diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a4bf97a7b..99ca3595b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -694,8 +694,6 @@ endif
 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) -C \{\} '$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)'/infer/\{\}
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -C       infer/lib/python/inferTraceBugs \
 	  '$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)'/infer/infer/lib/python/inferTraceBugs
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -C       infer/lib/python/report.py \
-	  '$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)'/infer/infer/lib/python/report.py
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -C '$(INFER_BIN)' '$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)'/infer/infer/bin/
 	(cd '$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/' && \
 	 $(REMOVE) infer && \
diff --git a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/issues.py b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/issues.py
index 3b37e6246..972544671 100644
--- a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/issues.py
+++ b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/issues.py
@@ -176,77 +176,3 @@ def _text_of_report_list(project_root, reports, bugs_txt_path, limit=None,
         utils.stdout(summary)
 
     return bug_list + summary
-
-
-def _get_censored_reason(report):
-    return report.get(JSON_INDEX_CENSORED_REASON)
-
-def _is_user_visible(report):
-    if _get_censored_reason(report) is not None:
-        return False
-    else:
-        return report[JSON_INDEX_SEVERITY] in [
-            ISSUE_SEVERITY_ERROR,
-            ISSUE_SEVERITY_WARNING,
-            ISSUE_SEVERITY_ADVICE,
-            ISSUE_SEVERITY_LIKE]
-
-
-def print_and_save_errors(infer_out, project_root, json_report, bugs_out,
-                          pmd_xml, console_out):
-    if pmd_xml:
-        errors = utils.load_json_from_path(json_report)
-        errors = [e for e in errors if _is_user_visible(e)]
-        xml_out = os.path.join(infer_out, config.PMD_XML_FILENAME)
-        with codecs.open(xml_out, 'w',
-                         encoding=config.CODESET,
-                         errors='replace') as file_out:
-            file_out.write(_pmd_xml_of_issues(errors))
-
-
-def _pmd_xml_of_issues(issues):
-    if etree is None:
-        print('ERROR: "lxml" Python package not found.')
-        print('ERROR: You need to install it to use Infer with --pmd-xml')
-        sys.exit(1)
-    root = etree.Element('pmd')
-    root.attrib['version'] = '5.4.1'
-    root.attrib['date'] = datetime.datetime.now().isoformat()
-    for issue in issues:
-        successful_java = False
-        if issue[JSON_INDEX_FILENAME].endswith('.java'):
-            fully_qualified_method_name = re.search(
-                '(.*)\(.*', issue[JSON_INDEX_PROCEDURE])
-            if fully_qualified_method_name is not None:
-                # probably Java, let's try
-                try:
-                    info = fully_qualified_method_name.groups()[0].split('.')
-                    class_name = info[-2:-1][0]
-                    method = info[-1]
-                    package = '.'.join(info[0:-2])
-                    successful_java = True
-                except IndexError:
-                    successful_java = False
-        if not successful_java:
-            class_name = ''
-            package = ''
-            method = issue[JSON_INDEX_PROCEDURE]
-        file_node = etree.Element('file')
-        file_node.attrib['name'] = issue[JSON_INDEX_FILENAME]
-        violation = etree.Element('violation')
-        violation.attrib['begincolumn'] = '0'
-        violation.attrib['beginline'] = str(issue[JSON_INDEX_LINE])
-        violation.attrib['endcolumn'] = '0'
-        violation.attrib['endline'] = str(issue[JSON_INDEX_LINE] + 1)
-        violation.attrib['class'] = class_name
-        violation.attrib['method'] = method
-        violation.attrib['package'] = package
-        violation.attrib['priority'] = '1'
-        violation.attrib['rule'] = issue[JSON_INDEX_TYPE]
-        violation.attrib['ruleset'] = 'Infer Rules'
-        violation.attrib['externalinfourl'] = (
-            ISSUE_TYPES_URL + issue[JSON_INDEX_TYPE])
-        violation.text = issue[JSON_INDEX_QUALIFIER]
-        file_node.append(violation)
-        root.append(file_node)
-    return etree.tostring(root, pretty_print=True, encoding=config.CODESET)
diff --git a/infer/lib/python/report.py b/infer/lib/python/report.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 125817322..000000000
--- a/infer/lib/python/report.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2.7
-
-# Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
-#
-# This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
-# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-import argparse
-import sys
-
-from inferlib import issues, utils
-
-arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
-arg_parser.add_argument('--issues-json', metavar='<file>', required=True,
-                        help='Location of the json report')
-arg_parser.add_argument('--issues-txt', metavar='<file>',
-                        help='Location of the text report')
-arg_parser.add_argument('--issues-xml', metavar='<file>',
-                        help='Location of the xml report (ignored for now)')
-arg_parser.add_argument('--pmd-xml', action='store_true',
-                        help='Output issues in (PMD) XML format.')
-arg_parser.add_argument('--project-root', metavar='<directory>', required=True,
-                        help='Location of the project root')
-arg_parser.add_argument('--quiet', action='store_true',
-                        help='Silence console output.')
-arg_parser.add_argument('--results-dir', metavar='<directory>', required=True,
-                        help='Location of the results directory')
-
-
-def main():
-    sys_argv = map(utils.decode, sys.argv)
-    args = arg_parser.parse_args(sys_argv[1:])
-    issues.print_and_save_errors(args.results_dir, args.project_root,
-                                 args.issues_json, args.issues_txt,
-                                 args.pmd_xml, console_out=not args.quiet)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
index d8c44220e..b67859338 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
@@ -785,10 +785,6 @@ OPTIONS
            Specify the file containing perf profiler data to read       
     See also infer-analyze(1).
 
-       --pmd-xml
-           Activates: Output issues in (PMD) XML format (Conversely:
-           --no-pmd-xml)           See also infer-run(1).
-
        --print-active-checkers
            Activates: Print the active checkers before starting the analysis
            (Conversely: --no-print-active-checkers)           See also infer-analyze(1).
diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-run.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-run.txt
index 0c64f72ab..89c772bae 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-run.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-run.txt
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ OPTIONS
            Show this manual with all internal options in the INTERNAL OPTIONS
            section
 
-       --pmd-xml
-           Activates: Output issues in (PMD) XML format (Conversely:
-           --no-pmd-xml)
-
        --print-logs
            Activates: Also log messages to stdout and stderr (Conversely:
            --no-print-logs)
diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
index 29f8d4e3f..fbdae39d1 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
@@ -785,10 +785,6 @@ OPTIONS
            Specify the file containing perf profiler data to read       
     See also infer-analyze(1).
 
-       --pmd-xml
-           Activates: Output issues in (PMD) XML format (Conversely:
-           --no-pmd-xml)           See also infer-run(1).
-
        --print-active-checkers
            Activates: Print the active checkers before starting the analysis
            (Conversely: --no-print-active-checkers)           See also infer-analyze(1).
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index dfa9377ec..cba03d82a 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -1698,12 +1698,6 @@ and patterns_skip_translation =
       "Matcher or list of matchers for names of files that should not be analyzed at all." )
 
 
-and pmd_xml =
-  CLOpt.mk_bool ~long:"pmd-xml"
-    ~in_help:InferCommand.[(Run, manual_generic)]
-    "Output issues in (PMD) XML format"
-
-
 and print_active_checkers =
   CLOpt.mk_bool ~long:"print-active-checkers"
     ~in_help:InferCommand.[(Analyze, manual_generic)]
@@ -2870,8 +2864,6 @@ and patterns_skip_implementation = match patterns_skip_implementation with k, r
 
 and patterns_skip_translation = match patterns_skip_translation with k, r -> (k, !r)
 
-and pmd_xml = !pmd_xml
-
 and print_active_checkers = !print_active_checkers
 
 and print_builtins = !print_builtins
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index 97686c344..6ab03c48f 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -465,8 +465,6 @@ val only_show : bool
 
 val perf_profiler_data_file : string option
 
-val pmd_xml : bool
-
 val print_active_checkers : bool
 
 val print_builtins : bool
diff --git a/infer/src/integration/Driver.ml b/infer/src/integration/Driver.ml
index 2d69512d7..89eaeeb41 100644
--- a/infer/src/integration/Driver.ml
+++ b/infer/src/integration/Driver.ml
@@ -293,28 +293,7 @@ let report ?(suppress_console = false) () =
       ~report_json:issues_json ) ;
   if Config.(test_determinator && process_clang_ast) then
     TestDeterminator.merge_test_determinator_results () ;
-  match Config.report_hook with
-  | Some prog when (not Config.buck_cache_mode) && Config.pmd_xml ->
-      let if_true key opt args = if not opt then args else key :: args in
-      let args =
-        if_true "--pmd-xml" Config.pmd_xml
-        @@ if_true "--quiet"
-             (Config.quiet || suppress_console)
-             [ "--issues-json"
-             ; issues_json
-             ; "--issues-txt"
-             ; Config.(results_dir ^/ report_txt)
-             ; "--project-root"
-             ; Config.project_root
-             ; "--results-dir"
-             ; Config.results_dir ]
-      in
-      if is_error (Unix.waitpid (Unix.fork_exec ~prog ~argv:(prog :: args) ())) then
-        L.external_error
-          "** Error running the reporting script:@\n**   %s %s@\n** See error above@." prog
-          (String.concat ~sep:" " args)
-  | _ ->
-      ()
+  ()
 
 
 (* shadowed for tracing *)
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/results_xml/Makefile b/infer/tests/build_systems/results_xml/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index fc6eb80e0..000000000
--- a/infer/tests/build_systems/results_xml/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
-#
-# This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
-# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-
-TESTS_DIR = ../..
-
-CODETOANALYZE_DIR = ../codetoanalyze
-
-CLANG_OPTIONS = -c
-INFER_OPTIONS = --project-root $(CODETOANALYZE_DIR) --pmd-xml
-INFERPRINT_OPTIONS = --issues-tests
-
-SOURCES = $(CODETOANALYZE_DIR)/hello.c
-
-include $(TESTS_DIR)/clang.make
-
-issues.exp.test: infer-out/report.json
-#	grab only a few interesting fields from the xml to prevent flakiness
-	$(QUIET)grep --only-matching -e ' \(name\|method\|rule\)="[^"]*"' infer-out/report.xml > $@
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/results_xml/issues.exp b/infer/tests/build_systems/results_xml/issues.exp
deleted file mode 100644
index 43fc40a51..000000000
--- a/infer/tests/build_systems/results_xml/issues.exp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
- name="hello.c"
- method="test"
- rule="NULL_DEREFERENCE"
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/errors/Makefile b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/errors/Makefile
index beb20560b..ce5dcd8b4 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/errors/Makefile
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/errors/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ TESTS_DIR = ../../..
 # use our own clang's standard library so that the tests are uniform across distributions
 CLANG_OPTIONS = -x c++ -std=c++1y -isystem$(ROOT_DIR) -c --stdlib=libc++
 INFER_OPTIONS = --biabduction-only --ml-buckets cpp --debug-exceptions --project-root $(TESTS_DIR) \
-                --pmd-xml --report-custom-error
+                --report-custom-error
 INFERPRINT_OPTIONS = --issues-tests
 
 SOURCES = \