diff --git a/bin/.README b/bin/.README
deleted file mode 100644
index 140b7cd0f..000000000
--- a/bin/.README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Keep this file here so CVS won't remove the directory
diff --git a/lib/.README b/lib/.README
deleted file mode 100644
index 140b7cd0f..000000000
--- a/lib/.README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Keep this file here so CVS won't remove the directory