diff --git a/src/protocols/CMakeLists.txt b/src/protocols/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d4ec7aa5..000000000
--- a/src/protocols/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2003-2007 FlashCode <flashcode@flashtux.org>
-#
-# 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-
-SET(LIB_PROTOCOLS_SRC protocols.c protocols.h)
-
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
-ADD_LIBRARY(weechat_protocols STATIC ${LIB_PROTOCOLS_SRC})
-
-IF(NOT DISABLE_IRC)
-  ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( irc )
-ENDIF(NOT DISABLE_IRC)
diff --git a/src/protocols/Makefile.am b/src/protocols/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 185926a8b..000000000
--- a/src/protocols/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2003-2007 FlashCode <flashcode@flashtux.org>
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-
-INCLUDES = -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(datadir)/locale\"
-
-noinst_LIBRARIES = lib_weechat_protocols.a
-
-lib_weechat_protocols_a_SOURCES = protocols.c \
-                                  protocols.h
-
-if PROTOCOL_IRC
-irc_dir=irc
-endif
-
-SUBDIRS = . $(irc_dir)
diff --git a/src/protocols/protocols.c b/src/protocols/protocols.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8851bfe96..000000000
--- a/src/protocols/protocols.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2003-2007 by FlashCode <flashcode@flashtux.org>
- * See README for License detail, AUTHORS for developers list.
- *
- * 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-/* protocols.c: manages WeeChat protocols (dynamic C libraries) */
-
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#include "config.h"
-#endif
-
-#include "../common/weechat.h"
-#include "protocols.h"
diff --git a/src/protocols/protocols.h b/src/protocols/protocols.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b5306c9f..000000000
--- a/src/protocols/protocols.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2003-2007 by FlashCode <flashcode@flashtux.org>
- * See README for License detail, AUTHORS for developers list.
- *
- * 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#ifndef __WEECHAT_PROTOCOLS_H
-#define __WEECHAT_PROTOCOLS_H 1
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#include "config.h"
-#endif
-
-struct t_weechat_protocol
-{
-};
-
-#endif /* protocols.h */