diff --git a/linux/testvector-generation/Makefile b/linux/testvector-generation/Makefile
index 54f95f20..c31aae39 100644
--- a/linux/testvector-generation/Makefile
+++ b/linux/testvector-generation/Makefile
@@ -3,15 +3,11 @@ SHELL = /bin/sh
 CFLAG = -Wall -g
 CC = gcc
 
-all: fixBinMem silencePipe
+all: fixBinMem
 
 fixBinMem: fixBinMem.c
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} fixBinMem.c -o fixBinMem
 	chmod +x fixBinMem
 
-silencePipe: silencePipe.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} silencePipe.c -o silencePipe
-	chmod +x silencePipe
 clean:
 	-rm -f fixBinMem
-	-rm -f silencePipe
diff --git a/linux/testvector-generation/silencePipe.c b/linux/testvector-generation/silencePipe.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ffeb14b..00000000
--- a/linux/testvector-generation/silencePipe.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-  char *line = NULL;
-  size_t len = 0;
-  while (1) {
-      FILE* controlFile = fopen("silencePipe.control", "r");
-      char silenceChar = getc(controlFile);
-      fclose(controlFile);
-      ssize_t lineSize = getline(&line, &len, stdin);
-      if (silenceChar!='1') {
-          printf("%s",line);
-      } else {
-        fprintf(stderr,"%s",line);
-      }
-  }
-  free(line);
-  return 0;
-}