diff --git a/libntfs-3g/Makefile.am b/libntfs-3g/Makefile.am
index 188be910..bf1e7248 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/Makefile.am
+++ b/libntfs-3g/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 
-EXTRA_DIST = device_io.c
-
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in
 
 if INSTALL_LIBRARY
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/device_io.c b/libntfs-3g/device_io.c
deleted file mode 100644
index fc361b53..00000000
--- a/libntfs-3g/device_io.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * device_io.c - Default device io operations. Originated from the Linux-NTFS project.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2003 Anton Altaparmakov
- *
- * This program/include file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program/include file is distributed in the hope that it will be
- * useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
- * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program (in the main directory of the NTFS-3G
- * distribution in the file COPYING); if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation,Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#include "config.h"
-
-#ifndef NO_NTFS_DEVICE_DEFAULT_IO_OPS
-
-#ifndef __CYGWIN32__
-
-/* Not on Cygwin; use standard Unix style low level device operations. */
-#include "unix_io.c"
-
-#else /* __CYGWIN32__ */
-
-/* On Cygwin; use Win32 low level device operations. */
-#include "win32_io.c"
-
-#endif /* __CYGWIN32__ */
-
-#endif /* NO_NTFS_DEVICE_DEFAULT_IO_OPS */