diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 40207d66..b8d7c002 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -6,16 +6,6 @@ PKG_NAME="Irssi"
 srcdir=`dirname $0`
 test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
 
-if test ! -f $srcdir/irssi.cvs -a -f $srcdir/configure; then
-  echo
-  echo "Use ./configure instead"
-  echo
-  echo "This script should only be run if you got sources from SVN."
-  echo "If you really want to do this, say:"
-  echo "  touch irssi.cvs"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
 if test ! -f $srcdir/configure.in; then
     echo -n "**Error**: Directory \`$srcdir\' does not look like the"
     echo " top-level $PKG_NAME directory"
diff --git a/irssi.cvs b/irssi.cvs
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000