diff --git a/utils/endian.c b/utils/endian.c
deleted file mode 100644
index b14b7e1876866b28314f228a699dd7621662ce9f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/utils/endian.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-
-/* Are we little or big endian?  From Harbison&Steele.  */
-
-main()
-{
-  union
-  {
-    long l;
-    char c[sizeof(long)];
-  }
-  u;
-
-  u.l = 1;
-  if(u.c[0] == 1)
-    printf("LittleEndian\n");
-  else if(u.c[sizeof(long) - 1] == 1)
-    printf("BigEndian\n");
-  else
-    printf("unknownEndian");
-
-  exit(u.c[sizeof(long) - 1] == 1);
-}