diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6171311c8..2bcec0287 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1686,7 +1686,6 @@ set_src(BASE GLOB_RECURSE src/base
   math.h
   system.cpp
   system.h
-  tl/allocator.h
   tl/range.h
   tl/threading.h
   unicode/confusables.cpp
diff --git a/src/base/tl/allocator.h b/src/base/tl/allocator.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d04d1192..000000000
--- a/src/base/tl/allocator.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-/* (c) Magnus Auvinen. See licence.txt in the root of the distribution for more information. */
-/* If you are missing that file, acquire a complete release at teeworlds.com.                */
-#ifndef BASE_TL_ALLOCATOR_H
-#define BASE_TL_ALLOCATOR_H
-
-template<class T>
-class allocator_default
-{
-public:
-	static T *alloc() { return new T; }
-	static void free(T *p) { delete p; }
-
-	static T *alloc_array(int size) { return new T[size]; }
-	static void free_array(T *p) { delete[] p; }
-};
-
-#endif // TL_FILE_ALLOCATOR_HPP