diff --git a/common/dockerd.json b/common/dockerd.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e71a308a6..0000000000
--- a/common/dockerd.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "image": "docker.io/${ENGINE_IMAGE}",
-    "imagePath": "/var/lib/docker-engine/engine.tar",
-    "namespace":"docker",
-    "args": [
-        "--containerd", "/run/containerd/containerd.sock",
-        "--default-runtime", "containerd",
-        "--add-runtime", "containerd=runc"
-    ],
-    "scope": "${ENGINE_SCOPE}"
-}
diff --git a/containerd.mk b/containerd.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 2620772844..0000000000
--- a/containerd.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Common things for containerd functionality
-
-CONTAINERD_PROXY_COMMIT=35c543bd887878714213cf61ee14038499fd25b7
-CONTAINERD_SHIM_PROCESS_IMAGE=docker.io/docker/containerd-shim-process:ff98a47
-
-# If containerd is running use that socket instead
-ifeq ("$(shell systemctl is-active containerd)", "active")
-CONTAINERD_SOCK:=/var/run/containerd/containerd.sock
-else
-CONTAINERD_SOCK:=/var/run/docker/containerd/docker-containerd.sock
-endif
-CTR=docker run \
-	--rm -i \
-	-v $(CONTAINERD_SOCK):/ours/containerd.sock \
-	-v $(CURDIR)/artifacts:/artifacts \
-	docker:18.06.0-ce \
-	docker-containerd-ctr -a /ours/containerd.sock
diff --git a/deb/Makefile b/deb/Makefile
index 2b99067ad8..25ce49305e 100644
--- a/deb/Makefile
+++ b/deb/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-include ../containerd.mk
-
 SHELL:=/bin/bash
 ARCH:=$(shell uname -m)
 CLI_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/../../cli
diff --git a/rpm/Makefile b/rpm/Makefile
index 00f5919a22..77dc387b46 100644
--- a/rpm/Makefile
+++ b/rpm/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-include ../containerd.mk
-
 ARCH=$(shell uname -m)
 ENGINE_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/../../engine
 CLI_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/../../cli