diff --git a/src/os/macosx/G5_detector.cpp b/src/os/macosx/G5_detector.cpp
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index cf2aeab0d5..0000000000
--- a/src/os/macosx/G5_detector.cpp
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@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of OpenTTD.
- * OpenTTD is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.
- * OpenTTD 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 General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with OpenTTD. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-/** @file G5_detector.cpp Detection for G5 machines (PowerPC). */
-
-#include <mach/mach.h>
-#include <mach/mach_host.h>
-#include <mach/host_info.h>
-#include <mach/machine.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-
-#ifndef CPU_SUBTYPE_POWERPC_970
-#define CPU_SUBTYPE_POWERPC_970 ((cpu_subtype_t) 100)
-#endif
-
-/* this function is a lightly modified version of some code from Apple's developer homepage to detect G5 CPUs at runtime */
-int main()
-{
-	host_basic_info_data_t hostInfo;
-	mach_msg_type_number_t infoCount;
-	boolean_t is_G5;
-
-	infoCount = HOST_BASIC_INFO_COUNT;
-	host_info(mach_host_self(), HOST_BASIC_INFO,
-			  (host_info_t)&hostInfo, &infoCount);
-
-	 is_G5 = ((hostInfo.cpu_type == CPU_TYPE_POWERPC) &&
-			(hostInfo.cpu_subtype == CPU_SUBTYPE_POWERPC_970));
-	 if (is_G5)
-		 printf("1");
-}