diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index da47cb8..0c6ad1e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 
 $(filter %-softmmu,$(SUBDIR_RULES)): $(universal-obj-y) $(trace-obj-y) $(common-obj-y) $(extra-obj-y)
 
-$(filter %-user,$(SUBDIR_RULES)): $(universal-obj-y) $(trace-obj-y) subdir-libuser
+$(filter %-user,$(SUBDIR_RULES)): $(universal-obj-y) $(trace-obj-y) $(user-obj-y)
 
 ROMSUBDIR_RULES=$(patsubst %,romsubdir-%, $(ROMS))
 romsubdir-%:
@@ -224,8 +224,6 @@
 
 qemu-ga$(EXESUF): qemu-ga.o $(qga-obj-y) $(oslib-obj-y) $(trace-obj-y) $(qapi-obj-y) $(qobject-obj-y) $(version-obj-y) libqemustub.a
 
-QEMULIBS=libuser
-
 clean:
 # avoid old build problems by removing potentially incorrect old files
 	rm -f config.mak op-i386.h opc-i386.h gen-op-i386.h op-arm.h opc-arm.h gen-op-arm.h
@@ -242,7 +240,7 @@
 	rm -rf qapi-generated
 	rm -rf qga/qapi-generated
 	$(MAKE) -C tests/tcg clean
-	for d in $(ALL_SUBDIRS) $(QEMULIBS) libcacard; do \
+	for d in $(ALL_SUBDIRS) libcacard; do \
 	if test -d $$d; then $(MAKE) -C $$d $@ || exit 1; fi; \
 	rm -f $$d/qemu-options.def; \
         done
@@ -265,7 +263,7 @@
 	rm -f config.log
 	rm -f linux-headers/asm
 	rm -f qemu-tech.info qemu-tech.aux qemu-tech.cp qemu-tech.dvi qemu-tech.fn qemu-tech.info qemu-tech.ky qemu-tech.log qemu-tech.pdf qemu-tech.pg qemu-tech.toc qemu-tech.tp qemu-tech.vr
-	for d in $(TARGET_DIRS) $(QEMULIBS); do \
+	for d in $(TARGET_DIRS); do \
 	rm -rf $$d || exit 1 ; \
         done
 	if test -f pixman/config.log; then make -C pixman distclean; fi
diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index 3248eaf..986f085 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@
 user-obj-y += cache-utils.o
 user-obj-y += module.o
 user-obj-y += qemu-user.o
-user-obj-y += $(trace-obj-y)
 user-obj-y += qom/
 
 ######################################################################
@@ -196,6 +195,8 @@
 
 $(trace-obj-y): $(GENERATED_HEADERS)
 
+universal-obj-y += $(trace-obj-y)
+
 ######################################################################
 # smartcard
 
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index f353651..8bbad38 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -155,9 +155,8 @@
 
 ifdef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
 all-obj-y += $(addprefix ../, $(common-obj-y))
-all-obj-y += $(addprefix ../, $(trace-obj-y))
 else
-all-obj-y += $(addprefix ../libuser/, $(user-obj-y))
+all-obj-y += $(addprefix ../, $(user-obj-y))
 endif #CONFIG_LINUX_USER
 
 ifdef QEMU_PROGW
diff --git a/Makefile.user b/Makefile.user
deleted file mode 100644
index 9302d33..0000000
--- a/Makefile.user
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# Makefile for qemu target independent user files.
-
-include ../config-host.mak
-include $(SRC_PATH)/rules.mak
--include config.mak
-
-.PHONY: all
-
-$(call set-vpath, $(SRC_PATH))
-
-QEMU_CFLAGS+=-I..
-QEMU_CFLAGS += -I$(SRC_PATH)/include
-QEMU_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_USER_ONLY
-
-include $(SRC_PATH)/Makefile.objs
-
-all: $(user-obj-y)
-# Dummy command so that make thinks it has done something
-	@true
-
-clean:
-	for d in . trace; do \
-	rm -f $$d/*.o $$d/*.d $$d/*.a $$d/*~; \
-	done
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f180e17..4d0e116 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4212,9 +4212,6 @@
     echo "LD=$ld" >> $config_mak
 done
 
-d=libuser
-symlink "$source_path/Makefile.user" "$d/Makefile"
-
 if test "$docs" = "yes" ; then
   mkdir -p QMP
 fi