diff --git a/src/include/Makefile.Host b/src/include/Makefile.Host
index 07548981e..e9bce5c65 100644
--- a/src/include/Makefile.Host
+++ b/src/include/Makefile.Host
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ INC += epicsVersion.h
 INC += gsd_sync_defs.h
 INC += module_types.h
 INC += shareLib.h
-#INC += createSoftLinks.sh 
 INC += task_params.h
 INC += osiMutexNOOP.h
 INC += unixFileName.h
diff --git a/src/include/createSoftLinks.sh b/src/include/createSoftLinks.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4693bacd6..000000000
--- a/src/include/createSoftLinks.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-# createSoftLinks.sh
-# $Id$
-
-# Tailored script to create local softlinks releative to this directory
-# the name createSoftLinks.sh is a key and must not be changed. If the
-# release tool sccsGet finds a file by the name of (createSoftLinks.sh),
-# after it has retrieved any out-of-date SCCS files, it invokes the
-# script to create the defined softlinks
-
-/bin/rm -f epicsVersion.h
-ln -s ../version/epicsVersion.h epicsVersion.h