diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/stdio/old_stdio.c b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/stdio/old_stdio.c
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index e44bcca867..0000000000
--- a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/stdio/old_stdio.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/*
-** Copyright 2001, Travis Geiselbrecht. All rights reserved.
-** Distributed under the terms of the NewOS License.
-*/
-#include <syscalls.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-int __stdio_init(void);	 /* keep the compiler happy, these two are not supposed */
-int __stdio_deinit(void);/* to be called by anyone except crt0, and crt0 will change soon */
-
-
-int __stdio_init(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int __stdio_deinit(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int printf(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list args;
-	char buf[1024];
-	int i;
-
-	va_start(args, fmt);
-	i = vsprintf(buf, fmt, args);
-	va_end(args);
-
-	sys_write(1, buf, -1, strlen(buf));
-
-	return i;
-}
-
-int getchar(void)
-{
-	char c;
-
-	sys_read(0, &c, 0, 1);
-	return c;
-}