diff --git a/opcodes/Makefile.am b/opcodes/Makefile.am
index 98de1a6a0c..d63b930f77 100644
--- a/opcodes/Makefile.am
+++ b/opcodes/Makefile.am
@@ -247,8 +247,6 @@ ia64-gen.o: ia64-gen.c ia64-opc.c ia64-opc-a.c ia64-opc-b.c ia64-opc-f.c \
   ia64-opc-i.c ia64-opc-m.c ia64-opc-d.c ia64-opc.h
 
 ia64-asmtab.c: @MAINT@ ia64-gen ia64-ic.tbl ia64-raw.tbl ia64-waw.tbl ia64-war.tbl
-	for f in ia64-ic.tbl ia64-raw.tbl ia64-waw.tbl ia64-war.tbl; do \
-	  if test -e $$f; then true; else cp -p $(srcdir)/$$f .; fi; done
 	./ia64-gen > $(srcdir)/ia64-asmtab.c
 
 # This dependency stuff is copied from BFD.
diff --git a/opcodes/Makefile.in b/opcodes/Makefile.in
index 57ccf43f9e..0fc866ac14 100644
--- a/opcodes/Makefile.in
+++ b/opcodes/Makefile.in
@@ -745,8 +745,6 @@ ia64-gen.o: ia64-gen.c ia64-opc.c ia64-opc-a.c ia64-opc-b.c ia64-opc-f.c \
   ia64-opc-i.c ia64-opc-m.c ia64-opc-d.c ia64-opc.h
 
 ia64-asmtab.c: @MAINT@ ia64-gen ia64-ic.tbl ia64-raw.tbl ia64-waw.tbl ia64-war.tbl
-	for f in ia64-ic.tbl ia64-raw.tbl ia64-waw.tbl ia64-war.tbl; do \
-	  if test -e $$f; then true; else cp -p $(srcdir)/$$f .; fi; done
 	./ia64-gen > $(srcdir)/ia64-asmtab.c
 
 # This dependency stuff is copied from BFD.