diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d1a680b9d5..21d62adeaf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1654,7 +1654,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES(
   doc/Makefile
   doc/examples/Makefile
   gnucash/Makefile
-  gnucash/overrides/Makefile
   gnucash/test/Makefile
   gnucash/gnome/Makefile
   gnucash/gnome/gtkbuilder/Makefile
@@ -1782,8 +1781,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([libgnucash/backend/xml/test/test-real-data.sh],
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([gnucash/test/test-version],
                 [chmod +x gnucash/test/test-version])
 
-# A few files need extra actions at creation time
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([gnucash/overrides/gnucash-make-guids], [chmod u+x gnucash/overrides/gnucash-make-guids])
+
 #Link (copy on Windows) test data files:
 AC_CONFIG_LINKS([gnucash/import-export/csv-imp/test/sample1.csv:gnucash/import-export/csv-imp/test/sample1.csv])
 LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} ${NOUNDEF}"
diff --git a/gnucash/Makefile.am b/gnucash/Makefile.am
index c79855f984..8170ee72f2 100644
--- a/gnucash/Makefile.am
+++ b/gnucash/Makefile.am
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 if WITH_PYTHON
    PYTHON_DIR = python
 endif
-if !PLATFORM_WIN32
-  OVERRIDES_DIR = overrides
-endif
 # Order is important here.
 SUBDIRS = \
   ${PYTHON_DIR} \
@@ -15,7 +12,6 @@ SUBDIRS = \
   gnome \
   import-export \
   . \
-  ${OVERRIDES_DIR} \
   test
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I${top_builddir} ${GLIB_CFLAGS} ${GNOME_CFLAGS} ${GTK_CFLAGS} \