diff --git a/llarp/apple.hpp b/llarp/apple.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index dc35a9d95..000000000
--- a/llarp/apple.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-#include <string>
-#include <string_view>
-#include <Foundation/Foundation.h>
-
-static std::string_view
-DataAsStringView(NSData* data)
-{
-  return std::string_view{reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.bytes), data.length};
-}
-
-static NSData*
-StringViewToData(std::string_view data)
-{
-  const char* ptr = data.data();
-  const size_t sz = data.size();
-  return [NSData dataWithBytes:ptr length:sz];
-}
-
-static NSString*
-StringToNSString(std::string data)
-{
-  NSData* ptr = StringViewToData(std::string_view{data});
-  return [[NSString alloc] initWithData:ptr encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-}
-
-static std::string
-NSStringToString(NSString* str)
-{
-  return std::string{[str UTF8String]};
-}
-
-static std::string
-NSObjectToString(NSObject* obj)
-{
-  return NSStringToString([NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", obj]);
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/llarp/vpn/apple.hpp b/llarp/vpn/apple.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000