diff --git a/libcutils/Android.bp b/libcutils/Android.bp
index 92486e335..55a8694ff 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.bp
+++ b/libcutils/Android.bp
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ cc_library {
         "properties.cpp",
         "record_stream.cpp",
         "strlcpy.c",
-        "threads.cpp",
     ],
 
     target: {
diff --git a/libcutils/threads.cpp b/libcutils/threads.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index cca50c191..000000000
--- a/libcutils/threads.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/*
-** Copyright (C) 2007, The Android Open Source Project
-**
-** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-** You may obtain a copy of the License at
-**
-**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-**
-** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-** limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
-#include <pthread.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#elif defined(__linux__)
-#include <pthread.h>
-#include <syscall.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#elif defined(_WIN32)
-#include <windows.h>
-#endif
-
-#if defined(__BIONIC__) || defined(__GLIBC__) && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 30
-// No definition needed for Android because we'll just pick up bionic's copy.
-// No definition needed for Glibc >= 2.30 because it exposes its own copy.
-#else
-extern "C" pid_t gettid() {
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
-  uint64_t tid;
-  pthread_threadid_np(NULL, &tid);
-  return tid;
-#elif defined(__linux__)
-  return syscall(__NR_gettid);
-#elif defined(_WIN32)
-  return GetCurrentThreadId();
-#endif
-}
-#endif