diff --git a/guile-readline/readline-activator.scm b/guile-readline/readline-activator.scm
deleted file mode 100644
index 42ed113bf..000000000
--- a/guile-readline/readline-activator.scm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-(define-module (readline-activator))
-
-(define-public (activate-readline)
-  (if (not (provided? 'readline))
-      (scm-error 'misc-error
-		 'activate-readline
-		 "readline is not provided in this Guile installation"
-		 '()
-		 '()))
-  (save-module-excursion
-   (lambda ()
-     (define-module (guile))
-     (dynamic-call "scm_init_readline" (dynamic-link "libguilereadline.so"))
-     (if (isatty? (current-input-port))
-	 (begin
-	   (define-module (guile) :use-module (ice-9 readline))
-	   (define-module (guile-user) :use-module (ice-9 readline)))))))