diff --git a/tools/make-empty-symbols b/tools/make-empty-symbols
deleted file mode 100755
index f530d093e..000000000
--- a/tools/make-empty-symbols
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-echo "#include \"symbols.h\"" > symbols.c
-echo "const int symbols_nelts = 0;" >> symbols.c
-echo "const struct symbols symbols[] = {{0,0}};" >> symbols.c
-echo "#include \"loader/symbols.h\"" > symbols.h
-echo "extern const struct symbols symbols[1];">> symbols.h