diff --git a/src/cpu_gpu.h b/src/cpu_gpu.h
index 4f1650b9..14025f9a 100644
--- a/src/cpu_gpu.h
+++ b/src/cpu_gpu.h
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <regex>
 #include "nvidia_info.h"
 #include "memory.h"
-#include "nvctrl.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/src/nvctrl.cpp b/src/nvctrl.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 763f9df4..00000000
--- a/src/nvctrl.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#include "nvctrl.h"
-Display *display = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
-
-int nvidiaMemUsed(){
-		int ret;
-		XNVCTRLQueryTargetAttribute(display,
-					NV_CTRL_TARGET_TYPE_GPU,
-					0,
-					0,
-					NV_CTRL_USED_DEDICATED_GPU_MEMORY,
-					&ret);
-		return ret;
-}
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diff --git a/src/nvctrl.h b/src/nvctrl.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 718b9afb..00000000
--- a/src/nvctrl.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#include <X11/Xlib.h>
-#include "NVCtrl/NVCtrl.h"
-#include "NVCtrl/NVCtrlLib.h"
-
-int nvidiaMemUsed(void);
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