diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 30de8c9b..d5335db5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -79,27 +79,6 @@ teste:
 testv:
 	cd test && $(MAKE) testv
 
-MAJOR=$(shell grep "define.*EXIV2_.*_VERSION .*\\d*" src/version.hpp | grep MAJOR | sed -e 's/EXIV2//g' | tr -dC [:digit:])
-MINOR=$(shell grep "define.*EXIV2_.*_VERSION .*\\d*" src/version.hpp | grep MINOR | sed -e 's/EXIV2//g' | tr -dC [:digit:])
-VERSION=exiv2-$(MAJOR).$(MINOR)
-tarball:
-	@rm -rf         /tmp/$(VERSION)  
-	@rm -rf         /tmp/$(VERSION).tar   
-	@rm -rf         /tmp/$(VERSION).tar.gz
-	@rm -rf              $(VERSION).tar.gz
-	svn export -q . /tmp/$(VERSION)
-	@pushd          /tmp/$(VERSION)    ;\
-	make config                        ;\
-	cd ..                              ;\
-	tar cf  $(VERSION).tar $(VERSION)/ ;\
-	gzip    $(VERSION).tar             ;\
-	popd                               ;\
-	mv /tmp/$(VERSION).tar.gz .        ;\
-	ls -alt $(VERSION).tar.gz
-
-configure:
-	make config
-	
 config:
 	cd config && $(MAKE) -f config.make $(MAKECMDGOALS)