diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 93a177cc..4fd98f26 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -138,17 +138,12 @@ src/espeakedit: $(common_SOURCE) $(libespeak_SOURCE) $(espeakedit_SOURCE)
 espeak-phoneme-data:
 	cd platforms/$(PLATFORM) && make PREFIX=$(PREFIX) && cd ../..
 
-espeak-data/dictsource/dir.stamp: dictsource/*
-	rm -rf espeak-data/dictsource
-	./shadowdir $(PWD)/dictsource $(PWD)/espeak-data/dictsource
-	touch espeak-data/dictsource/dir.stamp
-
 espeak-data/phsource/dir.stamp: phsource/ph_* phsource/phonemes phsource/intonation
 	rm -rf espeak-data/phsource
 	./shadowdir $(PWD)/phsource $(PWD)/espeak-data/phsource
 	touch espeak-data/phsource/dir.stamp
 
-espeak-data/phontab: src/espeakedit espeak-data/dictsource/dir.stamp espeak-data/phsource/dir.stamp
+espeak-data/phontab: src/espeakedit espeak-data/phsource/dir.stamp
 	ESPEAK_DATA_PATH=$(PWD) src/espeakedit --compile
 
 ##### dictionaries: