diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3aaea7c..197c7c0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ set(headers
 )
 
 set(sources
-    src/espchrono_impl.cpp
     src/espstrutils.cpp
     src/taskutils.cpp
 )
diff --git a/src/espchrono_impl.cpp b/src/espchrono_impl.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 48d4509..0000000
--- a/src/espchrono_impl.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-// local includes
-#include "espchrono.h"
-
-// system includes
-#include <time.h>
-
-// esp-idf inlcludes
-#include <esp_timer.h>
-
-using namespace std::chrono_literals;
-
-// actual implementations used on the ESP32
-
-auto espchrono::utc_clock::now() noexcept -> time_point
-{
-    timeval tv;
-    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-    seconds32 seconds{tv.tv_sec};
-    return time_point{seconds};
-}
-
-auto espchrono::millis_clock::now() noexcept -> time_point
-{
-    return time_point{std::chrono::floor<duration>(std::chrono::microseconds{esp_timer_get_time()})};
-}