diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b2ae3413..3139afe3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,36 +86,10 @@ endif()
 
 include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 
-# force version update
-function (monero_gui_add_library_with_deps)
-  cmake_parse_arguments(MONERO_ADD_LIBRARY "" "NAME" "DEPENDS;SOURCES" ${ARGN})
-  source_group("${MONERO_ADD_LIBRARY_NAME}" FILES ${MONERO_ADD_LIBRARY_SOURCES})
-
-  # Define a ("virtual") object library and an actual library that links those
-  # objects together. The virtual libraries can be arbitrarily combined to link
-  # any subset of objects into one library archive. This is used for releasing
-  # libwallet, which combines multiple components.
-  set(objlib obj_${MONERO_ADD_LIBRARY_NAME})
-  add_library(${objlib} OBJECT ${MONERO_ADD_LIBRARY_SOURCES})
-  add_library("${MONERO_ADD_LIBRARY_NAME}" $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${objlib}>)
-  if (MONERO_ADD_LIBRARY_DEPENDS)
-    add_dependencies(${objlib} ${MONERO_ADD_LIBRARY_DEPENDS})
-  endif()
-  set_property(TARGET "${MONERO_ADD_LIBRARY_NAME}" PROPERTY FOLDER "libs")
-  target_compile_definitions(${objlib}
-    PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:${MONERO_ADD_LIBRARY_NAME},INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>)
-endfunction ()
-
-function (monero_gui_add_library name)
-    monero_gui_add_library_with_deps(NAME "${name}" SOURCES ${ARGN})
-endfunction()
-
 include_directories(${EASYLOGGING_INCLUDE})
 link_directories(${EASYLOGGING_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 
-
 include(VersionGui)
-monero_gui_add_library(gui_version SOURCES version.js DEPENDS genversiongui)
 
 message(STATUS "${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}")