diff --git a/tools/llvm2cpp/Makefile b/tools/llvm2cpp/Makefile
index e1511db8bd7..a15b609b9e4 100644
--- a/tools/llvm2cpp/Makefile
+++ b/tools/llvm2cpp/Makefile
@@ -12,17 +12,3 @@ USEDLIBS = LLVMAsmParser LLVMBCWriter LLVMCore \
            LLVMSupport.a LLVMbzip2 LLVMSystem.a
 
 include $(LEVEL)/Makefile.common
-
-CPPFILESTOTRY = recurty.cpp globalvars.cpp
-tryit: all-local $(CPPFILESTOTRY)
-
-%.cpp : %.ll $(ToolDir)/llvm2cpp
-	llvm2cpp $*.ll -f -o $*.cpp
-
-% : %.cpp Makefile
-	gcc -Wall -I$(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/include -I$(LLVM_OBJ_ROOT)/include -g \
-	-D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS -L$(LibDir) $(LibDir)/LLVMCore.o -lLLVMSupport \
-	$(LibDir)/LLVMbzip2.o -lLLVMSystem -lstdc++ -Wno-unused \
-	$*.cpp -o $*
-
-#$(CPPFILESTOTRY): $(ToolDir)/llvm2cpp