diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index a11ee4cee..5793e86d3 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUBDIRS = build_tools win32 lib src data po doc icons nsis
 
-dist_doc_DATA = AUTHORS ChangeLog README COPYING COPYING.README
+dist_doc_DATA = AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING COPYING.README
 
 # Remove this line when Automake 1.10 becomes standard
 MKDIR_P=$(mkdir_p)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/README b/README
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b1378917..000000000
--- a/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-