diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 41f1df56..3c602c70 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -101,3 +101,22 @@ command. It should print something like:
 Module               Type    Submodules
 ...
 perl                 static  core fe
+
+
+ System specific notes
+ ---------------------
+
+ Cygwin
+
+Getting perl scripting to work needs a few things:
+
+ - configure with --with-perl-staticlib
+
+ - libperl.dll is required in linking and running irssi, it's normally
+   located somewhere around /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cygwin/CORE/libperl5_6_1.dll
+   copy it to eg. /usr/bin/libperl.dll
+
+ - -DUSEIMPORTLIB is needed to be defined while compiling src/perl directory.
+   It doesn't hurt to be defined everywhere, so configure irssi with:
+
+     CFLAGS='-DUSEIMPORTLIB' ./configure --with-perl-staticlib
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6e62fe15..7cd7e705 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	autogen.sh \
 	curses.m4 \
 	README \
-	README.cygwin \
 	file2header.sh \
 	$(conf_DATA) \
 	$(theme_DATA) \
diff --git a/README.cygwin b/README.cygwin
deleted file mode 100644
index 60409e5c..00000000
--- a/README.cygwin
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-Getting perl scripting to work needs a few things:
-
- - configure with --with-perl-staticlib
-
- - libperl.dll is required in linking and running irssi, it's normally
-   located somewhere around /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cygwin/CORE/libperl5_6_1.dll
-   copy it to eg. /usr/bin/libperl.dll
-
- - -DUSEIMPORTLIB is needed to be defined while compiling src/perl directory.
-   It doesn't hurt to be defined everywhere, so configure irssi with:
-
-     CFLAGS='-DUSEIMPORTLIB' ./configure --with-perl-staticlib