diff --git a/src/lib/Makefile.am b/src/lib/Makefile.am
index 64de98b..b03f753 100644
--- a/src/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ font_draw.c \
 font_load.c \
 font_main.c \
 font_query.c \
-format.c \
-format.h \
 grab.c \
 grab.h \
 grad.c \
diff --git a/src/lib/format.c b/src/lib/format.c
deleted file mode 100644
index b0d6a10..0000000
--- a/src/lib/format.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#include "format.h"
diff --git a/src/lib/format.h b/src/lib/format.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 94137af..0000000
--- a/src/lib/format.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __FORMAT
-#define __FORMAT 1
-#endif