diff --git a/build-scripts/clean-dependencies b/build-scripts/clean-dependencies
deleted file mode 100755
index d929141ce..000000000
--- a/build-scripts/clean-dependencies
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-. `dirname "$0"`/functions
-. detect-environment
-. compile-options
-
-set -ex
-for dep in $DEPS
-do
-    rm -rf $dep
-done
diff --git a/user-scripts/README.md b/user-scripts/README.md
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index 000000000..9a3bb273a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user-scripts/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# User Scripts
+
+This is a collection of scripts for your convenience. They are not part of build
+scripts, but can be useful when building locally or when you're tinkering
+around.
diff --git a/user-scripts/clean-dependencies b/user-scripts/clean-dependencies
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e26355896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user-scripts/clean-dependencies
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script removes previously compiled dependencies which are later packaged
+# into CFEngine. When you want to do a fresh build it can be nice to remove
+# them in advance.
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")"/../build-scripts/functions
+. "$(dirname "$0")"/../build-scripts/detect-environment
+. "$(dirname "$0")"/../build-scripts/compile-options
+
+set -ex
+for dep in $DEPS
+do
+    rm -rf "$dep"
+done