diff --git a/src/Composer/Factory.php b/src/Composer/Factory.php
index b77d6bb1d..9234f46f8 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Factory.php
@@ -331,8 +331,6 @@ class Factory
         }
 
         $am = new Archiver\ArchiveManager($dm);
-        $am->addArchiver(new Archiver\GitArchiver);
-        $am->addArchiver(new Archiver\MercurialArchiver);
         $am->addArchiver(new Archiver\PharArchiver);
 
         return $am;
diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/GitArchiver.php b/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/GitArchiver.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 1279a8c80..000000000
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/GitArchiver.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of Composer.
- *
- * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
- *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-namespace Composer\Package\Archiver;
-
-use Composer\Util\ProcessExecutor;
-
-/**
- * @author Till Klampaeckel <till@php.net>
- * @author Matthieu Moquet <matthieu@moquet.net>
- */
-class GitArchiver implements ArchiverInterface
-{
-    protected $process;
-
-    public function __construct($process = null)
-    {
-        $this->process = $process ?: new ProcessExecutor();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function archive($sources, $target, $format, $sourceRef = null)
-    {
-        if (null === $sourceRef) {
-            $sourceRef = 'HEAD';
-        }
-
-        $command = sprintf(
-            'git archive --format %s --output %s %s',
-            $format,
-            escapeshellarg($target),
-            escapeshellarg($sourceRef)
-        );
-
-        $exitCode = $this->process->execute($command, $output, $sources);
-
-        if (0 !== $exitCode) {
-            throw new \RuntimeException(
-                sprintf('Impossible to build the archive: `%s` returned %s', $command, $exitCode)
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function supports($format, $sourceType)
-    {
-        return 'git' === $sourceType && in_array($format, array('zip', 'tar', 'tgz'));
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/MercurialArchiver.php b/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/MercurialArchiver.php
deleted file mode 100644
index b21750b45..000000000
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Archiver/MercurialArchiver.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of Composer.
- *
- * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
- *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-namespace Composer\Package\Archiver;
-
-use Composer\Util\ProcessExecutor;
-
-/**
- * @author Till Klampaeckel <till@php.net>
- * @author Matthieu Moquet <matthieu@moquet.net>
- */
-class MercurialArchiver implements ArchiverInterface
-{
-    protected $process;
-
-    public function __construct($process = null)
-    {
-        $this->process = $process ?: new ProcessExecutor();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function archive($sources, $target, $format, $sourceRef = null)
-    {
-        if (null === $sourceRef) {
-            $sourceRef = 'default';
-        }
-
-        $command = sprintf(
-            'hg archive --rev %s --type %s %s',
-            escapeshellarg($sourceRef),
-            $format,
-            escapeshellarg($target)
-        );
-
-        $exitCode = $this->process->execute($command, $output, $sources);
-
-        if (0 !== $exitCode) {
-            throw new \RuntimeException(
-                sprintf('Impossible to build the archive: `%s` returned %s', $command, $exitCode)
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function supports($format, $sourceType)
-    {
-        return 'hg' === $sourceType && in_array($format, array('tar', 'tbz2', 'tgz', 'uzip', 'zip'));
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/GitArchiverTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/GitArchiverTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 587ed9158..000000000
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/GitArchiverTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of Composer.
- *
- * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
- *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-namespace Composer\Test\Package\Archiver;
-
-use Composer\Package\Archiver\GitArchiver;
-
-/**
- * @author Till Klampaeckel <till@php.net>
- * @author Matthieu Moquet <matthieu@moquet.net>
- */
-class GitArchiverTest extends ArchiverTest
-{
-    protected $targetFile;
-
-    public function testZipArchive()
-    {
-        // Set up repository
-        $this->setupGitRepo();
-        $package = $this->setupPackage();
-        $target  = sys_get_temp_dir().'/composer_archiver_test.zip';
-
-        // Test archive
-        $archiver = new GitArchiver();
-        $archiver->archive($package->getSourceUrl(), $target, 'zip', 'master^1');
-        $this->assertFileExists($target);
-
-        unlink($target);
-    }
-
-    public function testTarArchive()
-    {
-        // Set up repository
-        $this->setupGitRepo();
-        $package = $this->setupPackage();
-        $target  = sys_get_temp_dir().'/composer_archiver_test.tar';
-
-        // Test archive
-        $archiver = new GitArchiver();
-        $archiver->archive($package->getSourceUrl(), $target, 'tar', 'master^1');
-        $this->assertFileExists($target);
-
-        unlink($target);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Create local git repository to run tests against!
-     */
-    protected function setupGitRepo()
-    {
-        $currentWorkDir = getcwd();
-        chdir($this->testDir);
-
-        $result = $this->process->execute('git init -q');
-        if ($result > 0) {
-            chdir($currentWorkDir);
-            throw new \RuntimeException('Could not init: '.$this->process->getErrorOutput());
-        }
-
-        $result = file_put_contents('b', 'a');
-        if (false === $result) {
-            chdir($currentWorkDir);
-            throw new \RuntimeException('Could not save file.');
-        }
-
-        $result = $this->process->execute('git add b && git commit -m "commit b" -q');
-        if ($result > 0) {
-            chdir($currentWorkDir);
-            throw new \RuntimeException('Could not commit: '.$this->process->getErrorOutput());
-        }
-
-        $result = file_put_contents('d', 'c');
-        if (false === $result) {
-            chdir($currentWorkDir);
-            throw new \RuntimeException('Could not save file.');
-        }
-
-        $result = $this->process->execute('git add d && git commit -m "commit d" -q');
-        if ($result > 0) {
-            chdir($currentWorkDir);
-            throw new \RuntimeException('Could not commit: '.$this->process->getErrorOutput());
-        }
-
-        chdir($currentWorkDir);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/MercurialArchiverTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/MercurialArchiverTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e3b316a6b..000000000
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Archiver/MercurialArchiverTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of Composer.
- *
- * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
- *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-namespace Composer\Test\Package\Archiver;
-
-use Composer\Package\Archiver\MercurialArchiver;
-use Composer\Package\Package;
-
-/**
- * @author Matthieu Moquet <matthieu@moquet.net>
- * @author Till Klampaeckel <till@php.net>
- */
-class MercurialArchiverTest extends ArchiverTest
-{
-    public function testZipArchive()
-    {
-        // Set up repository
-        $this->setupMercurialRepo();
-        $package = $this->setupPackage();
-        $target  = sys_get_temp_dir().'/composer_archiver_test.zip';
-
-        // Test archive
-        $archiver = new MercurialArchiver();
-        $archiver->archive($package->getSourceUrl(), $target, 'zip', 'default');
-        $this->assertFileExists($target);
-
-        unlink($target);
-    }
-
-    public function testTarArchive()
-    {
-        // Set up repository
-        $this->setupMercurialRepo();
-        $package = $this->setupPackage();
-        $target  = sys_get_temp_dir().'/composer_archiver_test.tar';
-
-        // Test archive
-        $archiver = new MercurialArchiver();
-        $archiver->archive($package->getSourceUrl(), $target, 'tar', 'default');
-        $this->assertFileExists($target);
-
-        unlink($target);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Create local mercurial repository to run tests against!
-     */
-    protected function setupMercurialRepo()
-    {
-        $currentWorkDir = getcwd();
-        chdir($this->testDir);
-
-        $result = $this->process->execute('hg init -q');
-        if ($result > 0) {
-            chdir($currentWorkDir);
-            throw new \RuntimeException('Could not init: '.$this->process->getErrorOutput());
-        }
-
-        $result = file_put_contents('b', 'a');
-        if (false === $result) {
-            chdir($currentWorkDir);
-            throw new \RuntimeException('Could not save file.');
-        }
-
-        $result = $this->process->execute('hg add b && hg commit -m "commit b" --config ui.username=test -q');
-        if ($result > 0) {
-            chdir($currentWorkDir);
-            throw new \RuntimeException('Could not commit: '.$this->process->getErrorOutput());
-        }
-
-        chdir($currentWorkDir);
-    }
-
-    protected function setupPackage()
-    {
-        $package = parent::setupPackage();
-        $package->setSourceReference('default');
-        $package->setSourceType('hg');
-
-        return $package;
-    }
-}