diff --git a/sw/airborne/arch/sim/sim_uart.c b/sw/airborne/arch/sim/sim_uart.c
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--- a/sw/airborne/arch/sim/sim_uart.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#include "sim_uart.h"
-
-FILE *pipe_stream;
diff --git a/sw/airborne/arch/sim/sim_uart.h b/sw/airborne/arch/sim/sim_uart.h
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index ed6d23ce16..0000000000
--- a/sw/airborne/arch/sim/sim_uart.h
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-/** \file sim_uart.h
- * \brief Simulation of uart transmission on an Unix pipe
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-extern FILE *pipe_stream;
-
-#define SimUartCheckFreeSpace(_) TRUE
-
-#define SimUartTransmit(_x) fputc(_x, pipe_stream)
-#define SimUartPrintString(_s) fputs(_s, pipe_stream)
-#define SimUartSendMessage() fflush(pipe_stream);
-#define SimUartPrintHex16(c) _PrintHex16(SimUartTransmit, c)