diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index c9e94668eeb..35dc5a2cb76 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2824,7 +2824,6 @@ Modular_arithmetic/doc_tex/Modular_arithmetic_ref/Modularizable.tex -text
 Modular_arithmetic/doc_tex/Modular_arithmetic_ref/intro.tex -text
 Modular_arithmetic/doc_tex/Modular_arithmetic_ref/main.tex -text
 Modular_arithmetic/examples/Modular_arithmetic/CMakeLists.txt -text
-Modular_arithmetic/examples/Modular_arithmetic/makefile -text
 Modular_arithmetic/examples/Modular_arithmetic/modular_filter.cpp -text
 Modular_arithmetic/include/CGAL/Modular_arithmetic/Modular_type.h -text
 Modular_arithmetic/test/Modular_arithmetic/CMakeLists.txt -text
diff --git a/Modular_arithmetic/examples/Modular_arithmetic/makefile b/Modular_arithmetic/examples/Modular_arithmetic/makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index e9baaca5d25..00000000000
--- a/Modular_arithmetic/examples/Modular_arithmetic/makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# Created by the script cgal_create_makefile
-# This is the makefile for compiling a CGAL application.
-
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------#
-#                    include platform specific settings
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------#
-# Choose the right include file from the <cgalroot>/make directory.
-
-# CGAL_MAKEFILE = ENTER_YOUR_INCLUDE_MAKEFILE_HERE
-include $(CGAL_MAKEFILE)
-
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------#
-#                    compiler flags
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------#
-
-CXXFLAGS = \
-           -I../../include \
-           -I../../../Polynomial/include \
-           $(CGAL_CXXFLAGS) \
-           $(LONG_NAME_PROBLEM_CXXFLAGS)
-
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------#
-#                    linker flags
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------#
-
-LIBPATH = \
-          $(CGAL_LIBPATH)
-
-LDFLAGS = \
-          $(LONG_NAME_PROBLEM_LDFLAGS) \
-          $(CGAL_LDFLAGS)
-
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------#
-#                    target entries
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------#
-
-all:            \
-                modular_filter$(EXE_EXT) 
-
-modular_filter$(EXE_EXT): modular_filter$(OBJ_EXT)
-	$(CGAL_CXX) $(LIBPATH) $(EXE_OPT)modular_filter modular_filter$(OBJ_EXT) $(LDFLAGS)
-
-clean: \
-                   modular_filter.clean 
-
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------#
-#                    suffix rules
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------#
-
-.C$(OBJ_EXT):
-	$(CGAL_CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(OBJ_OPT) $<
-
-
-.cpp$(OBJ_EXT):
-	$(CGAL_CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(OBJ_OPT) $<
-