diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 54c596511..69b8056f0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1021,7 +1021,6 @@ libconf_a_SOURCES = \
 	src/config/Block.cxx src/config/Block.hxx \
 	src/config/Param.cxx src/config/Param.hxx \
 	src/config/Parser.cxx src/config/Parser.hxx \
-	src/config/Global.cxx src/config/Global.hxx \
 	src/config/File.cxx src/config/File.hxx \
 	src/config/Migrate.cxx src/config/Migrate.hxx \
 	src/config/Templates.cxx src/config/Templates.hxx \
diff --git a/src/config/Global.cxx b/src/config/Global.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index affdc394b..000000000
--- a/src/config/Global.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2003-2017 The Music Player Daemon Project
- * http://www.musicpd.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 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 Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- */
-
-#include "config.h"
-#include "Global.hxx"
-#include "Migrate.hxx"
-#include "Data.hxx"
-#include "Block.hxx"
-#include "File.hxx"
-#include "Path.hxx"
-#include "Domain.hxx"
-#include "fs/Path.hxx"
-#include "util/RuntimeError.hxx"
-#include "Log.hxx"
-
-static ConfigData config_data;
-
-void config_global_finish(void)
-{
-	config_data.Clear();
-}
-
-void config_global_init(void)
-{
-}
-
-const ConfigData &
-GetGlobalConfig() noexcept
-{
-	return config_data;
-}
-
-void
-ReadConfigFile(Path path)
-{
-	ReadConfigFile(config_data, path);
-	Migrate(config_data);
-}
-
-const char *
-config_get_string(ConfigOption option, const char *default_value) noexcept
-{
-	return config_data.GetString(option, default_value);
-}
-
-unsigned
-config_get_positive(ConfigOption option, unsigned default_value)
-{
-	return config_data.GetPositive(option, default_value);
-}
-
-bool
-config_get_bool(ConfigOption option, bool default_value)
-{
-	return config_data.GetBool(option, default_value);
-}
diff --git a/src/config/Global.hxx b/src/config/Global.hxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a0cfccde..000000000
--- a/src/config/Global.hxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2003-2017 The Music Player Daemon Project
- * http://www.musicpd.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 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 Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- */
-
-#ifndef MPD_CONFIG_GLOBAL_HXX
-#define MPD_CONFIG_GLOBAL_HXX
-
-#include "Option.hxx"
-#include "Compiler.h"
-
-class Path;
-struct ConfigData;
-
-void
-config_global_init();
-
-void
-config_global_finish();
-
-gcc_const
-const ConfigData &
-GetGlobalConfig() noexcept;
-
-void
-ReadConfigFile(Path path);
-
-const char *
-config_get_string(enum ConfigOption option,
-		  const char *default_value=nullptr) noexcept;
-
-unsigned
-config_get_positive(enum ConfigOption option, unsigned default_value);
-
-bool config_get_bool(enum ConfigOption option, bool default_value);
-
-#endif