diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 56711ec..33c0fa5 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -436,8 +436,6 @@ src/h5core/h5t_adjacencies.c -text
 src/h5core/h5t_adjacencies_private.h -text
 src/h5core/h5t_adjacencies_tetm.c -text
 src/h5core/h5t_adjacencies_trim.c -text
-src/h5core/h5t_consts.c -text
-src/h5core/h5t_consts_private.h -text
 src/h5core/h5t_core_private.h -text
 src/h5core/h5t_errorhandling.c -text
 src/h5core/h5t_errorhandling_private.h -text
diff --git a/src/h5core/h5t_consts.c b/src/h5core/h5t_consts.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 49c59a9..0000000
--- a/src/h5core/h5t_consts.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#include "h5core/h5_core.h"
-#include "h5_core_private.h"
-
-
diff --git a/src/h5core/h5t_consts_private.h b/src/h5core/h5t_consts_private.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d48f76..0000000
--- a/src/h5core/h5t_consts_private.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __H5T_CONSTS_PRIVATE_H
-#define __H5T_CONSTS_PRIVATE_H
-
-#endif