diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 852a64b0a..fa0b6a803 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ xdr-generate: $(XDRS)
 	./gradlew :spotlessApply
 
 xdr/%.x:
-	printf "%s" ${XDRNEXT_COMMIT} > xdr/xdr_commit_generated.txt
 	curl -Lsf -o $@ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stellar/stellar-xdr/$(XDRNEXT_COMMIT)/$(@F)
 
 xdr-clean: