diff --git a/helloworld.c b/helloworld.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ddb72cb07c4babbe075b3d5bdd5485f73bb7861..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/helloworld.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-      printf("hello, world\n");
-          return 0;
-}
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index e7a80f96542ee3394002c269abcc29178b661699..6a94f6141833ddc28bacba005e1e5003ef29b6da 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-all: helloworld pythran
-
-helloworld:
-	gcc helloworld.c -o helloworld.e
-
-test: helloworld
-	python test_helloworld.py
+all: pythran
 
 pythran:
 	pythran rosenbrock.py -o rosenbrock_pythran.so
diff --git a/test_helloworld.py b/test_helloworld.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e6deb4e2f145112fceba9037469141e9454f938..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test_helloworld.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-Test helloworld.c
-"""
-
-import os
-assert os.popen('./helloworld.e', 'r').read() == "hello, world\n"