diff --git a/1990/cmills/.gitignore b/1990/cmills/.gitignore
index 1bb1b86ab..931adc228 100644
--- a/1990/cmills/.gitignore
+++ b/1990/cmills/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 cmills
-cmills.alt
diff --git a/1990/cmills/Makefile b/1990/cmills/Makefile
index 03743d3a0..491b4779d 100644
--- a/1990/cmills/Makefile
+++ b/1990/cmills/Makefile
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ OBJ= ${PROG}.o
 DATA=
 TARGET= ${PROG}
 #
-ALT_OBJ= ${PROG}.alt.o
-ALT_TARGET= ${PROG}.alt
+ALT_OBJ=
+ALT_TARGET=
 
 
 #################
diff --git a/1990/cmills/README.md b/1990/cmills/README.md
index 1ffc1057d..de3f4b89e 100644
--- a/1990/cmills/README.md
+++ b/1990/cmills/README.md
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ for your assistance!
 using `fgets()` instead of `gets()`. This avoids a potentially alarming warning
 at linking or runtime. Thank you Cody for your assistance!
 
-The original bug fixed version is in [cmills.alt.c](cmills.alt.c), described in
-the `Alternate code` section.
+For the original code see the [1992 archive](/archive/archive-1990.tar.bz2).
 
 
 ## Try:
@@ -36,16 +35,6 @@ the `Alternate code` section.
 ./cmills 5000
 ```
 
-### Alternate code:
-
-For the original version that uses `gets()` try:
-
-
-```sh
-make alt
-```
-
-Use `cmills.alt` as you would `cmills`.
 
 ## Judges' comments: