diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0a581e0..25249d8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -116,17 +116,6 @@ include Makefile.release
 unused-kernel-patches:
 	@for f in *.patch; do if [ -e $$f ]; then (egrep -q "^Patch[[:digit:]]+:[[:space:]]+$$f" $(SPECFILE) || echo "Unused:    $$f") && egrep -q "^ApplyPatch[[:space:]]+$$f|^ApplyOptionalPatch[[:space:]]+$$f" $(SPECFILE) || echo "Unapplied: $$f"; fi; done
 
-#
-# Hacks for building vanilla (unpatched) kernel rpms.
-# Use "make vanilla-TARGET" like "make TARGET" (make vanilla-scratch-build).
-#
-vanilla-%: $(SPECFILE:.spec=-vanilla.spec)
-	@$(MAKE) $* SPECFILE=$<
-
-$(SPECFILE:.spec=-vanilla.spec): $(SPECFILE)
-	@rm -f $@
-	(echo %define nopatches 1; cat $<) > $@
-
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 me a: