diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a86ba6a243ddb..65ce7ab8da9490 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ dist/
 torch.egg-info/
 */**/__pycache__
 torch/csrc/generic/TensorMethods.cpp
-torch/csrc/TensorDocstrings.cpp
-torch/csrc/TensorDocstrings.h
 torch/lib/*.so*
 torch/lib/*.dylib*
 torch/lib/*.h
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9e14dc13476828..95a8147aca2305 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@ def run(self):
             BoolOption(), thp_plugin, AutoGPU(condition='IS_CUDA'),
             ArgcountSortPlugin(), KwargsPlugin()
         ])
-        with open('torch/csrc/TensorDocstrings.cpp', 'w') as f:
-            f.write(thp_plugin.generate_docstrings_cpp())
-        with open('torch/csrc/TensorDocstrings.h', 'w') as f:
-            f.write(thp_plugin.generate_docstrings_h())
         cwrap('torch/csrc/cudnn/cuDNN.cwrap', plugins=[
             CuDNNPlugin(), NullableArguments()
         ])
@@ -192,7 +188,6 @@ def run(self):
     "torch/csrc/Size.cpp",
     "torch/csrc/Exceptions.cpp",
     "torch/csrc/Tensor.cpp",
-    "torch/csrc/TensorDocstrings.cpp",
     "torch/csrc/Storage.cpp",
     "torch/csrc/byte_order.cpp",
     "torch/csrc/utils.cpp",
diff --git a/torch/csrc/Module.cpp b/torch/csrc/Module.cpp
index 9a5f869b2e54c9..633a01ab4fdb38 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/Module.cpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/Module.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 #include "cudnn/Module.h"
 #endif
 
-#include "TensorDocstrings.h"
-
 #define WITH_NUMPY_IMPORT_ARRAY
 #include "THP.h"
 
diff --git a/torch/csrc/Tensor.cpp b/torch/csrc/Tensor.cpp
index 7c30e0a81f392d..7b53d77da468c7 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/Tensor.cpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/Tensor.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,5 @@
 #include "THP.h"
 #include "copy_utils.h"
 
-#include "TensorDocstrings.h"
-
 #include "generic/Tensor.cpp"
 #include <TH/THGenerateAllTypes.h>