diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 73352dfad13ae80d2e741ec1f8e781c6a05c9b9d..d0a1284eb0bfa51e5c51ea6ca1b18252f74c2b0e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2845,18 +2845,6 @@ $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/%.o : %.cc
 	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
 	$(Q) $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -MMD -MF $(addsuffix .dep, $(basename $@)) -c -o $@ $<
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG), stapprof)
-ifeq ($(HAS_SYSTEMTAP),true)
-$(GENDIR)/src/core/profiling/stap_probes.h: src/core/profiling/stap_probes.d
-	$(E) "[DTRACE]  Compiling $<"
-	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
-	$(Q) $(DTRACE) -C -h -s $< -o $@
-else
-$(GENDIR)/src/core/profiling/stap_probes.c: systemtap_dep_error stop
-endif
-endif
-
-
 install: install_c install_cxx install-plugins install-certs verify-install
 
 install_c: install-headers_c install-static_c install-shared_c
diff --git a/templates/Makefile.template b/templates/Makefile.template
index 86b22a9874a355fa792a8bd0cfd4bafae847f5d2..fa1ff2b9bb2bc0a98e88b3aaa7f8a24611a0fda8 100644
--- a/templates/Makefile.template
+++ b/templates/Makefile.template
@@ -929,18 +929,6 @@ $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/%.o : %.cc
 	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
 	$(Q) $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -MMD -MF $(addsuffix .dep, $(basename $@)) -c -o $@ $<
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG), stapprof)
-ifeq ($(HAS_SYSTEMTAP),true)
-$(GENDIR)/src/core/profiling/stap_probes.h: src/core/profiling/stap_probes.d
-	$(E) "[DTRACE]  Compiling $<"
-	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
-	$(Q) $(DTRACE) -C -h -s $< -o $@
-else
-$(GENDIR)/src/core/profiling/stap_probes.c: systemtap_dep_error stop
-endif
-endif
-
-
 install: install_c install_cxx install-plugins install-certs verify-install
 
 install_c: install-headers_c install-static_c install-shared_c