diff --git a/rules b/rules
index db06d7fd..e9f0bda2 100644
--- a/rules
+++ b/rules
@@ -84,12 +84,6 @@ clean:
 	rm -f build-stamp 
 
 	[ ! -f Makefile ] || $(MAKE) distclean
-ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.sub)" ""
-	cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub
-endif
-ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.guess)" ""
-	cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess
-endif
 
 	for v in $(OTHERPYVERS); do \
 	  rm -rf bindings/python$$v; \