diff --git a/contrib/cygwin_build.sh b/contrib/cygwin_build.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-# script to build Julia in Cygwin assuming the following packages are installed
-# - make
-# - mingw64-x86_64-gcc-g++ (for 64 bit)
-# - mingw64-x86_64-gcc-fortran (for 64 bit)
-# - mingw-gcc-g++ (for 32 bit)
-# - mingw-gcc-fortran (for 32 bit)
-# - dos2unix
-
-dos2unix contrib/relative_path.sh
-
-if [ `arch` = x86_64 ]; then
-  XC_HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32 make
-else
-  XC_HOST=i686-pc-mingw32 make
-fi