diff --git a/boilerplate/check-link.c b/boilerplate/check-link.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 688339a95..000000000
--- a/boilerplate/check-link.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#include <cairo-boilerplate.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-int
-main (void)
-{
-  printf ("Check linking to the just built cairo boilerplate library\n");
-  if (cairo_boilerplate_version () == CAIRO_VERSION) {
-    return 0;
-  } else {
-    fprintf (stderr,
-	     "Error: linked to cairo boilerplate version %s instead of %s\n",
-	     cairo_boilerplate_version_string (),
-	     CAIRO_VERSION_STRING);
-    return 1;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/check-link.c b/src/check-link.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d943d644..000000000
--- a/src/check-link.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#include <cairo.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-int
-main (void)
-{
-  printf ("Check linking to the just built cairo library\n");
-  if (cairo_version () == CAIRO_VERSION) {
-    return 0;
-  } else {
-    fprintf (stderr,
-	     "Error: linked to cairo version %s instead of %s\n",
-	     cairo_version_string (),
-	     CAIRO_VERSION_STRING);
-    return 1;
-  }
-}