diff --git a/src/bitboard.cpp b/src/bitboard.cpp
index 836a282e..b87d5e68 100644
--- a/src/bitboard.cpp
+++ b/src/bitboard.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include <cstring>   // For std::memset
 
 #include "bitboard.h"
-#include "bitcount.h"
 //#include "misc.h"
 
 Bitboard FileBB[FILE_NB];
diff --git a/src/bitcount.h b/src/bitcount.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e98bea0d..00000000
--- a/src/bitcount.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef BITCOUNT_H_INCLUDED
-#define BITCOUNT_H_INCLUDED
-
-#include <cassert>
-#include "types.h"
-
-enum BitCountType {
-  CNT_64,
-  CNT_64_MAX15,
-  CNT_32,
-  CNT_32_MAX15,
-  CNT_HW_POPCNT
-};
-
-/// Determine at compile time the best popcount<> specialization according to
-/// whether the platform is 32 or 64 bit, the maximum number of non-zero
-/// bits to count and if the hardware popcnt instruction is available.
-const BitCountType Full  = HasPopCnt ? CNT_HW_POPCNT : Is64Bit ? CNT_64 : CNT_32;
-const BitCountType Max15 = HasPopCnt ? CNT_HW_POPCNT : Is64Bit ? CNT_64_MAX15 : CNT_32_MAX15;
-
-
-/// popcount() counts the number of non-zero bits in a bitboard
-template<BitCountType> inline int popcount(Bitboard);
-
-template<>
-inline int popcount<CNT_64>(Bitboard b) {
-  b -=  (b >> 1) & 0x5555555555555555ULL;
-  b  = ((b >> 2) & 0x3333333333333333ULL) + (b & 0x3333333333333333ULL);
-  b  = ((b >> 4) + b) & 0x0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0FULL;
-  return (b * 0x0101010101010101ULL) >> 56;
-}
-
-template<>
-inline int popcount<CNT_64_MAX15>(Bitboard b) {
-  b -=  (b >> 1) & 0x5555555555555555ULL;
-  b  = ((b >> 2) & 0x3333333333333333ULL) + (b & 0x3333333333333333ULL);
-  return (b * 0x1111111111111111ULL) >> 60;
-}
-
-template<>
-inline int popcount<CNT_32>(Bitboard b) {
-  unsigned w = unsigned(b >> 32), v = unsigned(b);
-  v -=  (v >> 1) & 0x55555555; // 0-2 in 2 bits
-  w -=  (w >> 1) & 0x55555555;
-  v  = ((v >> 2) & 0x33333333) + (v & 0x33333333); // 0-4 in 4 bits
-  w  = ((w >> 2) & 0x33333333) + (w & 0x33333333);
-  v  = ((v >> 4) + v + (w >> 4) + w) & 0x0F0F0F0F;
-  return (v * 0x01010101) >> 24;
-}
-
-template<>
-inline int popcount<CNT_32_MAX15>(Bitboard b) {
-  unsigned w = unsigned(b >> 32), v = unsigned(b);
-  v -=  (v >> 1) & 0x55555555; // 0-2 in 2 bits
-  w -=  (w >> 1) & 0x55555555;
-  v  = ((v >> 2) & 0x33333333) + (v & 0x33333333); // 0-4 in 4 bits
-  w  = ((w >> 2) & 0x33333333) + (w & 0x33333333);
-  return ((v + w) * 0x11111111) >> 28;
-}
-
-template<>
-inline int popcount<CNT_HW_POPCNT>(Bitboard b) {
-
-#ifndef USE_POPCNT
-
-  assert(false);
-  return b != 0; // Avoid 'b not used' warning
-
-#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
-
-  return _mm_popcnt_u64(b);
-
-#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
-
-  return (int)__popcnt64(b);
-
-#else
-
-  return __builtin_popcountll(b);
-
-#endif
-}
-
-#endif // #ifndef BITCOUNT_H_INCLUDED