diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/Makefile.msvc b/polymer/eduke32/Makefile.msvc
index 65ef44983..4a22d18eb 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/Makefile.msvc
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/Makefile.msvc
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ ENGINE_OBJS= \
 	$(ENGINE_OBJ)\textfont.$o \
 	$(ENGINE_OBJ)\smalltextfont.$o \
 	$(ENGINE_OBJ)\lz4.$o \
-	$(ENGINE_OBJ)\lzwnew.$o \
 	$(ENGINE_OBJ)\mmulti_null.$o \
 	$(ENGINE_OBJ)\osd.$o \
 	$(ENGINE_OBJ)\pragmas.$o \
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/Makefile.deps b/polymer/eduke32/build/Makefile.deps
index 879da643f..8a581e1ed 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/Makefile.deps
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/Makefile.deps
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $(ENGINE_OBJ)/config.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/config.c $(ENGINE_INC)/compat.h $(ENGINE_
 $(ENGINE_OBJ)/crc32.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/crc32.c $(ENGINE_INC)/crc32.h
 $(ENGINE_OBJ)/defs.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/defs.c $(ENGINE_INC)/build.h $(ENGINE_INC)/baselayer.h $(ENGINE_INC)/scriptfile.h $(ENGINE_INC)/compat.h
 $(ENGINE_OBJ)/engine.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/engine.c $(ENGINE_INC)/compat.h $(ENGINE_INC)/build.h $(ENGINE_INC)/pragmas.h $(ENGINE_INC)/cache1d.h $(ENGINE_INC)/a.h $(ENGINE_INC)/osd.h $(ENGINE_INC)/baselayer.h $(ENGINE_SRC)/engine_priv.h $(ENGINE_SRC)/engine_oldmap.h $(ENGINE_INC)/polymost.h $(ENGINE_INC)/hightile.h $(ENGINE_INC)/mdsprite.h $(ENGINE_INC)/polymer.h
-$(ENGINE_OBJ)/polymost.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/polymost.c $(ENGINE_INC)/lz4.h $(ENGINE_INC)/lzwnew.h $(ENGINE_INC)/compat.h $(ENGINE_INC)/build.h $(ENGINE_SRC)/engine_priv.h $(ENGINE_INC)/polymost.h $(ENGINE_INC)/hightile.h $(ENGINE_INC)/mdsprite.h $(ENGINE_INC)/texcache.h
+$(ENGINE_OBJ)/polymost.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/polymost.c $(ENGINE_INC)/lz4.h $(ENGINE_INC)/compat.h $(ENGINE_INC)/build.h $(ENGINE_SRC)/engine_priv.h $(ENGINE_INC)/polymost.h $(ENGINE_INC)/hightile.h $(ENGINE_INC)/mdsprite.h $(ENGINE_INC)/texcache.h
 $(ENGINE_OBJ)/texcache.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/texcache.c $(ENGINE_INC)/texcache.h $(ENGINE_INC)/polymost.h $(ENGINE_INC)/dxtfilter.h
 $(ENGINE_OBJ)/dxtfilter.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/dxtfilter.c $(ENGINE_INC)/dxtfilter.h $(ENGINE_INC)/texcache.h
 $(ENGINE_OBJ)/hightile.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/hightile.c $(ENGINE_INC)/kplib.h $(ENGINE_INC)/hightile.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ $(ENGINE_OBJ)/smalltextfont.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/smalltextfont.c
 $(ENGINE_OBJ)/glbuild.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/glbuild.c $(ENGINE_INC)/glbuild.h $(ENGINE_INC)/baselayer.h
 $(ENGINE_OBJ)/kplib.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/kplib.c $(ENGINE_INC)/compat.h
 $(ENGINE_OBJ)/lz4.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/lz4.c $(ENGINE_INC)/lz4.h
-$(ENGINE_OBJ)/lzwnew.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/lzwnew.c
 $(ENGINE_OBJ)/osd.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/osd.c $(ENGINE_INC)/build.h $(ENGINE_INC)/osd.h $(ENGINE_INC)/compat.h $(ENGINE_INC)/baselayer.h
 $(ENGINE_OBJ)/pragmas.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/pragmas.c $(ENGINE_INC)/compat.h
 $(ENGINE_OBJ)/scriptfile.$o: $(ENGINE_SRC)/scriptfile.c $(ENGINE_INC)/scriptfile.h $(ENGINE_INC)/cache1d.h $(ENGINE_INC)/compat.h
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/include/lzwnew.h b/polymer/eduke32/build/include/lzwnew.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 30a0c8b9f..000000000
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/include/lzwnew.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-int32_t lzwcompress (char *ucompbuf, int32_t ucompleng, char *compbuf);
-int32_t lzwuncompress (char *compbuf, int32_t compleng, char *ucompbuf, int32_t ucompleng);
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/lzwnew.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/lzwnew.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e23daea72..000000000
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/lzwnew.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#include "compat.h"
-#if defined(__POWERPC__) || defined(GEKKO)
-static uint32_t LSWAPIB(uint32_t a) { return(((a>>8)&0xff00)+((a&0xff00)<<8)+(a<<24)+(a>>24)); }
-static uint16_t SSWAPIB(uint16_t a) { return((a>>8)+(a<<8)); }
-#else
-#define LSWAPIB(a) (a)
-#define SSWAPIB(a) (a)
-#endif
-
-#define USENEW 1
-int32_t lzwcompress(char *ucompbuf, int32_t ucompleng, char *compbuf)
-{
-    int32_t i, j, numnodes, *lptr, bitcnt, nbits, oneupnbits, hmask, *child;
-    int32_t *sibly;
-#if USENEW
-    int32_t *sibry;
-#endif
-    char *nodev, *cptr, *eptr;
-
-    nodev = (char *)Xmalloc((ucompleng+256)*sizeof(uint8_t));
-    child = (int32_t *)Xmalloc((ucompleng+256)*sizeof(int32_t));
-    sibly = (int32_t *)Xmalloc((ucompleng+256)*sizeof(int32_t));
-#if USENEW
-    sibry = (int32_t *)Xmalloc((ucompleng+256)*sizeof(int32_t));
-#endif
-
-    for (i=255; i>=0; i--) { nodev[i] = i; child[i] = -1; }
-    memset(compbuf,0,ucompleng+15);
-
-    cptr = ucompbuf; eptr = &ucompbuf[ucompleng];
-
-    numnodes = 256; bitcnt = (4<<3); nbits = 8; oneupnbits = (1<<8); hmask = ((oneupnbits>>1)-1);
-    do
-    {
-        for (i=cptr[0]; i>=0; i=j)
-        {
-            cptr++; if (cptr >= eptr) goto lzwcompbreak2b;
-            j = child[i]; if (j < 0) { child[i] = numnodes; break; }
-#if USENEW
-            //This is about 2x faster when ucompbuf is more random, 5% slower when very compressible
-            while (cptr[0] != nodev[j])
-            {
-                if (cptr[0] < nodev[j])
-                    { if (sibly[j] < 0) { sibly[j] = numnodes; goto lzwcompbreak2a; } j = sibly[j]; }
-                else { if (sibry[j] < 0) { sibry[j] = numnodes; goto lzwcompbreak2a; } j = sibry[j]; }
-            }
-#else
-            for (; nodev[j]!=cptr[0]; j=sibly[j])
-                if (sibly[j] < 0) { sibly[j] = numnodes; goto lzwcompbreak2a; }
-#endif
-        }
-lzwcompbreak2a:
-        nodev[numnodes] = cptr[0];
-lzwcompbreak2b:
-        child[numnodes] = sibly[numnodes] = -1;
-#if USENEW
-        sibry[numnodes] = -1;
-#endif
-
-        lptr = (int32_t *)&compbuf[bitcnt>>3]; lptr[0] |= LSWAPIB(i<<(bitcnt&7));
-        bitcnt += nbits; if ((i&hmask) > ((numnodes-1)&hmask)) bitcnt--;
-
-        numnodes++; if (numnodes > oneupnbits) { nbits++; oneupnbits <<= 1; hmask = ((oneupnbits>>1)-1); }
-    }
-    while ((cptr < eptr) && (bitcnt < (ucompleng<<3)));
-
-#if USENEW
-    Bfree(sibry);
-#endif
-    Bfree(sibly);
-    Bfree(child); Bfree(nodev);
-
-    lptr = (int32_t *)compbuf;
-    if (((bitcnt+7)>>3) < ucompleng) { lptr[0] = LSWAPIB(numnodes); return((bitcnt+7)>>3); }
-    Bmemcpy(compbuf,ucompbuf,ucompleng); return(ucompleng);
-}
-
-int32_t lzwuncompress(char *compbuf, int32_t compleng, char *ucompbuf, int32_t ucompleng)
-{
-    int32_t i, dat, leng, bitcnt, *lptr, numnodes, totnodes, nbits, oneupnbits, hmask, *prefix;
-    char ch, *ucptr, *suffix;
-    int32_t ucomp = (int32_t)ucompbuf;
-
-    if (compleng >= ucompleng) { Bmemcpy(ucompbuf,compbuf,ucompleng); return ucompleng; }
-
-    totnodes = LSWAPIB(((int32_t *)compbuf)[0]); if (totnodes <= 0 || totnodes >= ucompleng+256) return 0;
-
-    prefix = (int32_t *)Xmalloc(totnodes*sizeof(int32_t));
-    suffix = (char *)Xmalloc(totnodes*sizeof(uint8_t));
-
-    numnodes = 256; bitcnt = (4<<3); nbits = 8; oneupnbits = (1<<8); hmask = ((oneupnbits>>1)-1);
-    do
-    {
-        lptr = (int32_t *)&compbuf[bitcnt>>3]; dat = ((LSWAPIB(lptr[0])>>(bitcnt&7))&(oneupnbits-1));
-        bitcnt += nbits; if ((dat&hmask) > ((numnodes-1)&hmask)) { dat &= hmask; bitcnt--; }
-
-        prefix[numnodes] = dat;
-
-        ucompbuf++;
-        for (leng=0; dat>=256; dat=prefix[dat])
-        {
-            if ((int32_t)ucompbuf+leng-ucomp > ucompleng) goto bail;
-            ucompbuf[leng++] = suffix[dat];
-        }
-
-        ucptr = &ucompbuf[leng-1];
-        for (i=(leng>>1)-1; i>=0; i--) { ch = ucompbuf[i]; ucompbuf[i] = ucptr[-i]; ucptr[-i] = ch; }
-        ucompbuf[-1] = dat; ucompbuf += leng;
-
-        suffix[numnodes-1] = suffix[numnodes] = dat;
-
-        numnodes++; if (numnodes > oneupnbits) { nbits++; oneupnbits <<= 1; hmask = ((oneupnbits>>1)-1); }
-    }
-    while (numnodes < totnodes);
-
-bail:
-    Bfree(suffix); Bfree(prefix);
-
-    return (int32_t)ucompbuf-ucomp;
-}
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------