diff --git a/targets/Makerules b/targets/Makerules
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index 3488c54762..0000000000
--- a/targets/Makerules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-CC       = gcc
-MPICC    = gcc #mpicc
-RM_F_V   = rm -f -v
-PWD      = $(shell pwd)
-export CC
-export MPICC
-export RM_F_V
-export PWD
-
-OBJS_DIR := $(PWD)/objs
-
-SVN_REV := $(shell svnversion -n .)
-DATE_REV := $(shell date '+%F %T')
-
-NUM_CORES:=$(shell cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l)
-
-OPENSSL_FOUND   := $(shell if pkg-config --exists openssl; then echo "1" ; else echo "0"; fi)
-ifeq ($(OPENSSL_FOUND), 1)
-OPENSSL_LIBS    := $(shell pkg-config --libs openssl)
-#else 
-#@echo "package openssl not installed"
-endif
-
-PGM_FOUND       := $(shell if pkg-config --exists openpgm-5.1; then echo "1" ; else echo "0"; fi)
-ifeq ($(PGM_FOUND), 1)
-PGM_CFLAGS  := $(shell pkg-config --cflags openpgm-5.1)
-PGM_LIBS    := $(shell pkg-config --libs openpgm-5.1)
-#else 
-#@echo "package pgm not installed"
-endif
-
-LIBXML2_FOUND   := $(shell if pkg-config --exists libxml-2.0; then echo "1" ; else echo "0"; fi)
-ifeq ($(LIBXML2_FOUND), 1)
-LIBXML2_CFLAGS  := $(shell pkg-config --cflags libxml-2.0)
-LIBXML2_LIBS    := $(shell pkg-config --libs libxml-2.0)
-#else 
-#@echo "package libxml2 not installed"
-endif
-
-XPM_FOUND       := $(shell if pkg-config --exists xpm; then echo "1" ; else echo "0"; fi)
-ifeq ($(XPM_FOUND), 1)
-XPM_LIBS        := $(shell pkg-config --libs xpm)
-#else 
-#@echo "package xmp not installed"
-endif
-
-LIBBLAS_FOUND   := $(shell if [ -f /usr/include/cblas.h ]; then echo "1"; else echo "0"; fi)
-ifeq ($(LIBBLAS_FOUND), 1)
-LIBBLAS_LIBS    := -lblas
-else
-$(error "libblas not found, please install it")
-endif
-
-#Export common libs
-LIBS =  \
-    -lm                 \
-    $(LIBBLAS_LIBS)     \
-    $(LIBXML2_LIBS)     \
-    $(XPM_LIBS)