diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8b5fb7dd65..c86454781f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = $(DOC_FILES) $(man_MANS) $(TESTS) $(TEST_LOG_COMPILER)     \
 
 # README.md is expected in GitHub projects, good stuff in it, so we'll
 # distribute it and install it with the package in the doc directory.
-dist_doc_DATA = README.md COPYING AUTHORS README
+dist_doc_DATA = README.md COPYING AUTHORS
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = libjq.pc
diff --git a/README b/README
deleted file mode 120000
index 42061c01a1..0000000000
--- a/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-README.md
\ No newline at end of file