diff --git a/db/Makefile.in b/db/Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index ee87e474d6c..00000000000
--- a/db/Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#
-# ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
-# Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
-#
-# The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
-# 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-# http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
-#
-# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
-# for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
-# License.
-#
-# The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
-#
-# The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
-# Netscape Communications Corporation.
-# Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1998
-# the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
-#
-# Contributor(s):
-#
-# Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
-# either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"),
-# or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
-# in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
-# of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only
-# under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to
-# use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your
-# decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice
-# and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete
-# the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
-# the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
-#
-# ***** END LICENSE BLOCK *****
-
-DEPTH     = ..
-topsrcdir = @top_srcdir@
-srcdir    = @srcdir@
-VPATH     = @srcdir@
-
-include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
-
-include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
diff --git a/toolkit/toolkit-makefiles.sh b/toolkit/toolkit-makefiles.sh
index 91c2e152ca0..cebe5f6a1b0 100644
--- a/toolkit/toolkit-makefiles.sh
+++ b/toolkit/toolkit-makefiles.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 # This file contains makefiles that will be generated for every XUL app.
 
 MAKEFILES_db="
-  db/Makefile
   db/sqlite3/src/Makefile
 "
 
diff --git a/toolkit/toolkit-tiers.mk b/toolkit/toolkit-tiers.mk
index 0c2ff565da3..d3b30ccb0a4 100644
--- a/toolkit/toolkit-tiers.mk
+++ b/toolkit/toolkit-tiers.mk
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ endif
 
 tier_platform_dirs	+= \
 		modules/libjar \
-		db \
 		storage \
 		$(NULL)