diff --git a/browser/components/history/Makefile.in b/browser/components/history/Makefile.in
index ea7298a5866b..e07fb7c964bd 100644
--- a/browser/components/history/Makefile.in
+++ b/browser/components/history/Makefile.in
@@ -26,7 +26,5 @@ VPATH		= @srcdir@
 
 include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
 
-DIRS = public src
-
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
diff --git a/browser/components/history/public/.cvsignore b/browser/components/history/public/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f3c7a7c5da68..000000000000
--- a/browser/components/history/public/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Makefile
diff --git a/browser/components/history/src/.cvsignore b/browser/components/history/src/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f3c7a7c5da68..000000000000
--- a/browser/components/history/src/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Makefile