diff --git a/.lift/config.toml b/.lift/config.toml
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index a57f3bad66..0000000000
--- a/.lift/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
-
-ignoreRules = [ "DEAD_STORE", "subprocess_without_shell_equals_true" ]
-ignoreFiles = [ "tests/http/**" ]
-build = "make"
-setup = ".lift/setup.sh"
diff --git a/.lift/setup.sh b/.lift/setup.sh
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index aa6ff4f4d8..0000000000
--- a/.lift/setup.sh
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
-autoreconf -fi
-./configure --with-openssl
-echo "Ran the setup script for Lift including autoconf and executing ./configure --with-openssl"