diff --git a/build/static-checkers/add_cppcheck_for_target.cmake b/build/static-checkers/add_cppcheck_for_target.cmake
index c3d1e5e46f..9a7bd34836 100644
--- a/build/static-checkers/add_cppcheck_for_target.cmake
+++ b/build/static-checkers/add_cppcheck_for_target.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2015 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
+# Copyright 2015-2016 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # Cppcheck launcher
- set(CMAKE_CPPCHECK ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/cppcheck/cppcheck.sh)
+ set(CMAKE_CPPCHECK cppcheck)
 
 # Definition of cppcheck targets
  add_custom_target(cppcheck)
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
    add_custom_target(cppcheck.${TARGET_NAME}
                      COMMAND ${CMAKE_CPPCHECK} -j8 --error-exitcode=1 --language=c++ --std=c++11
                                                --enable=warning,style,performance,portability,information
+                                               --exitcode-suppressions=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/cppcheck/suppressions-list
                                                ${CPPCHECK_DEFINES_LIST} ${CPPCHECK_SOURCES_LIST} ${CPPCHECK_INCLUDES_LIST}
                      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
   else()
diff --git a/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md b/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md
index 333ecf67dd..6a55e07188 100644
--- a/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Development
 ### Setting Up Prerequisites
-Currently, only Ubuntu 14.04+ officially supported as primary development environment.
+Currently, only Ubuntu 14.04+ is officially supported as primary development environment.
 
 There are several dependencies, that should be installed manually. The following list is required for building:
 - `gcc` or `g++` higher than `4.8.2`
@@ -9,24 +9,15 @@ There are several dependencies, that should be installed manually. The following
 - `cmake` higher than `2.8.12.2`
 - `make` higher than `3.81`
 - `bash` higher than `4.3.11`
+- `cppcheck` higher than 1.61
+- `vera++` higher than 1.2.1
 
 ```bash
-sudo apt-get install gcc g++ gcc-arm-none-eabi cmake
-```
-
-These tools are required for development:
-- `cppcheck` requires `libpcre`
-- `vera++` requires `tcl`, `tk` and `boost`
-
-```bash
-sudo apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev
-sudo apt-get install tcl8.6 tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev libboost-all-dev
+sudo apt-get install gcc g++ gcc-arm-none-eabi cmake cppcheck vera++
 ```
 
 Upon first build, `make` would try to setup prerequisites, required for further development and pre-commit testing:
 - STM32F3 and STM32F4 libraries
-- cppcheck 1.66
-- vera++ 1.2.1
 
 ```bash
 make prerequisites -j
diff --git a/tools/cppcheck/cppcheck.sh b/tools/cppcheck/cppcheck.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7e2755f571..0000000000
--- a/tools/cppcheck/cppcheck.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2014-2015 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-REPOSITORY_DIR=$(dirname $0)/../..
-CPPCHECK=$REPOSITORY_DIR/third-party/cppcheck/cppcheck
-SUPPRESSIONS_LIST=$(dirname $0)/suppressions-list
-
-if [ ! -x $CPPCHECK ]
-then
-  exit 1;
-fi
-
-$CPPCHECK "$@" "--exitcode-suppressions=$SUPPRESSIONS_LIST"
-status_code=$?
-
-exit $status_code
diff --git a/tools/cppcheck/suppressions-list b/tools/cppcheck/suppressions-list
index e2b11335dd..cc7b68551a 100644
--- a/tools/cppcheck/suppressions-list
+++ b/tools/cppcheck/suppressions-list
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 operatorEqVarError
 noConstructor
 duplicateExpression
+
+// FIXME: false positive in cppcheck 1.61 (will disappear once distro ships with 1.69)
+variableScope:*/jerry-core/ecma/builtin-objects/ecma-builtin-helpers.cpp
diff --git a/tools/precommit.sh b/tools/precommit.sh
index 71e4382347..519f28c740 100755
--- a/tools/precommit.sh
+++ b/tools/precommit.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Copyright 2015 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
+# Copyright 2015-2016 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ VERA_DIRECTORIES_EXCLUDE_LIST="-path ./third-party -o -path tests -o -path ./tar
 VERA_CONFIGURATION_PATH="./tools/vera++"
 
 SOURCES_AND_HEADERS_LIST=`find . -type d \( $VERA_DIRECTORIES_EXCLUDE_LIST \) -prune -or -name "*.c" -or -name "*.cpp" -or -name "*.h"`
-./tools/vera++/vera.sh -r $VERA_CONFIGURATION_PATH -p jerry $SOURCES_AND_HEADERS_LIST -e --no-duplicate
+vera++ -r $VERA_CONFIGURATION_PATH -p jerry $SOURCES_AND_HEADERS_LIST -e --no-duplicate
 STATUS_CODE=$?
 
 if [ $STATUS_CODE -ne 0 ]
diff --git a/tools/prerequisites.sh b/tools/prerequisites.sh
index 93df15ba30..e790a01954 100755
--- a/tools/prerequisites.sh
+++ b/tools/prerequisites.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Copyright 2015 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
+# Copyright 2015-2016 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -99,114 +99,6 @@ function setup_from_zip() {
   chmod -R u-w "$DEST" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Failed to remove write permission from '$DEST' directory contents."
 }
 
-function setup_cppcheck() {
-  NAME="$1"
-  shift
-
-  DEST=$(pwd)/"$1"
-  shift
-
-  URL="$1"
-  shift
-
-  CHECKSUM="$1"
-  shift
-
-  FAIL_MSG="Failed to setup '$NAME' prerequisite"
-
-  if [ "$CLEAN_MODE" == "no" ]
-  then
-    echo "$CHECKSUM $NAME" >> $TMP_DIR/.prerequisites
-    grep -q "^$CHECKSUM $NAME\$" $TMP_DIR/.prerequisites.prev && return 0
-
-    echo "Setting up $NAME prerequisite"
-  fi
-
-  if [ -e "$DEST" ]
-  then
-    chmod -R u+w "$DEST" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Failed to add write permission to '$DEST' directory contents."
-    rm -rf "$DEST" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Cannot remove '$DEST' directory."
-  fi
-
-  if [ "$CLEAN_MODE" == "yes" ]
-  then
-    return 0
-  fi
-
-  wget --no-check-certificate -O "$TMP_DIR/$NAME.tar.bz2" "$URL" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Cannot download '$URL' archive."
-
-  echo "$CHECKSUM  $TMP_DIR/$NAME.tar.bz2" | $SHA256SUM --check || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Archive's checksum doesn't match."
-
-  tar xjvf "$TMP_DIR/$NAME.tar.bz2" -C "$TMP_DIR" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Failed to unpack archive."
-
-  (
-    cd "$TMP_DIR/$NAME" || exit 1
-    make -j HAVE_RULES=yes CFGDIR="$DEST/cfg" || exit 1
-  ) || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Failed to build cppcheck."
-
-  mkdir "$DEST" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Failed to create '$DEST' directory."
-  mkdir "$DEST/cfg" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Failed to create '$DEST/cfg' directory."
-
-  cp "$TMP_DIR/$NAME/cppcheck" "$DEST" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Failed to copy cppcheck to '$DEST' directory."
-  cp "$TMP_DIR/$NAME/cfg/std.cfg" "$DEST/cfg" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Failed to copy cfg/std.cfg to '$DEST/cfg' directory."
-
-  remove_gitignore_files_at "$DEST"
-  chmod -R u-w "$DEST" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Failed to remove write permission from '$DEST' directory contents."
-}
-
-function setup_vera() {
-  NAME="$1"
-  shift
-
-  DEST=$(pwd)/"$1"
-  shift
-
-  URL="$1"
-  shift
-
-  CHECKSUM="$1"
-  shift
-
-  FAIL_MSG="Failed to setup '$NAME' prerequisite"
-
-  if [ "$CLEAN_MODE" == "no" ]
-  then
-    echo "$CHECKSUM $NAME" >> $TMP_DIR/.prerequisites
-    grep -q "^$CHECKSUM $NAME\$" $TMP_DIR/.prerequisites.prev && return 0
-
-    echo "Setting up $NAME prerequisite"
-  fi
-
-  if [ -e "$DEST" ]
-  then
-    chmod -R u+w "$DEST" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Failed to add write permission to '$DEST' directory contents."
-    rm -rf "$DEST" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Cannot remove '$DEST' directory."
-  fi
-
-  if [ "$CLEAN_MODE" == "yes" ]
-  then
-    return 0
-  fi
-
-  wget --no-check-certificate -O "$TMP_DIR/$NAME.tar.gz" "$URL" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Cannot download '$URL' archive."
-
-  echo "$CHECKSUM  $TMP_DIR/$NAME.tar.gz" | $SHA256SUM --check || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Archive's checksum doesn't match."
-
-  tar xzvf "$TMP_DIR/$NAME.tar.gz" -C "$TMP_DIR" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Failed to unpack archive."
-
-  (
-    cd "$TMP_DIR/$NAME" || exit 1
-    mkdir build || exit 1
-    cd build || exit 1
-    cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$DEST" || exit 1
-    make -j || exit 1
-    make install || exit 1
-  ) || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Failed to build vera++ 1.2.1."
-
-  remove_gitignore_files_at "$DEST"
-  chmod -R u-w "$DEST" || fail_msg "$FAIL_MSG. Failed to remove write permission from '$DEST' directory contents."
-}
-
 HOST_OS=`uname -s`
 
 if [ "$HOST_OS" == "Darwin" ]
@@ -238,16 +130,6 @@ setup_from_zip "stm32f4" \
                "8e67f7b930c6c02bd7f89a266c8d1cae3b530510b7979fbfc0ee0d57e7f88b81" \
                "STM32F4-Discovery_FW_V1.1.0/*"
 
-setup_cppcheck "cppcheck-1.69" \
-               "./third-party/cppcheck" \
-               "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/cppcheck/cppcheck/1.69/cppcheck-1.69.tar.bz2" \
-               "4bd5c8031258ef29764a4c92666384238a625beecbb2aceeb7065ec388c7532e"
-
-setup_vera "vera++-1.2.1" \
-           "./third-party/vera++" \
-           "https://bitbucket.org/verateam/vera/downloads/vera++-1.2.1.tar.gz" \
-           "99b123c8f6d0f4fe9ee90397c461179066a36ed0d598d95e015baf2d3b56956b"
-
 if [ "$CLEAN_MODE" == "no" ]
 then
   mv $TMP_DIR/.prerequisites $PREREQUISITES_INSTALLED_LIST_FILE || fail_msg "Failed to write '$PREREQUISITES_INSTALLED_LIST_FILE'"
diff --git a/tools/vera++/vera.sh b/tools/vera++/vera.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 397b690dcb..0000000000
--- a/tools/vera++/vera.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2015 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-REPOSITORY_DIR=$(dirname $0)/../..
-VERA=$REPOSITORY_DIR/third-party/vera++/bin/vera++
-
-if [ ! -x $VERA ]
-then
-  exit 1;
-fi
-
-$VERA "$@"
-status_code=$?
-
-exit $status_code