diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.ui/plugin.xml b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.ui/plugin.xml
index 7287ba1087d..ba4f02e0bf9 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.ui/plugin.xml
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.ui/plugin.xml
@@ -246,7 +246,9 @@
          </action>
       </actionSet>
    </extension>
-   <extension
+
+<!-- Makefile Editor comment out for CDT 1.2 -->
+   <!--extension
          id="org.eclipse.cdt.make.editor"
          name="MakefileEditor"
          point="org.eclipse.ui.editors">
@@ -258,7 +260,7 @@
             class="org.eclipse.cdt.make.internal.ui.editor.MakefileEditor"
             id="org.eclipse.cdt.make.editor">
       </editor>
-   </extension>
+   </extension -->
    <extension
          point="org.eclipse.ui.startup">
       <startup>