diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 544024db6f6f..ec3a2fe8c1af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 /config_build_lang.mk
 /configure
 /lo.xcent
-/solenv/gbuild/shell.mk
 /Makefile
 /NEWS
 /TODO
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 4a065ff7924c..bf8d79845f43 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ SRCDIR := @SRC_ROOT@
 BUILDDIR := @BUILDDIR@
 GIT_BUILD := $(if $(wildcard $(SRCDIR)/.git),T)
 
-include $(SRCDIR)/solenv/gbuild/shell.mk
-
 # Run autogen.sh if needed and force make to restart itself.
 # ... but there are several cases where we do not want to run
 # autogen.sh:
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ $(BUILDDIR)/config_host.mk : $(wildcard \
 		$(SRCDIR)/configure.ac \
 		$(SRCDIR)/config_host/*.h.in \
 		$(SRCDIR)/android/source/AndroidManifest.xml.in \
-		$(SRCDIR)/solenv/gbuild/shell.mk.in \
 		$(BUILDDIR)/autogen.input \
 		$(BUILDDIR)/autogen.lastrun \
 		$(BUILDDIR)/autogen.sh \
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ gb_Side ?= host
 
 include $(BUILDDIR)/config_$(gb_Side).mk
 
-export GMAKE_OPTIONS?=-r$(if $(verbose),,s)$(value $(MAKEFLAGS)) SHELL=$(SHELL)
+export GMAKE_OPTIONS?=-r$(if $(verbose),,s)$(value $(MAKEFLAGS))
 
 PARALLELISM_OPTION := $(if $(filter-out 0,$(PARALLELISM)),-j $(PARALLELISM),)
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8ab6089f7a93..e650e71531fc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4519,7 +4519,6 @@ if test "$cross_compiling" = "yes"; then
         lo.xcent.in \
         instsetoo_native/util/openoffice.lst.in \
         config_host/*.in \
-        solenv/gbuild/shell.mk.in \
         sysui/desktop/macosx/Info.plist.in \
         ios/lo.xcconfig.in) \
     | (cd CONF-FOR-BUILD && tar xf -)
@@ -4957,15 +4956,6 @@ if test "$_make_ver_check" = ""; then
    STALE_MAKE=TRUE
 fi
 
-if test -z "$SHELL_BASH"; then
-    if test "$GNUMAKE_WIN_NATIVE" = "TRUE" ; then
-        SHELL_BASH=$(cygpath -m $(which bash))
-    else
-        SHELL_BASH=`which bash`
-    fi
-fi
-AC_SUBST(SHELL_BASH)
-
 HAVE_LD_HASH_STYLE=FALSE
 WITH_LINKER_HASH_STYLE=
 AC_MSG_CHECKING( for --hash-style gcc linker support )
@@ -12998,7 +12988,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([config_host.mk
                  Makefile
                  lo.xcent
                  instsetoo_native/util/openoffice.lst
-                 solenv/gbuild/shell.mk
                  sysui/desktop/macosx/Info.plist
                  ios/lo.xcconfig])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config_host/config_buildid.h])
diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/partial_build.mk b/solenv/gbuild/partial_build.mk
index e8413246bd1a..3b4478f23154 100644
--- a/solenv/gbuild/partial_build.mk
+++ b/solenv/gbuild/partial_build.mk
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),)
 include $(BUILDDIR)/config_$(gb_Side).mk
 endif
 
-include $(SRCDIR)/solenv/gbuild/shell.mk
-
 gb_PARTIAL_BUILD := T
 include $(SRCDIR)/solenv/gbuild/gbuild.mk
 
diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/shell.mk.in b/solenv/gbuild/shell.mk.in
deleted file mode 100644
index d5a92528e522..000000000000
--- a/solenv/gbuild/shell.mk.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# -*- Mode: makefile-gmake; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t -*-
-#
-# This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
-#
-# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-#
-
-export SHELL := @SHELL_BASH@
-
-# vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4: