diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
index 839513260a5..9e7bd06c2a7 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
@@ -755,15 +755,6 @@ MingwBackend::CheckAutomaticDependencies ()
 	}
 }
 
-bool
-MingwBackend::IncludeDirectoryTarget ( const string& directory ) const
-{
-	if ( directory == "$(INTERMEDIATE)" + sSep + "tools")
-		return false;
-	else
-		return true;
-}
-
 void
 MingwBackend::GenerateDirectories ()
 {
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h
index a561a40a00b..65e61e86c03 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ private:
 	std::string GetProxyMakefileTree () const;
 	void GenerateProxyMakefiles ();
 	void CheckAutomaticDependencies ();
-	bool IncludeDirectoryTarget ( const std::string& directory ) const;
 	bool TryToDetectThisCompiler ( const std::string& compiler );
 	void DetectCompiler ();
 	std::string GetCompilerVersion ( const std::string& compilerCommand );