diff --git a/compat/dirent_win32.c b/compat/dirent_win32.c
deleted file mode 100644
index f785d420c7..0000000000
--- a/compat/dirent_win32.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-/*
-
-   Implementation of POSIX directory browsing functions and types for Win32.
-
-Author:  Kevlin Henney (kevlin@acm.org, kevlin@curbralan.com)
-History: Created March 1997. Updated June 2003 and July 2012.
-Rights:  See end of file.
-
-*/
-
-/*
-
-   Copyright Kevlin Henney, 1997, 2003, 2012. All rights reserved.
-
-   Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
-   documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided
-   that this copyright and permissions notice appear in all copies and
-   derivatives.
-
-   This software is supplied "as is" without express or implied warranty.
-
-   But that said, if there are any problems please get in touch.
-
-*/
-
-#include "dirent_win32.h"
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <io.h> /* _findfirst and _findnext set errno iff they return -1 */
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-typedef ptrdiff_t handle_type; /* C99's intptr_t not sufficiently portable */
-
-struct DIR
-{
-   handle_type         handle; /* -1 for failed rewind */
-   struct _finddata_t  info;
-   struct dirent       result; /* d_name null iff first time */
-   char                *name;  /* null-terminated char string */
-};
-
-DIR *opendir(const char *name)
-{
-   DIR *dir = 0;
-
-   if (name && name[0])
-   {
-      size_t base_length = strlen(name);
-      const char *all = /* search pattern must end with suitable wildcard */
-         strchr("/\\", name[base_length - 1]) ? "*" : "/*";
-
-      if ((dir = (DIR *) malloc(sizeof *dir)) != 0 &&
-            (dir->name = (char *) malloc(base_length + strlen(all) + 1)) != 0)
-      {
-         strcat(strcpy(dir->name, name), all);
-
-         if ((dir->handle =
-                  (handle_type) _findfirst(dir->name, &dir->info)) != -1)
-            dir->result.d_name = 0;
-         else /* rollback */
-         {
-            free(dir->name);
-            free(dir);
-            dir = 0;
-         }
-      }
-      else /* rollback */
-      {
-         free(dir);
-         dir   = 0;
-         errno = ENOMEM;
-      }
-   }
-   else
-      errno = EINVAL;
-
-   return dir;
-}
-
-int closedir(DIR *dir)
-{
-   int result = -1;
-
-   if (dir)
-   {
-      if (dir->handle != -1)
-         result = _findclose(dir->handle);
-
-      free(dir->name);
-      free(dir);
-   }
-
-   if (result == -1) /* map all errors to EBADF */
-      errno = EBADF;
-
-   return result;
-}
-
-struct dirent *readdir(DIR *dir)
-{
-   struct dirent *result = 0;
-
-   if (dir && dir->handle != -1)
-   {
-      if (!dir->result.d_name || _findnext(dir->handle, &dir->info) != -1)
-      {
-         result         = &dir->result;
-         result->d_name = dir->info.name;
-      }
-   }
-   else
-      errno = EBADF;
-
-   return result;
-}
-
-void rewinddir(DIR *dir)
-{
-   if (dir && dir->handle != -1)
-   {
-      _findclose(dir->handle);
-      dir->handle = (handle_type) _findfirst(dir->name, &dir->info);
-      dir->result.d_name = 0;
-   }
-   else
-      errno = EBADF;
-}
diff --git a/compat/dirent_win32.h b/compat/dirent_win32.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a85cd4cca8..0000000000
--- a/compat/dirent_win32.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef DIRENT_INCLUDED
-#define DIRENT_INCLUDED
-
-/*
-
-    Declaration of POSIX directory browsing functions and types for Win32.
-
-    Author:  Kevlin Henney (kevlin@acm.org, kevlin@curbralan.com)
-    History: Created March 1997. Updated June 2003.
-    Rights:  See end of file.
-    
-*/
-
-/*
-
-    Copyright Kevlin Henney, 1997, 2003. All rights reserved.
-
-    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
-    documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided
-    that this copyright and permissions notice appear in all copies and
-    derivatives.
-    
-    This software is supplied "as is" without express or implied warranty.
-
-    But that said, if there are any problems please get in touch.
-
-*/
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C"
-{
-#endif
-
-typedef struct DIR DIR;
-
-struct dirent
-{
-    char *d_name;
-};
-
-DIR           *opendir(const char *);
-int           closedir(DIR *);
-struct dirent *readdir(DIR *);
-void          rewinddir(DIR *);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif