diff --git a/ompi/mca/topo/basic/.windows b/ompi/mca/topo/basic/.windows
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/ompi/mca/topo/basic/Makefile.am b/ompi/mca/topo/basic/Makefile.am
index 75693d9fa6..9c261f7029 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/topo/basic/Makefile.am
+++ b/ompi/mca/topo/basic/Makefile.am
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #                         reserved.
 # Copyright (c) 2011-2013 INRIA.  All rights reserved.
 # Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Université Bordeaux 1
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 # $COPYRIGHT$
 # 
 # Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -11,8 +12,6 @@
 # $HEADER$
 #
 
-EXTRA_DIST = .windows
-
 sources = \
     topo_basic.h \
     topo_basic_component.c