diff --git a/boards/calliope-mini/Makefile.include b/boards/calliope-mini/Makefile.include
index a7deba75d0..e31f9f65e2 100644
--- a/boards/calliope-mini/Makefile.include
+++ b/boards/calliope-mini/Makefile.include
@@ -5,18 +5,10 @@ export CPU_MODEL = nrf51x22xxab
 PORT_LINUX ?= /dev/ttyACM0
 PORT_DARWIN ?= $(firstword $(sort $(wildcard /dev/tty.usbmodem*)))
 
-# this board supports flashing through plain fscopy, using JLink or using
-# openocd
-PROGRAMMER ?= fscopy
+# for this board we support flashing via openocd or pyocd
+PROGRAMMER ?= openocd
 
-ifeq (fscopy,$(PROGRAMMER))
-  FFLAGS = $(HEXFILE)
-  DEBUGGER_FLAGS =
-
-  FLASHER = $(RIOTBOARD)/$(BOARD)/dist/flash.sh
-  DEBUGGER =
-  DEBUGSERVER =
-else ifeq (openocd,$(PROGRAMMER))
+ifeq (openocd,$(PROGRAMMER))
   DEBUG_ADAPTER = dap
 else ifeq (pyocd,$(PROGRAMMER))
   # PyOCD doesn't recognize automatically the board ID, so target type has to
diff --git a/boards/calliope-mini/dist/flash.sh b/boards/calliope-mini/dist/flash.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fa8ce4f26c..0000000000
--- a/boards/calliope-mini/dist/flash.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Copyright (C) 2014 Freie Universität Berlin
-#
-# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
-# General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
-# directory for more details.
-
-# The Calliope mini can be flashed through accessing it as a mass storage
-# device. To upload a new firmware, simply copy your binary onto this device.
-#
-# Under Ubuntu/Mint the default mount-point is /media/$(USER)/MINI
-#
-# @author Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
-# @author Oliver Hahm <oliver.hahm@inria.fr>
-
-OS=`uname`
-DID_MOUNT=false
-NAME="MINI"
-
-HEXFILE=$1
-
-# set the mount path depending on the OS
-if [ ${OS} = "Linux" ]
-then
-    MOUNT=/media/${USER}/${NAME}
-elif [ ${OS} = "Darwin" ]
-then
-    MOUNT=/Volumes/${NAME}
-else
-    echo ""
-    echo "ERROR: No mount point defined for your OS"
-    echo "Please copy the binary manually to your Calliope mini"
-    echo ""
-    exit
-fi
-
-# check if device was mounted
-mount | grep ${MOUNT} > /dev/null
-if [ $? -eq 1 ]
-then
-    mount ${MOUNT}
-    if [ $? -eq 1 ]
-    then
-        echo ""
-        echo "ERROR: could not mount your Calliope mini"
-        echo ""
-        exit
-    else
-        DID_MOUNT=true
-    fi
-fi
-
-# copy new binary to device
-cp ${HEXFILE} ${MOUNT}
-# make sure hexfile was written
-sync
-
-# unmount the device if we have manually mounted it before
-if [ ${DID_MOUNT} = true ]
-then
-    umount ${MOUNT}
-fi
-
-echo ""
-echo "UPLOAD SUCCESFUL"
-echo ""