diff --git a/lib/bit.h b/lib/bit.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 24692557..00000000
--- a/lib/bit.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText:  Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier:  BSD-3-Clause
- */
-
-
-#ifndef SHADOW_INCLUDE_LIB_BIT_H_
-#define SHADOW_INCLUDE_LIB_BIT_H_
-
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#ident "$Id$"
-
-#include <limits.h>
-
-
-inline unsigned long bit_ceil_wrapul(unsigned long x);
-inline int leading_zerosul(unsigned long x);
-
-
-/* stdc_bit_ceilul(3), but wrap instead of having Undefined Behavior */
-inline unsigned long
-bit_ceil_wrapul(unsigned long x)
-{
-	if (x == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	return 1 + (ULONG_MAX >> leading_zerosul(x));
-}
-
-/* stdc_leading_zerosul(3) */
-inline int
-leading_zerosul(unsigned long x)
-{
-	return (x == 0) ? ULONG_WIDTH : __builtin_clz(x);
-}
-
-
-#endif  // include guard
diff --git a/libmisc/Makefile.am b/libmisc/Makefile.am
index ab363f54..b4ca708d 100644
--- a/libmisc/Makefile.am
+++ b/libmisc/Makefile.am
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ libmisc_la_SOURCES = \
 	agetpass.c \
 	audit_help.c \
 	basename.c \
-	bit.c \
 	chkname.c \
 	chkname.h \
 	chowndir.c \
diff --git a/libmisc/bit.c b/libmisc/bit.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 39efd568..00000000
--- a/libmisc/bit.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText:  Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier:  BSD-3-Clause
- */
-
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#ident "$Id$"
-
-#include "bit.h"
-
-#include <limits.h>
-
-
-extern inline unsigned long bit_ceil_wrapul(unsigned long x);
-extern inline int leading_zerosul(unsigned long x);