3 files changed, 1 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/memory.h b/src/util/memory.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f21b81bade..0000000000
--- a/src/util/memory.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2020 The Bitcoin Core developers
-// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-#ifndef BITCOIN_UTIL_MEMORY_H
-#define BITCOIN_UTIL_MEMORY_H
-
-#include <memory>
-#include <utility>
-
-//! Substitute for C++14 std::make_unique.
-//! DEPRECATED use std::make_unique in new code.
-template <typename T, typename... Args>
-std::unique_ptr<T> MakeUnique(Args&&... args)
-{
-    return std::make_unique<T>(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/util/system.cpp b/src/util/system.cpp
index 71453eed81..63b3c52ee5 100644
--- a/src/util/system.cpp
+++ b/src/util/system.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ bool LockDirectory(const fs::path& directory, const std::string lockfile_name, b
     // Create empty lock file if it doesn't exist.
     FILE* file = fsbridge::fopen(pathLockFile, "a");
     if (file) fclose(file);
-    auto lock = MakeUnique<fsbridge::FileLock>(pathLockFile);
+    auto lock = std::make_unique<fsbridge::FileLock>(pathLockFile);
     if (!lock->TryLock()) {
         return error("Error while attempting to lock directory %s: %s", directory.string(), lock->GetReason());
     }
diff --git a/src/util/system.h b/src/util/system.h
index de47b93b6e..30b8cb1c68 100644
--- a/src/util/system.h
+++ b/src/util/system.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <optional.h>
 #include <sync.h>
 #include <tinyformat.h>
-#include <util/memory.h>
 #include <util/settings.h>
 #include <util/threadnames.h>
 #include <util/time.h>