diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 494da0d06..4f90159a5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ set (TOP_LEVEL_RESOURCES
   mouse_commands.txt
   prefixes.txt
   cty.dat
-  kvasd.dat
   )
 
 set (PALETTE_FILES
diff --git a/Configuration.cpp b/Configuration.cpp
index 544856391..c9c3e3c51 100644
--- a/Configuration.cpp
+++ b/Configuration.cpp
@@ -780,24 +780,6 @@ Configuration::impl::impl (Configuration * self, QSettings * settings, QWidget *
       }
   }
 
-  // copy the kvasd.dat file used for inter-process communication with
-  // kvasd from the resources file system to the temporary directory
-  QString kvasd_data_file {"kvasd.dat"};
-  if (!temp_dir_.exists (kvasd_data_file))
-    {
-      auto dest_file = temp_dir_.absoluteFilePath (kvasd_data_file);
-      if (!QFile::copy (":/" + kvasd_data_file, dest_file))
-        {
-          QMessageBox::critical (this, "WSJT-X", tr ("Cannot copy: :/") + kvasd_data_file + tr (" to: ") + temp_dir_.absolutePath ());
-          throw std::runtime_error {"Failed to copy kvasd.dat to temporary directory"};
-        }
-      else
-        {
-          QFile {dest_file}.setPermissions (QFile::ReadOwner | QFile::WriteOwner);
-        }
-    }
-
-
   {
     // Find a suitable data file location
     QDir data_dir {QStandardPaths::writableLocation (QStandardPaths::DataLocation)};
diff --git a/kvasd.dat b/kvasd.dat
deleted file mode 100644
index 19b26b814..000000000
Binary files a/kvasd.dat and /dev/null differ