diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index ce45f80edd..50a51a570e 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -634,7 +634,6 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_GL_CONTEXT), 1)
       ifeq ($(HAVE_VULKAN), 1)
          OBJ += gfx/drivers_context/wayland_ctx_vulkan.o
       endif
-		UNIX_COMMON=1
    endif
 
    ifeq ($(HAVE_GLES), 1)
@@ -662,11 +661,6 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_GL_CONTEXT), 1)
    DEFINES += -DHAVE_GLSL
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(UNIX_COMMON),1)
-   OBJ += gfx/common/unix_common.o
-endif
-
-
 ifeq ($(HAVE_EGL), 1)
    OBJ += gfx/common/egl_common.o
 endif
diff --git a/gfx/common/unix_common.c b/gfx/common/unix_common.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 82dd848062..0000000000
--- a/gfx/common/unix_common.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
- *  Copyright (C) 2011-2016 - Daniel De Matteis
- * 
- *  RetroArch 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 Found-
- *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  RetroArch 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 RetroArch.
- *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include "unix_common.h"
-
-bool unix_common_ctl(enum unix_common_ctl_state state, void *data)
-{
-   switch (state)
-   {
-      default:
-      case UNIX_COMMON_NONE:
-         break;
-   }
-
-   return true;
-}
diff --git a/gfx/common/unix_common.h b/gfx/common/unix_common.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a1fdf47c3..0000000000
--- a/gfx/common/unix_common.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
- *  Copyright (C) 2011-2016 - Daniel De Matteis
- * 
- *  RetroArch 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 Found-
- *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  RetroArch 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 RetroArch.
- *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#ifndef _UNIX_COMMON_H
-#define _UNIX_COMMON_H
-
-#include <boolean.h>
-
-enum unix_common_ctl_state
-{
-   UNIX_COMMON_NONE = 0
-};
-
-bool unix_common_ctl(enum unix_common_ctl_state state, void *data);
-
-#endif