diff --git a/lib/linguist/lexers.yml b/lib/linguist/lexers.yml
index 69ad6be0..2624316c 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/lexers.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/lexers.yml
@@ -1454,12 +1454,6 @@
   - application/x-javascript+ruby
   - text/x-javascript+ruby
   - text/javascript+ruby
-- !ruby/struct:Linguist::Lexer
-  name: Makefile
-  aliases:
-  - basemake
-  filenames:
-  mimetypes:
 - !ruby/struct:Linguist::Lexer
   name: ANTLR With Python Target
   aliases: