diff --git a/src/lib/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 556771d6d..434b7b7ea 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ add_library(common STATIC
   Common.h
   IInterface.h
   StdExcept.h
-  StdIStream.h
   StdOStream.h
   Settings.h
   Settings.cpp
diff --git a/src/lib/common/StdIStream.h b/src/lib/common/StdIStream.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f24b4d084..000000000
--- a/src/lib/common/StdIStream.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2012 - 2016 Symless Ltd.
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2002 Chris Schoeneman
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#if HAVE_ISTREAM
-#include <istream>
-#else
-#include <iostream>
-#endif