diff --git a/opal/util/Makefile.am b/opal/util/Makefile.am
index 28f2ea7e5d..a864c88d86 100644
--- a/opal/util/Makefile.am
+++ b/opal/util/Makefile.am
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ headers = \
         fd.c \
         if.h \
         keyval_parse.h \
-        lt_interface.h \
         malloc.h \
         net.h \
         numtostr.h \
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ libopalutil_la_SOURCES = \
         if.c \
         keyval_parse.c \
         malloc.c \
-        lt_interface.c \
         net.c \
         numtostr.c \
         opal_environ.c \
diff --git a/opal/util/lt_interface.c b/opal/util/lt_interface.c
deleted file mode 100644
index f8aa9eb0e3..0000000000
--- a/opal/util/lt_interface.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,178 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2013      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2013      NVIDIA Corporation.  All rights reserved.
- * $COPYRIGHT$
- * 
- * Additional copyrights may follow
- * 
- * $HEADER$
- */
-
-#include "opal_config.h"
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include "opal/constants.h"
-#include "opal/util/lt_interface.h"
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dlinit(void)
-{
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-    return lt_dlinit();
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-    return OPAL_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladdsearchdir(const char *search_dir) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-    return lt_dladdsearchdir(search_dir);
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-    return OPAL_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dlinsertsearchdir(const char *before,
-                                            const char *search_dir) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-    return lt_dlinsertsearchdir(before, search_dir);
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-    return OPAL_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dlsetsearchpath(const char *search_path) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-    return lt_dlsetsearchpath(search_path);
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-    return OPAL_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC const char *opal_lt_dlgetsearchpath(void) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-    return lt_dlgetsearchpath();
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-    return NULL;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-}
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dlforeachfile(const char *search_path,
-                                        int (*func) (const char *filename, void *data),
-                                        void *data) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-    return lt_dlforeachfile(search_path, func, data);
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-    return OPAL_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dlexit(void) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-    return lt_dlexit();
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-    return OPAL_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC void *opal_lt_dlsym(opal_lt_dlhandle handle, const char *name) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-    return lt_dlsym(handle, name);
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-    return NULL;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC const char *opal_lt_dlerror(void) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-    return lt_dlerror();
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-    return NULL;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladvise_init(opal_lt_dladvise *advise) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE
-    return lt_dladvise_init(advise);
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-    return OPAL_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladvise_ext(opal_lt_dladvise *advise) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE
-    return lt_dladvise_ext(advise);
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-    return OPAL_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-
-}
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladvise_global(opal_lt_dladvise *advise) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE
-    return lt_dladvise_global(advise);
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-    return OPAL_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC opal_lt_dlhandle opal_lt_dlopenadvise(const char *filename, opal_lt_dladvise advise) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE
-    return lt_dlopenadvise(filename, advise);
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-    return NULL;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladvise_destroy(opal_lt_dladvise *advise) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE
-    return lt_dladvise_destroy(advise);
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-    return OPAL_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladvise_resident(opal_lt_dladvise *advise) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE
-    return lt_dladvise_resident(advise);
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-    return OPAL_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladvise_local(opal_lt_dladvise *advise) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE
-    return lt_dladvise_local(advise);
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-    return OPAL_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladvise_preload(opal_lt_dladvise *advise) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE
-    return lt_dladvise_preload(advise);
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-    return OPAL_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-}
-
-/* Portable libltdl versions of the system dlopen() API. */
-OPAL_DECLSPEC opal_lt_dlhandle opal_lt_dlopen(const char *filename) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-    return lt_dlopen(filename);
-#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-    return NULL;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC opal_lt_dlhandle opal_lt_dlopenext(const char *filename) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-    return lt_dlopenext(filename);
-#else  /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-    return 0;
-#endif  /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-}
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dlclose(opal_lt_dlhandle handle) {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-    return lt_dlclose(handle);
-#else
-    return OPAL_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-#endif
-}
diff --git a/opal/util/lt_interface.h b/opal/util/lt_interface.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f4fd96eaaa..0000000000
--- a/opal/util/lt_interface.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2013      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2013      NVIDIA Corporation.  All rights reserved.
- * $COPYRIGHT$
- * 
- * Additional copyrights may follow
- * 
- * $HEADER$
- */
-
-/**
-* Wrappers to LTDL functions so that other parts of library can
-* access the LTDL functionality that is embedded/linked in to Open
-* MPI (vs. a LTDL library that was linked in by the application).
-* The OPAL-linked LTDL library is intentionally not DECLSPEC'ed so
-* that it is not visible to upper-layer applications; its functions
-* are provided to the rest of the OMPI code base via the following
-* OPAL wrappers.
-*/
-
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-  #ifndef __WINDOWS__
-    #if OPAL_LIBLTDL_INTERNAL
-      #include "opal/libltdl/ltdl.h"
-    #else
-      #include "ltdl.h"
-    #endif
-  #else
-    #include "ltdl.h"
-  #endif
-#endif
-
-/**
- * Create opal_lt_dlhandle and opal_lt_advise types so that consumers
- * of this code can use these opal types rather than the LTDL versions.
- * In that way, there is no need to use OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL and
- * OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE anywhere else.
- */
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-typedef lt_dlhandle opal_lt_dlhandle;
-#else
-typedef void *opal_lt_dlhandle;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE
-typedef lt_dladvise opal_lt_dladvise;
-#else 
-typedef void *opal_lt_dladvise;
-#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL && OPAL_HAVE_LTDL_ADVISE */
-
-/**
- * Wrappers for the ltdl library.
- */
-
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dlinit(void);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dlexit(void);
-
-/* Module search path manipulation.  */
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladdsearchdir(const char *search_dir);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dlinsertsearchdir(const char *before,
-                                            const char *search_dir);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dlsetsearchpath(const char *search_path);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC const char *opal_lt_dlgetsearchpath(void);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dlforeachfile(const char *search_path,
-                                        int (*func) (const char *filename, void *data),
-                                        void *data);
-/* User module loading advisors.  */
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladvise_init(opal_lt_dladvise *advise);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladvise_destroy(opal_lt_dladvise *advise);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladvise_ext(opal_lt_dladvise *advise);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladvise_resident(opal_lt_dladvise *advise);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladvise_local(opal_lt_dladvise *advise);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladvise_global(opal_lt_dladvise *advise);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dladvise_preload(opal_lt_dladvise *advise);
-
-/* Portable libltdl versions of the system dlopen() API. */
-OPAL_DECLSPEC opal_lt_dlhandle opal_lt_dlopen(const char *filename);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC opal_lt_dlhandle opal_lt_dlopenext(const char *filename);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC void *opal_lt_dlsym(opal_lt_dlhandle handle, const char *name);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC const char *opal_lt_dlerror(void);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_lt_dlclose(opal_lt_dlhandle handle);
-OPAL_DECLSPEC opal_lt_dlhandle opal_lt_dlopenadvise(const char *filename,
-                                                    opal_lt_dladvise advise);