diff --git a/Rules.mk b/Rules.mk
index 70ea69e06..b1a574d9e 100644
--- a/Rules.mk
+++ b/Rules.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ include mk/git.mk # has to be before tarball.mk
 include mk/tarball.mk
 include mk/util.mk
 include mk/golang.mk
-include mk/gx.mk
 
 # -------------------- #
 #   extra properties   #
diff --git a/bin/Rules.mk b/bin/Rules.mk
index 734877629..ecb759f38 100644
--- a/bin/Rules.mk
+++ b/bin/Rules.mk
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ include mk/header.mk
 
 dist_root_$(d)="/ipfs/QmPrXH9jRVwvd7r5MC5e6nV4uauQGzLk1i2647Ye9Vbbwe"
 
-$(d)/gx: $(d)/gx-v0.14.0
-$(d)/gx-go: $(d)/gx-go-v1.9.0
-
 TGTS_$(d) := $(d)/gx $(d)/gx-go
 DISTCLEAN += $(wildcard $(d)/gx-v*) $(wildcard $(d)/gx-go-v*) $(d)/tmp
 
@@ -18,13 +15,5 @@ else
 	ln -s $(notdir $^) $@
 endif
 
-bin/gx-v%:
-	@echo "installing gx $(@:bin/gx-%=%)"
-	bin/dist_get $(dist_root_bin) gx $@ $(@:bin/gx-%=%)
-
-bin/gx-go-v%:
-	@echo "installing gx-go $(@:bin/gx-go-%=%)"
-	@bin/dist_get $(dist_root_bin) gx-go $@ $(@:bin/gx-go-%=%)
-
 CLEAN += $(TGTS_$(d))
 include mk/footer.mk
diff --git a/mk/gx.mk b/mk/gx.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f1744f26..000000000
--- a/mk/gx.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-gx-path = gx/ipfs/$(shell gx deps find $(1))/$(1)
-
-gx-deps:
-	gx install --global
-.PHONY: gx-deps
-
-ifneq ($(IPFS_GX_USE_GLOBAL),1)
-gx-deps: bin/gx bin/gx-go
-endif
-.PHONY: gx-deps
-
-ifeq ($(tarball-is),0)
-DEPS_GO += gx-deps
-endif