diff --git a/sys/chardev_thread.c b/sys/chardev_thread.c
deleted file mode 100644
index aa0ce66a91f87be8c92161f60a5c5d0795fb9486..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/sys/chardev_thread.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Character device messaging loop.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2013, INRIA.
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
- * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
- * directory for more details.
- *
- * @ingroup chardev
- * @{
- * @file
- * @brief Runs an infinite loop in a separate thread to handle access to character devices such as uart.
- * @author Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- * @}
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-#include "irq.h"
-#include "msg.h"
-
-#include "ringbuffer.h"
-#include "posix_io.h"
-
-/* increase stack size in uart0 when setting this to 1 */
-#define ENABLE_DEBUG (0)
-#include "debug.h"
-
-static int min(int a, int b)
-{
- if (b > a) {
- return a;
- }
- else {
- return b;
- }
-}
-
-void chardev_loop(ringbuffer_t *rb)
-{
- msg_t m;
-
- kernel_pid_t reader_pid = KERNEL_PID_UNDEF;
- struct posix_iop_t *r = NULL;
-
- puts("UART0 thread started.");
-
- while (1) {
- msg_receive(&m);
-
- if (!msg_sent_by_int(&m)) {
- DEBUG("Receiving message from another thread: ");
-
- switch(m.type) {
- case OPEN:
- DEBUG("OPEN\n");
- if (reader_pid == KERNEL_PID_UNDEF) {
- reader_pid = m.sender_pid;
- /* no error */
- m.content.value = 0;
- }
- else {
- m.content.value = -EBUSY;
- }
-
- msg_reply(&m, &m);
- break;
-
- case READ:
- DEBUG("READ\n");
- if (m.sender_pid != reader_pid) {
- m.content.value = -EINVAL;
- r = NULL;
- msg_reply(&m, &m);
- }
- else {
- r = (struct posix_iop_t *)(void*)m.content.ptr;
- }
-
- break;
-
- case CLOSE:
- DEBUG("CLOSE\n");
- if (m.sender_pid == reader_pid) {
- DEBUG("uart0_thread: closing file from %" PRIkernel_pid "\n", reader_pid);
- reader_pid = KERNEL_PID_UNDEF;
- r = NULL;
- m.content.value = 0;
- }
- else {
- m.content.value = -EINVAL;
- }
-
- msg_reply(&m, &m);
- break;
-
- default:
- DEBUG("UNKNOWN\n");
- m.content.value = -EINVAL;
- msg_reply(&m, &m);
- }
- }
-
- if (rb->avail && (r != NULL)) {
- DEBUG("Data is available\n");
- unsigned state = disableIRQ();
- int nbytes = min(r->nbytes, rb->avail);
- DEBUG("uart0_thread [%i]: sending %i bytes received from %" PRIkernel_pid " to pid %" PRIkernel_pid "\n", thread_getpid(), nbytes, m.sender_pid, reader_pid);
- ringbuffer_get(rb, r->buffer, nbytes);
- r->nbytes = nbytes;
-
- m.sender_pid = reader_pid;
- m.type = OPEN;
- m.content.ptr = (char *)r;
-
- msg_reply(&m, &m);
-
- r = NULL;
- restoreIRQ(state);
- }
- }
-}
-
-void *chardev_thread_entry(void *rb_)
-{
- ringbuffer_t *rb = rb_;
- chardev_loop(rb);
- return NULL;
-}
diff --git a/sys/include/chardev_thread.h b/sys/include/chardev_thread.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a07dd89bef49615abfb94318012d0404f4d60450..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/sys/include/chardev_thread.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2010 Kaspar Schleiser
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
- * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
- * directory for more details.
- */
-
-
-/**
- * @defgroup sys_chardevthread Chardev Thread
- * @ingroup sys
- * @brief Chardev thread
- * @{
- *
- * @file
- * @brief Handles I/O from a char devices
- *
- * @author Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- */
-
-#ifndef __CHARDEV_THREAD_H
-#define __CHARDEV_THREAD_H
-
-#include "ringbuffer.h"
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-void chardev_loop(ringbuffer_t *rb);
-void *chardev_thread_entry(void *rb_);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* __CHARDEV_THREAD_H */
-/** @} */