diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1eecdab65c2f..190934276f18 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -427,8 +427,7 @@ restore:
 .PHONY: compare
 compare:
 	@if $(CAMLRUN) tools/cmpbyt boot/ocamlc ocamlc \
-         && $(CAMLRUN) tools/cmpbyt boot/ocamllex lex/ocamllex \
-         && $(CAMLRUN) tools/cmpbyt boot/ocamldep tools/ocamldep; \
+         && $(CAMLRUN) tools/cmpbyt boot/ocamllex lex/ocamllex; \
 	then echo "Fixpoint reached, bootstrap succeeded."; \
 	else echo "Fixpoint not reached, try one more bootstrapping cycle."; \
 	fi
@@ -440,7 +439,6 @@ promote-cross:
 	$(CAMLRUN) tools/stripdebug ocamlc boot/ocamlc
 	$(CAMLRUN) tools/stripdebug lex/ocamllex boot/ocamllex
 	cp yacc/ocamlyacc$(EXE) boot/ocamlyacc$(EXE)
-	$(CAMLRUN) tools/stripdebug tools/ocamldep boot/ocamldep
 	cd stdlib; cp $(LIBFILES) ../boot
 
 # Promote the newly compiled system to the rank of bootstrap compiler
diff --git a/boot/ocamldep b/boot/ocamldep
deleted file mode 100755
index c09a049ff059..000000000000
Binary files a/boot/ocamldep and /dev/null differ