diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index bb3cb2be9a..9fa6340d72 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ OPENAFS_SWIG
 OPENAFS_TOPDIRS
 OPENAFS_CROSSTOOLS
 OPENAFS_LINT
-OPENAFS_JAVA
 OPENAFS_CRYPT_CHECKS
 OPENAFS_C_STRUCT_LABEL_CHECK
 OPENAFS_DIRENT_CHECKS
diff --git a/src/cf/java.m4 b/src/cf/java.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b1277eefe..0000000000
--- a/src/cf/java.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-AC_DEFUN([OPENAFS_JAVA],[
-dnl Why is configure creating this directory?
-mkdir -p ${TOP_OBJDIR}/src/JAVA/libjafs
-])