diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 3ce3c191c1..e103d9d31d 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -3638,7 +3638,6 @@ ide/lazarusidestrconsts.pas svneol=native#text/pascal
 ide/lazarusmanager.pas svneol=native#text/pascal
 ide/lazbuild.lpi svneol=native#text/plain
 ide/lazbuild.lpr svneol=native#text/plain
-ide/lazbuild.rc svneol=CRLF#text/plain eol=crlf
 ide/lazconf.pp svneol=native#text/pascal
 ide/lazdoc.lrs svneol=native#text/pascal
 ide/macropromptdlg.pas svneol=native#text/pascal
diff --git a/ide/lazbuild.lpr b/ide/lazbuild.lpr
index dc31bb9366..d39eefdeb2 100644
--- a/ide/lazbuild.lpr
+++ b/ide/lazbuild.lpr
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ program lazbuild;
 
 {$mode objfpc}{$H+}
 
-{$IFDEF WINDOWS}
-  {$R lazbuild.rc}
-{$ENDIF}
-
 uses
   Classes, SysUtils, CustApp, LCLProc, Dialogs, Forms, Controls, FileUtil,
   Interfaces, InterfaceBase, UTF8Process,
diff --git a/ide/lazbuild.rc b/ide/lazbuild.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ed03fafc0..0000000000
--- a/ide/lazbuild.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-MAINICON ICON "../images/LazarusProject.ico"