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Is the file deliberately removed in the pre-built ones?

No, it's just not included in the list of installed artefacts. It's a build script, not something you would use / need when you're using the nodes / libraries that the package provides.

Compare it to this: do you ever see a Makefile in any of the Debian/Ubuntu packages that you install?

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