diff --git a/compat/qsort_r.c b/compat/qsort_r.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f68b68ba0..0000000000
--- a/compat/qsort_r.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-/*****************************************************************************
- * qsort_r.c: future POSIX qsort_r() replacement
- *****************************************************************************
- * Copyright © 2018 Rémi Denis-Courmont
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
- * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-# include <config.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-static _Thread_local struct
-{
-    int (*compar)(const void *, const void *, void *);
-    void *arg;
-} state;
-
-static int compar_wrapper(const void *a, const void *b)
-{
-    return state.compar(a, b, state.arg);
-}
-
-/* Follow the upcoming POSIX prototype, coming from GNU/libc.
- * Note that this differs from the BSD prototype. */
-
-void qsort_r(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
-             int (*compar)(const void *, const void *, void *),
-             void *arg)
-{
-    int (*saved_compar)(const void *, const void *, void *) = state.compar;
-    void *saved_arg = state.arg;
-
-    state.compar = compar;
-    state.arg = arg;
-
-    qsort(base, nmemb, size, compar_wrapper);
-
-    /* Restore state for nested reentrant calls */
-    state.compar = saved_compar;
-    state.arg = saved_arg;
-}
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 96e0862ffb..a2b8ade789 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ need_libc=false
 
 dnl Check for usual libc functions
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([accept4 daemon fcntl flock fstatvfs fork getenv getpwuid_r isatty memalign mkostemp mmap open_memstream newlocale openat pipe2 pread posix_fadvise posix_madvise posix_memalign setlocale stricmp strnicmp strptime uselocale])
-AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([aligned_alloc atof atoll dirfd fdopendir flockfile fsync getdelim getpid lfind lldiv memrchr nrand48 poll qsort_r recvmsg rewind sendmsg setenv strcasecmp strcasestr strdup strlcpy strndup strnlen strnstr strsep strtof strtok_r strtoll swab tdestroy tfind timegm timespec_get strverscmp pathconf])
+AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([aligned_alloc atof atoll dirfd fdopendir flockfile fsync getdelim getpid lfind lldiv memrchr nrand48 poll recvmsg rewind sendmsg setenv strcasecmp strcasestr strdup strlcpy strndup strnlen strnstr strsep strtof strtok_r strtoll swab tdestroy tfind timegm timespec_get strverscmp pathconf])
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([gettimeofday])
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(fdatasync,,
   [AC_DEFINE(fdatasync, fsync, [Alias fdatasync() to fsync() if missing.])
diff --git a/include/vlc_fixups.h b/include/vlc_fixups.h
index 0263286efc..2164f690b1 100644
--- a/include/vlc_fixups.h
+++ b/include/vlc_fixups.h
@@ -224,11 +224,6 @@ long long atoll (const char *);
 lldiv_t lldiv (long long, long long);
 #endif
 
-#ifndef HAVE_QSORT_R
-void (qsort_r)(void *, size_t, size_t,
-               int (*)(const void *, const void *, void *), void *);
-#endif
-
 #ifndef HAVE_STRTOF
 #ifndef __ANDROID__
 float strtof (const char *, char **);