diff --git a/LICENSES b/LICENSES
index e7865a74e..08d4cbf41 100644
--- a/LICENSES
+++ b/LICENSES
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ otherwise.
 - data/etc/apache2/plinth.conf :: -
 - data/etc/apache2/plinth-ssl.conf :: -
 - data/etc/sudoers.d/plinth :: -
-- doc/colophon.mdwn :: -
 - doc/footer.html :: -
 - doc/hacking.mdwn :: -
 - doc/header.html :: -
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index faf617a22..a5b44860c 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PDFLATEX=pdflatex
 
 # List text files in the order in which you want them to appear in the
 # complete manual:
-SOURCES=README.mdwn INSTALL.mdwn themes.mdwn hacking.mdwn modules.mdwn scripts.mdwn COPYING.mdwn colophon.mdwn
+SOURCES=README.mdwn INSTALL.mdwn themes.mdwn hacking.mdwn modules.mdwn scripts.mdwn COPYING.mdwn
 MAN_SOURCES=$(patsubst COPYING.mdwn,copyright_notice00,$(SOURCES))
 
 NEWLINE_SOURCES=$(patsubst %,% oneline.txt,$(SOURCES))
diff --git a/doc/colophon.mdwn b/doc/colophon.mdwn
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ab693210..000000000
--- a/doc/colophon.mdwn
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Colophon
-
-This manual was typed in emacs, formatted using markdown and converted
-to pdf, html, troff and latex using pandoc and pdflatex.
-
-The complete source code to this manual is available in the 'doc'
-directory of the Freedom Box front end source distribution.
-