diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 9cb4eea08..685845f27 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   <property name="javadoc.home" value="${deploy.dir}/docs"/>
   <property name="classes.dir"  value="${deploy.dir}/classes"/>
   <property name="libs.dir"     value="lib"/>
-  <import file="etc/depends-incl.xml"/>
   <import file="etc/libs-incl.xml"/>
 
   <!-- declare our classpath business -->
diff --git a/etc/depends-incl.xml b/etc/depends-incl.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7733c8788..000000000
--- a/etc/depends-incl.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-
-<!-- build configuration -->
-<project name="narya-checks" basedir=".">
-
-</project>