diff --git a/common/xmalloc.c b/common/xmalloc.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 0690a3696..000000000
--- a/common/xmalloc.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-/* xmalloc.c -	standard malloc wrappers
- *	Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- *
- * This file is part of GnuPG.
- *
- * GnuPG is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of either
- *
- *   - the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
- *     Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
- *     your option) any later version.
- *
- * or
- *
- *   - 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.
- *
- * or both in parallel, as here.
- *
- * GnuPG 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 copies of the GNU General Public License
- * and the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program;
- * if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include <config.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-#include "libjnlib-config.h"
-#include "xmalloc.h"
-
-static void
-out_of_core(void)
-{
-    fputs("\nfatal: out of memory\n", stderr );
-    exit(2);
-}
-
-
-void *
-xmalloc( size_t n )
-{
-    void *p;
-
-    /* Make sure that xmalloc (0) works.  This is the same behaviour
-       has in gpg 2.x.  Note that in contrast to this code, Libgcrypt
-       (and thus most xmallocs in gpg 2.x) detect the !n and bail out.  */
-    if (!n)
-      n = 1;
-
-    p = malloc( n );
-    if( !p )
-	out_of_core();
-    return p;
-}
-
-void *
-xrealloc( void *a, size_t n )
-{
-    void *p = realloc( a, n );
-    if( !p )
-	out_of_core();
-    return p;
-}
-
-void *
-xcalloc( size_t n, size_t m )
-{
-    void *p;
-
-    if (!n)
-      n = 1;
-    if (!m)
-      m = 1;
-
-    p = calloc( n, m );
-    if( !p )
-	out_of_core();
-    return p;
-}
-
-char *
-xstrdup( const char *string )
-{
-    void *p = xmalloc( strlen(string)+1 );
-    strcpy( p, string );
-    return p;
-}
-
-
-char *
-xstrcat2( const char *a, const char *b )
-{
-    size_t n1;
-    char *p;
-
-    if( !b )
-	return xstrdup( a );
-
-    n1 = strlen(a);
-    p = xmalloc( n1 + strlen(b) + 1 );
-    memcpy(p, a, n1 );
-    strcpy(p+n1, b );
-    return p;
-}
diff --git a/common/xmalloc.h b/common/xmalloc.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d91883d15..000000000
--- a/common/xmalloc.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/* xmalloc.h
- *	Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- *
- * This file is part of GnuPG.
- *
- * GnuPG is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of either
- *
- *   - the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
- *     Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
- *     your option) any later version.
- *
- * or
- *
- *   - 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.
- *
- * or both in parallel, as here.
- *
- * GnuPG 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 copies of the GNU General Public License
- * and the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program;
- * if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#ifndef GNUPG_COMMON_XMALLOC_H
-#define GNUPG_COMMON_XMALLOC_H
-
-void *xmalloc( size_t n );
-void *xrealloc( void *a, size_t n );
-void *xcalloc( size_t n, size_t m );
-char *xstrdup( const char *string );
-char *xstrcat2( const char *a, const char *b );
-
-
-#endif /*GNUPG_COMMON_XMALLOC_H*/