diff --git a/lphobos/build.sh b/lphobos/build.sh
index fa3e75ae..83ed5335 100755
--- a/lphobos/build.sh
+++ b/lphobos/build.sh
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ llvmdc-build internal/arrays.d \
         $LLVMDCFLAGS_ASM || exit 1
 mv *.bc obj
 
-echo "compiling module init backend"
-llvm-as -f -o=obj/moduleinit_backend.bc internal/moduleinit_backend.ll || exit 1
-llvm-link -f -o=../lib/llvmdcore.bc `ls obj/internal.*.bc` ../lib/llvmdcore.bc obj/moduleinit_backend.bc || exit 1
-
 echo "compiling typeinfo 1"
 llvmdc-build typeinfos1.d $LLVMDCFLAGS || exit 1
 mv *.bc obj
diff --git a/lphobos/internal/moduleinit_backend.ll b/lphobos/internal/moduleinit_backend.ll
deleted file mode 100644
index 27473061..00000000
--- a/lphobos/internal/moduleinit_backend.ll
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-; ModuleID = 'internal.moduleinit_backend'
-
-@_d_moduleinfo_array = appending constant [1 x i8*] [ i8* null ]
-
-define i8** @_d_get_moduleinfo_array() {
-entry:
-        %tmp = getelementptr [1 x i8*]* @_d_moduleinfo_array, i32 0, i32 0
-        ret i8** %tmp
-}