if ($AppImage) { Start-PSPackage -Type AppImage @releaseTagParam }
     if ($TarX64) { Start-PSPackage -Type tar @releaseTagParam }
 
     if ($TarArm) {
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ finally
     Pop-Location
 }
 
-$linuxPackages = Get-ChildItem "$location/powershell*" -Include *.deb,*.rpm,*.AppImage,*.tar.gz
+$linuxPackages = Get-ChildItem "$location/powershell*" -Include *.deb,*.rpm,*.tar.gz
 
 foreach ($linuxPackage in $linuxPackages)
 {
diff --git a/tools/releaseBuild/build.json b/tools/releaseBuild/build.json
index 502c4186be..6324728faa 100644
--- a/tools/releaseBuild/build.json
+++ b/tools/releaseBuild/build.json
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
     {
         "Name": "ubuntu.14.04-unused",
         "RepoDestinationPath": "/PowerShell",
-        "BuildCommand": "/PowerShellPackage.ps1 -location _RepoDestinationPath_ -destination _DockerVolume_ -ReleaseTag _ReleaseTag_ -AppImage -TarX64 -TarArm",
+        "BuildCommand": "/PowerShellPackage.ps1 -location _RepoDestinationPath_ -destination _DockerVolume_ -ReleaseTag _ReleaseTag_ -TarX64 -TarArm",
         "BuildDockerOptions": [
             "--cap-add",
             "SYS_ADMIN",