diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-.POSIX:
-.SUFFIXES:
-
-CC=cc
-CFLAGS=-W -O
-
-LDFLAGS=
-LDLIBS=
-
-PREFIX=/usr/local
-
-SRC = src/journal/main.o \
-    src/journal/journal.o
-
-all: ensure_bin journal
-
-ensure_bin:
-	mkdir -p bin
-
-install: journal
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
-	cp -f bin/journal $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
-
-uninstall:
-	rm $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/journal
-
-# currently we only have one journal util, others may come later
-journal: $(SRC)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o bin/journal $(SRC) $(LDLIBS)
-
-src/journal/journal.o: src/journal/journal.c
-src/journal/main.o: src/journal/main.c
-
-clean:
-	rm bin/journal src/journal/*.o
-
-.SUFFIXES: .c .o
-.c.o:
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@