diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index f83c736..e306d73 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@ src/h5/h5.c -text
 src/h5/h5.h -text
 src/h5/h5_private.h -text
 src/h5/h5_types.h -text
-src/h5/openclose.h -text
 src/h5/readwrite.c -text
 src/h5/readwrite.h -text
 src/h5/t_openclose.c -text
diff --git a/src/h5/openclose.h b/src/h5/openclose.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7959155..0000000
--- a/src/h5/openclose.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __OPENCLOSE_H
-#define __OPENCLOSE_H
-
-h5_file*
-H5_open_file (
-	const char *filename,
-	unsigned flags,
-	MPI_Comm comm
-	);
-
-h5part_int64_t
-H5_check_filehandle (
-	const h5_file *f
-	);
-
-h5part_int64_t
-H5_close_file (
-	h5_file *f
-	);
-
-h5part_int64_t
-H5_define_stepname (
-	h5_file *f,
-	const char *name,
-	const h5part_int64_t width
-	);
-
-h5_err_t
-_h5_close_step (
-	h5_file *f
-	);
-#endif