diff --git a/src/common/common.vcxproj b/src/common/common.vcxproj
index 14867e8b..bc2605dd 100644
--- a/src/common/common.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/common.vcxproj
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="text.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="textenums.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="textevents.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="thread.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="tree.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="typedef.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="url.h" />
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="servlist.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="ssl.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="text.c" />
-    <ClCompile Include="thread.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="tree.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="url.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="userlist.c" />
diff --git a/src/common/common.vcxproj.filters b/src/common/common.vcxproj.filters
index d94ec2d3..d543992d 100644
--- a/src/common/common.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/src/common/common.vcxproj.filters
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="textevents.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="thread.h">
-      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="tree.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
@@ -175,9 +172,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="text.c">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="thread.c">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="tree.c">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
diff --git a/src/common/thread.c b/src/common/thread.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 40a8778f..00000000
--- a/src/common/thread.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/* HexChat
- * Copyright (C) 1998-2010 Peter Zelezny.
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Berke Viktor.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
- */
-
-#if 0	/* native file dialogs */
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include "thread.h"
-
-thread *
-thread_new (void)
-{
-	thread *th;
-
-	th = calloc (1, sizeof (*th));
-	if (!th)
-	{
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (_pipe (th->pipe_fd, 4096, _O_BINARY) == -1)
-	{
-		free (th);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	return th;
-}
-
-int
-thread_start (thread *th, void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg)
-{
-	DWORD id;
-
-	CloseHandle (CreateThread (NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)start_routine, arg, 0, (DWORD *)&id));
-	th->threadid = id;
-
-	return 1;
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/src/common/thread.h b/src/common/thread.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c736ca2..00000000
--- a/src/common/thread.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/* HexChat
- * Copyright (C) 1998-2010 Peter Zelezny.
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Berke Viktor.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
- */
-
-#ifndef HEXCHAT_THREAD_H
-#define HEXCHAT_THREAD_H
-
-#if 0	/* native file dialogs */
-#include <windows.h>
-
-typedef struct
-{
-	DWORD threadid;
-	int pipe_fd[2];
-} thread;
-
-thread *thread_new (void);
-int thread_start (thread *th, void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg);
-#endif
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/gtkutil.c b/src/fe-gtk/gtkutil.c
index 6da759c4..af6d3803 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/gtkutil.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/gtkutil.c
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@
 
 #ifdef WIN32
 #include <io.h>
-#if 0	/* native file dialogs */
-#include "../common/fe.h"
-#include "../common/thread.h"
-#endif
 #else
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
@@ -57,15 +53,6 @@ struct file_req
 	void *userdata;
 	filereqcallback callback;
 	int flags;		/* FRF_* flags */
-
-#if 0	/* native file dialogs */
-#ifdef WIN32
-	int multiple;
-	thread *th;
-	char *title;	/* native locale */
-	char *filter;
-#endif
-#endif
 };
 
 static void