diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bd165b5..ffb4d85 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ go:
   - 1.10.x
 
 script:
-  - make check_license
   - go test -short ./...
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index be65128..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2018 The Prometheus Authors
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-include Makefile.common
diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
deleted file mode 100644
index c9d8323..0000000
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2018 The Prometheus Authors
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-
-# A common Makefile that includes rules to be reused in different prometheus projects.
-# !!! Open PRs only against the prometheus/prometheus/Makefile.common repository!
-
-# Example usage :
-# Create the main Makefile in the root project directory. 
-# include Makefile.common
-# customTarget:
-# 	@echo ">> Running customTarget"
-#
-
-# Ensure GOBIN is not set during build so that promu is installed to the correct path
-unexport GOBIN
-
-GO           ?= go
-GOFMT        ?= $(GO)fmt
-FIRST_GOPATH := $(firstword $(subst :, ,$(shell $(GO) env GOPATH)))
-PROMU        := $(FIRST_GOPATH)/bin/promu
-STATICCHECK  := $(FIRST_GOPATH)/bin/staticcheck
-GOVENDOR     := $(FIRST_GOPATH)/bin/govendor
-pkgs          = ./...
-
-PREFIX                  ?= $(shell pwd)
-BIN_DIR                 ?= $(shell pwd)
-DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG        ?= $(subst /,-,$(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD))
-DOCKER_REPO             ?= prom
-
-.PHONY: all
-all: style staticcheck unused build test
-
-# This rule is used to forward a target like "build" to "common-build".  This
-# allows a new "build" target to be defined in a Makefile which includes this
-# one and override "common-build" without override warnings.
-%: common-% ;
-
-.PHONY: common-style
-common-style:
-	@echo ">> checking code style"
-	@fmtRes=$$($(GOFMT) -d $$(find . -path ./vendor -prune -o -name '*.go' -print)); \
-	if [ -n "$${fmtRes}" ]; then \
-		echo "gofmt checking failed!"; echo "$${fmtRes}"; echo; \
-		echo "Please ensure you are using $$($(GO) version) for formatting code."; \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi
-
-.PHONY: common-check_license
-common-check_license:
-	@echo ">> checking license header"
-	@licRes=$$(for file in $$(find . -type f -iname '*.go' ! -path './vendor/*') ; do \
-               awk 'NR<=3' $$file | grep -Eq "(Copyright|generated|GENERATED)" || echo $$file; \
-       done); \
-       if [ -n "$${licRes}" ]; then \
-               echo "license header checking failed:"; echo "$${licRes}"; \
-               exit 1; \
-       fi
-
-.PHONY: common-test-short
-common-test-short:
-	@echo ">> running short tests"
-	$(GO) test -short $(pkgs)
-
-.PHONY: common-test
-common-test:
-	@echo ">> running all tests"
-	$(GO) test -race $(pkgs)
-
-.PHONY: common-format
-common-format:
-	@echo ">> formatting code"
-	$(GO) fmt $(pkgs)
-
-.PHONY: common-vet
-common-vet:
-	@echo ">> vetting code"
-	$(GO) vet $(pkgs)
-
-.PHONY: common-staticcheck
-common-staticcheck: $(STATICCHECK)
-	@echo ">> running staticcheck"
-	$(STATICCHECK) -ignore "$(STATICCHECK_IGNORE)" $(pkgs)
-
-.PHONY: common-unused
-common-unused: $(GOVENDOR)
-	@echo ">> running check for unused packages"
-	@$(GOVENDOR) list +unused | grep . && exit 1 || echo 'No unused packages'
-
-.PHONY: common-build
-common-build: promu
-	@echo ">> building binaries"
-	$(PROMU) build --prefix $(PREFIX)
-
-.PHONY: common-tarball
-common-tarball: promu
-	@echo ">> building release tarball"
-	$(PROMU) tarball --prefix $(PREFIX) $(BIN_DIR)
-
-.PHONY: common-docker
-common-docker:
-	docker build -t "$(DOCKER_REPO)/$(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME):$(DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG)" .
-
-.PHONY: common-docker-publish
-common-docker-publish:
-	docker push "$(DOCKER_REPO)/$(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME)"
-
-.PHONY: common-docker-tag-latest
-common-docker-tag-latest:
-	docker tag "$(DOCKER_REPO)/$(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME):$(DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG)" "$(DOCKER_REPO)/$(DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME):latest"
-
-.PHONY: promu
-promu:
-	GOOS= GOARCH= $(GO) get -u github.com/prometheus/promu
-
-.PHONY: $(STATICCHECK)
-$(STATICCHECK):
-	GOOS= GOARCH= $(GO) get -u honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck
-
-.PHONY: $(GOVENDOR)
-$(GOVENDOR):
-	GOOS= GOARCH= $(GO) get -u github.com/kardianos/govendor