diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/Core/Host.cpp b/uppsrc/ide/Core/Host.cpp
index b98d08f82..c5c55ef47 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/Core/Host.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/Core/Host.cpp
@@ -177,6 +177,17 @@ String HostConsole = "powershell.exe";
 String HostConsole = "/usr/bin/xterm -e";
 #endif
 
+#ifdef PLATFORM_POSIX
+void RemoveConsoleScripts()
+{
+	FileTime tm = (GetSysTime() - 24*3600).AsFileTime();
+	for(FindFile ff(ConfigFile("console-script-*")); ff; ff++) {
+		if(ff.GetLastWriteTime() < tm)
+			FileDelete(ff.GetPath());
+	}
+}
+#endif
+
 void Host::Launch(const char *_cmdline, bool console)
 {
 	String cmdline = FindCommand(exedirs, _cmdline);
diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/Core/Host.h b/uppsrc/ide/Core/Host.h
index cb5b8bd82..a2afa0728 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/Core/Host.h
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/Core/Host.h
@@ -43,3 +43,7 @@ struct Host {
 private:
 	bool HasPlatformFlag(const Index<String>& cfg);
 };
+
+#ifdef PLATFORM_POSIX
+void RemoveConsoleScripts();
+#endif
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diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/main.cpp b/uppsrc/ide/main.cpp
index 2641f2269..499a3ea0d 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/main.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/main.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ void AppMain___()
 	bool hasvars = FindFile(ConfigFile("*.var"));
 
 #ifdef PLATFORM_POSIX
+	RemoveConsoleScripts(); // remove old console-script files
+
 	String home = Environment().Get("UPP_HOME", Null);
 	if(!IsNull(home))
 		SetHomeDirectory(home);