diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b657073a..eac3e6a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ GoldenDict.xcodeproj/
 *.opensdf
 *.suo
 *.vcxproj.user
+/.idea
+/.vs
+/.vscode
diff --git a/btreeidx.hh b/btreeidx.hh
index 6e4a33f6..bd38a578 100644
--- a/btreeidx.hh
+++ b/btreeidx.hh
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <QVector>
 #include <QSet>
 #include <QList>
-#include "cpp_features.hh"
 
 #if defined( _MSC_VER ) && _MSC_VER < 1800 // VS2012 and older
 #include <stdint_msvc.h>
diff --git a/config.hh b/config.hh
index 9be7203c..87e718b0 100644
--- a/config.hh
+++ b/config.hh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <QKeySequence>
 #include <QSet>
 #include <QMetaType>
-#include "cpp_features.hh"
 #include "ex.hh"
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
diff --git a/cpp_features.hh b/cpp_features.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index fe71f005..00000000
--- a/cpp_features.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __CPP_HH_INCLUDED__
-#define __CPP_HH_INCLUDED__
-
-
-
-#endif // CPP_HH
diff --git a/dictionary.hh b/dictionary.hh
index b1877791..3d18ac54 100644
--- a/dictionary.hh
+++ b/dictionary.hh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QIcon>
-#include "cpp_features.hh"
 #include "sptr.hh"
 #include "ex.hh"
 #include "mutex.hh"
diff --git a/externalviewer.hh b/externalviewer.hh
index 46db5d6f..b7bb6ba6 100644
--- a/externalviewer.hh
+++ b/externalviewer.hh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <QTemporaryFile>
 #include <QProcess>
 #include "ex.hh"
-#include "cpp_features.hh"
 
 /// An external viewer, opens resources in other programs
 class ExternalViewer: public QObject
diff --git a/file.hh b/file.hh
index f4b5f216..81281647 100644
--- a/file.hh
+++ b/file.hh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include <QFile>
-#include "cpp_features.hh"
 #include "ex.hh"
 
 /// A simple wrapper over FILE * operations with added write-buffering,
diff --git a/goldendict.pro b/goldendict.pro
index 8d667fac..4c13df3f 100644
--- a/goldendict.pro
+++ b/goldendict.pro
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ HEADERS += folding.hh \
     gls.hh \
     splitfile.hh \
     favoritespanewidget.hh \
-    cpp_features.hh \
     treeview.hh
 
 FORMS += groups.ui \
diff --git a/iconv.hh b/iconv.hh
index ab99cb8f..fbdb0729 100644
--- a/iconv.hh
+++ b/iconv.hh
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <iconv.h>
 #include "wstring.hh"
 #include "ex.hh"
-#include "cpp_features.hh"
 
 /// A wrapper for the iconv() character set conversion functions
 class Iconv
diff --git a/utf8.hh b/utf8.hh
index 81039d7d..ce636276 100644
--- a/utf8.hh
+++ b/utf8.hh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <string>
-#include "cpp_features.hh"
 #include "ex.hh"
 #include "wstring.hh"