--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -452,12 +452,6 @@ $(srcdir)/effective_tld_names.dat:
 pubsuffix.cc: $(srcdir)/effective_tld_names.dat
 	$(AM_V_GEN)./mkpubsuffixcc
 
-## Config file
-sysconf_DATA = recursor.conf-dist
-
-recursor.conf-dist: pdns_recursor
-	$(AM_V_GEN)./pdns_recursor --config > $@
-
 ## Manpages
 MANPAGES=pdns_recursor.1 \
 	 rec_control.1
