diff --git a/src/eloop.c b/src/eloop.c
index f0bae2b..e083ece 100644
--- a/src/eloop.c
+++ b/src/eloop.c
@@ -91,14 +91,6 @@ struct ev_fd {
 	int fd;
 };
 
-struct ev_signal {
-	unsigned long ref;
-
-	struct ev_fd *fd;
-	ev_signal_cb cb;
-	void *data;
-};
-
 struct ev_timer {
 	unsigned long ref;
 
@@ -433,140 +425,6 @@ int ev_eloop_update_fd(struct ev_fd *fd, int mask)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ev_signal_new(struct ev_signal **out)
-{
-	struct ev_signal *sig;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!out)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	sig = malloc(sizeof(*sig));
-	if (!sig)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	memset(sig, 0, sizeof(*sig));
-	sig->ref = 1;
-
-	ret = ev_fd_new(&sig->fd);
-	if (ret) {
-		free(sig);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	*out = sig;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void ev_signal_ref(struct ev_signal *sig)
-{
-	if (!sig)
-		return;
-
-	++sig->ref;
-}
-
-void ev_signal_unref(struct ev_signal *sig)
-{
-	if (!sig || !sig->ref || --sig->ref)
-		return;
-
-	ev_fd_unref(sig->fd);
-	free(sig);
-}
-
-int ev_eloop_new_signal(struct ev_eloop *loop, struct ev_signal **out,
-			int signum, ev_signal_cb cb, void *data)
-{
-	struct ev_signal *sig;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!out || !loop || !cb || signum < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	ret = ev_signal_new(&sig);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = ev_eloop_add_signal(loop, sig, signum, cb, data);
-	if (ret) {
-		ev_signal_unref(sig);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	ev_signal_unref(sig);
-	*out = sig;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void signal_cb(struct ev_fd *fd, int mask, void *data)
-{
-	struct ev_signal *sig = data;
-	struct signalfd_siginfo signal_info;
-	int len;
-
-	if (mask & EV_READABLE) {
-		len = read(fd->fd, &signal_info, sizeof(signal_info));
-		if (len != sizeof(signal_info))
-			log_warn("cannot read signalfd");
-		else
-			sig->cb(sig, signal_info.ssi_signo, sig->data);
-	} else if (mask & (EV_HUP | EV_ERR)) {
-		log_warn("HUP/ERR on signal source");
-	}
-}
-
-int ev_eloop_add_signal(struct ev_eloop *loop, struct ev_signal *sig,
-			int signum, ev_signal_cb cb, void *data)
-{
-	sigset_t mask;
-	int ret, fd;
-
-	if (!loop || !sig || signum < 0 || !cb)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (sig->fd->loop)
-		return -EALREADY;
-
-	sigemptyset(&mask);
-	sigaddset(&mask, signum);
-
-	fd = signalfd(-1, &mask, SFD_CLOEXEC);
-	if (fd < 0)
-		return -errno;
-
-	ret = ev_eloop_add_fd(loop, sig->fd, fd, EV_READABLE, signal_cb, sig);
-	if (ret) {
-		close(fd);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &mask, NULL);
-	sig->cb = cb;
-	sig->data = data;
-	ev_signal_ref(sig);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void ev_eloop_rm_signal(struct ev_signal *sig)
-{
-	int fd;
-
-	if (!sig || !sig->fd->loop)
-		return;
-
-	fd = sig->fd->fd;
-	ev_eloop_rm_fd(sig->fd);
-	close(fd);
-	ev_signal_unref(sig);
-
-	/*
-	 * We cannot unblock the signal here because we do not know whether some
-	 * other subsystem also added the signal to the sigprocmask.
-	 */
-}
-
 static void shared_signal_cb(struct ev_fd *fd, int mask, void *data)
 {
 	struct ev_signal_shared *sig = data;
diff --git a/src/eloop.h b/src/eloop.h
index 0dc2ee1..325134d 100644
--- a/src/eloop.h
+++ b/src/eloop.h
@@ -42,13 +42,10 @@
 struct ev_eloop;
 struct ev_idle;
 struct ev_fd;
-struct ev_signal;
 struct ev_timer;
 
 typedef void (*ev_idle_cb) (struct ev_idle *idle, void *data);
 typedef void (*ev_fd_cb) (struct ev_fd *fd, int mask, void *data);
-typedef void (*ev_signal_cb)
-			(struct ev_signal *sig, int signum, void *data);
 typedef void (*ev_signal_shared_cb)
 	(struct ev_eloop *eloop, struct signalfd_siginfo *info, void *data);
 typedef void (*ev_timer_cb)
@@ -102,16 +99,6 @@ int ev_eloop_update_fd(struct ev_fd *fd, int mask);
 
 /* signal sources */
 
-int ev_signal_new(struct ev_signal **out);
-void ev_signal_ref(struct ev_signal *sig);
-void ev_signal_unref(struct ev_signal *sig);
-
-int ev_eloop_new_signal(struct ev_eloop *loop, struct ev_signal **out,
-			int signum, ev_signal_cb cb, void *data);
-int ev_eloop_add_signal(struct ev_eloop *loop, struct ev_signal *sig,
-			int signum, ev_signal_cb cb, void *data);
-void ev_eloop_rm_signal(struct ev_signal *sig);
-
 int ev_eloop_register_signal_cb(struct ev_eloop *loop, int signum,
 				ev_signal_shared_cb cb, void *data);
 void ev_eloop_unregister_signal_cb(struct ev_eloop *loop, int signum,