diff --git a/cvscompile b/cvscompile
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index af7700eb..00000000
--- a/cvscompile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-touch ltconfig
-libtoolize --force --copy --automake
-aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
-autoheader
-automake --foreign --copy --add-missing
-touch depcomp		# seems to be missing for old automake
-autoconf
-export CFLAGS='-O2 -Wall -W -pipe -g'
-echo "CFLAGS=$CFLAGS"
-echo "./configure $@"
-./configure $@ || exit 1
-unset CFLAGS
-if [ -z "$CVSCOMPILE_NO_MAKE" ]; then
-  make
-fi