diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d0d57c13f..521e94f95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -276,11 +276,8 @@ run-dmake: dmake
 
 generate_cfg_tests: tools/generate_cfg_tests.o $(EXTOBJ)
 	g++ -Iexternals/tinyxml -o generate_cfg_tests tools/generate_cfg_tests.o $(EXTOBJ)
-reduce:	tools/reduce.o $(LIBOBJ) $(EXTOBJ)
-	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RDYNAMIC)
-
 clean:
-	rm -f build/*.o lib/*.o cli/*.o test/*.o tools/*.o externals/*/*.o testrunner reduce dmake cppcheck cppcheck.1
+	rm -f build/*.o lib/*.o cli/*.o test/*.o tools/*.o externals/*/*.o testrunner dmake cppcheck cppcheck.1
 
 man:	man/cppcheck.1
 
@@ -701,6 +698,3 @@ tools/dmake.o: tools/dmake.cpp cli/filelister.h lib/pathmatch.h lib/config.h
 tools/generate_cfg_tests.o: tools/generate_cfg_tests.cpp
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o tools/generate_cfg_tests.o tools/generate_cfg_tests.cpp
 
-tools/reduce.o: tools/reduce.cpp
-	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o tools/reduce.o tools/reduce.cpp
-
diff --git a/tools/dmake.cpp b/tools/dmake.cpp
index 214884107..416078dde 100644
--- a/tools/dmake.cpp
+++ b/tools/dmake.cpp
@@ -381,10 +381,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     fout << "\t./dmake\n\n";
     fout << "generate_cfg_tests: tools/generate_cfg_tests.o $(EXTOBJ)\n";
     fout << "\tg++ -Iexternals/tinyxml -o generate_cfg_tests tools/generate_cfg_tests.o $(EXTOBJ)\n";
-    fout << "reduce:\ttools/reduce.o $(LIBOBJ) $(EXTOBJ)\n";
-    fout << "\t$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RDYNAMIC)\n\n";
     fout << "clean:\n";
-    fout << "\trm -f build/*.o lib/*.o cli/*.o test/*.o tools/*.o externals/*/*.o testrunner reduce dmake cppcheck cppcheck.1\n\n";
+    fout << "\trm -f build/*.o lib/*.o cli/*.o test/*.o tools/*.o externals/*/*.o testrunner dmake cppcheck cppcheck.1\n\n";
     fout << "man:\tman/cppcheck.1\n\n";
     fout << "man/cppcheck.1:\t$(MAN_SOURCE)\n\n";
     fout << "\t$(XP) $(DB2MAN) $(MAN_SOURCE)\n\n";