diff --git a/evhtp_heap.c b/evhtp_heap.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 884b743..0000000
--- a/evhtp_heap.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <sys/queue.h>
-
-#include "evhtp-internal.h"
-#include "evhtp_heap.h"
-
-struct evhtp_heap_page_s;
-typedef struct evhtp_heap_page_s evhtp_heap_page;
-
-struct evhtp_heap_page_s {
-    SLIST_ENTRY(evhtp_heap_page_s) next;
-    char data[];
-};
-
-struct evhtp_heap_s {
-    size_t page_size;             /* page size */
-
-    SLIST_HEAD(, evhtp_heap_page_s) page_list_free;
-    SLIST_HEAD(, evhtp_heap_page_s) page_list_used;
-};
-
-
-static evhtp_heap_page *
-heap_page_new_(evhtp_heap * heap) {
-    evhtp_heap_page * page;
-
-    page = malloc(heap->page_size + sizeof(evhtp_heap_page));
-
-    SLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&heap->page_list_free, page, next);
-
-    return page;
-};
-
-
-static evhtp_heap *
-heap_new_(size_t elts, size_t size) {
-    evhtp_heap * heap;
-
-    if (!(heap = malloc(sizeof(evhtp_heap)))) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    heap->page_size = size;
-
-    SLIST_INIT(&heap->page_list_free);
-    SLIST_INIT(&heap->page_list_used);
-
-    while (elts-- > 0) {
-        heap_page_new_(heap);
-    }
-
-    return heap;
-}
-
-static void
-heap_free_(evhtp_heap * heap, void * d) {
-    evhtp_heap_page * page;
-
-    if (evhtp_unlikely(heap == NULL)) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    evhtp_assert(d != NULL);
-
-    page = (evhtp_heap_page *)((char *)(d - offsetof(evhtp_heap_page, data)));
-    evhtp_assert(page != NULL);
-    evhtp_assert(page->data == d);
-
-    SLIST_REMOVE(&heap->page_list_used, page, evhtp_heap_page_s, next);
-    SLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&heap->page_list_free, page, next);
-}
-
-void
-evhtp_heap_free(evhtp_heap * heap, void * data) {
-    return heap_free_(heap, data);
-}
-
-static void *
-heap_alloc_(evhtp_heap * heap) {
-    evhtp_heap_page * page;
-
-    if (SLIST_EMPTY(&heap->page_list_free)) {
-        heap_page_new_(heap);
-    }
-
-    page = SLIST_FIRST(&heap->page_list_free);
-    evhtp_assert(page != NULL);
-
-    SLIST_REMOVE(&heap->page_list_free, page, evhtp_heap_page_s, next);
-    SLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&heap->page_list_used, page, next);
-
-    return page->data;
-}
-
-void *
-evhtp_heap_alloc(evhtp_heap * heap) {
-    return heap_alloc_(heap);
-}
-
-evhtp_heap *
-evhtp_heap_new(size_t size, size_t elts) {
-    return heap_new_(elts, size);
-}
-
diff --git a/evhtp_heap.h b/evhtp_heap.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bbb2bb..0000000
--- a/evhtp_heap.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __EVHTP_HEAP_H__
-#define __EVHTP_HEAP_H__
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-struct evhtp_heap_s;
-
-typedef struct evhtp_heap_s evhtp_heap;
-
-/**
- * @brief creates a new heap context
- *
- * @param size the size of the data to be allocated
- * @param nelem the number of elements allocated with the size
- *
- * @return NULL on error
- */
-EVHTP_EXPORT evhtp_heap * evhtp_heap_new(size_t size, size_t elts);
-
-/**
- * @brief returns a single pre-allocated segment of memory from the heap list,
- *        if there happens to be no entries left, one will be allocated, added to the
- *        heap and returned.
- *
- * @param heap
- *
- * @return a block of data
- */
-EVHTP_EXPORT void * evhtp_heap_alloc(evhtp_heap * heap);
-
-/**
- * @brief removes the data entry, and places it back into a unused queue.
- *
- * @param heap
- * @param d data that was returned from evhtp_heap_alloc()
- */
-EVHTP_EXPORT void evhtp_heap_free(evhtp_heap * heap, void * data);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif
-