diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 23814021e..d54f0407c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -564,9 +564,6 @@ autosite:
 viewsite: site
 	$(VIEWHTML) site/_site/index.html
 
-# called on each darcs commit
-commithook: docs
-
 # generate html versions of docs (and the hledger.org website)
 # work around pandoc not handling full rst image directive
 # html: