diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 06c3078f549..85c28361c68 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
--include bin/configuration.mk
-
 V             ?= 0
 prefix         = /usr/local
 CONFIGURATION ?= Debug
diff --git a/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_GenerateFiles.Unix.cs b/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_GenerateFiles.Unix.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4389ac9e0b6..00000000000
--- a/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_GenerateFiles.Unix.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.IO;
-
-namespace Xamarin.Android.Prepare
-{
-	partial class Step_GenerateFiles
-	{
-		sealed class GeneratedConfigurationFile : GeneratedFile
-		{
-			public GeneratedConfigurationFile (string outputPath) :
-				base(outputPath)
-			{}
-
-			public override void Generate (Context context)
-			{
-				if (context == null)
-					throw new ArgumentNullException (nameof (context));
-
-				using (StreamWriter sw = Utilities.OpenStreamWriter (OutputPath)) {
-					sw.WriteLine ("# This file is used by both Make and shell scripts");
-					sw.WriteLine ($"CONFIGURATION={context.Configuration}");
-					sw.Flush ();
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		partial void AddUnixPostBuildSteps (Context context, List<GeneratedFile> steps)
-		{
-			steps.Add (new GeneratedConfigurationFile (Path.Combine (Configurables.Paths.BinDirRoot, "configuration.mk")));
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_GenerateFiles.cs b/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_GenerateFiles.cs
index b7f75ef39f1..255c181ee75 100644
--- a/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_GenerateFiles.cs
+++ b/build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/Steps/Step_GenerateFiles.cs
@@ -81,12 +81,10 @@ protected override async Task<bool> Execute (Context context)
 			};
 
 			AddOSSpecificSteps (context, steps);
-			AddUnixPostBuildSteps (context, steps);
 
 			return steps;
 		}
 
-		partial void AddUnixPostBuildSteps (Context context, List<GeneratedFile> steps);
 		partial void AddOSSpecificSteps (Context context, List<GeneratedFile> steps);
 
 		GeneratedFile Get_Cmake_XA_Build_Configuration (Context context)