diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c6f1deb..acd1c9d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,8 +5,5 @@ debug:clean
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -g -o helloworld helloworld.c
 stable:clean
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o helloworld helloworld.c
-asm:clean
-	yasm -f elf -o helloasm helloworld.asm
-	chmod +x helloasm
 clean:
-	rm -vfr *~ helloworld helloasm
+	rm -vfr *~ helloworld
diff --git a/helloworld.asm b/helloworld.asm
deleted file mode 100644
index 2723381..0000000
--- a/helloworld.asm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-section .text				;section declaration
-
-;we must export the entry point to the ELF linker or
-global _start	;loader. They conventionally recognize _start as their
-;entry point. Use ld -e foo to override the default.
-
-_start:
-
-;write our string to stdout
-
-mov     edx,len ;third argument: message length
-mov     ecx,msg ;second argument: pointer to message to write
-mov     ebx,1   ;first argument: file handle (stdout)
-mov     eax,4   ;system call number (sys_write)
-int     0x80	;call kernel
-
-;and exit
-
-mov	    ebx,0	;first syscall argument: exit code
-mov     eax,1   ;system call number (sys_exit)
-int     0x80	;call kernel
-
-section .data				;section declaration
-
-msg db  "Hello, world!",0xa	;our dear string
-len equ $ - msg