diff --git a/src/lib/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 09e84e3eae..5716a05517 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ unset(CLIENT_BINARY)
 unset(SERVER_BINARY)
 
 add_library(common STATIC
-  Common.h
   ExitCodes.h
   I18N.h
   I18N.cpp
diff --git a/src/lib/common/Common.h b/src/lib/common/Common.h
deleted file mode 100644
index cfdb6fcad7..0000000000
--- a/src/lib/common/Common.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2010 - 2018, 2024 - 2025 Symless Ltd.
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2002 - 2007 Chris Schoeneman
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#if !SYSAPI_WIN32
-#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#include "Config.h"
-#else
-#error "config.h missing"
-#endif
-#endif
-
-// define nullptr
-#include <stddef.h>
-
-// make assert available since we use it a lot
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdlib.h> // IWYU pragma: keep
-#include <string.h> // IWYU pragma: keep
-
-// defined in Carbon
-#if !defined(__MACTYPES__)
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
-#include <CoreServices/CoreServices.h>
-#else
-#endif
-#endif