diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/misc/cpu_info.h b/code/nel/include/nel/misc/cpu_info.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 38b6a86e5..000000000
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/misc/cpu_info.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-// NeL - MMORPG Framework <http://dev.ryzom.com/projects/nel/>
-// Copyright (C) 2010  Winch Gate Property Limited
-//
-// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
-// published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
-// License, or (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-#ifndef NL_CPU_INFO_H
-#define NL_CPU_INFO_H
-
-#include "types_nl.h"
-
-
-namespace NLMISC {
-
-
-/**
- * This helps to know whether cpu has some features such as mmx, sse ...
- * \author Nicolas Vizerie
- * \author Nevrax France
- * \date 2001
- */
-struct CCpuInfo___
-{
-	/** test whether the cpuid instruction is supported
-	  * (always false on non intel architectures)
-	  */
-	static bool hasCPUID(void);
-
-	/** helps to know whether the processor features mmx instruction set
-	  * This is initialized at startup, so it's fast
-	  * (always false on not 0x86 architecture ...)
-	  */
-	static bool hasMMX(void);
-
-	/** helps to know whether the processor has streaming SIMD instructions (the OS must support it)
-	  * This is initialized at startup, so it's fast
-	  * (always false on not 0x86 architecture ...)
-	  */
-	static bool hasSSE(void);
-};
-
-
-} // NLMISC
-
-
-#endif // NL_CPU_INFO_H
-
-/* End of cpu_info.h */
diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/cpu_info.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/cpu_info.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a40fc940..000000000
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/cpu_info.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-// NeL - MMORPG Framework <http://dev.ryzom.com/projects/nel/>
-// Copyright (C) 2010  Winch Gate Property Limited
-//
-// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
-// published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
-// License, or (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-#include "stdmisc.h"
-
-#include "nel/misc/cpu_info.h"
-
-
-namespace NLMISC
-{
-
-static bool DetectMMX(void)
-{
-#ifdef NL_OS_WINDOWS
-	if (!CCpuInfo___::hasCPUID()) return false; // cpuid not supported ...
-
-	uint32 result = 0;
-	__asm
-	{
-		 mov  eax,1
-		 cpuid
-		 test edx,0x800000  // bit 23 = MMX instruction set
-		 je   noMMX
-		 mov result, 1
-		noMMX:
-	}
-
-	return result == 1;
-
-	// printf("mmx detected\n");
-
-#else
-	return false;
-#endif
-}
-
-
-static bool DetectSSE()
-{
-	#ifdef NL_OS_WINDOWS
-		if (!CCpuInfo___::hasCPUID()) return false; // cpuid not supported ...
-
-		uint32 result = 0;
-		__asm
-		{
-			mov eax, 1   // request for feature flags
-			cpuid
-			test EDX, 002000000h   // bit 25 in feature flags equal to 1
-			je noSSE
-			mov result, 1  // sse detected
-		noSSE:
-		}
-
-
-		if (result)
-		{
-			// check OS support for SSE
-			try
-			{
-				__asm
-				{
-					xorps xmm0, xmm0  // Streaming SIMD Extension
-				}
-			}
-			catch(...)
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-
-			// printf("sse detected\n");
-
-			return true;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			return false;
-		}
-	#else
-		return false;
-	#endif
-}
-
-bool HasMMX = DetectMMX();
-bool HasSSE = DetectSSE();
-
-bool CCpuInfo___::hasCPUID()
-{
-#ifdef NL_OS_WINDOWS
-	 uint32 result;
-	 __asm
-	 {
-		 pushad
-		 pushfd
-		 //	 If ID bit of EFLAGS can change, then cpuid is available
-		 pushfd
-		 pop  eax					// Get EFLAG
-		 mov  ecx,eax
-		 xor  eax,0x200000			// Flip ID bit
-		 push eax
-		 popfd						// Write EFLAGS
-		 pushfd
-		 pop  eax					// read back EFLAG
-		 xor  eax,ecx
-		 je   noCpuid				// no flip -> no CPUID instr.
-
-		 popfd						// restore state
-		 popad
-		 mov  result, 1
-		 jmp  CPUIDPresent
-
-		noCpuid:
-		 popfd					    // restore state
-		 popad
-		 mov result, 0
-		CPUIDPresent:
-	 }
-	 return result == 1;
-#else
-	 return false;
-#endif
-}
-bool CCpuInfo___::hasMMX() { return HasMMX; }
-bool CCpuInfo___::hasSSE() { return HasSSE; }
-
-} // NLMISC