diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index f3169ef073..455c04a31a 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -829,7 +829,6 @@ distclean: clean
 	src/config/Makefile.lwp \
 	src/config/Makefile.lwptool \
 	src/config/Makefile.pthread \
-	src/config/Makefile.shared \
 	src/config/Makefile.version \
 	src/config/Makefile.version-CML \
 	src/config/Makefile.version-NOCML \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e9cdc9218d..bf2c57fa0e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ AC_OUTPUT([
     src/config/Makefile.lwp
     src/config/Makefile.lwptool
     src/config/Makefile.pthread
-    src/config/Makefile.shared
     src/config/Makefile.version-CML
     src/config/Makefile.version-NOCML
     src/config/shlib-build
diff --git a/src/config/.gitignore b/src/config/.gitignore
index 14b88ac1ac..62ebae6fc7 100644
--- a/src/config/.gitignore
+++ b/src/config/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 /Makefile.libtool
 /Makefile.lwp
 /Makefile.lwptool
-/Makefile.shared
 /Makefile.pthread
 /Makefile.version
 /Makefile.version-NOCML
diff --git a/src/config/Makefile.shared.in b/src/config/Makefile.shared.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a43895a72..0000000000
--- a/src/config/Makefile.shared.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-
-AFS_CFLAGS=$(SHD_CFLAGS)
-AFS_LDFLAGS=$(SHD_LDFLAGS)
-AFS_CCRULE=$(SHD_CCRULE)
-AFS_CCRULE_NOQ=$(SHD_CCRULE_NOQ)
-
-AFS_LDRULE=$(RUN_LD) $(MT_CC) $(AFS_CFLAGS) $(AFS_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$(@)) -o $@
-AFS_LDRULE_NOQ=$(RUN_LD_NOQ) $(MT_CC) $(AFS_CFLAGS) $(AFS_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$(@)) -o $@
-
-.c.o:
-	$(AFS_CCRULE) $<
-%.o: %.c
-	$(AFS_CCRULE) $<
-.m.o:
-	$(AFS_CCRULE) $<
-