diff --git a/dtool/src/dconfig/Sources.pp b/dtool/src/dconfig/Sources.pp
index 0131b90c94..a88688dd69 100644
--- a/dtool/src/dconfig/Sources.pp
+++ b/dtool/src/dconfig/Sources.pp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   #define SOURCES \
     configTable.I configTable.h \
     config_dconfig.h config_notify.h config_setup.h \
-    dconfig.I dconfig.h expand.I expand.h notify.I \
+    dconfig.I dconfig.h notify.I \
     notify.h notifyCategory.I \
     notifyCategory.h notifyCategoryProxy.I notifyCategoryProxy.h \
     notifySeverity.h serialization.I serialization.h  \
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   #define INSTALL_HEADERS                                               \
     configTable.I configTable.h config_dconfig.h config_setup.h         \
     dconfig.I dconfig.h                                                 \
-    expand.I expand.h notify.I notify.h notifyCategory.I                \
+    notify.I notify.h notifyCategory.I                \
     notifyCategory.h notifyCategoryProxy.I notifyCategoryProxy.h        \
     notifySeverity.h serialization.I serialization.h symbolEnt.I        \
     symbolEnt.h
diff --git a/dtool/src/dconfig/expand.I b/dtool/src/dconfig/expand.I
deleted file mode 100644
index d1b5855473..0000000000
--- a/dtool/src/dconfig/expand.I
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-// Filename: expand.I
-// Created by:  cary (20Mar00)
-//
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
-// Copyright (c) 2001, Disney Enterprises, Inc.  All rights reserved
-//
-// All use of this software is subject to the terms of the Panda 3d
-// Software license.  You should have received a copy of this license
-// along with this source code; you will also find a current copy of
-// the license at http://www.panda3d.org/license.txt .
-//
-// To contact the maintainers of this program write to
-// panda3d@yahoogroups.com .
-//
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-INLINE bool Base_Expander::isEnv(ConfigString S) {
-  return (getenv(S.c_str()) != (TYPENAME ConfigString::value_type *)0L);
-}
-
-INLINE ConfigString Base_Expander::Env(ConfigString S) {
-  return isEnv(S)?getenv(S.c_str()):"";
-}
-
-INLINE bool Base_Expander::isUser(ConfigString S) {
-   if (S.find_first_of(VChars) == 0) {
-      std::auto_ptr<struct passwd> pw(getpwnam(S.c_str()));
-      return (pw.get() != (struct passwd *)0L);
-   } else
-      return false;
-}
-
-INLINE ConfigString Base_Expander::GetMyDir() {
-   std::auto_ptr<struct passwd> pw(getpwuid(geteuid()));
-   return pw->pw_dir;
-}
-
-INLINE ConfigString Base_Expander::GetUserDir(ConfigString S) {
-   std::auto_ptr<struct passwd> pw(getpwnam(S.c_str()));
-   return ((pw.get() != (struct passwd *)0L)?pw->pw_dir:"");
-}
-
-INLINE ConfigString Base_Expander::operator()(void) {
-  return _result;
-}
-
-INLINE ConfigString Base_Expander::operator()(ConfigString S) {
-  _result = Base_Expander::Expand(S);
-  return _result;
-}
-
-INLINE Base_Expander::operator ConfigString() {
-  return _result;
-}
-
-INLINE ConfigString Expand(ConfigString S) {
-   Base_Expander ex(S);
-   return ex;
-}
diff --git a/dtool/src/dconfig/expand.h b/dtool/src/dconfig/expand.h
deleted file mode 100644
index eb01acdc97..0000000000
--- a/dtool/src/dconfig/expand.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-// Filename: expand.h
-// Created by:  cary (26Aug98)
-//
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
-// Copyright (c) 2001, Disney Enterprises, Inc.  All rights reserved
-//
-// All use of this software is subject to the terms of the Panda 3d
-// Software license.  You should have received a copy of this license
-// along with this source code; you will also find a current copy of
-// the license at http://www.panda3d.org/license.txt .
-//
-// To contact the maintainers of this program write to
-// panda3d@yahoogroups.com .
-//
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-#ifndef __EXPAND_H__
-#define __EXPAND_H__
-
-#include "dtoolbase.h"
-
-#include "pfstream.h"
-#include "config_setup.h"
-
-#include <pwd.h>
-#include <memory>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-namespace Expand {
-
-static const ConfigString VChars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_.";
-
-class Base_Expander {
-   private:
-      ConfigString _result;
-
-      ConfigString Strip(ConfigString S);
-      INLINE bool isEnv(ConfigString S);
-      INLINE ConfigString Env(ConfigString S);
-      istream& CopyStreamToString(istream& is, ConfigString& S);
-      INLINE bool isUser(ConfigString S);
-      INLINE ConfigString GetMyDir();
-      INLINE ConfigString GetUserDir(ConfigString S);
-      ConfigString Expand(ConfigString S);
-      Base_Expander() {}
-   public:
-      Base_Expander(ConfigString S) : _result(Base_Expander::Expand(S)) {}
-      Base_Expander(const Base_Expander& c) : _result(c._result) {}
-      ~Base_Expander() {}
-      INLINE ConfigString operator()();
-      INLINE ConfigString operator()(ConfigString);
-      INLINE operator ConfigString();
-};
-
-typedef Base_Expander Expander;
-
-INLINE ConfigString Expand(ConfigString S);
-
-#include "expand.I"
-
-}  // Close namespace Expand
-
-#endif /* __EXPAND_H__ */