diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a1d2e08ace..3a28580619 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ SPARSE_FLAGS = -D__BIG_ENDIAN__ -D__powerpc__
 ### --- END CONFIGURATION SECTION ---
 
 SCRIPT_SH = \
-	git-add.sh git-bisect.sh git-branch.sh git-checkout.sh \
+	git-bisect.sh git-branch.sh git-checkout.sh \
 	git-cherry.sh git-clean.sh git-clone.sh git-commit.sh \
 	git-fetch.sh \
 	git-format-patch.sh git-ls-remote.sh \
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ PROGRAMS = \
 
 BUILT_INS = git-log$X git-whatchanged$X git-show$X \
 	git-count-objects$X git-diff$X git-push$X \
-	git-grep$X
+	git-grep$X git-add$X
 
 # what 'all' will build and 'install' will install, in gitexecdir
 ALL_PROGRAMS = $(PROGRAMS) $(SIMPLE_PROGRAMS) $(SCRIPTS)
diff --git a/git-add.sh b/git-add.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d6a4bc7d09..0000000000
--- a/git-add.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-USAGE='[-n] [-v] <file>...'
-SUBDIRECTORY_OK='Yes'
-. git-sh-setup
-
-show_only=
-verbose=
-while : ; do
-  case "$1" in
-    -n)
-	show_only=true
-	;;
-    -v)
-	verbose=--verbose
-	;;
-    --)
-	shift
-	break
-	;;
-    -*)
-	usage
-	;;
-    *)
-	break
-	;;
-  esac
-  shift
-done
-
-# Check misspelled pathspec
-case "$#" in
-0)	;;
-*)
-	git-ls-files --error-unmatch --others --cached -- "$@" >/dev/null || {
-		echo >&2 "Maybe you misspelled it?"
-		exit 1
-	}
-	;;
-esac
-
-if test -f "$GIT_DIR/info/exclude"
-then
-	git-ls-files -z \
-	--exclude-from="$GIT_DIR/info/exclude" \
-	--others --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore -- "$@"
-else
-	git-ls-files -z \
-	--others --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore -- "$@"
-fi |
-case "$show_only" in
-true)
-	xargs -0 echo ;;
-*)
-	git-update-index --add $verbose -z --stdin ;;
-esac