diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 978268a0..00000000
--- a/config.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/* This file is autogenerated by ./configure -- do not edit! */
-#define POPCNT_INTRINSICS
-#define HAVE_BLAS 0
-#define HAVE_TLS 1
-#define HAVE_PTHREAD 1
-#define HAVE_GC 0
-#define ARB_REENTRANT 0
-#define WANT_ASSERT 0
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2c5715a9..c834899c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -600,17 +600,6 @@ if [ "$WANT_CXX" = "1" ]; then
    EXTRA_BUILD="$EXTRA_BUILD arbxx"
 fi
 
-#write out config.h
-
-echo "/* This file is autogenerated by ./configure -- do not edit! */" > config.h
-echo "$CONFIG_POPCNT_INTRINSICS" >> config.h
-echo "$CONFIG_BLAS" >> config.h
-echo "$CONFIG_TLS" >> config.h
-echo "$CONFIG_PTHREAD" >> config.h
-echo "$CONFIG_GC" >> config.h
-echo "#define ARB_REENTRANT $REENTRANT" >> config.h
-echo "#define WANT_ASSERT $ASSERT" >> config.h
-
 #write out Makefile
 
 echo "# This file is autogenerated by ./configure -- do not edit!" > Makefile