diff --git a/lib/makefile b/lib/makefile
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-# REQUIRES GMAKE!!!!
-#
-# wgrib2 uses components of varying copyrights and licences.  See wgrib2/LICENSE-wgrib2
-#
-# makefile for grib2/lib/wgrib2api.lib
-# 
-SHELL=/bin/sh
-# SHELL=/bin/ksh
-.SUFFIXES: .x
-
-# list of all libraries
-libs:=$(wildcard *.a)
-
-# remove libwgrib2.a
-libs:=$(libs:libwgrib2.a=)
-# remove libpng.a - duplicated libpng12
-libs:=$(libs:libpng.a=)
-
-# .a -> .x
-libs:=$(libs:.a=.x)
-libsdir:=$(libs:.x=)
-
-all:	${libs}
-	touch libpng.a ; rm libpng.*
-	$(AR) cr libwgrib2.a */*.o
-ifeq ($(MAKE_SHARED_LIB),gnu_linux)
-	${CC} -shared ${CPPFLAGS} -o libwgrib2.so  */*.o ${LDFLAGS} 
-else ifeq ($(MAKE_SHARED_LIB),clang_linux)
-	${CC} -shared ${CPPFLAGS} -o libwgrib2.so */*.o ${LDFLAGS} 
-else ifeq ($(MAKE_SHARED_LIB),nvidia_linux)
-	${CC} -shared ${CPPFLAGS} -o libwgrib2.so */*.o ${LDFLAGS} 
-else ifeq ($(MAKE_SHARED_LIB),oneapi_linux)
-	${CC} -shared ${CPPFLAGS} -o libwgrib2.so */*.o ${LDFLAGS} 
-else ifeq ($(MAKE_SHARED_LIB),gnu_mac)
-	${CC} -dynamiclib ${CPPFLAGS} -o libwgrib2.dylib  */*.o ${LDFLAGS} 
-else ifeq ($(MAKE_SHARED_LIB),cygwin_win)
-	${CC} -shared ${CPPFLAGS} -o libwgrib2.so */*.o ${LDFLAGS} 
-endif
-	rm */*.o *.x
-	rm -r ${libsdir}
-
-clean:
-	touch junk.x junk.so junk.dynlib junk.mod junk.la junk.a
-	rm  *.x *.so *.dynlib *.mod *.la *.a
-	mkdir -p pkgconfig && rm -r pkgconfig
-	touch libjunk ; rm -r lib*
-
-.a.x:   $(*).a
-	mkdir -p $(*) && touch $(*)/junk && rm -r $(*)/*
-	cd $(*) && $(AR) x ../$(*).a
-	touch $*.x