diff --git a/include/dav1d/dav1d.rs b/include/dav1d/dav1d.rs
index 480de66bd..c41d1968a 100644
--- a/include/dav1d/dav1d.rs
+++ b/include/dav1d/dav1d.rs
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ use crate::src::error::Rav1dError;
 use crate::src::internal::Rav1dContext;
 pub use crate::src::log::Dav1dLogger;
 use crate::src::log::Rav1dLogger;
-use crate::src::r#ref::Rav1dRef;
 use bitflags::bitflags;
 use std::ffi::c_int;
 use std::ffi::c_uint;
 use strum::FromRepr;
 
 pub type Dav1dContext = Rav1dContext;
-pub type Dav1dRef = Rav1dRef;
+pub type Dav1dRef = ();
 
 pub type Dav1dInloopFilterType = c_uint;
 pub const DAV1D_INLOOPFILTER_ALL: Dav1dInloopFilterType =
diff --git a/lib.rs b/lib.rs
index b449c0320..9fc288c8e 100644
--- a/lib.rs
+++ b/lib.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ pub mod src {
     mod picture;
     mod qm;
     mod recon;
-    pub(crate) mod r#ref;
     mod refmvs;
     mod scan;
     mod tables;
diff --git a/src/ref.rs b/src/ref.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c4030b9c3..000000000
--- a/src/ref.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-use std::ffi::c_int;
-use std::ffi::c_void;
-use std::sync::atomic::AtomicI32;
-
-#[repr(C)]
-pub struct Rav1dRef {
-    pub(crate) data: *mut c_void,
-    pub(crate) const_data: *const c_void,
-    pub(crate) ref_cnt: AtomicI32,
-    pub(crate) free_ref: c_int,
-    pub(crate) free_callback: Option<unsafe extern "C" fn(*const u8, *mut c_void) -> ()>,
-    pub(crate) user_data: *mut c_void,
-}