diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 55495b8d..fdec1069 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ list(
   src/dwarfs/fstypes.cpp
   src/dwarfs/fs_section.cpp
   src/dwarfs/global_entry_data.cpp
-  src/dwarfs/inode_chunkable.cpp
   src/dwarfs/inode_element_view.cpp
   src/dwarfs/inode_fragments.cpp
   src/dwarfs/inode_manager.cpp
diff --git a/include/dwarfs/inode_chunkable.h b/include/dwarfs/inode_chunkable.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 58866a70..00000000
--- a/include/dwarfs/inode_chunkable.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/* vim:set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et: */
-/**
- * \author     Marcus Holland-Moritz (github@mhxnet.de)
- * \copyright  Copyright (c) Marcus Holland-Moritz
- *
- * This file is part of dwarfs.
- *
- * dwarfs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * dwarfs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with dwarfs.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <memory>
-
-#include "dwarfs/chunkable.h"
-
-namespace dwarfs {
-
-class inode;
-class mmif;
-class os_access;
-
-class inode_chunkable : public chunkable {
- public:
-  inode_chunkable(inode& ino, os_access& os);
-  ~inode_chunkable();
-
-  size_t size() const override;
-  std::string description() const override;
-  std::span<uint8_t const> span() const override;
-  void add_chunk(size_t block, size_t offset, size_t size) override;
-  void release_until(size_t offset) override;
-
- private:
-  inode& ino_;
-  std::unique_ptr<mmif> mm_;
-};
-
-} // namespace dwarfs
diff --git a/src/dwarfs/inode_chunkable.cpp b/src/dwarfs/inode_chunkable.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 96edf5fe..00000000
--- a/src/dwarfs/inode_chunkable.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-/* vim:set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et: */
-/**
- * \author     Marcus Holland-Moritz (github@mhxnet.de)
- * \copyright  Copyright (c) Marcus Holland-Moritz
- *
- * This file is part of dwarfs.
- *
- * dwarfs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * dwarfs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with dwarfs.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include <fmt/format.h>
-
-#include "dwarfs/entry.h"
-#include "dwarfs/inode.h"
-#include "dwarfs/inode_chunkable.h"
-#include "dwarfs/mmap.h"
-#include "dwarfs/os_access.h"
-
-namespace dwarfs {
-
-inode_chunkable::inode_chunkable(inode& ino, os_access& os)
-    : ino_{ino} {
-  auto e = ino_.any();
-  if (auto size = e->size(); size > 0) {
-    mm_ = os.map_file(e->fs_path(), size);
-  }
-}
-
-inode_chunkable::~inode_chunkable() = default;
-
-size_t inode_chunkable::size() const { return ino_.any()->size(); }
-
-std::string inode_chunkable::description() const {
-  return fmt::format("inode {} [{}] - size: {}", ino_.num(), ino_.any()->name(),
-                     ino_.any()->size());
-}
-
-std::span<uint8_t const> inode_chunkable::span() const { return mm_->span(); }
-
-void inode_chunkable::add_chunk(size_t block, size_t offset, size_t size) {
-  ino_.add_chunk(block, offset, size);
-}
-
-void inode_chunkable::release_until(size_t offset) {
-  mm_->release_until(offset);
-}
-
-} // namespace dwarfs