diff --git a/mk/rt.mk b/mk/rt.mk
index 6082baf01c9c..e9d77a1a3b94 100644
--- a/mk/rt.mk
+++ b/mk/rt.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ RUNTIME_CS := rt/sync/timer.cpp \
               rt/rust_builtin.cpp \
               rt/rust_run_program.cpp \
               rt/rust_crate_cache.cpp \
-              rt/rust_comm.cpp \
               rt/rust_env.cpp \
               rt/rust_scheduler.cpp \
               rt/rust_task.cpp \
diff --git a/src/rt/rust_comm.cpp b/src/rt/rust_comm.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fa20e7cb5d1..000000000000
--- a/src/rt/rust_comm.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-
-#include "rust_internal.h"
-
-template class ptr_vec<rust_alarm>;
-
-rust_alarm::rust_alarm(rust_task *receiver) :
-    receiver(receiver)
-{
-}
-
-//
-// Local Variables:
-// mode: C++
-// fill-column: 78;
-// indent-tabs-mode: nil
-// c-basic-offset: 4
-// buffer-file-coding-system: utf-8-unix
-// compile-command: "make -k -C $RBUILD 2>&1 | sed -e 's/\\/x\\//x:\\//g'";
-// End:
-//
diff --git a/src/rt/rust_internal.h b/src/rt/rust_internal.h
index 486e985f6147..069bfb9a6cb2 100644
--- a/src/rt/rust_internal.h
+++ b/src/rt/rust_internal.h
@@ -290,22 +290,6 @@ struct type_desc {
     const type_desc *descs[];
 };
 
-// An alarm can be put into a wait queue and the task will be notified
-// when the wait queue is flushed.
-
-struct
-rust_alarm
-{
-    rust_task *receiver;
-    size_t idx;
-
-    rust_alarm(rust_task *receiver);
-};
-
-
-typedef ptr_vec<rust_alarm> rust_wait_queue;
-
-
 #include "circular_buffer.h"
 #include "rust_task.h"
 #include "rust_chan.h"