diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/ui_tests.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/ui_tests.rs
index b4745d4883c55..99c5dce347a07 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/ui_tests.rs
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/ui_tests.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ const EXTENSION_EXCEPTION_PATHS: &[&str] = &[
     "tests/ui/macros/macro-expanded-include/file.txt", // testing including data with the include macros
     "tests/ui/macros/not-utf8.bin", // testing including data with the include macros
     "tests/ui/macros/syntax-extension-source-utils-files/includeme.fragment", // more include
-    "tests/ui/unused-crate-deps/test.mk", // why would you use make
     "tests/ui/proc-macro/auxiliary/included-file.txt", // more include
     "tests/ui/invalid/foo.natvis.xml", // sample debugger visualizer
 ];
diff --git a/tests/ui/unused-crate-deps/test.mk b/tests/ui/unused-crate-deps/test.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b98b4e44fb2a..0000000000000
--- a/tests/ui/unused-crate-deps/test.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Everyone uses make for building Rust
-
-foo: bar.rlib
-	$(RUSTC) --crate-type bin --extern bar=bar.rlib
-
-%.rlib: %.rs
-	$(RUSTC) --crate-type lib $<