diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9398209d9db..91aa8d65f9c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1364,7 +1364,6 @@ target_precompile_headers(mixxx-lib PUBLIC
   src/util/rampingvalue.h
   src/util/rangelist.h
   src/util/readaheadsamplebuffer.h
-  src/util/reference.h
   src/util/regex.h
   src/util/rescaler.h
   src/util/ringdelaybuffer.h
diff --git a/src/util/reference.h b/src/util/reference.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d3f181ac96..00000000000
--- a/src/util/reference.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-// General tool for removing concrete dependencies while still incrementing a
-// reference count.
-class BaseReferenceHolder {
-  public:
-    BaseReferenceHolder() { }
-    virtual ~BaseReferenceHolder() { }
-};
-
-template <class T>
-class ReferenceHolder : public BaseReferenceHolder {
-  public:
-    ReferenceHolder(QSharedPointer<T>& reference)
-            : m_reference(reference) {
-    }
-    virtual ~ReferenceHolder() {}
-
-  private:
-    QSharedPointer<T> m_reference;
-};