diff --git a/src/microhttpd/Makefile.am b/src/microhttpd/Makefile.am
index 5543765d..ecf6fd4c 100644
--- a/src/microhttpd/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/microhttpd/Makefile.am
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ endif
 
 if ENABLE_BAUTH
 libmicrohttpd_la_SOURCES += \
-  basicauth.c \
-  base64.c base64.h
+  basicauth.c
 endif
 
 if ENABLE_HTTPS
diff --git a/src/microhttpd/base64.c b/src/microhttpd/base64.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d7d1ec92..00000000
--- a/src/microhttpd/base64.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This code implements the BASE64 algorithm.
- * This code is in the public domain; do with it what you wish.
- *
- * @file base64.c
- * @brief This code implements the BASE64 algorithm
- * @author Matthieu Speder
- */
-#include "base64.h"
-
-static const char base64_digits[] =
-{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 62, 0, 0, 0, 63, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61,
-  0, 0, 0, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
-  14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 26,
-  27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44,
-  45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
-
-
-char *
-BASE64Decode (const char*src)
-{
-  size_t in_len = strlen (src);
-  char*dest;
-  char*result;
-
-  if (in_len % 4)
-  {
-    /* Wrong base64 string length */
-    return NULL;
-  }
-  result = dest = malloc (in_len / 4 * 3 + 1);
-  if (NULL == result)
-    return NULL; /* out of memory */
-  while (*src)
-  {
-    char a = base64_digits[(unsigned char) *(src++)];
-    char b = base64_digits[(unsigned char) *(src++)];
-    char c = base64_digits[(unsigned char) *(src++)];
-    char d = base64_digits[(unsigned char) *(src++)];
-    *(dest++) = (a << 2) | ((b & 0x30) >> 4);
-    if (c == (char) -1)
-      break;
-    *(dest++) = ((b & 0x0f) << 4) | ((c & 0x3c) >> 2);
-    if (d == (char) -1)
-      break;
-    *(dest++) = ((c & 0x03) << 6) | d;
-  }
-  *dest = 0;
-  return result;
-}
-
-
-/* end of base64.c */
diff --git a/src/microhttpd/base64.h b/src/microhttpd/base64.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 65042c0b..00000000
--- a/src/microhttpd/base64.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This code implements the BASE64 algorithm.
- * This code is in the public domain; do with it what you wish.
- *
- * @file base64.c
- * @brief This code implements the BASE64 algorithm
- * @author Matthieu Speder
- */
-#ifndef BASE64_H
-#define BASE64_H
-
-#include "platform.h"
-
-char *
-BASE64Decode (const char*src);
-
-#endif /* !BASE64_H */