diff --git a/common/fopencookie.c b/common/fopencookie.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 7862b9a0d..000000000
--- a/common/fopencookie.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/* fopencookie.c - Dummy glibc replacement
- * Copyright (C) 2002 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 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.
- *
- * 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 copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
- */
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#include <config.h>
-#endif
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-#include "util.h"
-
-FILE * 
-fopencookie (void *cookie, const char *opentype,
-             cookie_io_functions_t funclist)
-{
-  errno = ENOSYS;
-  return NULL;
-}
-
-