diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 16d4b8f..2d967ac 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -437,7 +437,6 @@ src/h5core/h5t_adjacencies_private.h -text
 src/h5core/h5t_adjacencies_tetm.c -text
 src/h5core/h5t_adjacencies_trim.c -text
 src/h5core/h5t_core_private.h -text
-src/h5core/h5t_errorhandling.c -text
 src/h5core/h5t_errorhandling_private.h -text
 src/h5core/h5t_hsearch.c -text
 src/h5core/h5t_hsearch_private.h -text
diff --git a/src/h5core/Makefile.am b/src/h5core/Makefile.am
index 0c81a6b..1efa3d9 100644
--- a/src/h5core/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/h5core/Makefile.am
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ ___lib_libH5hut_a_SOURCES =			\
 	h5t_adjacencies.c			\
 	h5t_adjacencies_tetm.c			\
 	h5t_adjacencies_trim.c			\
-	h5t_errorhandling.c			\
 	h5t_hsearch.c				\
 	h5t_inquiry.c				\
 	h5t_map.c				\
diff --git a/src/h5core/h5t_errorhandling.c b/src/h5core/h5t_errorhandling.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ed871a..0000000
--- a/src/h5core/h5t_errorhandling.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>	/* va_arg - System dependent ?! */
-#include <string.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include "h5core/h5_core.h"
-#include "h5_core_private.h"