diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f1200dd..585c751 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-EXTRA_DIST = bootstrap readme.txt
+EXTRA_DIST = bootstrap
 
 EXTRA_DIRS =
 
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000