diff --git a/core/textinput/inc/LinkDef.h b/core/textinput/inc/LinkDef.h
deleted file mode 100644
index fef531f4a1809059f4d0166a914c91d375964667..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/core/textinput/inc/LinkDef.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/* @(#)root/textinput:$Id$ */
-
-/*************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 1995-2011, 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 off all globals;
-#pragma link off all classes;
-#pragma link off all functions;
-
-#pragma link C++ enum EGetLineMode;
-
-#pragma link C++ function Getline(const char*);
-#pragma link C++ function Getlinem(EGetLineMode,const char*);
-#pragma link C++ function Gl_histadd(const char*);
-
-#endif