diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ebc2796..e9d1f45c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ OBJDIR := obj
 BINDIR := bin
 
 LIBSRCS := $(addprefix src/,debug.cc utils.cc param.cc)
-LIBSRCS += $(addprefix src/bootstrap/,init.cc bootstrap.cc socket.cc proxy.cc shmutils.cc)
+LIBSRCS += $(addprefix src/bootstrap/,init.cc bootstrap.cc socket.cc proxy.cc)
 LIBOBJS := $(patsubst %.cc,%.o,$(LIBSRCS))
 LIBOBJTARGETS := $(LIBOBJS:%=$(BUILDDIR)/$(OBJDIR)/%)
 
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/init.cc b/src/bootstrap/init.cc
index 2c7b5d85..b8142ed7 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/init.cc
+++ b/src/bootstrap/init.cc
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "mscclpp.h"
 #include "bootstrap.h"
 #include "core.h"
-#include "shmutils.h"
 #include <map>
 #include <sstream>
 
@@ -65,9 +64,9 @@ MSCCLPP_API(mscclppResult_t, mscclppCommInitRank, mscclppComm_t* comm, int nrank
 mscclppResult_t mscclppCommInitRank(mscclppComm_t* comm, int nranks, int rank, const char* ip_port_pair){
   mscclppResult_t res = mscclppSuccess;
   mscclppComm_t _comm = NULL;
-  uint64_t hash = getHostHash();
-  uint64_t *hashes;
-  std::map<uint64_t, int> hashToNode;
+  // uint64_t hash = getHostHash();
+  // uint64_t *hashes;
+  // std::map<uint64_t, int> hashToNode;
 
   MSCCLPPCHECKGOTO(mscclppCalloc(&_comm, 1), res, fail);
   _comm->rank = rank;
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/shmutils.cc b/src/bootstrap/shmutils.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index eebe4e52..00000000
--- a/src/bootstrap/shmutils.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-#include "shmutils.h"
-#include "debug.h"
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-
-#define SHM_MODE 0666
-
-// Open a shme file and create an mmap.
-static mscclppResult_t shmutilsMapOpen(const char *name, size_t size, int *fd, void **map, int flag)
-{
-    int _fd = shm_open(name, flag, SHM_MODE);
-    if (_fd == -1) {
-        WARN("Failed to open shm file %s (flag: %d)", name, flag);
-        return mscclppInternalError;
-    }
-    void *_map = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, _fd, 0);
-    if (_map == MAP_FAILED) {
-        WARN("Failed to mmap shm file %s", name);
-        goto fail;
-    }
-    if (flag & O_CREAT) {
-        if (ftruncate(_fd, 0) == -1) {
-            WARN("Failed to ftruncate shm file %s", name);
-            goto fail;
-        }
-    }
-    if (ftruncate(_fd, size) == -1) {
-        WARN("Failed to ftruncate shm file %s", name);
-        goto fail;
-    }
-    *fd = _fd;
-    *map = _map;
-    return mscclppSuccess;
-fail:
-    close(_fd);
-    shm_unlink(name);
-    return mscclppInternalError;
-}
-
-// Open or create a shm file.
-mscclppResult_t mscclppShmutilsMapCreate(const char *name, size_t size, int *fd, void **map)
-{
-    return shmutilsMapOpen(name, size, fd, map, O_CREAT | O_RDWR);
-}
-
-// Open an existing shm file.
-mscclppResult_t mscclppShmutilsMapOpen(const char *name, size_t size, int *fd, void **map)
-{
-    return shmutilsMapOpen(name, size, fd, map, O_RDWR);
-}
-
-// Close a shm mmap.
-mscclppResult_t mscclppShmutilsMapClose(const char *name, size_t size, int fd, void *map)
-{
-    int err = 0;
-    if (munmap(map, size) == -1) {
-        WARN("Failed to munmap shm file %s", name);
-        err = 1;
-    }
-    close(fd);
-    return err ? mscclppInternalError : mscclppSuccess;
-}
-
-// Close a shm mmap and destroy a shm file.
-mscclppResult_t mscclppShmutilsMapDestroy(const char *name, size_t size, int fd, void *map)
-{
-    int err = 0;
-    if (munmap(map, size) == -1) {
-        WARN("Failed to munmap shm file %s", name);
-        err = 1;
-    }
-    close(fd);
-    if (shm_unlink(name) == -1) {
-        WARN("Failed to unlink shm file %s: errno %d", name, errno);
-        err = 1;
-    }
-    return err ? mscclppInternalError : mscclppSuccess;
-}
diff --git a/src/include/shmutils.h b/src/include/shmutils.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 21dfa011..00000000
--- a/src/include/shmutils.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef MSCCLPP_SHMUTILS_H_
-#define MSCCLPP_SHMUTILS_H_
-
-#include "mscclpp.h"
-
-mscclppResult_t mscclppShmutilsMapCreate(const char *name, size_t size, int *fd, void **map);
-mscclppResult_t mscclppShmutilsMapOpen(const char *name, size_t size, int *fd, void **map);
-mscclppResult_t mscclppShmutilsMapClose(const char *name, size_t size, int fd, void *map);
-mscclppResult_t mscclppShmutilsMapDestroy(const char *name, size_t size, int fd, void *map);
-
-#endif