diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
index a7fbd3e8..14c9b7bc 100755
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -74,11 +74,7 @@ function configure() {
   local srcdir="$(dirname "$0")"
 
   # Don't die after this point or we'll have rather unhelpfully deleted the Makefile
-  if [[ -e ./Makefile ]]; then
-    [[ -n $arg_force ]] || die "Makefile exists, use --force to reconfigure ($MAKEFILE)"
-    info "Makefile exists, --force given, removing"
-    cmd rm "$MAKEFILE"
-  fi
+  [[ ! -e "$MAKEFILE" ]] || rm "$MAKEFILE"
 
   echo >> "$MAKEFILE" "# Generated by: $THIS_COMMAND"
   echo >> "$MAKEFILE" ""
@@ -97,7 +93,6 @@ function configure() {
 # Parse arguments
 #
 
-arg_force=""
 arg_steamrt32=""
 arg_steamrt64=""
 arg_no_steamrt=""
@@ -131,9 +126,7 @@ function parse_args() {
     fi
 
     # The args
-    if [[ $arg = --force ]]; then
-      arg_force=1
-    elif [[ $arg = --steam-runtime32 ]]; then
+    if [[ $arg = --steam-runtime32 ]]; then
       val_used=1
       arg_steamrt32="$val"
     elif [[ $arg = --steam-runtime64 ]]; then
@@ -179,8 +172,6 @@ usage() {
   "$1" "  Generate a Makefile for building Proton.  May be run from another directory to create"
   "$1" "  out-of-tree build directories (e.g. mkdir mybuild && cd mybuild && ../configure.sh)"
   "$1" ""
-  "$1" "  --force  Overwrite Makefile if it already exists"
-  "$1" ""
   "$1" "  Steam Runtime"
   "$1" "    Proton builds that are to be installed & run under the steam client must be built with"
   "$1" "    the Steam Runtime SDK to ensure compatibility.  See BUILDING.md for more information."