diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 91bcaa0ca05..b107b38561c 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ Project Files
    Generate project files for development environments.
 
    * project_qtcreator:     QtCreator Project Files.
-   * project_netbeans:      NetBeans Project Files.
    * project_eclipse:       Eclipse CDT4 Project Files.
 
 Package Targets
@@ -465,9 +464,6 @@ test: .FORCE
 project_qtcreator: .FORCE
 	$(PYTHON) tools/utils_ide/cmake_qtcreator_project.py --build-dir "$(BUILD_DIR)"
 
-project_netbeans: .FORCE
-	$(PYTHON) tools/utils_ide/cmake_netbeans_project.py "$(BUILD_DIR)"
-
 project_eclipse: .FORCE
 	cmake -G"Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles" -H"$(BLENDER_DIR)" -B"$(BUILD_DIR)"
 
diff --git a/tools/check_source/check_mypy_config.py b/tools/check_source/check_mypy_config.py
index e81a31ab58f..f8ebb859ce4 100644
--- a/tools/check_source/check_mypy_config.py
+++ b/tools/check_source/check_mypy_config.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ PATHS_EXCLUDE = set(
     for p in
     (
         "tools/check_source/clang_array_check.py",
-        "tools/utils_ide/cmake_netbeans_project.py",
         "tools/utils_ide/cmake_qtcreator_project.py",
         "release/datafiles/blender_icons_geom.py",  # Uses `bpy` too much.
         "tests/utils/bl_run_operators.py",  # Uses `bpy` too much.
diff --git a/tools/utils_ide/cmake_netbeans_project.py b/tools/utils_ide/cmake_netbeans_project.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 7a7cab489e5..00000000000
--- a/tools/utils_ide/cmake_netbeans_project.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,263 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011-2022 Blender Authors
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-
-"""
-Example linux usage
- python3 ~/blender-git/blender/build_files/cmake/cmake_netbeans_project.py ~/blender-git/cmake
-
-Windows not supported so far
-"""
-
-import sys
-
-# until we have arg parsing
-import project_info
-if not project_info.init(sys.argv[-1]):
-    sys.exit(1)
-
-from project_info import (
-    SIMPLE_PROJECTFILE,
-    SOURCE_DIR,
-    CMAKE_DIR,
-    PROJECT_DIR,
-    source_list,
-    is_project_file,
-    is_c_header,
-    # is_py,
-    cmake_advanced_info,
-    cmake_compiler_defines,
-    cmake_cache_var,
-    project_name_get,
-)
-
-
-import os
-from os.path import join, dirname, normpath, relpath, exists
-
-
-def create_nb_project_main():
-    from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
-
-    files = list(source_list(SOURCE_DIR, filename_check=is_project_file))
-    files_rel = [relpath(f, start=PROJECT_DIR) for f in files]
-    files_rel.sort()
-
-    if SIMPLE_PROJECTFILE:
-        pass
-    else:
-        includes, defines = cmake_advanced_info()
-
-        if (includes, defines) == (None, None):
-            return
-
-        # for some reason it doesn't give all internal includes
-        includes = list(set(includes) | set(dirname(f) for f in files if is_c_header(f)))
-        includes.sort()
-
-        if 0:
-            PROJECT_NAME = "Blender"
-        else:
-            # be tricky, get the project name from git if we can!
-            PROJECT_NAME = project_name_get()
-
-        make_exe = cmake_cache_var("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM")
-        make_exe_basename = os.path.basename(make_exe)
-
-        # --------------- NetBeans specific.
-        defines = [("%s=%s" % cdef) if cdef[1] else cdef[0] for cdef in defines]
-        defines += [cdef.replace("#define", "").strip() for cdef in cmake_compiler_defines()]
-
-        def file_list_to_nested(files):
-            # convert paths to hierarchy
-            paths_nested = {}
-
-            def ensure_path(filepath):
-                filepath_split = filepath.split(os.sep)
-
-                pn = paths_nested
-                for subdir in filepath_split[:-1]:
-                    pn = pn.setdefault(subdir, {})
-                pn[filepath_split[-1]] = None
-
-            for path in files:
-                ensure_path(path)
-            return paths_nested
-
-        PROJECT_DIR_NB = join(PROJECT_DIR, "nbproject")
-        if not exists(PROJECT_DIR_NB):
-            os.mkdir(PROJECT_DIR_NB)
-
-        # SOURCE_DIR_REL = relpath(SOURCE_DIR, PROJECT_DIR)
-
-        f = open(join(PROJECT_DIR_NB, "project.xml"), 'w')
-
-        f.write('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n')
-        f.write('<project xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/project/1">\n')
-        f.write('    <type>org.netbeans.modules.cnd.makeproject</type>\n')
-        f.write('    <configuration>\n')
-        f.write('        <data xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/make-project/1">\n')
-        f.write('            <name>%s</name>\n' % PROJECT_NAME)
-        f.write('            <c-extensions>c,m</c-extensions>\n')
-        f.write('            <cpp-extensions>cpp,cxx,cc,mm</cpp-extensions>\n')
-        f.write('            <header-extensions>h,hxx,hh,hpp,inl</header-extensions>\n')
-        f.write('            <sourceEncoding>UTF-8</sourceEncoding>\n')
-        f.write('            <make-dep-projects/>\n')
-        f.write('            <sourceRootList>\n')
-        f.write('                <sourceRootElem>%s</sourceRootElem>\n' % SOURCE_DIR)  # base_root_rel
-        f.write('            </sourceRootList>\n')
-        f.write('            <confList>\n')
-        f.write('                <confElem>\n')
-        f.write('                    <name>Default</name>\n')
-        f.write('                    <type>0</type>\n')
-        f.write('                </confElem>\n')
-        f.write('            </confList>\n')
-        f.write('            <formatting>\n')
-        f.write('                <project-formatting-style>false</project-formatting-style>\n')
-        f.write('            </formatting>\n')
-        f.write('        </data>\n')
-        f.write('    </configuration>\n')
-        f.write('</project>\n')
-
-        f.close()
-
-        f = open(join(PROJECT_DIR_NB, "configurations.xml"), 'w')
-
-        f.write('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n')
-        f.write('<configurationDescriptor version="95">\n')
-        f.write('  <logicalFolder name="root" displayName="root" projectFiles="true" kind="ROOT">\n')
-        f.write('    <df root="%s" name="0">\n' % SOURCE_DIR)  # base_root_rel
-
-        # write files!
-        files_rel_local = [normpath(relpath(join(CMAKE_DIR, path), SOURCE_DIR)) for path in files_rel]
-        files_rel_hierarchy = file_list_to_nested(files_rel_local)
-        # print(files_rel_hierarchy)
-
-        def write_df(hdir, ident):
-            dirs = []
-            files = []
-            for key, item in sorted(hdir.items()):
-                if item is None:
-                    files.append(key)
-                else:
-                    dirs.append((key, item))
-
-            for key, item in dirs:
-                f.write('%s  <df name="%s">\n' % (ident, key))
-                write_df(item, ident + "    ")
-                f.write('%s  </df>\n' % ident)
-
-            for key in files:
-                f.write('%s<in>%s</in>\n' % (ident, key))
-
-        write_df(files_rel_hierarchy, ident="    ")
-
-        f.write('    </df>\n')
-
-        f.write('    <logicalFolder name="ExternalFiles"\n')
-        f.write('                   displayName="Important Files"\n')
-        f.write('                   projectFiles="false"\n')
-        f.write('                   kind="IMPORTANT_FILES_FOLDER">\n')
-        # f.write('      <itemPath>../GNUmakefile</itemPath>\n')
-        f.write('    </logicalFolder>\n')
-
-        f.write('  </logicalFolder>\n')
-        # default, but this dir is in fact not in blender dir so we can ignore it
-        # f.write('  <sourceFolderFilter>^(nbproject)$</sourceFolderFilter>\n')
-        f.write(r'  <sourceFolderFilter>^(nbproject|__pycache__|.*\.py|.*\.html|.*\.blend)$</sourceFolderFilter>\n')
-
-        f.write('  <sourceRootList>\n')
-        f.write('    <Elem>%s</Elem>\n' % SOURCE_DIR)  # base_root_rel
-        f.write('  </sourceRootList>\n')
-
-        f.write('  <projectmakefile>Makefile</projectmakefile>\n')
-
-        # paths again
-        f.write('  <confs>\n')
-        f.write('    <conf name="Default" type="0">\n')
-
-        f.write('      <toolsSet>\n')
-        f.write('        <compilerSet>default</compilerSet>\n')
-        f.write('        <dependencyChecking>false</dependencyChecking>\n')
-        f.write('        <rebuildPropChanged>false</rebuildPropChanged>\n')
-        f.write('      </toolsSet>\n')
-        f.write('      <codeAssistance>\n')
-        f.write('      </codeAssistance>\n')
-        f.write('      <makefileType>\n')
-
-        f.write('        <makeTool>\n')
-        f.write('          <buildCommandWorkingDir>.</buildCommandWorkingDir>\n')
-
-        if make_exe_basename == "ninja":
-            build_cmd = "ninja"
-            clean_cmd = "ninja -t clean"
-        else:
-            build_cmd = "${MAKE} -f Makefile"
-            clean_cmd = "${MAKE} -f Makefile clean"
-
-        f.write('          <buildCommand>%s</buildCommand>\n' % escape(build_cmd))
-        f.write('          <cleanCommand>%s</cleanCommand>\n' % escape(clean_cmd))
-        f.write('          <executablePath>./bin/blender</executablePath>\n')
-        del build_cmd, clean_cmd
-
-        def write_toolinfo():
-            f.write('            <incDir>\n')
-            for inc in includes:
-                f.write('              <pElem>%s</pElem>\n' % inc)
-            f.write('            </incDir>\n')
-            f.write('            <preprocessorList>\n')
-            for cdef in defines:
-                f.write('              <Elem>%s</Elem>\n' % escape(cdef))
-            f.write('            </preprocessorList>\n')
-
-        f.write('          <cTool>\n')
-        write_toolinfo()
-        f.write('          </cTool>\n')
-
-        f.write('          <ccTool>\n')
-        write_toolinfo()
-        f.write('          </ccTool>\n')
-
-        f.write('        </makeTool>\n')
-        f.write('      </makefileType>\n')
-        # finished makefile info
-
-        f.write('    \n')
-
-        for path in files_rel_local:
-            is_c = path.endswith(".c")
-            f.write('      <item path="%s"\n' % path)
-            f.write('            ex="false"\n')
-            f.write('            tool="%d"\n' % (0 if is_c else 1))
-            f.write('            flavor2="%d">\n' % (3 if is_c else 0))
-            f.write('      </item>\n')
-
-        f.write('      <runprofile version="9">\n')
-        f.write('        <runcommandpicklist>\n')
-        f.write('        </runcommandpicklist>\n')
-        f.write('        <runcommand>%s</runcommand>\n' % os.path.join(CMAKE_DIR, "bin/blender"))
-        f.write('        <rundir>%s</rundir>\n' % SOURCE_DIR)
-        f.write('        <buildfirst>false</buildfirst>\n')
-        f.write('        <terminal-type>0</terminal-type>\n')
-        f.write('        <remove-instrumentation>0</remove-instrumentation>\n')
-        f.write('        <environment>\n')
-        f.write('        </environment>\n')
-        f.write('      </runprofile>\n')
-
-        f.write('    </conf>\n')
-        f.write('  </confs>\n')
-
-        # todo
-
-        f.write('</configurationDescriptor>\n')
-
-        f.close()
-
-
-def main():
-    create_nb_project_main()
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()