diff --git a/compute-PATCHVERSION.sh b/compute-PATCHVERSION.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 12da67d1f..000000000
--- a/compute-PATCHVERSION.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-
-export LANG=POSIX
-
-path=(.)
-while test $# -gt 0; do
-	case "$1" in
-	--patches)
-		path[${#path[@]}]=$2
-		shift 2
-		;;
-	*)
-		echo "Usage $0 [--patches <dir>]" >&2
-		exit 1
-	esac
-done
-if test "${path[*]}" = "."; then
-	path=(. ..)
-fi
-
-
-source $(dirname $0)/config.sh
-parse_srcversion()
-{
-	local IFS=.
-	set -- ${SRCVERSION%%-*}
-	VERSION=$1
-	PATCHLEVEL=${2:-0}
-	SUBLEVEL=${3:-0}
-	EXTRAVERSION=${SRCVERSION#${SRCVERSION%%-*}}
-}
-parse_srcversion
-
-EXTRA_SYMBOLS=$(set -- $([ -e $(dirname $0)/extra-symbols ] && cat $(dirname $0)/extra-symbols) ; echo $*)
-
-series=$(mktemp)
-tmp_files="$series"
-trap 'rm -rf $tmp_files' EXIT
-warned=false
-while read patch; do
-	dir=${patch%/*}
-	for p in "${path[@]}"; do
-		if test -d "$p/$dir"; then
-			echo "$p/$patch"
-			continue 2
-		fi
-	done
-	for p in "${path[@]}"; do
-		if test -e "$p/$dir.tar.bz2"; then
-			echo "unpacking $p/$dir.tar.bz2" >&2
-			if ! $warned; then
-				echo "pass --patches <directory with unpacked tarballs> to avoid this" >&2
-				warned=true
-			fi
-			tmp_files="$tmp_files $dir"
-			tar -xjf "$p/$dir.tar.bz2"
-			echo "$patch"
-			continue 2
-		fi
-	done
-	echo "Can't find $patch" >&2
-	exit 1
-done >"$series" < <($(dirname $0)/guards $EXTRA_SYMBOLS <series.conf)
-
-# Parse all the changes to KERNELRELEASE out of all patches and
-# convert them to shell code that can be evaluated. Evaluate it.
-eval "$(
-    <"$series" xargs awk '
-    /^--- |^\+\+\+ / \
-	{ M = match($2, /^[^\/]+\/Makefile( \t|$)/) }
-    M && /^+(VERSION|PATCHLEVEL|SUBLEVEL|EXTRAVERSION)/ \
-	{ print }
-    ' \
-    | sed -e 's,^+,,' -e 's, *= *\(.*\),="\1",'
-)"
-
-echo "$VERSION.$PATCHLEVEL.$SUBLEVEL$EXTRAVERSION"