diff --git a/configure b/configure
deleted file mode 100755
index 07b040ecca23e..0000000000000
--- a/configure
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-
-echo ""
-echo "  ROOT is built with CMake, see https://root.cern/building-root"
-echo "  Please run"
-echo "      mkdir obj; cd obj; cmake ..; make -j 4"
-echo ""
-
-exit 1