diff --git a/src/linux/Makefile.am b/src/linux/Makefile.am
index 5f3475d..4075e15 100644
--- a/src/linux/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/linux/Makefile.am
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ libupshared_la_SOURCES =					\
 	up-native.c						\
 	hidpp-device.c						\
 	hidpp-device.h						\
-	sysfs-utils.c						\
-	sysfs-utils.h						\
 	$(idevice_files)					\
 	$(BUILT_SOURCES)
 
diff --git a/src/linux/sysfs-utils.c b/src/linux/sysfs-utils.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a811ca..0000000
--- a/src/linux/sysfs-utils.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 8 -*-
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2008 David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
- *
- * This program 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 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., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
- *
- */
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#  include "config.h"
-#endif
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <sys/resource.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <pwd.h>
-#include <grp.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include <glib.h>
-
-#include "sysfs-utils.h"
-
-gboolean
-sysfs_get_double_with_error (const char *dir,
-			     const char *attribute,
-			     double     *value)
-{
-	char *contents;
-	char *filename;
-	gboolean ret = FALSE;
-	double parsed;
-
-	g_return_val_if_fail (value != NULL, FALSE);
-
-	filename = g_build_filename (dir, attribute, NULL);
-	if (g_file_get_contents (filename, &contents, NULL, NULL)) {
-		parsed = g_ascii_strtod (contents, NULL);
-		if (errno == 0)
-			ret = TRUE;
-		g_free (contents);
-	}
-	g_free (filename);
-
-	if (ret)
-		*value = parsed;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-double
-sysfs_get_double (const char *dir, const char *attribute)
-{
-	double result;
-	char *contents;
-	char *filename;
-
-	result = 0.0;
-	filename = g_build_filename (dir, attribute, NULL);
-	if (g_file_get_contents (filename, &contents, NULL, NULL)) {
-		result = g_ascii_strtod (contents, NULL);
-		g_free (contents);
-	}
-	g_free (filename);
-
-	return result;
-}
-
-char *
-sysfs_get_string (const char *dir, const char *attribute)
-{
-	char *result;
-	char *filename;
-
-	result = NULL;
-	filename = g_build_filename (dir, attribute, NULL);
-	if (!g_file_get_contents (filename, &result, NULL, NULL)) {
-		result = g_strdup ("");
-	}
-	g_free (filename);
-
-	return result;
-}
-
-int
-sysfs_get_int (const char *dir, const char *attribute)
-{
-	int result;
-	char *contents;
-	char *filename;
-
-	result = 0;
-	filename = g_build_filename (dir, attribute, NULL);
-	if (g_file_get_contents (filename, &contents, NULL, NULL)) {
-		result = atoi (contents);
-		g_free (contents);
-	}
-	g_free (filename);
-
-	return result;
-}
-
-gboolean
-sysfs_get_bool (const char *dir, const char *attribute)
-{
-	gboolean result;
-	char *contents;
-	char *filename;
-
-	result = FALSE;
-	filename = g_build_filename (dir, attribute, NULL);
-	if (g_file_get_contents (filename, &contents, NULL, NULL)) {
-		g_strdelimit (contents, "\n", '\0');
-		result = (g_strcmp0 (contents, "1") == 0);
-		g_free (contents);
-	}
-	g_free (filename);
-
-	return result;
-}
-
-gboolean
-sysfs_file_exists (const char *dir, const char *attribute)
-{
-	gboolean result;
-	char *filename;
-
-	result = FALSE;
-	filename = g_build_filename (dir, attribute, NULL);
-	if (g_file_test (filename, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
-		result = TRUE;
-	}
-	g_free (filename);
-
-	return result;
-}
diff --git a/src/linux/sysfs-utils.h b/src/linux/sysfs-utils.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 613c508..0000000
--- a/src/linux/sysfs-utils.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 8 -*-
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2008 David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
- *
- * This program 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 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., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef __SYSFS_UTILS_H__
-#define __SYSFS_UTILS_H__
-
-#include <glib.h>
-
-double    sysfs_get_double    (const char *dir, const char *attribute);
-char     *sysfs_get_string    (const char *dir, const char *attribute);
-int       sysfs_get_int       (const char *dir, const char *attribute);
-gboolean  sysfs_get_bool      (const char *dir, const char *attribute);
-gboolean  sysfs_file_exists   (const char *dir, const char *attribute);
-gboolean  sysfs_get_double_with_error (const char *dir,
-				       const char *attribute,
-				       double     *value);
-
-#endif /* __SYSFS_UTILS_H__ */
diff --git a/src/linux/up-backend.c b/src/linux/up-backend.c
index 17110f4..0b6f185 100644
--- a/src/linux/up-backend.c
+++ b/src/linux/up-backend.c
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 #include "up-daemon.h"
 #include "up-device.h"
 
-#include "sysfs-utils.h"
-
 #include "up-device-supply.h"
 #include "up-device-unifying.h"
 #include "up-device-wup.h"
diff --git a/src/linux/up-device-hid.c b/src/linux/up-device-hid.c
index fa5709d..8d584c8 100644
--- a/src/linux/up-device-hid.c
+++ b/src/linux/up-device-hid.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#include "sysfs-utils.h"
 #include "up-types.h"
 #include "up-device-hid.h"
 #include "up-constants.h"
diff --git a/src/linux/up-device-idevice.c b/src/linux/up-device-idevice.c
index d2fa0a1..db7f363 100644
--- a/src/linux/up-device-idevice.c
+++ b/src/linux/up-device-idevice.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include <libimobiledevice/lockdown.h>
 #include <plist/plist.h>
 
-#include "sysfs-utils.h"
 #include "up-types.h"
 #include "up-device-idevice.h"
 
diff --git a/src/linux/up-device-supply.c b/src/linux/up-device-supply.c
index 4ae7813..3ebbd88 100644
--- a/src/linux/up-device-supply.c
+++ b/src/linux/up-device-supply.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <glib-object.h>
 #include <gudev/gudev.h>
 
-#include "sysfs-utils.h"
 #include "up-config.h"
 #include "up-types.h"
 #include "up-constants.h"
diff --git a/src/linux/up-device-wup.c b/src/linux/up-device-wup.c
index a5e0d4c..1f7764d 100644
--- a/src/linux/up-device-wup.c
+++ b/src/linux/up-device-wup.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#include "sysfs-utils.h"
 #include "up-types.h"
 #include "up-device-wup.h"