--- CMakeLists.txt	2026-03-23 12:39:03
+++ CMakeLists.txt	2026-03-23 12:39:15
@@ -28,29 +28,6 @@
 
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
-# Copy compile_commands.json into <repo-root>/.cache/clangd/ after every successful build.
-# .cache/ is intentionally outside build/ so it survives `make clean` (which does rm -rf build).
-# The build-type name is derived from the last component of CMAKE_BINARY_DIR, so build dirs must
-# be two levels below the repo root (e.g. build/debug, .cache/clangd/debug) for the repo-root
-# derivation (CMAKE_BINARY_DIR/../..) to be correct. This works in both standalone duckdb builds
-# and extension builds where duckdb/ is a submodule.
-if(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS AND UNIX)
-  get_filename_component(_clangd_build_name "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" NAME)
-  get_filename_component(_repo_root "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/../.." ABSOLUTE)
-  set(_clangd_cache_dir "${_repo_root}/.cache/clangd")
-  add_custom_target(clangd_cache ALL
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory "${_clangd_cache_dir}/${_clangd_build_name}"
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
-      "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/compile_commands.json"
-      "${_clangd_cache_dir}/${_clangd_build_name}/compile_commands.json"
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
-      "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/compile_commands.json"
-      "${_clangd_cache_dir}/compile_commands.json"
-    COMMENT "Updating .cache/clangd (${_clangd_build_name})"
-    VERBATIM
-  )
-endif()
-
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD "11" CACHE STRING "C++ standard to enforce")
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)