diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 4fc5ff6f6..ace1416c8 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -808,7 +808,6 @@ blood_game_objs := \
 	network.cpp \
 	osdcmd.cpp \
 	player.cpp \
-	pqueue.cpp \
 	qav.cpp \
 	qheap.cpp \
 	replace.cpp \
diff --git a/platform/Windows/nblood.vcxproj b/platform/Windows/nblood.vcxproj
index 5a03b76f0..ae97ef0e5 100644
--- a/platform/Windows/nblood.vcxproj
+++ b/platform/Windows/nblood.vcxproj
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\source\blood\src\network.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\source\blood\src\osdcmd.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\source\blood\src\player.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\..\source\blood\src\pqueue.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\source\blood\src\qav.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\source\blood\src\qheap.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\source\blood\src\replace.cpp" />
diff --git a/platform/Windows/nblood.vcxproj.filters b/platform/Windows/nblood.vcxproj.filters
index ec2e71df1..2fba2f06c 100644
--- a/platform/Windows/nblood.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/platform/Windows/nblood.vcxproj.filters
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\source\blood\src\gameutil.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\..\source\blood\src\pqueue.cpp">
-      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\source\blood\src\eventq.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
diff --git a/source/blood/Dependencies.mak b/source/blood/Dependencies.mak
index d023ac2a4..d3a4ffde3 100644
--- a/source/blood/Dependencies.mak
+++ b/source/blood/Dependencies.mak
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ $(blood_obj)/misc.$o: $(blood_src)/misc.cpp $(common_h)
 $(blood_obj)/network.$o: $(blood_src)/network.cpp $(common_h)
 $(blood_obj)/osdcmd.$o: $(blood_src)/osdcmd.cpp $(common_h)
 $(blood_obj)/player.$o: $(blood_src)/player.cpp $(common_h)
-$(blood_obj)/pqueue.$o: $(blood_src)/pqueue.cpp $(common_h)
 $(blood_obj)/qav.$o: $(blood_src)/qav.cpp $(common_h)
 $(blood_obj)/qheap.$o: $(blood_src)/qheap.cpp $(common_h)
 $(blood_obj)/replace.$o: $(blood_src)/replace.cpp $(common_h)
diff --git a/source/blood/src/pqueue.cpp b/source/blood/src/pqueue.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e59d502f8..000000000
--- a/source/blood/src/pqueue.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-/*
-Copyright (C) 2010-2019 EDuke32 developers and contributors
-Copyright (C) 2019 Nuke.YKT
-
-This file is part of NBlood.
-
-NBlood is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
-as published by the Free Software Foundation.
-
-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 General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU 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.
-*/
-//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-// TODO: delete this