diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 1d5246385..77a1b6c7f 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -546,7 +546,6 @@ common.add_inst_headers ([
 	'chunk.h',
 	'tags.h',
 	'packet.h',
-	'count-ptr-holder.tcc',
 	'ui-variable-tracer.h',
 	'si-variable-tracer.h',
 	'f-variable-tracer.h',
diff --git a/src/common/count-ptr-holder.tcc b/src/common/count-ptr-holder.tcc
deleted file mode 100644
index c67aeb4a1..000000000
--- a/src/common/count-ptr-holder.tcc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-/* -*-	Mode:C++; c-basic-offset:8; tab-width:8; indent-tabs-mode:t -*- */
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2006 INRIA
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * 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: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
- */
-
-#ifndef COUNT_PTR_HOLDER_TCC
-#define COUNT_PTR_HOLDER_TCC
-
-namespace ns3 {
-
-template <typename T>
-class CountPtrHolder {
-public:
-	typedef T *real_type;
-
-	CountPtrHolder (T *env) 
-		: m_env (env) {
-		m_env->ref ();
-	}
-	~CountPtrHolder () {
-		if (m_env != 0) {
-			m_env->unref ();
-		}
-	}
-	CountPtrHolder (CountPtrHolder const&o) {
-		m_env = o.m_env;
-		m_env->ref ();
-	}
-	T *remove (void) {
-		T *env = m_env;
-		m_env = 0;
-		return env;
-	}
-private:
-	CountPtrHolder ();
-	CountPtrHolder &operator = (CountPtrHolder const& o);
-	T *m_env;
-};
-
-template<typename T>
-CountPtrHolder<T>
-make_count_ptr_holder (T *t) {
-	return CountPtrHolder<T> (t);
-}
-
-template<typename T>
-CountPtrHolder<T const>
-make_const_count_ptr_holder (T *t) {
-	return CountPtrHolder<T const> (t);
-}
-
-}; // namespace ns3
-
-#endif /* REF_HOLDER_TCC */