diff --git a/include/wine/pthread.h b/include/wine/pthread.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 561c22c5221..00000000000
--- a/include/wine/pthread.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Definitions for Wine pthread emulation
- *
- * Copyright 2003 Alexandre Julliard
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
- */
-
-#ifndef __WINE_WINE_PTHREAD_H
-#define __WINE_WINE_PTHREAD_H
-
-struct wine_pthread_callbacks;
-
-#include <signal.h>
-
-#ifndef HAVE_SIGSET_T
-struct sigset_t;
-typedef struct sigset_t sigset_t;
-#endif
-
-/* thread information used to creating and exiting threads */
-struct wine_pthread_thread_info
-{
-    void          *stack_base;  /* base address of the stack */
-    size_t         stack_size;  /* size of the stack */
-    void          *teb_base;    /* base address of the TEB */
-    size_t         teb_size;    /* size of the TEB (possibly including signal stack) */
-    unsigned short teb_sel;     /* selector to use for TEB */
-    int            pid;         /* Unix process id */
-    int            tid;         /* Unix thread id */
-    void         (*entry)( struct wine_pthread_thread_info *info );  /* thread entry point */
-    long           exit_status; /* thread exit status when calling wine_pthread_exit_thread */
-};
-
-struct wine_pthread_functions
-{
-    void   (*init_process)( const struct wine_pthread_callbacks *callbacks, size_t size );
-    void   (*init_thread)( struct wine_pthread_thread_info *info );
-    int    (*create_thread)( struct wine_pthread_thread_info *info );
-    void   (*init_current_teb)( struct wine_pthread_thread_info *info );
-    void * (*get_current_teb)(void);
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-    void   (* __attribute__((noreturn)) exit_thread)( struct wine_pthread_thread_info *info );
-    void   (* __attribute__((noreturn)) abort_thread)( long status );
-#else
-    void   (*exit_thread)( struct wine_pthread_thread_info *info );
-    void   (*abort_thread)( long status );
-#endif
-    int    (*sigprocmask)( int how, const sigset_t *newset, sigset_t *oldset );
-};
-
-extern void wine_pthread_get_functions( struct wine_pthread_functions *functions, size_t size );
-extern void wine_pthread_set_functions( const struct wine_pthread_functions *functions, size_t size );
-
-#endif  /* __WINE_WINE_PTHREAD_H */
diff --git a/libs/wine/port.c b/libs/wine/port.c
index cfd3bcd88c7..1e05e2b0b26 100644
--- a/libs/wine/port.c
+++ b/libs/wine/port.c
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 #include "wine/library.h"
-#include "wine/pthread.h"
 
-static struct wine_pthread_functions pthread_functions;
+/* no longer used, for backwards compatibility only */
+struct wine_pthread_functions;
+static void *pthread_functions[8];
 
 /***********************************************************************
  *           wine_pthread_get_functions