diff --git a/Makefile.dep b/Makefile.dep
index 553b16894cd096884f779df20b992e23f4af7b70..1a1634768f379c16a714a045fdc956586963e6e8 100644
--- a/Makefile.dep
+++ b/Makefile.dep
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ifneq (,$(filter gnrc_zep,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += ieee802154
   USEMODULE += gnrc_udp
   USEMODULE += random
-  USEMODULE += vtimer
+  USEMODULE += xtimer
 endif
 
 ifneq (,$(filter gnrc_tftp,$(USEMODULE)))
@@ -328,10 +328,6 @@ ifneq (,$(filter sema,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += xtimer
 endif
 
-ifneq (,$(filter vtimer,$(USEMODULE)))
-  USEMODULE += xtimer
-  USEMODULE += timex
-endif
 
 ifneq (,$(filter libfixmath-unittests,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEPKG += libfixmath
@@ -403,7 +399,6 @@ endif
 
 ifneq (,$(filter pthread,$(USEMODULE)))
     USEMODULE += xtimer
-    USEMODULE += vtimer
     USEMODULE += timex
 endif
 
diff --git a/cpu/native/syscalls.c b/cpu/native/syscalls.c
index 20115a5590a89d52ab84d970fa78facfeeffad88..a7df2b4a342351bdff8f3216df9622f343d89cd5 100644
--- a/cpu/native/syscalls.c
+++ b/cpu/native/syscalls.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ int getpid(void)
     return -1;
 }
 
-#ifdef MODULE_VTIMER
+#ifdef MODULE_XTIMER
 int _gettimeofday(struct timeval *tp, void *restrict tzp)
 {
     (void) tzp;
diff --git a/cpu/x86/include/x86_pit.h b/cpu/x86/include/x86_pit.h
index 44d441a7c7a9a7d4f47eadb583fcaa890fa9a4ed..3eab35d5c9336ab89297cdb8578f04adbcec6cdb 100644
--- a/cpu/x86/include/x86_pit.h
+++ b/cpu/x86/include/x86_pit.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * Application developers are free to use this module.
  * Be aware of portability issues.
  *
- * You most likely want to use the vtimer interface instead.
+ * You most likely want to use the xtimer interface instead.
  *
  * @ingroup x86-irq
  * @{
diff --git a/dist/Makefile b/dist/Makefile
index c330667b81e58159f696abd559078bfb62cc25c4..3c35bff32d1d58db42a2bc707484908a3fd42b16 100644
--- a/dist/Makefile
+++ b/dist/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ QUIET ?= 1
 
 #USEMODULE += shell
 #USEMODULE += posix
-#USEMODULE += vtimer
+#USEMODULE += xtimer
 
 #export INCLUDES += -Iapplication_include
 
diff --git a/sys/Makefile b/sys/Makefile
index 01986396d39c2c57afd1ca742808961a090741b4..f5aada5d07d475cc7d93b2c6ff0ff057c0f39b1d 100644
--- a/sys/Makefile
+++ b/sys/Makefile
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ endif
 ifneq (,$(filter log_%,$(USEMODULE)))
     DIRS += log
 endif
-ifneq (,$(filter vtimer,$(USEMODULE)))
-    DIRS += compat/vtimer
+ifneq (,$(filter xtimer,$(USEMODULE)))
+    DIRS += xtimer
 endif
 ifneq (,$(filter cpp11-compat,$(USEMODULE)))
     DIRS += cpp11-compat
diff --git a/sys/compat/Makefile b/sys/compat/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 48422e909a47d7cd428d10fa73825060ccc8d8c2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/sys/compat/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/sys/compat/vtimer/Makefile b/sys/compat/vtimer/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 48422e909a47d7cd428d10fa73825060ccc8d8c2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/sys/compat/vtimer/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/sys/compat/vtimer/vtimer_compat.c b/sys/compat/vtimer/vtimer_compat.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a35908a75f0211e726f3696d759b6e4a9e6c6f3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/sys/compat/vtimer/vtimer_compat.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- *
- *
- * 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     sys_compat
- * @{
- *
- * @file
- * @brief       Implementation of the vtimer interface over xtimers
- *
- * @author      Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- *
- * @}
- */
-
-#include "xtimer.h"
-#include "timex.h"
-#include "vtimer.h"
-
-#include <time.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-int vtimer_sleep(timex_t time)
-{
-    xtimer_usleep64(timex_uint64(time));
-    return 0;
-}
-
-int vtimer_msg_receive_timeout(msg_t *m, timex_t timeout)
-{
-    uint64_t _timeout = timex_uint64(timeout);
-    return xtimer_msg_receive_timeout64(m, _timeout);
-}
-
-void vtimer_now(timex_t *out)
-{
-    *out = timex_from_uint64(xtimer_now64());
-}
-
-void vtimer_get_localtime(struct tm *localt)
-{
-    timex_t now;
-    vtimer_now(&now);
-
-    memset(localt, 0, sizeof(struct tm));
-    localt->tm_sec = now.seconds % 60;
-    localt->tm_min = (now.seconds / 60) % 60;
-    localt->tm_hour = (now.seconds / 60 / 60) % 24;
-}
-
-void vtimer_set_msg(vtimer_t *t, timex_t interval, kernel_pid_t pid, uint16_t type, void *ptr)
-{
-    t->msg.type = type;
-    t->msg.content.ptr = ptr;
-
-    xtimer_set_msg64(&t->timer, timex_uint64(interval), &t->msg, pid);
-}
-
-int vtimer_set_wakeup(vtimer_t *t, timex_t interval, kernel_pid_t pid)
-{
-    xtimer_set_wakeup64(&t->timer, timex_uint64(interval), pid);
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-void vtimer_remove(vtimer_t *t)
-{
-    xtimer_remove(&t->timer);
-}
-
-/*
- * This is a workaround for missing support in clang on OSX,
- * the alias is not needed in native.
- * Compare https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/issues/2336
- */
-#ifndef BOARD_NATIVE
-void _gettimeofday(void)           __attribute__ ((weak, alias("vtimer_gettimeofday")));
-#endif
-
-void vtimer_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tp)
-{
-    timex_t now;
-    vtimer_now(&now);
-
-    tp->tv_sec = now.seconds;
-    tp->tv_usec = now.microseconds;
-}
diff --git a/sys/cpp11-compat/include/riot/chrono.hpp b/sys/cpp11-compat/include/riot/chrono.hpp
index 6d1b97239c05c249152da43ef7383ba1c8e221cc..4f94738714d4c722c65d419d8fee33d7226aec67 100644
--- a/sys/cpp11-compat/include/riot/chrono.hpp
+++ b/sys/cpp11-compat/include/riot/chrono.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *
  * @file
  * @brief  C++11 chrono drop in replacement that adds the function now based on
- *         vtimer/timex
+ *         xtimer/timex
  * @see    <a href="http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/thread/thread">
  *           std::thread, defined in header <thread>
  *         </a>
diff --git a/sys/include/net/gnrc/ipv6/netif.h b/sys/include/net/gnrc/ipv6/netif.h
index c7047fb1a7ff10b1af8e308ad179e5a17716a369..a1bcfa571b96fd34a44f9eabc4ef94afc48d12b1 100644
--- a/sys/include/net/gnrc/ipv6/netif.h
+++ b/sys/include/net/gnrc/ipv6/netif.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "mutex.h"
 #include "net/ipv6.h"
 #include "net/ipv6/addr.h"
-#include "vtimer.h"
 #include "xtimer.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/sys/include/net/gnrc/rpl.h b/sys/include/net/gnrc/rpl.h
index 7ca26b7e1e4faf1305d3f91d1bff85c10b3cdecd..ba668e713e55044945ea54435048c0d902135f76 100644
--- a/sys/include/net/gnrc/rpl.h
+++ b/sys/include/net/gnrc/rpl.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 #include "net/gnrc/rpl/dodag.h"
 #include "net/gnrc/rpl/of_manager.h"
 #include "net/fib.h"
-#include "vtimer.h"
+#include "xtimer.h"
 #include "trickle.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/sys/include/vtimer.h b/sys/include/vtimer.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c5563677177c1bae91d2705fdf2e2ff41bc6bb0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/sys/include/vtimer.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2009, 2014, 2015 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- * Copyright (C) 2013, 2014 Freie Universität Berlin
- *
- * 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_vtimer Virtual Timer
- * @ingroup   sys
- * @brief     Provides a high level abstraction timer module to register
- *            timers, get current system time, and let a thread sleep for a certain amount
- *            of time. It does not give any timing guarantees.
- *
- * @deprecated
- *
- * @{
- * @file
- * @brief     vtimer interface definitions
- * @author Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- */
-
-#ifndef VTIMER_H
-#define VTIMER_H
-
-#include "msg.h"
-#include "timex.h"
-#include "xtimer.h"
-
-#include <time.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-/**
- * @brief IPC message type for vtimer msg callback
- */
-#define MSG_TIMER 12345
-
-/**
- * @brief A vtimer object.
- *
- * This structure is used for declaring a vtimer. This should not be used by
- * programmers, use the vtimer_set_*-functions instead.
- *
- * \hideinitializer
- * @deprecated
- */
-typedef struct vtimer {
-    xtimer_t timer;
-    msg_t msg;
-} vtimer_t;
-
-/**
- * @brief   Current system time
- * @return  Time as timex_t since system boot
- * @deprecated
- */
-void vtimer_now(timex_t *out);
-
-/**
- * @brief   will cause the calling thread to be suspended from excecution until the time specified by time has elapsed
- * @param[in]   time    timex_t with time to suspend execution
- * @return      0 on success, < 0 on error
- * @deprecated
- */
-int vtimer_sleep(timex_t time);
-
-/**
- * @brief   receive a message but return in case of timeout time is passed by without a new message
- * @param[out]   m           pointer to a msg_t which will be filled in case of no timeout
- * @param[in]    timeout     timex_t containing the relative time to fire the timeout
- * @return       < 0 on error, other value otherwise
- * @deprecated
- */
-int vtimer_msg_receive_timeout(msg_t *m, timex_t timeout);
-
-/**
- * @brief   Returns the current time in broken down format
- * @param[out]  localt      Pointer to structure to receive time
- * @deprecated
- */
-void vtimer_get_localtime(struct tm *localt);
-
-/**
- * @brief   set a vtimer with msg event handler of the specified type
- * @param[in]   t           pointer to preinitialised vtimer_t
- * @param[in]   interval    vtimer timex_t interval
- * @param[in]   pid         process id
- * @param[in]   type        value for the msg_t type
- * @param[in]   ptr         message value
- * @deprecated
- */
-void vtimer_set_msg(vtimer_t *t, timex_t interval, kernel_pid_t pid, uint16_t type, void *ptr);
-
-/**
- * @brief   set a vtimer with wakeup event
- * @param[in]   t           pointer to preinitialised vtimer_t
- * @param[in]   interval    the interval after which the timer shall fire
- * @param[in]   pid         process id
- * @return      0 on success, < 0 on error
- */
-int vtimer_set_wakeup(vtimer_t *t, timex_t interval, kernel_pid_t pid);
-
-/**
- * @brief Get the current time in seconds and microseconds since system start
- * @param[in] tp    Uptime will be stored in the timeval structure pointed to by tp
- */
-void vtimer_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tp);
-
-/**
- * @brief   remove a vtimer
- * @param[in]   t           pointer to preinitialised vtimer_t
- * @deprecated
- */
-void vtimer_remove(vtimer_t *t);
-
-/**
- * @brief   will cause the calling thread to be suspended from excecution until the number of microseconds has elapsed
- * @param[in]   us          number of microseconds
- * @return      0 on success, < 0 on error
- */
-static inline int vtimer_usleep(uint32_t us)
-{
-    xtimer_usleep(us);
-    return 0;
-}
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-/** @} */
-#endif /* VTIMER_H */
diff --git a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/ipv6/nc/gnrc_ipv6_nc.c b/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/ipv6/nc/gnrc_ipv6_nc.c
index 7dfb7379584ad0797029bea87c946d020192b42f..a32b176764942c57d2bbeb6240c9d6309638a475 100644
--- a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/ipv6/nc/gnrc_ipv6_nc.c
+++ b/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/ipv6/nc/gnrc_ipv6_nc.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ gnrc_ipv6_nc_t *gnrc_ipv6_nc_still_reachable(const ipv6_addr_t *ipv6_addr)
 
     if ((gnrc_ipv6_nc_get_state(entry) != GNRC_IPV6_NC_STATE_INCOMPLETE) &&
         (gnrc_ipv6_nc_get_state(entry) != GNRC_IPV6_NC_STATE_UNMANAGED)) {
-#if defined(MODULE_GNRC_IPV6_NETIF) && defined(MODULE_VTIMER) && defined(MODULE_GNRC_IPV6)
+#if defined(MODULE_GNRC_IPV6_NETIF) && defined(MODULE_XTIMER) && defined(MODULE_GNRC_IPV6)
         gnrc_ipv6_netif_t *iface = gnrc_ipv6_netif_get(entry->iface);
 
         gnrc_ndp_internal_reset_nbr_sol_timer(entry, iface->reach_time,
diff --git a/sys/posix/pthread/pthread_cond.c b/sys/posix/pthread/pthread_cond.c
index b7a7ae5b13bb24971221210e88704afd259923b4..51fd0fbf9a5ff3caded40868f7ccdc8a68af5c5b 100644
--- a/sys/posix/pthread/pthread_cond.c
+++ b/sys/posix/pthread/pthread_cond.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "pthread_cond.h"
 #include "thread.h"
-#include "vtimer.h"
+#include "xtimer.h"
 #include "sched.h"
 #include "irq.h"
 #include "debug.h"
@@ -122,15 +122,15 @@ int pthread_cond_timedwait(struct pthread_cond_t *cond, struct mutex_t *mutex, c
 {
     timex_t now, then, reltime;
 
-    vtimer_now(&now);
+    xtimer_now_timex(&now);
     then.seconds = abstime->tv_sec;
     then.microseconds = abstime->tv_nsec / 1000u;
     reltime = timex_sub(then, now);
 
-    vtimer_t timer;
-    vtimer_set_wakeup(&timer, reltime, sched_active_pid);
+    xtimer_t timer;
+    xtimer_set_wakeup64(&timer, timex_uint64(reltime) , sched_active_pid);
     int result = pthread_cond_wait(cond, mutex);
-    vtimer_remove(&timer);
+    xtimer_remove(&timer);
 
     return result;
 }
diff --git a/sys/posix/pthread/pthread_rwlock.c b/sys/posix/pthread/pthread_rwlock.c
index ee401b0c0f9f0a08ca5cba3f77f93667ce4df0ca..dde72eb6ef40e13ef80d447c4899542f419f3912 100644
--- a/sys/posix/pthread/pthread_rwlock.c
+++ b/sys/posix/pthread/pthread_rwlock.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "pthread.h"
 #include "sched.h"
-#include "vtimer.h"
+#include "xtimer.h"
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static int pthread_rwlock_timedlock(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock,
     then.microseconds = abstime->tv_nsec / 1000u;
     timex_normalize(&then);
 
-    vtimer_now(&now);
+    xtimer_now_timex(&now);
 
     if (timex_cmp(then, now) <= 0) {
         return ETIMEDOUT;
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@ static int pthread_rwlock_timedlock(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock,
     else {
         timex_t reltime = timex_sub(then, now);
 
-        vtimer_t timer;
-        vtimer_set_wakeup(&timer, reltime, sched_active_pid);
+        xtimer_t timer;
+        xtimer_set_wakeup64(&timer, timex_uint64(reltime) , sched_active_pid);
         int result = pthread_rwlock_lock(rwlock, is_blocked, is_writer, incr_when_held, true);
         if (result != ETIMEDOUT) {
-            vtimer_remove(&timer);
+            xtimer_remove(&timer);
         }
 
         return result;
diff --git a/tests/pthread_condition_variable/Makefile b/tests/pthread_condition_variable/Makefile
index c9066db1893200112f0961113bb8236d68c651ec..3f4e7923c5f6cccb8f545dd6e4cde7bde09d56a1 100644
--- a/tests/pthread_condition_variable/Makefile
+++ b/tests/pthread_condition_variable/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ BOARD_INSUFFICIENT_MEMORY := stm32f0discovery
 
 USEMODULE += posix
 USEMODULE += pthread
-USEMODULE += vtimer
+USEMODULE += xtimer
 
 CFLAGS += -DNATIVE_AUTO_EXIT