1 files changed, 0 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/host/lib/transport/libusb1_base.cpp b/host/lib/transport/libusb1_base.cpp
index 1dd0b48e8..cfa77d9ca 100644
--- a/host/lib/transport/libusb1_base.cpp
+++ b/host/lib/transport/libusb1_base.cpp
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@
 //
 
 #include "libusb1_base.hpp"
-#include <uhd/utils/thread_priority.hpp>
 #include <uhd/utils/assert.hpp>
 #include <uhd/types/dict.hpp>
 #include <boost/weak_ptr.hpp>
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
-#include <boost/thread.hpp>
 #include <iostream>
 
 using namespace uhd;
@@ -35,14 +33,9 @@ public:
     libusb_session_impl(void){
         UHD_ASSERT_THROW(libusb_init(&_context) == 0);
         libusb_set_debug(_context, debug_level);
-        _mutex.lock();
-        _thread_group.create_thread(boost::bind(&libusb_session_impl::run_event_loop, this));
-        _mutex.lock();
     }
 
     ~libusb_session_impl(void){
-        _running = false;
-        _thread_group.join_all();
         libusb_exit(_context);
     }
 
@@ -52,21 +45,6 @@ public:
 
 private:
     libusb_context *_context;
-    boost::thread_group _thread_group;
-    bool _running;
-    boost::mutex _mutex;
-
-    void run_event_loop(void){
-        set_thread_priority_safe();
-        _running = true;
-        timeval tv;
-        _mutex.unlock();
-        while(_running){
-            tv.tv_sec = 0;
-            tv.tv_usec = 100000; //100ms
-            libusb_handle_events_timeout(this->get_context(), &tv);
-        }
-    }
 };
 
 libusb::session::sptr libusb::session::get_global_session(void){