diff --git a/gitg/Makefile b/gitg/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 08c8f5d2..00000000
--- a/gitg/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-TARGETS = gitg/gitg
-include ../sub.mk
diff --git a/libgitg-ext/Makefile b/libgitg-ext/Makefile
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index e99e8384..00000000
--- a/libgitg-ext/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-TARGETS = libgitg-ext/libgitg-ext-1.0.la
-INSTALL_TARGETS = install-libgitg_extexecLTLIBRARIES
-
-include ../sub.mk
diff --git a/libgitg/Makefile b/libgitg/Makefile
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index acd9059e..00000000
--- a/libgitg/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-TARGETS = libgitg/libgitg-1.0.la
-INSTALL_TARGETS = install-libgitgexecLTLIBRARIES
-
-include ../sub.mk
diff --git a/plugins/diff/Makefile b/plugins/diff/Makefile
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index 284d1a91..00000000
--- a/plugins/diff/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-TARGETS = plugins/diff/libdiff.la
-INSTALL_TARGETS = install-plugins_diff_libdiff_la_pluginLTLIBRARIES
-
-include ../../sub.mk
diff --git a/plugins/files/Makefile b/plugins/files/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f0ffac4..00000000
--- a/plugins/files/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-TARGETS = plugins/files/libfiles.la
-INSTALL_TARGETS = install-plugins_files_libfiles_la_pluginLTLIBRARIES
-
-include ../../sub.mk
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
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index e8d38555..00000000
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-TARGETS = 				\
-	tests/diff-view			\
-	tests/progress-bin 		\
-	tests/repository-list-box 	\
-	tests/libgitg/test-libgitg	\
-	tests/gitg/test-gitg
-
-include ../sub.mk
diff --git a/tests/gitg/Makefile b/tests/gitg/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index a620f70d..00000000
--- a/tests/gitg/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-TARGETS = tests/gitg/test-gitg
-
-include ../../sub.mk
diff --git a/tests/libgitg/Makefile b/tests/libgitg/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 36c0fbe4..00000000
--- a/tests/libgitg/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-TARGETS = tests/libgitg/test-libgitg
-include ../../sub.mk