diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 63322abe3..d35752527 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2006-03-16  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
+	* py-compile: Remove as it is autogenerated.
 	* po/Makefile.in.in: Remove as it is autogenerated.
 	* po/*po: Remove and re-add from old src/po to keep history.
 
diff --git a/gramps2/py-compile b/gramps2/py-compile
deleted file mode 100755
index d6e900b30..000000000
--- a/gramps2/py-compile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,146 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# py-compile - Compile a Python program
-
-scriptversion=2005-05-14.22
-
-# Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-# any later version.
-
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
-# 02110-1301, USA.
-
-# As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
-# distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
-# configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
-# the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program.
-
-# This file is maintained in Automake, please report
-# bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org> or send patches to
-# <automake-patches@gnu.org>.
-
-if [ -z "$PYTHON" ]; then
-  PYTHON=python
-fi
-
-basedir=
-destdir=
-files=
-while test $# -ne 0; do
-  case "$1" in
-    --basedir)
-      basedir=$2
-      if test -z "$basedir"; then
-        echo "$0: Missing argument to --basedir." 1>&2
-        exit 1
-      fi
-      shift
-      ;;
-    --destdir)
-      destdir=$2
-      if test -z "$destdir"; then
-        echo "$0: Missing argument to --destdir." 1>&2
-        exit 1
-      fi
-      shift
-      ;;
-    -h|--h*)
-      cat <<\EOF
-Usage: py-compile [--help] [--version] [--basedir DIR] [--destdir DIR] FILES..."
-
-Byte compile some python scripts FILES.  Use --destdir to specify any
-leading directory path to the FILES that you don't want to include in the
-byte compiled file.  Specify --basedir for any additional path information you
-do want to be shown in the byte compiled file.
-
-Example:
-  py-compile --destdir /tmp/pkg-root --basedir /usr/share/test test.py test2.py
-
-Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.
-EOF
-      exit $?
-      ;;
-    -v|--v*)
-      echo "py-compile $scriptversion"
-      exit $?
-      ;;
-    *)
-      files="$files $1"
-      ;;
-  esac
-  shift
-done
-
-if test -z "$files"; then
-    echo "$0: No files given.  Try \`$0 --help' for more information." 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# if basedir was given, then it should be prepended to filenames before
-# byte compilation.
-if [ -z "$basedir" ]; then
-    pathtrans="path = file"
-else
-    pathtrans="path = os.path.join('$basedir', file)"
-fi
-
-# if destdir was given, then it needs to be prepended to the filename to
-# byte compile but not go into the compiled file.
-if [ -z "$destdir" ]; then
-    filetrans="filepath = path"
-else
-    filetrans="filepath = os.path.normpath('$destdir' + os.sep + path)"
-fi
-
-$PYTHON -c "
-import sys, os, string, py_compile
-
-files = '''$files'''
-
-print 'Byte-compiling python modules...'
-for file in string.split(files):
-    $pathtrans
-    $filetrans
-    if not os.path.exists(filepath) or not (len(filepath) >= 3
-                                            and filepath[-3:] == '.py'):
-	continue
-    print file,
-    sys.stdout.flush()
-    py_compile.compile(filepath, filepath + 'c', path)
-print" || exit $?
-
-# this will fail for python < 1.5, but that doesn't matter ...
-$PYTHON -O -c "
-import sys, os, string, py_compile
-
-files = '''$files'''
-print 'Byte-compiling python modules (optimized versions) ...'
-for file in string.split(files):
-    $pathtrans
-    $filetrans
-    if not os.path.exists(filepath) or not (len(filepath) >= 3
-                                            and filepath[-3:] == '.py'):
-	continue
-    print file,
-    sys.stdout.flush()
-    py_compile.compile(filepath, filepath + 'o', path)
-print" 2>/dev/null || :
-
-# Local Variables:
-# mode: shell-script
-# sh-indentation: 2
-# eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
-# time-stamp-start: "scriptversion="
-# time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d.%02H"
-# time-stamp-end: "$"
-# End: