diff --git a/libs/evoral/evoral/MIDIFile.hpp b/libs/evoral/evoral/MIDIFile.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index b605b8af60..0000000000
--- a/libs/evoral/evoral/MIDIFile.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-/* This file is part of Evoral.
- * Copyright(C) 2008 Dave Robillard <http://drobilla.net>
- * Copyright(C) 2000-2008 Paul Davis 
- * Author: Hans Baier
- * 
- * Evoral 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 2 of the License, or(at your option) any later
- * version.
- * 
- * Evoral 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 details.
- * 
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
- * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
- */
-
-#ifndef EVORAL_STANDARD_MIDI_FILE_HPP
-#define EVORAL_STANDARD_MIDI_FILE_HPP
-
-#include <string>
-#include "evoral/types.hpp"
-
-namespace Evoral {
-	
-template<typename Time> class Event;
-template<typename Time> class EventRingBuffer;
-
-#define THROW_FILE_ERROR throw(typename MIDIFile<Time>::FileError)
-
-/** Standard MIDI File interface
- */
-template<typename Time>
-class MIDIFile {
-public:
-	class FileError : public std::exception {
-		const char* what() const throw() { return "libsmf error"; }
-	};
-
-	virtual void seek_to_start() const = 0;
-	
-	virtual uint16_t ppqn()     const = 0;
-	virtual bool     is_empty() const = 0;
-	virtual bool     eof()      const = 0;
-	
-	virtual Time last_event_time() const = 0;
-	
-	virtual void begin_write() = 0;
-	virtual void append_event_delta(uint32_t delta_t, const Event<Time>& ev) = 0;
-	virtual void end_write() throw(FileError) = 0;
-	
-	virtual void flush() = 0;
-	virtual int  flush_header() = 0;
-	virtual int  flush_footer() = 0;
-
-protected:
-	virtual int  open(const std::string& path) throw(FileError) = 0;
-	virtual void close() throw(FileError) = 0;
-	
-	virtual int read_event(uint32_t* delta_t, uint32_t* size, uint8_t** buf) const = 0;
-};
-
-}; /* namespace Evoral */
-
-#endif /* EVORAL_STANDARD_MIDI_FILE_HPP */
-
diff --git a/libs/evoral/evoral/OldSMF.hpp b/libs/evoral/evoral/OldSMF.hpp
index 9e204be82e..6f265cc313 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/evoral/OldSMF.hpp
+++ b/libs/evoral/evoral/OldSMF.hpp
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #ifndef EVORAL_OLD_SMF_HPP
 #define EVORAL_OLD_SMF_HPP
 
-#include "evoral/MIDIFile.hpp"
-
 namespace Evoral {
 	
 template<typename Time> class Event;
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ template<typename Time> class EventRingBuffer;
 /** Standard Midi File (Type 0)
  */
 template<typename Time>
-class SMF : public MIDIFile<Time> {
+class SMF {
 public:
 	SMF();
 	virtual ~SMF();
diff --git a/libs/evoral/evoral/SMF.hpp b/libs/evoral/evoral/SMF.hpp
index be1ed667cc..f45719cdab 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/evoral/SMF.hpp
+++ b/libs/evoral/evoral/SMF.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #define EVORAL_SMF_HPP
 
 #include <cassert>
-#include "evoral/MIDIFile.hpp"
 
 struct smf_struct;
 struct smf_track_struct;
@@ -33,11 +32,17 @@ namespace Evoral {
 template<typename Time> class Event;
 template<typename Time> class EventRingBuffer;
 
+#define THROW_FILE_ERROR throw(typename SMF<Time>::FileError)
+
 /** Standard Midi File (Type 0)
  */
 template<typename Time>
-class SMF : public MIDIFile<Time> {
+class SMF {
 public:
+	class FileError : public std::exception {
+		const char* what() const throw() { return "Unknown SMF error"; }
+	};
+
 	SMF() : _last_ev_time(0), _smf(0), _smf_track(0), _empty(true) {};
 	virtual ~SMF();
 
diff --git a/libs/evoral/src/OldSMF.cpp b/libs/evoral/src/OldSMF.cpp
index 3e396cff96..1440e3e128 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/src/OldSMF.cpp
+++ b/libs/evoral/src/OldSMF.cpp
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ SMF<Time>::begin_write()
 
 template<typename Time>
 void
-SMF<Time>::end_write() throw(typename MIDIFile<Time>::FileError)
+SMF<Time>::end_write()
 {
 	flush_header();
 	flush_footer();
diff --git a/libs/evoral/src/SMF.cpp b/libs/evoral/src/SMF.cpp
index b0f5a86495..ece9fc4c1e 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/src/SMF.cpp
+++ b/libs/evoral/src/SMF.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ SMF<Time>::open(const std::string& path) THROW_FILE_ERROR
 	if (!_smf) {
 		_smf = smf_new();
 		if (smf_set_ppqn(_smf, _ppqn) != 0) {
-			throw typename MIDIFile<Time>::FileError();
+			throw FileError();
 		}
 		
 		if(_smf == NULL) {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ SMF<Time>::close() THROW_FILE_ERROR
 {
 	if (_smf) {
 		if (smf_save(_smf, _path.c_str()) != 0) {
-			throw typename MIDIFile<Time>::FileError();
+			throw FileError();
 		}
 		smf_delete(_smf);
 		_smf = 0;
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ void
 SMF<Time>::end_write() THROW_FILE_ERROR
 {
 	if (smf_save(_smf, _path.c_str()) != 0)
-		throw typename MIDIFile<Time>::FileError();
+		throw FileError();
 }
 
 template class SMF<double>;