diff --git a/lib/editline/Makefile.in b/lib/editline/Makefile.in
index 7768753c7..2c138eb49 100644
--- a/lib/editline/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/editline/Makefile.in
@@ -79,9 +79,4 @@ $(LIBNAME).$(SHLIBEXT): $(OBJECTS)
 	rm -f $@
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) $(SHARED) -o $@ $(OBJECTS)
 
-# AIX: this almost works with gcc, but somehow it fails to use the
-# correct ld, use ld instead
-afslib.so: afslib.o
-	ld -o $@ -bM:SRE -bI:$(srcdir)/afsl.exp -bE:$(srcdir)/afslib.exp -bnoentry afslib.o
-
 $(OBJECTS): ../../config.h