diff --git a/src/unix/hurd/align.rs b/src/unix/hurd/align.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dd7d8e541d2..000000000000
--- a/src/unix/hurd/align.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-// Placeholder file
diff --git a/src/unix/hurd/mod.rs b/src/unix/hurd/mod.rs
index 0999c4550bdc..6b9789a500b4 100644
--- a/src/unix/hurd/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/hurd/mod.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ pub type __ptrdiff_t = __sword_type;
 pub type __socklen_t = __u32_type;
 pub type __sig_atomic_t = ::c_int;
 pub type __time64_t = __int64_t;
-pub type ssize_t = __ssize_t;
 pub type wchar_t = ::c_int;
 pub type wint_t = ::c_uint;
 pub type gid_t = __gid_t;
@@ -4672,9 +4671,6 @@ safe_f! {
     }
 }
 
-mod align;
-pub use self::align::*;
-
 cfg_if! {
     if #[cfg(target_pointer_width = "64")] {
         mod b64;