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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include <grub/loader.h>
-#include <grub/misc.h>
-#include <grub/mm.h>
-#include <grub/err.h>
-#include <grub/kernel.h>
-
-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) ();
-}
-