diff --git a/cpu/x86/include/hwtimer_cpu.h b/cpu/x86/include/hwtimer_cpu.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6840f622ea..0000000000
--- a/cpu/x86/include/hwtimer_cpu.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2014  René Kijewski  <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>
- *
- * 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 Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
- */
-
-/**
- * Basic definitions for the hwtimer.
- *
- * @ingroup x86
- * @ingroup core_hwtimer
- * @{
- * @file
- * @author  René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>
- */
-
-#ifndef CPU__X86__HWTIMER_CPU__H__
-#define CPU__X86__HWTIMER_CPU__H__
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-/**
- * @brief   Number of configured hardware timers.
- *
- * This value may be set as high as you need it.
- * The x86_hwtimer.c can emulate a lot of timers, since the real timers aren't used. :-)
- */
-#ifndef HWTIMER_MAXTIMERS
-#   define HWTIMER_MAXTIMERS 4
-#endif
-
-/**
- * @brief   How many "ticks" there are in one second of wallclock time.
- *
- * Statically configured as `1 tick = 1 µs`.
- */
-#define HWTIMER_SPEED (1000000L)
-
-/**
- * @brief   Biggest value that can specify a valid number of hardware ticks.
- *
- * Since 1 tick = 1 µs, this number will flow over after 4295 seconds (1h11m34s).
- */
-#define HWTIMER_MAXTICKS (0xFFFFFFFFu)
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif
-
-/** @} */
diff --git a/cpu/x86/include/x86_hwtimer.h b/cpu/x86/include/x86_hwtimer.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f1175df8e5..0000000000
--- a/cpu/x86/include/x86_hwtimer.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2014  René Kijewski  <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>
- *
- * 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 Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
- */
-
-/**
- * The interface of the architecture specific part of the hwtimer module.
- *
- * @ingroup x86
- * @ingroup core_hwtimer
- * @{
- * @file
- * @author  René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>
- */
-
-#ifndef CPU__X86__HWTIMER__H__
-#define CPU__X86__HWTIMER__H__
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-/**
- * @brief   Do timestamping to enable the use of the hwtimer module.
- *
- * This function is called during initialization by x86_startup().
- * You must not call this function on your own accord.
- */
-void x86_init_hwtimer(void);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif
-
-/** @} */