diff --git a/3rdparty/boost/Makefile.am b/3rdparty/boost/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index ff8fa4bc75..0000000000
--- a/3rdparty/boost/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-include $(top_srcdir)/config/common.am
-
-EXTRA_DIST = boost \
-	CMakeLists.txt \
-	LICENSE_1_0.txt \
-	libs/CMakeLists.txt \
-	libs/regex/CMakeLists.txt \
-	libs/regex/src/CMakeLists.txt
-
-AM_CPPFLAGS += -DBOOST_USER_CONFIG="<config.h>" 
-AM_CPPFLAGS +=  $(BOOST_INCLUDES)
-