diff --git a/cleanup b/cleanup
index 75cdf740..205b48d6 100755
--- a/cleanup
+++ b/cleanup
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 rm -f config.*
-rm -f confdefs.h
 rm -f src/Makevars
 rm -rf autom4te.cache
 rm -f src/*.o