diff --git a/share/genbuild.sh b/share/genbuild.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a15cb34e4..000000000
--- a/share/genbuild.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
-    cd "$2"
-fi
-if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
-    FILE="$1"
-    shift
-    if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then
-        INFO="$(head -n 1 "$FILE")"
-    fi
-else
-    echo "Usage: $0 <filename> <srcroot>"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-DESC=""
-SUFFIX=""
-LAST_COMMIT_DATE=""
-if [ -e "$(which git 2>/dev/null)" -a "$(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null)" = "true" ]; then
-    # clean 'dirty' status of touched files that haven't been modified
-    git diff >/dev/null 2>/dev/null 
-
-    # if latest commit is tagged and not dirty, then override using the tag name
-    RAWDESC=$(git describe --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null)
-    if [ "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "$(git rev-list -1 $RAWDESC 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
-        git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- && DESC=$RAWDESC
-    fi
-
-    # otherwise generate suffix from git, i.e. string like "59887e8-dirty"
-    SUFFIX=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-    git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || SUFFIX="$SUFFIX-dirty"
-
-    # get a string like "2012-04-10 16:27:19 +0200"
-    LAST_COMMIT_DATE="$(git log -n 1 --format="%ci")"
-fi
-
-if [ -n "$DESC" ]; then
-    NEWINFO="#define BUILD_DESC \"$DESC\""
-elif [ -n "$SUFFIX" ]; then
-    NEWINFO="#define BUILD_SUFFIX $SUFFIX"
-else
-    NEWINFO="// No build information available"
-fi
-
-# only update build.h if necessary
-if [ "$INFO" != "$NEWINFO" ]; then
-    echo "$NEWINFO" >"$FILE"
-    if [ -n "$LAST_COMMIT_DATE" ]; then
-        echo "#define BUILD_DATE \"$LAST_COMMIT_DATE\"" >> "$FILE"
-    fi
-fi