diff --git a/Cantera/cxx/Makefile.in b/Cantera/cxx/Makefile.in
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index e7cb89e5a..000000000
--- a/Cantera/cxx/Makefile.in
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@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#/bin/sh
-###############################################################
-#  $Author$
-#  $Date$
-#  $Revision$
-#
-#  Copyright 2001 California Institute of Technology
-#
-###############################################################
-
-
-SUFFIXES=
-SUFFIXES= .cpp .d .o
-
-CXX_FLAGS = @CXXFLAGS@ $(CXX_OPT)
-
-OBJS = cxxutils.o writelog.o
-
-DEPENDS = $(OBJS:.o=.d)
-
-# the C++ compiler
-CXX = @CXX@
-
-# the directory where Cantera include files may be found.
-CANTERA_INCDIR=../src
-
-CXX_INCLUDES = -I$(CANTERA_INCDIR)  
-
-# flags passed to the C++ compiler/linker for the linking step
-LCXX_FLAGS = -L$(CANTERA_LIBDIR) @CXXFLAGS@
-
-# how to compile C++ source files to object files
-.@CXX_EXT@.@OBJ_EXT@:
-	$(CXX) -c $< $(CXX_INCLUDES) $(CXX_FLAGS)
-
-LIB_NAME=libctcxx
-CXXLIB=@buildlib@/$(LIB_NAME).a
-
-all: $(OBJS)
-	@ARCHIVE@ $(CXXLIB) $(OBJS) 
-
-clean:
-	$(RM) $(OBJS) $(CXXLIB)
-
-install:
-	@INSTALL@ $(CXXLIB) @prefix@/lib/cantera
-
-
-%.d:
-	g++ -MM $(CXX_INCLUDES) $*.cpp > $*.d
-
-depends: $(DEPENDS)
-	cat *.d > .depends
-	$(RM) $(DEPENDS) 
-
-ifeq ($(wildcard .depends), .depends)
-include .depends
-endif