diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ef57ec0..813a399 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ test/datafiles
 *~
 core.*
 *.kate-swp
+bsc/bsc
+*.a
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index a6ee249..b040a6f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@ is not the usual GNU Autoconf script.
 			This at present shows some info related to Dedupe
 			efficiency.
 
---with-libbsc=<path_to_libbsc_source>
-			Enable support for libbsc (See: libbsc.com). Full
-			path to the libbsc source tree must be provided. It
-			links the library statically.
-
 --with-zlib=<path to zlib installation tree> (Default: System)
                         Enable building against an alternate Zlib installation.
 
@@ -117,24 +112,6 @@ is not the usual GNU Autoconf script.
 
 --help			Display the help message.
 
-Steps for building with libbsc support
-======================================
-1) Download libbsc source from:  http://libbsc.com/ . Click on the
-   "Download TAR Ball" button. Downloading the 3.1.0 release from the
-   Github project download page will Not work.
-
-2) Extract the gzippped tarball. It will create a directory for example:
-   IlyaGrebnov-libbsc-0b12f29
-
-3) Now cd into the pcompress directory and execute the config script
-   with the full path to the libbsc source directory. For example:
-
-   ./config --with-libbsc=/full/path/to/IlyaGrebnov-libbsc-0b12f29
-
-4) Now run make in the pcompress directory. This will also run make in
-   the libbsc source directory to build it.
-
-5) Additional compilation flags can be passed to make like this:
+Additional compilation flags can be passed to make like this:
    make EXTRA_CPPFLAGS=<...> EXTRA_LDFLAGS=<...>
 
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a87c3f..4a6092b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ Usage
                 compressed output goes to stdout. If this argument is omitted then
                 source filename is used with the extension '.pz' appended.
 
-NOTE: The option "libbsc" uses  Ilya Grebnov's block sorting compression library
-      from http://libbsc.com/ . It is only available if pcompress in built with
-      that library. See INSTALL file for details.
-      
     To decompress a file compressed using above command:
        pcompress -d <compressed file> <target file>
        
diff --git a/config b/config
index ba91eb8..05fc27b 100755
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ ${prog} [<options>]
 --enable-debug		Enable debug mode compilation (default: disabled).
 --disable-allocator	Disable use of internal memory allocator mechanism (default: enabled).
 --enable-debug-stats	Enable printing of some verbose debug info (default: disabled).
---with-libbsc=<path to libbsc source> (Default: Internal copy)
-			Full path to external libbsc source tree can be provided. It links the
-			library statically.
 --with-openssl=<path to OpenSSL installation tree> (Default: System)
 			This defaults to the system's OpenSSL library. You can use this option
 			if you want to use an alternate OpenSSL installation.
@@ -151,21 +148,6 @@ do
 		pval=`echo ${arg1} | cut -f2 -d"="`
 		prefix=$pval
 	;;
-	--with-libbsc=*)
-		path=`echo ${arg1} | cut -f2 -d"="`
-		if [ -f ${path}/bsc.cpp -a -f ${path}/libbsc/libbsc.h ]
-		then
-			libbsc_dir="${path}"
-			libbsc_lib="${path}/libbsc.a"
-			libbsclflags='\$\(LIBBSCLFLAGS\)'
-			libbscwrapobj='\$\(LIBBSCWRAPOBJ\)'
-			libbscgenopt='\$\(LIBBSCGEN_OPT\)'
-			libbsccppflags='\$\(LIBBSCCPPFLAGS\)'
-		else
-			echo "Libbsc not found in ${path}.\n"
-			exit 1
-		fi
-	;;
 	--with-openssl=*)
 		openssl_prefix=`echo ${arg1} | cut -f2 -d"="`
 	;;