diff --git a/commands/Makefile b/commands/Makefile
index 05bf989eb..9e31ec449 100644
--- a/commands/Makefile
+++ b/commands/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ SUBDIR=	add_route arp ash at backup btrace \
 	atnormalize dosread fdisk loadfont \
 	autopart part partition playwave  \
 	recwave repartition screendump \
-	command echo expr getopts read test \
+	command expr getopts read test \
        	umask wait
 
 .if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "earm"
diff --git a/commands/echo/Makefile b/commands/echo/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index a72d62028..000000000
--- a/commands/echo/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-SCRIPTS= echo.sh
-BINDIR=	/bin
-MAN=
-
-.include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/commands/echo/echo.sh b/commands/echo/echo.sh
deleted file mode 120000
index f9350d4b6..000000000
--- a/commands/echo/echo.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../shared/builtin.sh
\ No newline at end of file