diff --git a/src/common/include/case.fpp b/src/common/include/case.fpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad2e0b1a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/include/case.fpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+! This file exists so that Fypp can be run without generating case.fpp files for
+! each target. This is useful when generating documentation, for example. This
+! should also let MFC be built with CMake directly, without invoking mfc.sh.
+
+! For pre-process.
+#:def analytical()
+#:enddef
diff --git a/src/pre_process/include/case.fpp b/src/pre_process/include/case.fpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f3f32d6f4..0000000000
--- a/src/pre_process/include/case.fpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-! By default, no analytical patches are defined.
-
-#:def analytical()
-#:enddef
diff --git a/src/simulation/include/case.fpp b/src/simulation/include/case.fpp
deleted file mode 100644
index b75ab91527..0000000000
--- a/src/simulation/include/case.fpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-! This file was generated by MFC. It is only used if the --case-optimization
-! option is passed to ./mfc.sh run or test, enabling a GPU-oriented optimization
-! that hard-codes certain case parameters from the input file.
diff --git a/toolchain/mfc/case.py b/toolchain/mfc/case.py
index 2c0356a733..fc8cc3acad 100644
--- a/toolchain/mfc/case.py
+++ b/toolchain/mfc/case.py
@@ -182,21 +182,15 @@ def __get_sim_fpp(self, print: bool) -> str:
         return """\
 ! This file is purposefully empty. It is only important for builds that make use
 ! of --case-optimization.
-"""
-
-    def __get_post_fpp(self, _) -> str:
-        return """\
-! This file is purposefully empty for all post-process builds.
 """
 
     def get_fpp(self, target, print = True) -> str:
         def _default(_) -> str:
-            return ""
+            return "! This file is purposefully empty."
 
         result = {
-            "pre_process"  : self.__get_pre_fpp,
-            "simulation"   : self.__get_sim_fpp,
-            "post_process" : self.__get_post_fpp,
+            "pre_process" : self.__get_pre_fpp,
+            "simulation"  : self.__get_sim_fpp,
         }.get(build.get_target(target).name, _default)(print)
 
         return result