diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e27e79772..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-ifeq ($(subdir),misc)
-sysdep_routines += epoll_create inotify_init
-endif