diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index c2835361..1e9e7c28 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -20,8 +20,3 @@ EXTRA_DIST			= lib.awk
 
 CLEANFILES			= lib.c
 
-bin_PROGRAMS			= gnuclient
-gnuclient_LDADD			= $(top_builddir)/sysdeps/common/libgtop_common.la \
-				  $(top_builddir)/sysdeps/@sysdeps_dir@/libgtop_sysdeps.la \
-				  @INTLLIBS@ @LIBSUPPORT@ @X_LIBS@ -lXau
-gnuclient_LDFLAGS		= -static
diff --git a/lib/gnuclient.c b/lib/gnuclient.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 122cc468..00000000
--- a/lib/gnuclient.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-/* -*-C-*-
- Client code to allow local and remote editing of files by XEmacs.
- Copyright (C) 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- Copyright (C) 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Copyright (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-This file is part of XEmacs.
-
-XEmacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
-later version.
-
-XEmacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with XEmacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-
- Author: Andy Norman (ange@hplb.hpl.hp.com), based on 
-         'etc/emacsclient.c' from the GNU Emacs 18.52 distribution.
-
- Please mail bugs and suggestions to the author at the above address.
-*/
-
-/*
- * This file incorporates new features added by Bob Weiner <weiner@mot.com>,
- * Darrell Kindred <dkindred@cmu.edu> and Arup Mukherjee <arup@cmu.edu>.
- * GNUATTACH support added by Ben Wing <wing@xemacs.org>.
- * Please see the note at the end of the README file for details.
- *
- * (If gnuserv came bundled with your emacs, the README file is probably
- * ../etc/gnuserv.README relative to the directory containing this file)
- */
-
-#if 0
-/* Hand-munged RCS header */
-static char rcsid [] = "!Header: gnuclient.c,v 2.2 95/12/12 01:39:21 wing nene !";
-#endif
-
-#include <glibtop/gnuserv.h>
-
-#if !defined(SYSV_IPC) && !defined(UNIX_DOMAIN_SOCKETS) && !defined(INTERNET_DOMAIN_SOCKETS)
-#else /* SYSV_IPC || UNIX_DOMAIN_SOCKETS || INTERNET_DOMAIN_SOCKETS */
-
-int
-main (int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-  int s;			/* socket / msqid to server */
-  int connect_type;		/* CONN_UNIX, CONN_INTERNET, or CONN_IPC */
-#ifdef INTERNET_DOMAIN_SOCKETS
-  char thishost [HOSTNAMSZ];	/* this hostname */
-#endif /* INTERNET_DOMAIN_SOCKETS */
-#ifdef SYSV_IPC
-  struct msgbuf *msgp;		/* message */
-#endif /* SYSV_IPC */
-
-  glibtop_init ();
-
-  connect_type = glibtop_make_connection (NULL, (u_short) 0, &s);
-
-#ifdef INTERNET_DOMAIN_SOCKETS
-  if (connect_type == (int) CONN_INTERNET)
-    {
-      gethostname (thishost, HOSTNAMSZ);
-    }
-#endif /* INTERNET_DOMAIN_SOCKETS */
-
-#ifdef SYSV_IPC
-  if ((msgp = (struct msgbuf *) 
-       malloc (sizeof *msgp + GSERV_BUFSZ)) == NULL)
-    glibtop_error_io ("not enough memory for message buffer");
-  
-  msgp->mtext[0] = '\0';			/* ready for later strcats */
-#endif /* SYSV_IPC */
-
-  raise (SIGSTOP);
-
-#ifdef SYSV_IPC
-  if (connect_type == (int) CONN_IPC)
-    disconnect_from_ipc_server (s, msgp, FALSE);
-#else /* !SYSV_IPC */
-  if (connect_type != (int) CONN_IPC)
-    ; //    disconnect_from_server (s, FALSE);
-#endif /* !SYSV_IPC */
-
-  return 0;
-} /* main */
-
-#endif /* SYSV_IPC || UNIX_DOMAIN_SOCKETS || INTERNET_DOMAIN_SOCKETS */