diff --git a/src/node/node-reference.h b/src/node/node-reference.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ad5a1e0b..000000000
--- a/src/node/node-reference.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
-//
-// Copyright (c) 2006 Georgia Tech Research Corporation
-//
-// This program 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
-//
-// Author: George F. Riley<riley@ece.gatech.edu>
-//
-
-// Define a class that wraps a node pointer.  This allows numerous ns3
-// objects to have access to a node, but without ambiguity of whether
-// the owner should "delete" it.
-
-// George F. Riley, Georgia Tech, Spring 2007
-
-#ifndef __NODE_REFERENCE_H__
-#define __NODE_REFERENCE_H__
-
-namespace ns3 {
-
-class Node;
-
-class NodeReference {
-public:
-  NodeReference(const Node& n)
-    : m_node(n) {}
-  Node* GetNode() const { return (Node*)&m_node;}
-public:
-  const Node& m_node;
-};
-
-} // namespace ns3
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/node/onoff-application.cc b/src/node/onoff-application.cc
index 5a939a914..91f5ed8c5 100644
--- a/src/node/onoff-application.cc
+++ b/src/node/onoff-application.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 #include "ipv4-address.h"
 #include "node.h"
-#include "node-reference.h"
 #include "ns3/nstime.h"
 #include "ns3/data-rate.h"
 #include "onoff-application.h"