diff --git a/kern/loader.c b/kern/loader.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b67d49b9..000000000
--- a/kern/loader.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * GRUB -- GRand Unified Bootloader
- * Copyright (C) 2002,2003,2004,2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- *
- * GRUB 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 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * GRUB 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 GRUB. If not, see .
- */
-
-#include
-#include
-#include
-#include
-#include
-
-static grub_err_t (*grub_loader_boot_func) (void);
-static grub_err_t (*grub_loader_unload_func) (void);
-static int grub_loader_noreturn;
-
-static int grub_loader_loaded;
-
-int
-grub_loader_is_loaded (void)
-{
- return grub_loader_loaded;
-}
-
-void
-grub_loader_set (grub_err_t (*boot) (void),
- grub_err_t (*unload) (void),
- int noreturn)
-{
- if (grub_loader_loaded && grub_loader_unload_func)
- grub_loader_unload_func ();
-
- grub_loader_boot_func = boot;
- grub_loader_unload_func = unload;
- grub_loader_noreturn = noreturn;
-
- grub_loader_loaded = 1;
-}
-
-void
-grub_loader_unset(void)
-{
- if (grub_loader_loaded && grub_loader_unload_func)
- grub_loader_unload_func ();
-
- grub_loader_boot_func = 0;
- grub_loader_unload_func = 0;
-
- grub_loader_loaded = 0;
-}
-
-grub_err_t
-grub_loader_boot (void)
-{
- if (! grub_loader_loaded)
- return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_NO_KERNEL, "no loaded kernel");
-
- if (grub_loader_noreturn)
- grub_machine_fini ();
-
- return (grub_loader_boot_func) ();
-}
-