diff --git a/dix/buildatoms b/dix/buildatoms
deleted file mode 100644
index dfbbca8a9..000000000
--- a/dix/buildatoms
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-hfile=../../../include/Xatom.h
-cfile=initatoms.c
-rm -f $hfile $cfile
-umask 222
-awk '
-BEGIN {
-	hfile = "'$hfile'";
-	cfile = "'$cfile'";
-	hformat = "#define XA_%s ((Atom) %d)\n";
-	printf("#ifndef XATOM_H\n") > hfile;
-	printf("#define XATOM_H 1\n\n") > hfile;
-	printf("/* THIS IS A GENERATED FILE\n") > hfile;
-	printf(" *\n") > hfile;
-	printf(" * Do not change!  Changing this file implies a protocol change!\n") > hfile;
-	printf(" */\n\n") > hfile;
-
-	printf("/* THIS IS A GENERATED FILE\n") > cfile;
-	printf(" *\n") > cfile;
-	printf(" * Do not change!  Changing this file implies a protocol change!\n") > cfile;
-	printf(" */\n\n") > cfile;
-	printf("#include \"X.h\"\n") > cfile;
-	printf("#include \"Xatom.h\"\n") > cfile;
-	printf("#include \"misc.h\"\n") > cfile;
-	printf("#include \"dix.h\"\n") > cfile;
-	printf("void MakePredeclaredAtoms()\n") > cfile;
-	printf("{\n") > cfile;
-
-	}
-
-NF == 2 && $2 == "@" {
-	printf(hformat, $1, ++atomno) > hfile ;
-	printf("    if (MakeAtom(\"%s\", %d, 1) != XA_%s) AtomError();\n", $1, length($1), $1) > cfile ;
-	}
-
-END {
-	printf("\n") > hfile;
-	printf(hformat, "LAST_PREDEFINED", atomno) > hfile ;
-	printf("#endif /* XATOM_H */\n") > hfile;
-	printf("}\n") > cfile ;
-	}
-' BuiltInAtoms
-exit 0