diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5a71258b6..61dafd243 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ SUBDIRS =					\
 	stage2					\
 	guile-readline				\
 	examples				\
-	emacs					\
 	test-suite				\
 	benchmark-suite				\
 	gc-benchmarks				\
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3419cacf5..112285504 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1473,7 +1473,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
   doc/Makefile
   doc/r5rs/Makefile
   doc/ref/Makefile
-  emacs/Makefile
   examples/Makefile
   libguile/Makefile
   libguile/version.h
diff --git a/emacs/Makefile.am b/emacs/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 69bab137d..000000000
--- a/emacs/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in.
-##
-##  	Copyright (C) 2006, 2008, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-##
-##   This file is part of GUILE.
-##
-##   GUILE is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-##   under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
-##   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or
-##   (at your option) any later version.
-##
-##   GUILE is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-##   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-##   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-##   GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-##
-##   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-##   License along with GUILE; see the file COPYING.LESSER.  If not,
-##   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
-##   Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu
-
-ETAGS_ARGS = ChangeLog-2008