diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 09a5e67f4a..177d3ac4af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ $ bin/consul
 ...
 ```
 
-*Note: `make` will build all os/architecture combinations. Set the environment variable CONSUL_DEV=1 to build it just for your local machine's os/architecture.*
+*Note: `make` will build all os/architecture combinations. Set the environment variable `CONSUL_DEV=1` to build it just for your local machine's os/architecture, or use `make dev`.*
 
 *Note: `make` will also place a copy of the binary in the first part of your `$GOPATH`.*
 
@@ -64,25 +64,6 @@ You can run tests by typing `make test`.
 If you make any changes to the code, run `make format` in order to automatically
 format the code according to Go standards.
 
-### Building Consul on Windows
-
-Make sure Go 1.8+ is installed on your system and that the Go command is in your
-%PATH%.
-
-For building Consul on Windows, you also need to have MinGW installed.
-[TDM-GCC](http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/) is a simple bundle installer which has all
-the required tools for building Consul with MinGW.
-
-Install TDM-GCC and make sure it has been added to your %PATH%.
-
-If all goes well, you should be able to build Consul by running `make.bat` from a
-command prompt.
-
-See also [golang/winstrap](https://github.com/golang/winstrap) and
-[golang/wiki/WindowsBuild](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/WindowsBuild)
-for more information of how to set up a general Go build environment on Windows
-with MinGW.
-
 ## Vendoring
 
 Consul currently uses [govendor](https://github.com/kardianos/govendor) for
diff --git a/make.bat b/make.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index a1360b025e..0000000000
--- a/make.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-@echo off
-
-setlocal
-
-set _EXITCODE=0
-
-set _DEPSFILE=%TEMP%\consul-deps.txt
-go list -f "{{range .TestImports}}{{.}} {{end}}" .\... >%_DEPSFILE%
-
-set _PKGSFILE=%TEMP%\consul-pkgs.txt
-go list .\... >%_PKGSFILE%
-
-set _VETARGS=-asmdecl -atomic -bool -buildtags -copylocks -methods^
- -nilfunc -printf -rangeloops -shift -structtags -unsafeptr
-if defined VETARGS set _VETARGS=%VETARGS%
-
-:deps
-echo --^> Installing build dependencies
-for /f "delims=" %%d in (%_DEPSFILE%) do go get -d -v .\... %%d
-
-if [%1]==[] goto all
-if x%1==xdeps goto end
-goto args
-
-:args
-for %%a in (all,cover,test,vet,updatedeps) do (if x%1==x%%a goto %%a)
-echo.
-echo Unknown make target: %1
-echo Expected one of "all", "cover", "deps", "test", "vet", or "updatedeps".
-set _EXITCODE=1
-goto end
-
-:all
-md bin 2>NUL
-call .\scripts\windows\build.bat %CD%
-if not errorlevel 1 goto end
-echo.
-echo BUILD FAILED
-set _EXITCODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
-goto end
-
-:cover
-set _COVER=--cover
-go tool cover 2>NUL
-if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 3 go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/cover
-goto test
-
-:test
-call .\scripts\windows\verify_no_uuid.bat %CD%
-if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto _test
-echo.
-echo UUID verification failed.
-set _EXITCODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
-goto end
-:_test
-for /f "delims=" %%p in (%_PKGSFILE%) do (
-	go test %_COVER% %%p
-	if errorlevel 1 set _TESTFAIL=1
-)
-if x%_TESTFAIL%==x1 set _EXITCODE=1 && goto end
-goto vet
-
-:vet
-go tool vet 2>NUL
-if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 3 go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/vet
-echo --^> Running go tool vet %_VETARGS%
-go tool vet %_VETARGS% .
-echo.
-if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 echo ALL TESTS PASSED && goto end
-echo Vet found suspicious constructs. Please check the reported constructs
-echo and fix them if necessary before submitting the code for reviewal.
-set _EXITCODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
-goto end
-
-:updatedeps
-echo --^> Updating build dependencies
-for /f "delims=" %%d in (%_DEPSFILE%) do go get -d -f -u .\... %%d
-goto end
-
-:end
-del /F %_DEPSFILE% %_PKGSFILE% 2>NUL
-exit /B %_EXITCODE%