diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f024066b009..5fddda538ea 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -288,17 +288,6 @@ MAIN_FILES = \
 	$(DIRECTORY)/vms/analyze_map.com				\
 	$(DIRECTORY)/vms/xlib.opt					\
 	$(DIRECTORY)/vms/xlib_share.opt					\
-	$(DIRECTORY)/windows/VC6/mesa/gdi/gdi.dsp			\
-	$(DIRECTORY)/windows/VC6/mesa/glu/*.txt				\
-	$(DIRECTORY)/windows/VC6/mesa/glu/glu.dsp			\
-	$(DIRECTORY)/windows/VC6/mesa/mesa.dsw				\
-	$(DIRECTORY)/windows/VC6/mesa/mesa/mesa.dsp			\
-	$(DIRECTORY)/windows/VC6/mesa/osmesa/osmesa.dsp			\
-	$(DIRECTORY)/windows/VC7/mesa/gdi/gdi.vcproj			\
-	$(DIRECTORY)/windows/VC7/mesa/glu/glu.vcproj			\
-	$(DIRECTORY)/windows/VC7/mesa/mesa.sln				\
-	$(DIRECTORY)/windows/VC7/mesa/mesa/mesa.vcproj			\
-	$(DIRECTORY)/windows/VC7/mesa/osmesa/osmesa.vcproj		\
 	$(DIRECTORY)/windows/VC8/mesa/mesa.sln				\
 	$(DIRECTORY)/windows/VC8/mesa/gdi/gdi.vcproj			\
 	$(DIRECTORY)/windows/VC8/mesa/glu/glu.vcproj			\
diff --git a/docs/relnotes-7.0.1.html b/docs/relnotes-7.0.1.html
index 6ec44a7be0d..302ac1c5737 100644
--- a/docs/relnotes-7.0.1.html
+++ b/docs/relnotes-7.0.1.html
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ the terminating zero (bug 11588)
 <li>The libOSMesa library version has been reverted to 6.5.3 (soname=6)
 in order to avoid application linking issues.  Otherwise, applications
 previously linked with libOSMesa.so.6 would no longer link with libOSMesa.so.7
+<li>Dropped obsolete, unmaintained Windows project files for VC6 and VC7.
 </ul>