--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -104,13 +104,6 @@
 endif

 CHECK_WHITESPACE =
-ifeq ($(shell uname),Linux)
-CHECK_WHITESPACE = $(top_srcdir)/src/stub/scripts/check_whitespace.sh $(top_srcdir)
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/.git/.),)
-CHECK_WHITESPACE = $(top_srcdir)/src/stub/scripts/check_whitespace_git.sh $(top_srcdir)
-endif
-check-whitespace : ; $(CHECK_WHITESPACE)
-endif
 .PHONY: check-whitespace

 mostlyclean clean distclean maintainer-clean: