diff --git a/bin/buildfileinfo.js b/bin/buildfileinfo.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 27ad8de95..000000000
--- a/bin/buildfileinfo.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-a = new ActiveXObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
-fileinfo = "# This file is automatically generated\r\n"
-
-for (b = new Enumerator(a.GetFolder(WScript.Arguments(0)).files); !b.atEnd(); b.moveNext())
-{
-    if (b.item().Name.toUpperCase() != "_FILEINFORMATION.TXT")
-    {
-        fileinfo += "\r\n" + b.item().Name.toUpperCase() + "=Type(" + WScript.Arguments(1) + "),AuxType(" + WScript.Arguments(2) + "),Access(C3)"
-    }
-}
-fileinfo += "\r\n" + "_FileInformation.txt=Type(" + WScript.Arguments(1) + "),AuxType(" + WScript.Arguments(2) + "),Access(C3)\r\n"
-a.createtextfile(WScript.Arguments(0)+"\\_FileInformation.txt", 1).write(fileinfo)
diff --git a/winmake.bat b/winmake.bat
index 14f9369bd..f6e01ba11 100644
--- a/winmake.bat
+++ b/winmake.bat
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ if "%2". equ "". (
   rem
   rem create _FileInformation.txt files for subdirectories
   rem
-  cscript /nologo bin\buildfileinfo.js res\ICONS "CA" "0000" >>build/log
   1>nul copy /y src\prelaunch\_FileInformation.txt build\PRELAUNCH >>build/log
   rem
   rem add everything to the disk