diff --git a/include/sj4common/sj4compat.h b/include/sj4common/sj4compat.h
index a078b6e..aef370a 100644
--- a/include/sj4common/sj4compat.h
+++ b/include/sj4common/sj4compat.h
@@ -14,6 +14,5 @@
 int    sj4_snprintf(char*, size_t, const char*, ...);
 size_t sj4_strlcpy(char*, const char*, size_t);
 int    sj4_ftruncate(FILE*, size_t);
-int    sj4_unlink(const char*);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/sj4common/unlink.c b/lib/sj4common/unlink.c
deleted file mode 100644
index c589012..0000000
--- a/lib/sj4common/unlink.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#include "sj4compat.h"
-
-int sj4_unlink(const char* path) {
-	return unlink(path);
-}
diff --git a/lib/sj4core/sdepend.c b/lib/sj4core/sdepend.c
index 63a2bc6..a8689c0 100644
--- a/lib/sj4core/sdepend.c
+++ b/lib/sj4core/sdepend.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ int makedict(char* path, int idxlen, int seglen, int segnum) {
 		ret = SJ4_NormalEnd;
 error:
 	fclose(fp);
-	if(ret != SJ4_NormalEnd) sj4_unlink(path);
+	if(ret != SJ4_NormalEnd) remove(path);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ int makestdy(char* path, int stynum, int clstep, int cllen) {
 		ret = SJ4_NormalEnd;
 error:
 	fclose(fp);
-	if(ret != SJ4_NormalEnd) sj4_unlink(path);
+	if(ret != SJ4_NormalEnd) remove(path);
 	return ret;
 }