diff --git a/release/Makefile b/release/Makefile
index f4410595e3b..67ccd291437 100644
--- a/release/Makefile
+++ b/release/Makefile
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ setup:
 	cp ../toku_include/toku_os.h include
 	cp ../linux/toku_os_types.h include
 	cp ../lib/libtokuportability.a lib
-	if [ -f /usr/local/cilk/lib64/libcilkrts.so.1 ] ; then \
-	cp /usr/local/cilk/lib64/libcilkrts.so.1 lib; \
-	ln -s libcilkrts.so.1 lib/libcilkrts.so; \
-	fi
 
 clean:
 	rm -f include/* lib/*