diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b39ae047..64c81f70 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ set(SPDLOG_SRCS
 	"src/details/os_filesystem.cpp"
     "src/details/log_msg.cpp"
     "src/details/log_msg_buffer.cpp"
-    "src/details/periodic_worker.cpp"
-    "src/details/context.cpp"
+        "src/details/context.cpp"
     "src/details/thread_pool.cpp"
     "src/sinks/base_sink.cpp"
     "src/sinks/basic_file_sink.cpp"
diff --git a/src/details/periodic_worker.cpp b/src/details/periodic_worker.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a54b265..00000000
--- a/src/details/periodic_worker.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright(c) 2015-present, Gabi Melman & spdlog contributors.
-// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
-
-#include "spdlog/details/periodic_worker.h"
-
-namespace spdlog {
-namespace details {
-
-// stop the worker thread and join it
-periodic_worker::~periodic_worker() {
-    if (worker_thread_.joinable()) {
-        {
-            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
-            active_ = false;
-        }
-        cv_.notify_one();
-        worker_thread_.join();
-    }
-}
-
-}  // namespace details
-}  // namespace spdlog