diff --git a/src/mk/localdefs b/src/mk/localdefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b822a44..00000000
--- a/src/mk/localdefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-
-LIBXAPIAN=-L/usr/local/lib -lxapian
-XAPIANCXXFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include
-
-LIBICONV=-L/usr/local/lib -liconv
-INCICONV=-I/usr/local/include
-
-LOCALCXXFLAGS = $(INCICONV) $(XAPIANCXXFLAGS) -DRECOLL_PREFIX=\"/usr/local\"
-