diff --git a/Source/Hacks.cpp b/Source/Hacks.cpp
index 6f4790fe..69955ef2 100644
--- a/Source/Hacks.cpp
+++ b/Source/Hacks.cpp
@@ -18,68 +18,8 @@
 
 #include "Main.h"
 
-
-//the following hacks are used to get x264 static link working.
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/timeb.h>
-#include <process.h>
-
-#undef _ftime
-#undef _fstat
-
 extern "C"
 {
-    int _fstat(int fd, struct stat *sb)
-    {
-        return fstat(fd, sb);
-    }
-
-    void _ftime(struct timeb *timeptr)
-    {
-        ftime(timeptr);
-    }
-
-    void blablablaHack1() //forces linkage to the pthreads thing
-    {
-        _endthreadex(0);
-    }
-
-    int __imp__fstat64(int fd, struct _stat64 *sb)
-    {
-        return _fstat64(fd, sb);
-    }
-
-    int snprintf(
-        char *buffer,
-        size_t count,
-        const char *format, ... 
-        )
-    {
-        va_list arglist;
-        va_start(arglist, format);
-
-        return _vsnprintf(buffer, count, format, arglist);
-    }
-
-    int fseeko64(FILE *stream, __int64 offset, int origin)
-    {
-        return _fseeki64(stream, offset, origin);
-    }
-
-    double __strtod(const char *nptr, char **endptr)
-    {
-        return strtod(nptr, endptr);
-    }
-
-    size_t ftello(FILE *stream)
-    {
-#ifdef _WIN64
-        return _ftelli64(stream);
-#else
-        return ftell(stream);
-#endif
-    }
-
     double round(double val)
     {
         if(!_isnan(val) || !_finite(val))
@@ -90,10 +30,4 @@ extern "C"
         else
             return floor(val-0.5);
     }
-
-    float log2f(float val)
-    {
-        return logf(val) / logf(2.0f);
-    }
-
 }