@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ include CHANGES
 include AUTHORS
 include README
 include requirements.txt
-include git/scripts/ssh_wrapper.sh
 
 graft git/test/fixtures
 graft git/test/performance
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ You can easily access configuration information for a remote by accessing option
     :start-after: # [26-test_references_and_objects]
     :end-before: # ![26-test_references_and_objects]
 
-You can also specify an SSH key to use for any operations on the remotes
+You can also specify per-call custom environments using a new context manager on the Git command
 
 .. literalinclude:: ../../git/test/test_docs.py
     :language: python
 
@@ -439,10 +439,6 @@ def _set_cache_(self, attr):
             super(Git, self)._set_cache_(attr)
         # END handle version info
 
-    def _sshkey_script_path(self):
-        this_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-        return os.path.join(this_dir, 'scripts', 'ssh_wrapper.sh')
-
     @property
     def working_dir(self):
         """:return: Git directory we are working on"""
@@ -670,23 +666,6 @@ def custom_environment(self, **kwargs):
         finally:
             self.update_environment(**old_env)
 
-    @contextmanager
-    def sshkey(self, sshkey_file_path):
-        """
-        A context manager to temporarily set an SSH key for all operations that
-        run inside it.
-
-        ``Examples``::
-
-            with self.sshkey('deployment_key'):
-                repo.remotes.origin.fetch()
-
-        :param sshkey_file_path: Path to a private SSH key file
-        """
-        ssh_wrapper = self._sshkey_script_path()
-        with self.custom_environment(GIT_SSH_KEY_FILE=sshkey_file_path, GIT_SSH=ssh_wrapper):
-            yield
-
     def transform_kwargs(self, split_single_char_options=False, **kwargs):
         """Transforms Python style kwargs into git command line options."""
         args = list()
 
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@ def test_references_and_objects(self, rw_dir):
         # ![31-test_references_and_objects]
 
         # [32-test_references_and_objects]
-        private_key_file = os.path.join(rw_dir, 'id_rsa_deployment_key')
-        with repo.git.sshkey(private_key_file):
+        ssh_executable = os.path.join(rw_dir, 'my_ssh_executable.sh')
+        with repo.git.custom_environment(GIT_SSH=ssh_executable):
             # Note that we don't actually make the call here, as our test-setup doesn't permit it to
             # succeed.
             # It will in your case :)
 
@@ -181,23 +181,17 @@ def test_environment(self, rw_dir):
         assert new_env == {'VARKEY': 'VARVALUE'}
         assert self.git.environment() == {}
 
-        class TestRepo(Repo):
-            class GitCommandWrapperType(Git):
-                def _sshkey_script_path(self):
-                    path = os.path.join(rw_dir, 'failing-script.sh')
-                    stream = open(path, 'wt')
-                    stream.write("#!/usr/bin/env sh\n" +
-                                 "echo FOO\n")
-                    stream.close()
-                    os.chmod(path, 0o555)
-                    return path
-            # end Git
-        # end Repo
-
-        rw_repo = TestRepo.init(os.path.join(rw_dir, 'repo'))
+        path = os.path.join(rw_dir, 'failing-script.sh')
+        stream = open(path, 'wt')
+        stream.write("#!/usr/bin/env sh\n" +
+                     "echo FOO\n")
+        stream.close()
+        os.chmod(path, 0o555)
+
+        rw_repo = Repo.init(os.path.join(rw_dir, 'repo'))
         remote = rw_repo.create_remote('ssh-origin', "ssh://git@server/foo")
 
-        with rw_repo.git.sshkey('doesntexist.key'):
+        with rw_repo.git.custom_environment(GIT_SSH=path):
             try:
                 remote.fetch()
             except GitCommandError as err:
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def _stamp_version(filename):
     url="https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython",
     packages=find_packages('.'),
     py_modules=['git.' + f[:-3] for f in os.listdir('./git') if f.endswith('.py')],
-    package_data={'git.test': ['fixtures/*'], 'git' : ['scripts/*']},
+    package_data={'git.test': ['fixtures/*']},
     package_dir={'git': 'git'},
     license="BSD License",
     requires=['gitdb (>=0.6.4)'],