diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 38dc1fd280354a7d67e68efd5c53c2a36983457f..0d9b675e79b43775a492b321ea096bdef1314f67 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -573,7 +573,6 @@ tools/cover/Makefile -text
 tools/cover/cover.cpp -text
 tools/cover/coverage.cpp -text
 tools/cover/coverage.h -text
-tools/fix_rets/Makefile -text
 tools/fix_rets/Makefile.in -text
 tools/fix_rets/fix_rets.cpp -text
 tools/fix_rets/fix_rets.hpp -text
diff --git a/tools/fix_rets/Makefile b/tools/fix_rets/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index ee7ece183aa8d6120ae288b2e35a7734aa867af1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tools/fix_rets/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-
-
-PROGS=fix_rets.exe
-
-CXX=g++
-CXXFLAGS= 
-INCLUDE=-I. -I../include -I../xform -I../../beaengine/include -I../../libIRDB/include/ -I../../libMEDSannotation/include/ -I../libtransform/include/ -I../transforms
-CXXFLAGS=   $(INCLUDE) -Wall
-LIBS=-L../../lib -lxform -lIRDB-core -lIRDB-cfg -lBeaEngine_s_d -lpqxx  -lMEDSannotation -ltransform# ../transforms/Rewrite_Utility.o
-
-
-OBJS=fix_rets.o fix_rets_driver.o
-programs=fix_rets.exe
-
-.SUFFIXES: .o .c .exe .cpp .hpp
-
-all: $(programs)
-	@echo "---------------------------------------------"
-	@echo "- Fix Rets directory -- Build complete -"
-	@echo "---------------------------------------------"
-
-
--include $(OBJS:.o=.d)
-
-%.o: %.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c  $(CXXFLAGS) $*.cpp 
-	@#
-	@# build dependencies --  http://scottmcpeak.com/autodepend/autodepend.html
-	@#
-	$(CXX) -MM $(CXXFLAGS) $*.cpp > $*.d
-	@cp -f $*.d $*.d.tmp
-	@sed -e 's/.*://' -e 's/\\$$//' < $*.d.tmp | fmt -1 | sed -e 's/^ *//' -e 's/$$/:/' >> $*.d
-	@rm -f $*.d.tmp
-	
-clean:
-	rm -f *.o core *.exe
-
-$(programs): ../../lib/*.a
-
-fix_rets.exe:   $(OBJS)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $^ $(INCLUDE) $(LIBS) -o $@
-