diff --git a/core/base/inc/LinkDef.h b/core/base/inc/LinkDef.h
index b8475c26d1752d8b716c76bea9f0a1ad9a204906..0afd9d5e174085ac6742943ad277217b773c2c2c 100644
--- a/core/base/inc/LinkDef.h
+++ b/core/base/inc/LinkDef.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "core/base/inc/LinkDef1.h"
 #include "core/base/inc/LinkDef2.h"
 #include "core/base/inc/LinkDef3.h"
-#include "core/clib/inc/LinkDef.h"
 #include "core/cont/inc/LinkDef.h"
 #include "core/meta/inc/LinkDef.h"
 
diff --git a/core/clib/inc/LinkDef.h b/core/clib/inc/LinkDef.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5677eecd791a5ce2d4cce08b554b873d5e9e0817..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/core/clib/inc/LinkDef.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/* @(#)root/clib:$Id$ */
-
-/*************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 1995-2000, Rene Brun and Fons Rademakers.               *
- * All rights reserved.                                                  *
- *                                                                       *
- * For the licensing terms see $ROOTSYS/LICENSE.                         *
- * For the list of contributors see $ROOTSYS/README/CREDITS.             *
- *************************************************************************/
-
-
-#ifdef __CINT__
-
-#pragma link C++ function strlcpy(char *, const char *, size_t);
-#pragma link C++ function strlcat(char *, const char *, size_t);
-#pragma link C++ function snprintf(char *, size_t, const char *, ...);
-
-// Over-ride the CINT hand coded dictionary to allow for full
-// parameter conversion resolution.
-char *strtok(char *str, const char *delim);
-#pragma link C++ function strtok;
-
-#endif