diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a188a82bb1..c1e9ced603 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
 /GIT-CFLAGS
 /GIT-LDFLAGS
-/GIT-GUI-VARS
 /GIT-PREFIX
 /GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES
 /GIT-USER-AGENT
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@
 /git-whatchanged
 /git-write-tree
 /git-core-*/?*
-/gitk-git/gitk-wish
 /gitweb/GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS
 /gitweb/gitweb.cgi
 /gitweb/static/gitweb.js
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b73c14aa0..34b62fdd15 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2608,18 +2608,6 @@ ifdef GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS
 	@echo GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS)))'\' >>$@
 endif
 
-### Detect Tck/Tk interpreter path changes
-ifndef NO_TCLTK
-TRACK_VARS = $(subst ','\'',-DTCLTK_PATH='$(TCLTK_PATH_SQ)')
-
-GIT-GUI-VARS: FORCE
-	@VARS='$(TRACK_VARS)'; \
-	    if test x"$$VARS" != x"`cat $@ 2>/dev/null`" ; then \
-		echo 1>&2 "    * new Tcl/Tk interpreter location"; \
-		echo "$$VARS" >$@; \
-            fi
-endif
-
 test_bindir_programs := $(patsubst %,bin-wrappers/%,$(BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NEED_X) $(BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NO_X) $(TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X))
 
 all:: $(TEST_PROGRAMS) $(test_bindir_programs)
@@ -2894,7 +2882,7 @@ ifndef NO_TCLTK
 	$(MAKE) -C gitk-git clean
 	$(MAKE) -C git-gui clean
 endif
-	$(RM) GIT-VERSION-FILE GIT-CFLAGS GIT-LDFLAGS GIT-GUI-VARS GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
+	$(RM) GIT-VERSION-FILE GIT-CFLAGS GIT-LDFLAGS GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
 	$(RM) GIT-USER-AGENT GIT-PREFIX GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES
 
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