diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c4937a512..b5c0d4266 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ test:
 .PHONY: all clean install test README.md youtube-dl.bash-completion
 # TODO un-phony README.md and youtube-dl.bash_completion by reading from .in files and generating from them
 
-youtube-dl: youtube_dl/*.py
-	zip --quiet youtube-dl __main__.py youtube_dl/*.py
-	echo '#!/usr/bin/env python' > youtube-dl
-	cat youtube-dl.zip >> youtube-dl
-	rm youtube-dl.zip
-	chmod a+x youtube-dl
 
 youtube-dl.exe: youtube_dl/*.py
 	bash devscripts/wine-py2exe.sh build_exe.py