diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 489d7e754c..4370b4bbbe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -154,13 +154,9 @@ uninstall:
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-amalg:
-	@echo "Building LuaJIT $(VERSION)"
-	$(MAKE) -C src amalg
-
 clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C src clean
 
-.PHONY: all install amalg clean
+.PHONY: all install clean
 
 ##############################################################################
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index aa7cfd411c..e5c0fb68c8 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -571,10 +571,6 @@ E= @echo
 
 default all:	$(TARGET_T)
 
-amalg:
-	@grep "^[+|]" ljamalg.c
-	$(MAKE) all "LJCORE_O=ljamalg.o"
-
 clean:
 	$(HOST_RM) $(ALL_RM)
 
@@ -596,7 +592,7 @@ depend:
 	  test -s $$file || $(HOST_RM) $$file; \
 	  done
 
-.PHONY: default all amalg clean libbc depend
+.PHONY: default all clean libbc depend
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Rules for generated files.
diff --git a/src/ljamalg.c b/src/ljamalg.c
deleted file mode 100644
index f1f28623fa..0000000000
--- a/src/ljamalg.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-/*
-** LuaJIT core and libraries amalgamation.
-** Copyright (C) 2005-2017 Mike Pall. See Copyright Notice in luajit.h
-*/
-
-/*
-+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| WARNING: Compiling the amalgamation needs a lot of virtual memory        |
-| (around 300 MB with GCC 4.x)! If you don't have enough physical memory   |
-| your machine will start swapping to disk and the compile will not finish |
-| within a reasonable amount of time.                                      |
-| So either compile on a bigger machine or use the non-amalgamated build.  |
-+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-*/
-
-#define ljamalg_c
-#define LUA_CORE
-
-/* To get the mremap prototype. Must be defined before any system includes. */
-#if defined(__linux__) && !defined(_GNU_SOURCE)
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
-#endif
-
-#ifndef WINVER
-#define WINVER 0x0501
-#endif
-
-#include "lua.h"
-#include "lauxlib.h"
-
-#include "lj_gc.c"
-#include "lj_err.c"
-#include "lj_char.c"
-#include "lj_bc.c"
-#include "lj_obj.c"
-#include "lj_buf.c"
-#include "lj_str.c"
-#include "lj_tab.c"
-#include "lj_func.c"
-#include "lj_udata.c"
-#include "lj_meta.c"
-#include "lj_debug.c"
-#include "lj_state.c"
-#include "lj_dispatch.c"
-#include "lj_vmevent.c"
-#include "lj_vmmath.c"
-#include "lj_strscan.c"
-#include "lj_strfmt.c"
-#include "lj_strfmt_num.c"
-#include "lj_api.c"
-#include "lj_profile.c"
-#include "lj_lex.c"
-#include "lj_parse.c"
-#include "lj_bcread.c"
-#include "lj_bcwrite.c"
-#include "lj_load.c"
-#include "lj_ctype.c"
-#include "lj_cdata.c"
-#include "lj_cconv.c"
-#include "lj_ccall.c"
-#include "lj_ccallback.c"
-#include "lj_carith.c"
-#include "lj_clib.c"
-#include "lj_cparse.c"
-#include "lj_lib.c"
-#include "lj_ir.c"
-#include "lj_opt_mem.c"
-#include "lj_opt_fold.c"
-#include "lj_opt_narrow.c"
-#include "lj_opt_dce.c"
-#include "lj_opt_loop.c"
-#include "lj_opt_split.c"
-#include "lj_opt_sink.c"
-#include "lj_mcode.c"
-#include "lj_snap.c"
-#include "lj_record.c"
-#include "lj_crecord.c"
-#include "lj_ffrecord.c"
-#include "lj_asm.c"
-#include "lj_trace.c"
-#include "lj_gdbjit.c"
-#include "lj_alloc.c"
-
-#include "lib_aux.c"
-#include "lib_base.c"
-#include "lib_math.c"
-#include "lib_string.c"
-#include "lib_table.c"
-#include "lib_io.c"
-#include "lib_os.c"
-#include "lib_package.c"
-#include "lib_debug.c"
-#include "lib_bit.c"
-#include "lib_jit.c"
-#include "lib_ffi.c"
-#include "lib_init.c"
-