diff --git a/vlib/os/signal.v b/vlib/os/signal.v
index f6f4c34255b622..e359a0f3e88cc5 100644
--- a/vlib/os/signal.v
+++ b/vlib/os/signal.v
@@ -41,7 +41,3 @@ pub enum Signal {
 }
 
 pub type SignalHandler = fn (Signal)
-
-// An empty system signal handler (callback function) used to mask the specified system signal.
-fn ignore_signal_handler(signal Signal) {
-}
diff --git a/vlib/os/signal_darwin.c.v b/vlib/os/signal_darwin.c.v
deleted file mode 100644
index d4d9f11d61ca8b..00000000000000
--- a/vlib/os/signal_darwin.c.v
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-[has_globals]
-module os
-
-#include <signal.h>
-
-// A convenient way to ignore certain system signals when there is no need to process certain system signals,
-// Masking of system signals under posix systems requires a distinction between main and background threads.
-// Since there is no good way to easily tell whether the current thread is the main or background thread,
-// So a global variable is introduced to make the distinction.
-
-fn C.pthread_self() usize
-
-__global main_thread_id = u64(C.pthread_self())
-
-fn is_main_thread() bool {
-	return main_thread_id == u64(C.pthread_self())
-}
-
-fn C.sigaddset(set &u32, signum int) int
-fn C.sigemptyset(set &u32)
-fn C.sigprocmask(how int, set &u32, oldset &u32) int
-
-// signal_ignore to mask system signals, e.g.: signal_ignore(.pipe, .urg, ...)
-pub fn signal_ignore(args ...Signal) {
-	if is_main_thread() {
-		// for main thread.
-		for arg in args {
-			C.signal(int(arg), ignore_signal_handler)
-		}
-	} else {
-		// for background threads.
-		mask1 := u32(0)
-		C.sigemptyset(&mask1)
-		for arg in args {
-			C.sigaddset(&mask1, int(arg))
-		}
-		C.sigprocmask(C.SIG_BLOCK, &mask1, unsafe { nil })
-	}
-}
diff --git a/vlib/os/signal_default.c.v b/vlib/os/signal_default.c.v
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ef4a153f3951a..00000000000000
--- a/vlib/os/signal_default.c.v
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module os
-
-// unsupported platforms
-pub fn signal_ignore(args ...Signal) {
-}
diff --git a/vlib/os/signal_linux.c.v b/vlib/os/signal_linux.c.v
deleted file mode 100644
index 99fc921bddd58e..00000000000000
--- a/vlib/os/signal_linux.c.v
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-[has_globals]
-module os
-
-#include <signal.h>
-
-// A convenient way to ignore certain system signals when there is no need to process certain system signals,
-// Masking of system signals under posix systems requires a distinction between main and background threads.
-// Since there is no good way to easily tell whether the current thread is the main or background thread,
-// So a global variable is introduced to make the distinction.
-
-fn C.pthread_self() usize
-
-__global main_thread_id = u64(C.pthread_self())
-
-fn is_main_thread() bool {
-	return main_thread_id == u64(C.pthread_self())
-}
-
-[typedef]
-struct C.sigset_t {}
-
-fn C.sigaddset(set &C.sigset_t, signum int) int
-fn C.sigemptyset(set &C.sigset_t)
-fn C.sigprocmask(how int, set &C.sigset_t, oldset &C.sigset_t) int
-
-// signal_ignore to mask system signals, e.g.: signal_ignore(.pipe, .urg, ...)
-pub fn signal_ignore(args ...Signal) {
-	if is_main_thread() {
-		// for main thread.
-		for arg in args {
-			C.signal(int(arg), ignore_signal_handler)
-		}
-	} else {
-		// for background threads.
-		mask1 := C.sigset_t{}
-		C.sigemptyset(&mask1)
-		for arg in args {
-			C.sigaddset(&mask1, int(arg))
-		}
-		C.sigprocmask(C.SIG_BLOCK, &mask1, unsafe { nil })
-	}
-}
diff --git a/vlib/os/signal_test.v b/vlib/os/signal_test.v
index c803c6b5469f44..66aa8a4d091523 100644
--- a/vlib/os/signal_test.v
+++ b/vlib/os/signal_test.v
@@ -33,15 +33,3 @@ fn test_signal_opt_return_former_handler() {
 	// this should work, but makes the CI fail because of a bug in clang -fsanitize=memory
 	// assert func2 == former_handler
 }
-
-fn signal_ignore_in_background_thread() {
-	os.signal_ignore(.pipe, .urg)
-	assert true
-}
-
-fn test_signal_ignore() {
-	os.signal_ignore(.pipe, .urg)
-	assert true
-	t := spawn signal_ignore_in_background_thread()
-	t.wait()
-}