diff --git a/src/tools.rs b/src/tools.rs
index c6b2a21a..186e6a9e 100644
--- a/src/tools.rs
+++ b/src/tools.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ pub mod borrow;
 pub mod daemon;
 pub mod fs;
 pub mod futures;
-pub mod signalfd;
 pub mod ticket;
 pub mod timer;
 pub mod tty;
diff --git a/src/tools/signalfd.rs b/src/tools/signalfd.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 286a4a53..00000000
--- a/src/tools/signalfd.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-//! signalfd handling for tokio, with some re-exports for convenience
-
-use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, RawFd};
-
-use failure::*;
-use nix::sys::signalfd;
-use tokio::prelude::*;
-use tokio::reactor::PollEvented2;
-
-pub use nix::sys::signal::{SigSet, Signal};
-
-/// Wrapper for `nix::sys::signal::SignalFd` to provide an async `Stream` of `siginfo`.
-pub struct SignalFd {
-    inner: signalfd::SignalFd,
-    pinned_fd: Box<RawFd>,
-    wakeup: Option<PollEvented2<mio::unix::EventedFd<'static>>>,
-}
-
-impl std::ops::Deref for SignalFd {
-    type Target = signalfd::SignalFd;
-
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        &self.inner
-    }
-}
-
-impl std::ops::DerefMut for SignalFd {
-    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
-        &mut self.inner
-    }
-}
-
-impl SignalFd {
-    pub fn new(mask: &SigSet) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        let inner = signalfd::SignalFd::with_flags(
-            mask,
-            signalfd::SfdFlags::SFD_CLOEXEC | signalfd::SfdFlags::SFD_NONBLOCK,
-        )?;
-
-        // EventedFd takes a reference and therefore a lifetime parameter. Since we want to
-        // reference something that is part of our own Self, we need to find a work around:
-        // Pin the file descriptor in memory by boxing it and fake a &'static lifetime.
-        //
-        // Note that we must not provide access to this lifetime to the outside!
-        let pinned_fd = Box::new(inner.as_raw_fd());
-        let fd_ptr: *const RawFd = &*pinned_fd;
-        let static_fd: &'static RawFd = unsafe { &*fd_ptr };
-        let evented = mio::unix::EventedFd(static_fd);
-
-        let wakeup = Some(PollEvented2::new(evented));
-
-        Ok(Self {
-            inner,
-            pinned_fd,
-            wakeup,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-impl Stream for SignalFd {
-    type Item = signalfd::siginfo;
-    type Error = Error;
-
-    fn poll(&mut self) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>, Self::Error> {
-        let ready = mio::Ready::readable();
-
-        match self.wakeup.as_mut().unwrap().poll_read_ready(ready) {
-            Ok(Async::Ready(_)) => (), // go on
-            Ok(Async::NotReady) => return Ok(Async::NotReady),
-            Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
-        }
-
-        match self.inner.read_signal() {
-            Ok(Some(signal)) => Ok(Async::Ready(Some(signal))),
-            Ok(None) => {
-                self.wakeup.as_mut().unwrap().clear_read_ready(ready)?;
-                Ok(Async::NotReady)
-            }
-            Err(e) => Err(e.into()),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl AsRawFd for SignalFd {
-    fn as_raw_fd(&self) -> RawFd {
-        *self.pinned_fd
-    }
-}
-
-impl Drop for SignalFd {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.wakeup = None; // enforce drop order
-    }
-}