diff --git a/src/network/core/core.c b/src/network/core/core.c
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/src/network/core/core.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/* $Id$ */
-
-#ifdef ENABLE_NETWORK
-
-#include "../../stdafx.h"
-#include "../../debug.h"
-#include "os_abstraction.h"
-
-#ifdef __MORPHOS__
-/* the library base is required here */
-struct Library *SocketBase = NULL;
-#endif
-
-/**
- * Initializes the network core (as that is needed for some platforms
- */
-bool NetworkCoreInitialize(void)
-{
-#if defined(__MORPHOS__) || defined(__AMIGA__)
-	/*
-	 *  IMPORTANT NOTE: SocketBase needs to be initialized before we use _any_
-	 *  network related function, else: crash.
-	 */
-	DEBUG(net, 3, "[core] loading bsd socket library");
-	SocketBase = OpenLibrary("bsdsocket.library", 4);
-	if (SocketBase == NULL) {
-		DEBUG(net, 0, "[core] can't open bsdsocket.library version 4, network unavailable");
-		return false;
-	}
-
-#if defined(__AMIGA__)
-	/* for usleep() implementation (only required for legacy AmigaOS builds) */
-	TimerPort = CreateMsgPort();
-	if (TimerPort != NULL) {
-		TimerRequest = (struct timerequest*)CreateIORequest(TimerPort, sizeof(struct timerequest);
-		if (TimerRequest != NULL) {
-			if (OpenDevice("timer.device", UNIT_MICROHZ, (struct IORequest*)TimerRequest, 0) == 0) {
-				TimerBase = TimerRequest->tr_node.io_Device;
-				if (TimerBase == NULL) {
-					/* free ressources... */
-					DEBUG(net, 0, "[core] can't initialize timer, network unavailable");
-					return false;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-#endif // __AMIGA__
-#endif // __MORPHOS__ / __AMIGA__
-
-/* Let's load the network in windows */
-#ifdef WIN32
-	{
-		WSADATA wsa;
-		DEBUG(net, 3, "[core] loading windows socket library");
-		if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 0), &wsa) != 0) {
-			DEBUG(net, 0, "[core] WSAStartup failed, network unavailable");
-			return false;
-		}
-	}
-#endif /* WIN32 */
-
-	return true;
-}
-
-/**
- * Shuts down the network core (as that is needed for some platforms
- */
-void NetworkCoreShutdown(void)
-{
-#if defined(__MORPHOS__) || defined(__AMIGA__)
-	/* free allocated resources */
-#if defined(__AMIGA__)
-	if (TimerBase    != NULL) CloseDevice((struct IORequest*)TimerRequest); // XXX This smells wrong
-	if (TimerRequest != NULL) DeleteIORequest(TimerRequest);
-	if (TimerPort    != NULL) DeleteMsgPort(TimerPort);
-#endif
-
-	if (SocketBase != NULL) CloseLibrary(SocketBase);
-#endif
-
-#if defined(WIN32)
-	WSACleanup();
-#endif
-}
-
-#endif /* ENABLE_NETWORK */