diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bbe89f5b6979a75b329cd3b4a70e0ad74f551692..08f0b612e7a4a20ec937cecbef8945e66d44404e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ dnl Check for system libs needed
 need_libc=false
 
 dnl Check for usual libc functions
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([accept4 daemon fcntl flock fstatvfs fork getenv getpwuid_r isatty memalign mkostemp mmap open_memstream openat pipe2 pread posix_fadvise posix_madvise posix_memalign setlocale stricmp strnicmp strptime tdestroy uselocale])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([accept4 daemon fcntl flock fstatvfs fork getenv getpwuid_r isatty memalign mkostemp mmap open_memstream openat pipe2 pread posix_fadvise posix_madvise posix_memalign setlocale stricmp strnicmp strptime uselocale])
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([aligned_alloc atof atoll dirfd fdopendir ffsll flockfile fsync getdelim getpid lldiv memrchr nrand48 poll recvmsg rewind sendmsg setenv strcasecmp strcasestr strdup strlcpy strndup strnlen strnstr strsep strtof strtok_r strtoll swab tdestroy tfind timegm timespec_get strverscmp pathconf])
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([gettimeofday])
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(fdatasync,,
diff --git a/include/vlc_fixups.h b/include/vlc_fixups.h
index c7784c4c35e3c5a9171321d4a7a2c8b57692622e..4c3af3bd3bd59b614b87ebdc85aeff533ebfa151 100644
--- a/include/vlc_fixups.h
+++ b/include/vlc_fixups.h
@@ -480,8 +480,6 @@ void twalk( const void *root, void(*action)(const void *nodep, VISIT which, int
 #endif /* HAVE_SEARCH_H */
 #ifndef HAVE_TDESTROY
 void tdestroy( void *root, void (*free_node)(void *nodep) );
-void vlc_tdestroy( void *, void (*)(void *) );
-# define tdestroy vlc_tdestroy
 #endif
 
 /* Random numbers */
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 3dc72b035e179978358dc20458b8fc37e25749f5..528249a98c4e49178f5134b0d3c2940f52bcc8e0 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ src/config/help.c
 src/config/intf.c
 src/darwin/error.c
 src/extras/libc.c
-src/extras/tdestroy.c
 src/input/access.c
 src/input/clock.c
 src/input/clock.h
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 4cadd7c5037607cf19d66f5bc039849d41f25e5f..6954b019299c385afc49ce92b810368d080e14cf 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ libvlccore_la_SOURCES = \
 	config/getopt.c \
 	config/vlc_getopt.h \
 	extras/libc.c \
-	extras/tdestroy.c \
 	modules/modules.h \
 	modules/modules.c \
 	modules/bank.c \
diff --git a/src/extras/tdestroy.c b/src/extras/tdestroy.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c5488155386cb6e300a5a8531e0578331453431..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/extras/tdestroy.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @file tdestroy.c
- * @brief replacement for GNU tdestroy()
- */
-/*****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2009 Rémi Denis-Courmont
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
- * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-# include "config.h"
-#endif
-
-#if defined(HAVE_SEARCH_H) && !defined(HAVE_TDESTROY) && defined(HAVE_TFIND)
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <assert.h>
-
-#include <vlc_common.h>
-#include <search.h>
-
-static struct
-{
-    const void **tab;
-    size_t count;
-    vlc_mutex_t lock;
-} list = { NULL, 0, VLC_STATIC_MUTEX };
-
-static void list_nodes (const void *node, const VISIT which, const int depth)
-{
-    (void) depth;
-
-    if (which != postorder && which != leaf)
-        return;
-
-    const void **tab = realloc (list.tab, sizeof (*tab) * (list.count + 1));
-    if (unlikely(tab == NULL))
-        abort ();
-
-    tab[list.count] = *(const void **)node;
-    list.tab = tab;
-    list.count++;
-}
-
-static struct
-{
-    const void *node;
-    vlc_mutex_t lock;
-} smallest = { NULL, VLC_STATIC_MUTEX };
-
-static int cmp_smallest (const void *a, const void *b)
-{
-    if (a == b)
-        return 0;
-    if (a == smallest.node)
-        return -1;
-    if (likely(b == smallest.node))
-        return +1;
-    abort ();
-}
-
-void vlc_tdestroy (void *root, void (*freenode) (void *))
-{
-    const void **tab;
-    size_t count;
-
-    assert (freenode != NULL);
-
-    /* Enumerate nodes in order */
-    vlc_mutex_lock (&list.lock);
-    assert (list.count == 0);
-    twalk (root, list_nodes);
-    tab = list.tab;
-    count = list.count;
-    list.tab = NULL;
-    list.count = 0;
-    vlc_mutex_unlock (&list.lock);
-
-    /* Destroy the tree */
-    vlc_mutex_lock (&smallest.lock);
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++)
-    {
-         void *node  = tab[i];
-
-         smallest.node = node;
-         node = tdelete (node, &root, cmp_smallest);
-         assert (node != NULL);
-    }
-    vlc_mutex_unlock (&smallest.lock);
-    assert (root == NULL);
-
-    /* Destroy the nodes */
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++)
-         freenode ((void *)(tab[i]));
-    free (tab);
-}
-
-#endif