diff --git a/src/host/host.mk b/src/host/host.mk
index e2676fb4d..f9cd879c7 100644
--- a/src/host/host.mk
+++ b/src/host/host.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 POWERSHELL_RUN_FOLDER=$(MONAD)/src/powershell-run
 POWERSHELL_RUN_SRCS=$(addprefix $(POWERSHELL_RUN_FOLDER)/, main.cs host.cs ui.cs rawui.cs readline.cs powershell-run.assembly-info.cs)
-POWERSHELL_SIMPLE_SRCS=$(addprefix $(POWERSHELL_RUN_FOLDER)/, powershell-simple.cs powershell-simple.assembly-info.cs)
 
 # direct dependencies to be linked in
 POWERSHELL_RUN_DEPS=$(addprefix $(PSLIB)/, System.Management.Automation.dll Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll $(ASSEMBLY_LOAD_CONTEXT_TARGET))
@@ -13,6 +12,3 @@ POWERSHELL_RUN_REFS=$(addprefix -r:, $(POWERSHELL_RUN_DEPS))
 
 $(PSLIB)/powershell-run.exe: $(POWERSHELL_RUN_SRCS) $(POWERSHELL_RUN_DEPS)
 	    $(CSC) -out:$@ -noconfig -nostdlib -target:exe $(POWERSHELL_RUN_REFS) $(COREREF) $(POWERSHELL_RUN_SRCS)
-
-$(PSLIB)/powershell-simple.exe: $(POWERSHELL_SIMPLE_SRCS) $(POWERSHELL_RUN_DEPS)
-	    $(CSC) -out:$@ -noconfig -nostdlib -target:exe $(POWERSHELL_RUN_REFS) $(COREREF) $(POWERSHELL_SIMPLE_SRCS)