diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
deleted file mode 100644
index e9ec08cda..000000000
--- a/configure.ac
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-AC_INIT([deluge], [0.5.2], [zach@collegegeek.org])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
-
-m4_define(required_pygtk_version, 2.8.0)
-m4_define(required_python_abi, 2.4)
-
-AM_PATH_PYTHON_VERSION(2.4, 2.4.0, 2.5, 2.5.0)
-
-dnl Check for correctly installed pygtk
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for pygtk required_pygtk_version installed for python required_python_abi)
-prog="
-import pygtk; pygtk.require('2.0')
-import gtk
-assert gtk.pygtk_version >= tuple(map(int, 'required_pygtk_version'.split('.')))
-"
-if $PYTHON -c "$prog" 1>&AC_FD_CC 2>&AC_FD_CC; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
-else
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(not found)
-    AC_MSG_ERROR(required pygtk version not found)
-fi
-
-AC_PROG_CC
-AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([
- Makefile
- src/Makefile
-])
-AC_OUTPUT