diff --git a/common/refcount.h b/common/refcount.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 376e8258..00000000
--- a/common/refcount.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * refcount.h - useful reference counter handling header
- *
- * Copyright © 2008 Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
- *
- * This program 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 Foundation; either version 2 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 General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU 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.
- *
- */
-#ifndef AWESOME_COMMON_REFCOUNT_H
-#define AWESOME_COMMON_REFCOUNT_H
-
-#define DO_RCNT(type, prefix, dtor)                                            \
-    static inline void prefix##_unref(type **item)                             \
-    {                                                                          \
-        if(*item && --(*item)->refcount <= 0)                                  \
-            dtor(item);                                                        \
-    }                                                                          \
-                                                                               \
-    static inline type *prefix##_ref(type **item)                              \
-    {                                                                          \
-        (*item)->refcount++;                                                   \
-        return *item;                                                          \
-    }
-
-#endif
-// vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80
diff --git a/structs.h b/structs.h
index d4f9df4d..099bfc89 100644
--- a/structs.h
+++ b/structs.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "key.h"
 #include "common/xutil.h"
 #include "common/xembed.h"
-#include "common/refcount.h"
 #include "common/tokenize.h"
 
 /** Windows type */