diff --git a/src/main/python/scripts/remove_duplicate_links.py b/src/main/python/scripts/remove_duplicate_links.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a129fbaa58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/python/scripts/remove_duplicate_links.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import sys
+import shapefile
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 4:
+ print("python remove_duplicate_links.py