diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a964bc40..000000000
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-\.ccache/
-\.clang-format
-\.clang-tidy
-\.git/
-\.git$
-\.github/
-\.svn/
-\.(bak|old)/
-\.(bak|old)$
-\.tar\.
-.*\.tgz
-.*\.log
-\..*\.swp
-.*\.tmp
-.*\.tidy
-.*\.tex
-.*\.key
-.*\.vcd
-.*\.1
-\.codacy\.yml
-\.travis\.yml
-/_build/
-/build/
-/obj_dbg/
-/obj_dir/
-/obj_dist/
-/obj_iv/
-/obj_ms/
-/obj_nc/
-/obj_opt/
-/obj_vcs/
-/obj_vlt/
-/obj_vltmt/
-INCA_libs/
-/cov_work/
-/logs/
-^Makefile$
-README.html
-bin/verilator_bin.*
-bin/verilator_coverage_bin.*
-docs/.*\.html$
-docs/_build/
-docs/clang-format.txt$
-docs/doxygen-doc/.*
-docs/spelling.txt
-examples/xml_py/copied/
-examples/xml_py/graph.*
-sonar-project.properties
-src/Makefile$
-src/Makefile_obj$
-include/verilated.mk$
-test_regress/.gdbinit$
-test_regress/transcript
-codecov.yml
-config.cache$
-config.status$
-verilator\.log
-verilator\.tex
-verilator-config.cmake$
-verilator-config-version.cmake$
-verilator.pc$
-verilator_bin.*
-verilator_coverage_bin.*
-.vcsmx_rebuild$
-ncverilog.history
-autom4te\.cache/
-nodist/
-ci/
-/simv$
-/simv.daidir/
-/vc_hdrs.h$
-/csrc/
-obj_dir.*
-TAGS
-gmon.out
-.*~
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 38c73b19d..7b09873c8 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -118,81 +118,6 @@ INFOS = verilator.html verilator.pdf
 
 INFOS_OLD = README README.html README.pdf
 
-# Files that can be generated, but should be up to date for a distribution.
-DISTDEP = info Makefile
-
-DISTFILES1 = $(INFOS) .gitignore \
-	*.in *.ac \
-	Artistic \
-	Changes \
-	LICENSE \
-	MANIFEST.SKIP \
-	README.rst \
-	verilator-config.cmake.in \
-	verilator-config-version.cmake.in \
-	bin/verilator \
-	bin/verilator_ccache_report \
-	bin/verilator_coverage \
-	bin/verilator_difftree \
-	bin/verilator_gantt \
-	bin/verilator_includer \
-	bin/verilator_profcfunc \
-	docs/.gitignore \
-	docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst \
-	docs/CONTRIBUTORS \
-	docs/Makefile \
-	docs/_static/*.png \
-	docs/_static/css/* \
-	docs/bin/* \
-	docs/gen/* \
-	docs/guide/*.py \
-	docs/guide/*.rst \
-	docs/guide/figures/* \
-	docs/install.rst \
-	docs/internals.rst \
-	docs/internals.rst \
-	docs/verilated.dox \
-	docs/xml.rst \
-	install-sh configure *.pod \
-	include/*.[chv]* \
-	include/*.in \
-	include/.*ignore \
-	include/gtkwave/*.[chv]* \
-	include/vltstd/*.[chv]* \
-	.*attributes */.*attributes  */*/.*attributes \
-	src/.*ignore src/*.in src/*.cpp src/*.[chly] \
-	src/astgen src/bisonpre src/*fix src/cppcheck_filtered \
-	src/config_rev \
-	src/vlcovgen src/mkinstalldirs \
-	src/.gdbinit \
-	src/*.pl src/*.pod \
-	examples/*/.*ignore examples/*/Makefile* \
-	examples/*/*.[chv]* examples/*/vl_* \
-	examples/*/CMakeLists.txt \
-
-DISTFILES2 = \
-	test_*/.*ignore test_*/Makefile* test_*/*.cpp \
-	test_*/*.pl test_*/*.v test_*/*.vc test_*/*.vh \
-	test_regress/*.pl \
-	test_regress/Makefile \
-	test_regress/Makefile_obj \
-	test_regress/input.vc \
-	test_regress/CMakeLists.txt \
-	test_regress/t/t*/*.sv* \
-	test_regress/t/t*/*.v* \
-	test_regress/t/t*/*/*.sv* \
-	test_regress/t/t*/*/*.v* \
-	test_regress/t/t*/*.cpp \
-	test_regress/t/t*/CMakeLists.txt \
-	test_regress/t/*.cpp \
-	test_regress/t/*.h \
-	test_regress/t/*.dat \
-	test_regress/t/*.mem \
-	test_regress/t/*.out \
-	test_regress/t/*.pl \
-	test_regress/t/*.pf \
-	test_regress/t/*.v* \
-
 INST_PROJ_FILES = \
 	bin/verilator \
 	bin/verilator_ccache_report \
@@ -386,44 +311,7 @@ uninstall:
 install: all_nomsg install-all
 install-all: installbin installman installdata install-msg
 
-install-here: installman ftp
-
-ifeq ($(VERILATOR_AUTHOR_SITE),1)	# Local... Else don't burden users
-DISTNAMEREV = $(shell sed -e '/DTVERSION/!d' -e 's/.*verilator_\([^"]*\).*/\1/' -e q ${srcdir}/src/config_rev.h)
-
-VERILATOR_CAD_DIR = $(CAD_DIR)/verilator/$(DISTNAMEREV)/$(DIRPROJECT_ARCH)
-INST_PROJ_CVS = cp_if_cvs_diff
-
-install-cadtools: dist
-	@echo "Install-project to $(CAD_DIR)"
-	strip bin/verilator_bin*
-	strip bin/verilator_coverage_bin*
-	$(MAKE) install-cadtools-quick
-	$(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(VERILATOR_CAD_DIR)/man/man1
-	for p in $(VL_INST_MAN_FILES) ; do \
-	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$p $(VERILATOR_CAD_DIR)/man/man1/$$p; \
-	done
-	$(INST_PROJ_CVS) $(DISTNAME).tgz $(VERILATOR_CAD_DIR)/verilator.tgz
-	rm $(DISTNAME).tgz
-
-install-cadtools-quick:
-ifeq ($(CFG_WITH_DEFENV),yes)
-	@echo "%Error: Reconfigure with './configure --disable-defenv' to avoid hardcoded paths."
-	false
-endif
-	@echo "Install-cadtools-quick (no strip) to $(VERILATOR_CAD_DIR)"
-	$(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(VERILATOR_CAD_DIR)/include/gtkwave
-	$(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(VERILATOR_CAD_DIR)/include/vltstd
-	$(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(VERILATOR_CAD_DIR)/bin
-	for p in $(INST_PROJ_FILES) ; do \
-	  $(INST_PROJ_CVS) $$p $(VERILATOR_CAD_DIR)/$$p; \
-	done
-	for p in $(INST_PROJ_BIN_FILES) ; do \
-	  $(INST_PROJ_CVS) $$p $(VERILATOR_CAD_DIR)/$$p; \
-	done
-
-# VERILATOR_AUTHOR_SITE
-endif
+install-here: installman info
 
 # Use --xml flag to see the cppcheck code to use for suppression
 CPPCHECK_CPP = $(wildcard \
@@ -524,9 +412,6 @@ lint-py:
 format-pl-exec:
 	-chmod a+x test_regress/t/*.pl
 
-
-ftp: info
-
 install-msg:
 	@echo
 	@echo "Installed binaries to $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/verilator"
@@ -597,15 +482,6 @@ TAGS:	$(TAGFILES)
 doxygen:
 	$(MAKE) -C docs doxygen
 
-######################################################################
-# Test targets
-
-dist-file-list:
-	@echo "begin-dist-file-list:";  # Scripts look for this
-	@echo $(wildcard $(DISTFILES1))
-	@echo $(wildcard $(DISTFILES2))
-	@echo "end-dist-file-list:";  # Scripts look for this
-
 ######################################################################
 # Distributions
 
@@ -613,36 +489,16 @@ DISTTITLE := Verilator $(word 1,$(PACKAGE_VERSION))
 DISTNAME := verilator-$(word 1,$(PACKAGE_VERSION))
 DISTDATEPRE := $(word 2,$(PACKAGE_VERSION))
 DISTDATE := $(subst /,-,$(DISTDATEPRE))
-
 DISTTAGNAME := $(subst .,_,$(subst -,_,$(DISTNAME)))
 
 tag:
 	svnorcvs tag $(DISTTAGNAME)
 
-# Don't depend on DISTFILES because there's no rule for "standards.info*".
-dist: $(DISTDEP) maintainer-copy
-	-rm -fr $(DISTNAME)
-	for file in $(DISTFILES1); do \
-	  mkdir -p `dirname $(DISTNAME)/$$file` >/dev/null ; \
-	  ln $$file $(DISTNAME)/$$file \
-	  || { echo copying $$file instead; cp -p $$file $(DISTNAME)/$$file;}; \
-	done; true;
-	for file in $(DISTFILES2); do \
-	  mkdir -p `dirname $(DISTNAME)/$$file` >/dev/null ; \
-	  ln $$file $(DISTNAME)/$$file \
-	  || { echo copying $$file instead; cp -p $$file $(DISTNAME)/$$file;}; \
-	done; true;
-	chmod -R a+r $(DISTNAME)
-	tar chf $(DISTNAME).tar $(DISTNAME)
-	gzip --force --best $(DISTNAME).tar
-	mv $(DISTNAME).tar.gz $(DISTNAME).tgz
-	rm -fr $(DISTNAME)
-
 maintainer-diff:
 	svnorcvs diff $(DISTTAGNAME)
 
 preexist:
 	svnorcvs nexists $(DISTTAGNAME)
 
-maintainer-dist: preexist dist tag
-	svnorcvs release $(DISTNAME).tgz
+maintainer-dist: preexist tag
+	svnorcvs release $(DISTTAGNAME)
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_dist_manifest.pl b/test_regress/t/t_dist_manifest.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index dcd6ef8f3..000000000
--- a/test_regress/t/t_dist_manifest.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
-if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
-# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
-#
-# Copyright 2003 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you
-# can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
-# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
-# Version 2.0.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
-
-scenarios(dist => 1);
-
-my $root = "..";
-
-### Must trim output before and after our file list
-my %files = %{get_manifest_files($root)};
-
-my $all_files = `cd $root && find . -type f -print`;
-foreach my $file (split /\s+/,$all_files) {
-    next if $file eq '';
-    $file =~ s!^\./!!;
-    $files{$file} |= 2;
-}
-
-my %file_regexps;
-my $skip = file_contents("$root/MANIFEST.SKIP");
-foreach my $file (sort keys %files) {
-    foreach my $skip (split /\s+/,$skip) {
-        if ($file =~ /$skip/) {
-            $files{$file} |= 4;
-            $file_regexps{$file} = $skip;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-# The repo may be a Git worktree
-my $git_dir = `cd $root ; git rev-parse --git-common-dir`;
-chomp $git_dir;
-if (! -d $git_dir) {
-    $git_dir = ".git";
-}
-
-# Ignore files locally excluded
-my $git_exclude = `cd $root && git ls-files --others --ignored --exclude-from $git_dir/info/exclude`;
-foreach my $exclude (split /\s+/, $git_exclude) {
-    if (exists $files{$exclude}) {
-        $files{$exclude} |= 8;
-    }
-}
-
-my %warns;
-foreach my $file (sort keys %files) {
-    my $tar = $files{$file}&1;
-    my $dir = $files{$file}&2;
-    my $skip = $files{$file}&4;
-    my $exclude = $files{$file}&8;
-
-    print +(($tar ? "TAR ":"    ")
-            .($dir ? "DIR ":"    ")
-            .($skip ? "SKIP ":"     ")
-            .($exclude ? "EXCL ":"     ")
-            ."  $file\n") if $Self->{verbose};
-
-    if ($dir && !$tar && !$skip && !$exclude) {
-        $warns{$file} = "File not in manifest or MANIFEST.SKIP: $file";
-    } elsif (!$dir && $tar && !$skip) {
-        $warns{$file} = "File in manifest, but not directory: $file";
-    } elsif ($dir && $tar && $skip) {
-        $warns{$file} = "File in manifest and also MANIFEST.SKIP, too general skip regexp '$file_regexps{$file}'?: $file";
-    }
-}
-
-if (keys %warns) {
-    # First warning lists everything as that's shown in the driver summary
-    error("Files mismatch with manifest: ",join(' ',sort keys %warns));
-    foreach my $file (sort keys %warns) {
-        error($warns{$file});
-    }
-}
-
-ok(1);
-1;
-
-sub get_manifest_files {
-    my $root = shift;
-    `cd $root && $ENV{MAKE} dist-file-list`;
-    my $manifest_files = `cd $root && $ENV{MAKE} dist-file-list`;
-    $manifest_files =~ s!.*begin-dist-file-list:!!sg;
-    $manifest_files =~ s!end-dist-file-list:.*$!!sg;
-    print "MF $manifest_files\n" if $Self->{verbose};
-    my %files;
-    foreach my $file (split /\s+/,$manifest_files) {
-        next if $file eq '';
-        $files{$file} |= 1;
-    }
-    return \%files;
-}