diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 57e91d0c04..91b40fbc79 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -522,7 +522,6 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_UDEV), 1)
    DEFINES += $(UDEV_CFLAGS)
    LIBS += $(UDEV_LIBS)
    OBJ += input/drivers/udev_input.o \
-			 input/common/udev_common.o \
 			 input/drivers_keyboard/keyboard_event_udev.o \
           input/drivers_joypad/udev_joypad.o
 endif
diff --git a/griffin/griffin.c b/griffin/griffin.c
index 0b3e9a6ffb..a55ef2af65 100644
--- a/griffin/griffin.c
+++ b/griffin/griffin.c
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ INPUT
 
 #ifdef HAVE_UDEV
 #include "../input/drivers/udev_input.c"
-#include "../input/common/udev_common.c"
 #include "../input/drivers_keyboard/keyboard_event_udev.c"
 #include "../input/drivers_joypad/udev_joypad.c"
 #endif
diff --git a/input/common/udev_common.c b/input/common/udev_common.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 31b1064841..0000000000
--- a/input/common/udev_common.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
- *  Copyright (C) 2010-2014 - Hans-Kristian Arntzen
- *  Copyright (C) 2011-2016 - Daniel De Matteis
- * 
- *  RetroArch 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 Found-
- *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  RetroArch 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 RetroArch.
- *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <sys/poll.h>
-
-#include "udev_common.h"
-
-static bool udev_mon_inited;
-static bool udev_mon_first_inited_is_joypad;
-static struct udev_monitor *g_udev_mon;
-static struct udev *g_udev;
-
-void udev_mon_free(bool is_joypad)
-{
-   if (!udev_mon_inited || (is_joypad && !udev_mon_first_inited_is_joypad))
-      return;
-
-   if (g_udev_mon)
-      udev_monitor_unref(g_udev_mon);
-   if (g_udev)
-      udev_unref(g_udev);
-
-   g_udev_mon                      = NULL;
-   g_udev                          = NULL;
-   udev_mon_inited                 = false;
-   udev_mon_first_inited_is_joypad = false;
-}
-
-static bool udev_mon_hotplug_available(void)
-{
-   struct pollfd fds = {0};
-
-   if (!g_udev_mon)
-      return false;
-
-   fds.fd     = udev_monitor_get_fd(g_udev_mon);
-   fds.events = POLLIN;
-
-   return (poll(&fds, 1, 0) == 1) && (fds.revents & POLLIN);
-}
-
-struct udev_device *udev_mon_receive_device(void)
-{
-   return udev_monitor_receive_device(g_udev_mon);
-}
-
-struct udev_enumerate *udev_mon_enumerate(void)
-{
-   return  udev_enumerate_new(g_udev);
-}
-
-/* Get the filename of the /sys entry for the device
- * and create a udev_device object (dev) representing it. */
-struct udev_device *udev_mon_device_new(const char *name)
-{
-   return udev_device_new_from_syspath(g_udev, name);
-}
-
-bool udev_ctl(enum udev_ctl_state state, void *data)
-{
-   switch (state)
-   {
-      case UDEV_CTL_MONITOR_HOTPLUG_AVAIL:
-         return udev_mon_hotplug_available();
-      case UDEV_CTL_NONE:
-      default:
-         return false;
-   }
-
-   return true;
-}
diff --git a/input/common/udev_common.h b/input/common/udev_common.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b0d9733314..0000000000
--- a/input/common/udev_common.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
- *  Copyright (C) 2011-2016 - Daniel De Matteis
- * 
- *  RetroArch 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 Found-
- *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  RetroArch 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 RetroArch.
- *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#ifndef _UDEV_COMMON_H
-#define _UDEV_COMMON_H
-
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <libudev.h>
-
-#include <boolean.h>
-
-enum udev_ctl_state
-{
-   UDEV_CTL_NONE = 0,
-   UDEV_CTL_MONITOR_HOTPLUG_AVAIL
-};
-
-bool udev_ctl(enum udev_ctl_state state, void *data);
-
-void udev_mon_free(bool is_joypad);
-
-struct udev_device *udev_mon_receive_device(void);
-
-struct udev_enumerate *udev_mon_enumerate(void);
-
-struct udev_device *udev_mon_device_new(const char *name);
-
-#endif