diff --git a/base/flux-system/Makefile b/base/flux-system/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index cbcc05cb..00000000
--- a/base/flux-system/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-include ../../Makefile.common
-
-MANIFESTS_DIR=manifests/configs
-
-.PHONY: version-update
-version-update:
-	# wget -O manifests/podmonitor.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/flux2/main/manifests/monitoring/monitoring-config/podmonitor.yaml
-	wget -O manifests/install.yaml https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases/latest/download/install.yaml
-	@echo "fluxcd potentially upgraded" >> "$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.version-changelog"