diff --git a/api.json b/api.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a9795133a4..0000000000
--- a/api.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "id": "api",
-
-  "output-file": "api.js",
-
-  "output-wrapper": [
-    "// Copyright 2012 ...\n",
-    "(function(){%output%})();"
-  ],
-
-  "inputs": "exports/ol.js",
-  "paths": [
-    "src"
-  ],
-
-  "define": {
-    // "goog.dom.ASSUME_STANDARDS_MODE": true,
-    // "goog.userAgent.ASSUME_MOBILE_WEBKIT": true,
-    "goog.DEBUG": false,
-    "ol.API" : true
-  },
-
-  "mode": "ADVANCED",
-  "level": "VERBOSE",
-  // "pretty-print": true,
-  // "debug": true,
-
-  // "experimental-compiler-options": {
-  //    "generateExports": true
-  // },
-
-
-  "checks": {
-    // acceptable values are "ERROR", "WARNING", and "OFF"
-    "accessControls": "WARNING",
-    "visibility": "WARNING",
-    "checkTypes": "WARNING",
-    "checkRegExp": "WARNING",
-    "checkVars": "WARNING",
-    "deprecated": "WARNING",
-    "fileoverviewTags": "WARNING",
-    "invalidCasts": "WARNING",
-    "missingProperties": "WARNING",
-    "nonStandardJsDocs": "WARNING",
-    "undefinedVars": "WARNING"
-  },
-
-  "jsdoc-html-output-path": "jsdoc"
-}