diff --git a/src/bin/Jamfile b/src/bin/Jamfile
index 75aea891ae..9b32aacbe0 100644
--- a/src/bin/Jamfile
+++ b/src/bin/Jamfile
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ StdBinCommands
 	clear.c
 #	csplit.c
 	driveinfo.c
-#	echo.c
 	error.c
 	fortune.c
 	finddir.c
diff --git a/src/bin/echo.c b/src/bin/echo.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c6bc4156b..0000000000
--- a/src/bin/echo.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-// ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
-//
-//	Copyright (c) 2001-2002, OpenBeOS
-//
-//  This software is part of the OpenBeOS distribution and is covered 
-//  by the OpenBeOS license.
-//
-//
-//  File:        echo.c
-//  Author:      Daniel Reinhold (danielre@users.sf.net)
-//  Description: standard Unix echo command
-//
-//  Notes:
-//  the only command line option is "-n" which, if present, must appear
-//  before all the other command line args, and specifies to leave off
-//  the normal end-of-line character
-//
-// ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-
-int
-main (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	int eol = 1;
-	
-	if (argc > 1) {
-		char *first = *++argv;
-		
-		if (strcmp (first, "-n") == 0)
-			eol = 0;
-		
-		if (--argc) {
-			if (eol)
-				fprintf (stdout, "%s ", first);
-			while (--argc)
-				fprintf (stdout, "%s ", *++argv);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	if (eol)
-		fputc ('\n', stdout);
-	
-	fflush (stdout);
-	return 0;
-}