diff --git a/support/xhpast/Makefile b/support/xhpast/Makefile
--- a/support/xhpast/Makefile
+++ b/support/xhpast/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 scanner.lex.o: needparserscanner parser.yacc.hpp node_names.hpp scanner.lex.hpp
 
-libxhpast.a: astnode.o scanner.lex.o parser.yacc.o
+libxhpast.a: scanner.lex.o parser.yacc.o
 	$(AR) -crs $@ $^
 
 xhpast: xhpast.cpp libxhpast.a
diff --git a/support/xhpast/astnode.cpp b/support/xhpast/astnode.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/support/xhpast/astnode.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#include "astnode.hpp"