diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index a50cc4ec5..cc3c02d31 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST =		\
 	.project	\
 	.settings	\
 	autogen.sh	\
-	THIS_DOES_NOT_EXIST \
 	tools/check-for-missing.py
 
 # These are files checked into Git that we don't want to distribute