diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 64af317c67..2cb7769111 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
 EXTRA_DIST +=			\
 	autogen.sh		\
 	HACKING			\
-	makecopyright		\
 	NEWS.pre-1-0		\
 	README.commits	\
 	README.win32		\
diff --git a/makecopyright b/makecopyright
deleted file mode 100755
index cd22bc5860..0000000000
--- a/makecopyright
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-
-copyright_glib ()
-{
-  cat << EOF
-/* GLIB - Library of useful routines for C programming
- * Copyright (C) 1995-1997  Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Library General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-EOF
-}
-
-copyright_gdk ()
-{
-  cat << EOF
-/* GDK - The GIMP Drawing Kit
- * Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Library General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-EOF
-}
-
-copyright_gtk ()
-{
-  cat << EOF
-/* GTK - The GIMP Toolkit
- * Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Library General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-EOF
-}
-
-copyright_interp ()
-{
-  cat << EOF
-/* GTK Interp - The GTK Interpreter
- * Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Library General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-EOF
-}
-
-
-exclude_files="./glib/gconfig.h"
-
-for file in `find . -name "*.[ch]" -print`; do
-  exclude=`echo $exclude_files | grep $file`
-
-  if test "x$exclude" = "x"; then
-    dir=`dirname $file`
-    if test "x$dir" != "x."; then
-      subdir=`basename $dir`
-
-      grepout=`grep Copyright $file`
-      if test "x$grepout" = "x"; then
-        backup_dir="$dir/bak"
-        if test ! -d $backup_dir; then
-          echo "making directory: $backup_dir"
-          mkdir $backup_dir
-        fi
-
-        echo $file
-
-        filename=`basename $file`
-        cp $file $backup_dir/$filename
-        copyright_$subdir > $file
-        cat $backup_dir/$filename >> $file
-      fi
-    fi
-  fi
-done