diff --git a/configure/RULES.iocBoot b/configure/RULES.iocBoot
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bb3b3b303a9ab34eb282d7846f927da2b18cd87..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/configure/RULES.iocBoot
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#RULES.iocBoot
-DIRS += $(wildcard *ioc*)
-DIRS += $(wildcard as*)
-include $(EPICS_BASE)/configure/RULES_DIRS