diff --git a/lib/Makefile.libcommon b/lib/Makefile.libcommon
deleted file mode 100644
index 73b48f3fa6883f9bf2d0fbf2ef48585c6a945251..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/Makefile.libcommon
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# We need to create symlinks because "make distcheck" will not install Python
-# files for building.
-pre-check: all
-	for i in $(python_files); do \
-		if test ! -f $$i; then \
-			$(LN_S) $(srcdir)/$$i $$i; \
-		fi; \
-	done