diff --git a/grub-core/Makefile.core.def b/grub-core/Makefile.core.def
index 9764cd235..abf5ac1bf 100644
--- a/grub-core/Makefile.core.def
+++ b/grub-core/Makefile.core.def
@@ -1448,7 +1448,6 @@ module = {
 module = {
   name = gfxmenu;
   common = gfxmenu/gfxmenu.c;
-  common = gfxmenu/model.c;
   common = gfxmenu/view.c;
   common = gfxmenu/font.c;
   common = gfxmenu/icon_manager.c;
diff --git a/grub-core/gfxmenu/model.c b/grub-core/gfxmenu/model.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000