diff --git a/configure/CONFIG_APP b/configure/CONFIG_APP
deleted file mode 100644
index b1f4ba11be59fcf832a132e8043b982b06e65d76..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/configure/CONFIG_APP
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# CONFIG_APP
-
-include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE
--include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)
--include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.Common.$(T_A)
--include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).$(T_A)
-
-CONFIG=$(EPICS_BASE)/configure
-include $(CONFIG)/CONFIG
-
-INSTALL_LOCATION = $(TOP)
-ifdef INSTALL_LOCATION_APP
-INSTALL_LOCATION = $(INSTALL_LOCATION_APP)
-endif
-
-ifdef T_A
--include $(TOP)/configure/O.$(T_A)/CONFIG_APP_INCLUDE
-endif
-
-# dbst based database optimization (default: NO)
-DB_OPT = NO