diff --git a/linkchecker.bat b/linkchecker.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 747eb23f..00000000
--- a/linkchecker.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-@echo off
-rem    Copyright (C) 2000  Bastian Kleineidam
-rem
-rem    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-rem    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-rem    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-rem    (at your option) any later version.
-rem
-rem    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-rem    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-rem    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-rem    GNU General Public License for more details.
-rem
-rem    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-rem    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-rem    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
-rem uncomment the next line to enable german output
-rem set LC_MESSAGES=de
-rem Limited to 9 parameters? Is there a * for Windows?
-python "/usr/bin\linkchecker" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9