diff --git a/src/libCom/cxxTemplates/Makefile b/src/libCom/cxxTemplates/Makefile
index b15464aef..104296358 100644
--- a/src/libCom/cxxTemplates/Makefile
+++ b/src/libCom/cxxTemplates/Makefile
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ INC += tsBTree.h
 INC += tsFreeList.h
 INC += epicsSingleton.h
 INC += epicsGuard.h
-INC += epicsOnce.h
 Com_SRCS += resourceLib.cpp
-Com_SRCS += epicsOnce.cpp
 Com_SRCS += epicsSingletonMutex.cpp
 
diff --git a/src/libCom/cxxTemplates/epicsOnce.cpp b/src/libCom/cxxTemplates/epicsOnce.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e911314f0..000000000
--- a/src/libCom/cxxTemplates/epicsOnce.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-/*************************************************************************\
-* Copyright (c) 2002 The University of Chicago, as Operator of Argonne
-*     National Laboratory.
-* Copyright (c) 2002 The Regents of the University of California, as
-*     Operator of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
-* EPICS BASE Versions 3.13.7
-* and higher are distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
-* in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution. 
-\*************************************************************************/
-
-/*  
- *  $Revision-Id$
- *
- *                              
- *                    L O S  A L A M O S
- *              Los Alamos National Laboratory
- *               Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
- *                                  
- *  Copyright, 1986, The Regents of the University of California.
- *                                  
- *           
- *	Author Jeff Hill
- *	johill@lanl.gov
- *	505 665 1831
- */
-
-#define epicsExportSharedSymbols
-#include "epicsMutex.h"
-#include "epicsSingleton.h"
-#include "epicsGuard.h"
-#include "epicsOnce.h"
-#include "tsFreeList.h"
-
-class epicsOnceImpl : public epicsOnce {
-public:
-    epicsOnceImpl ( epicsOnceNotify & notifyIn );
-    void * operator new ( size_t size );
-    void operator delete ( void * pCadaver, size_t size );
-private:
-    epicsSingleton < epicsMutex > :: reference mutexRef;
-    epicsOnceNotify & notify;
-    bool onceFlag;
-    void destroy ();
-    void once ();
-    epicsOnceImpl ( epicsOnceImpl & ); // disabled
-    epicsOnceImpl & operator = ( epicsOnceImpl & ); // disabled
-	static epicsSingleton < epicsMutex > mutex;
-    static epicsSingleton < tsFreeList < class epicsOnceImpl, 16 > > freeList;
-};
-
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#   pragma warning ( push )
-#   pragma warning ( disable:4660 )
-#endif
-
-template class epicsSingleton < epicsMutex >;
-template class tsFreeList < class epicsOnceImpl, 16 >;
-template class epicsSingleton < tsFreeList < class epicsOnceImpl, 16 > >;
-
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#   pragma warning ( pop )
-#endif
-
-epicsSingleton < epicsMutex > epicsOnceImpl::mutex;
-epicsSingleton < tsFreeList < class epicsOnceImpl, 16 > > epicsOnceImpl::freeList;
-
-inline void * epicsOnceImpl::operator new ( size_t size )
-{ 
-    epicsSingleton < tsFreeList < class epicsOnceImpl, 16 > > :: reference ref = 
-                epicsOnceImpl::freeList.getReference ();
-    return ref->allocate ( size );
-}
-
-inline void epicsOnceImpl::operator delete ( void *pCadaver, size_t size )
-{ 
-    epicsSingleton < tsFreeList < class epicsOnceImpl, 16 > > :: reference ref = 
-                epicsOnceImpl::freeList.getReference ();
-    ref->release ( pCadaver, size );
-}
-
-inline epicsOnceImpl::epicsOnceImpl ( epicsOnceNotify & notifyIn ) : 
-mutexRef ( epicsOnceImpl::mutex.getReference() ), notify ( notifyIn ), onceFlag ( false )
-{
-}
-
-void epicsOnceImpl::once ()
-{
-    epicsGuard < epicsMutex > guard ( *this->mutexRef );
-    if ( ! this->onceFlag ) {
-        this->notify.initialize ();
-        this->onceFlag = true;
-    }
-}
-
-void epicsOnceImpl::destroy ()
-{
-    delete this;
-}
-
-epicsOnce & epicsOnce::create ( epicsOnceNotify & notifyIn )
-{
-    // free list throws exception in no memory situation
-    return * new epicsOnceImpl ( notifyIn );
-}
-
-epicsOnce::~epicsOnce ()
-{
-}
-
-epicsOnceNotify::~epicsOnceNotify ()
-{
-}
-
diff --git a/src/libCom/cxxTemplates/epicsOnce.h b/src/libCom/cxxTemplates/epicsOnce.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 28708dc77..000000000
--- a/src/libCom/cxxTemplates/epicsOnce.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/*************************************************************************\
-* Copyright (c) 2002 The University of Chicago, as Operator of Argonne
-*     National Laboratory.
-* Copyright (c) 2002 The Regents of the University of California, as
-*     Operator of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
-* EPICS BASE Versions 3.13.7
-* and higher are distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
-* in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution. 
-\*************************************************************************/
-/*  
- *  $Revision-Id$
- *
- *                              
- *                    L O S  A L A M O S
- *              Los Alamos National Laboratory
- *               Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
- *                                  
- *  Copyright, 1986, The Regents of the University of California.
- *                                  
- *           
- *	Author Jeff Hill
- *	johill@lanl.gov
- *	505 665 1831
- */
-
-#ifndef epicsOnceh
-#define epicsOnceh
-
-#include "shareLib.h"
-
-class epicsOnceNotify {
-public:
-    epicsShareFunc virtual ~epicsOnceNotify ();
-    virtual void initialize () = 0;
-};
-
-class epicsOnce {
-public:
-    epicsShareFunc static epicsOnce & create ( epicsOnceNotify & notifyIn );
-    virtual ~epicsOnce (); // use destroy
-    virtual void once () = 0; // run notifyIn.initialize() once only
-    virtual void destroy () = 0; // destroy this object
-};
-
-#endif // epicsOnceh
-