diff --git a/src/tools.rs b/src/tools.rs
index 011ca19c..74885d35 100644
--- a/src/tools.rs
+++ b/src/tools.rs
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ pub mod tty;
 pub mod signalfd;
 pub mod daemon;
 pub mod procfs;
-pub mod read;
-pub mod write;
 pub mod acl;
 pub mod xattr;
 pub mod vec;
diff --git a/src/tools/read.rs b/src/tools/read.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c64699f..00000000
--- a/src/tools/read.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-//! Utility traits for types which implement `std::io::Read` to quickly read primitively typed
-//! values such as binary integers from a stream.
-
-use std::io;
-use std::mem;
-
-use endian_trait::Endian;
-
-pub trait ReadUtilOps {
-    /// Read a value of type `T`.
-    /// Note that it *should* be `repr(C, packed)` or similar.
-    fn read_value<T>(&mut self) -> io::Result<T>;
-
-    /// Read a big-endian value of type `T`.
-    /// Note that it *should* be `repr(C, packed)` or similar.
-    fn read_value_be<T: Endian>(&mut self) -> io::Result<T> {
-        Ok(self.read_value::<T>()?.from_be())
-    }
-
-    /// Read a little-endian value of type `T`.
-    /// Note that it *should* be `repr(C, packed)` or similar.
-    fn read_value_le<T: Endian>(&mut self) -> io::Result<T> {
-        Ok(self.read_value::<T>()?.from_le())
-    }
-
-    /// Read an exact number of bytes into a newly allocated vector.
-    fn read_exact_allocated(&mut self, size: usize) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>>;
-}
-
-impl<R: io::Read> ReadUtilOps for R {
-    fn read_value<T>(&mut self) -> io::Result<T> {
-        let mut data: T = unsafe { mem::uninitialized() };
-        self.read_exact(unsafe {
-            std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(
-                &mut data as *mut T as *mut u8,
-                mem::size_of::<T>(),
-            )
-        })?;
-        Ok(data)
-    }
-
-    fn read_exact_allocated(&mut self, size: usize) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
-        let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(size);
-        unsafe {
-            out.set_len(size);
-        }
-        self.read_exact(&mut out)?;
-        Ok(out)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/tools/write.rs b/src/tools/write.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1bb4cf57..00000000
--- a/src/tools/write.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-//! Utility traits for types which implement `std::io::Write` to easily write primitively typed
-//! values such as binary integers to a stream.
-
-use std::io;
-use std::mem;
-
-use endian_trait::Endian;
-
-pub trait WriteUtilOps {
-    /// Write a value of type `T`.
-    /// Note that it *should* be `repr(C, packed)` or similar.
-    fn write_value<T>(&mut self, value: &T) -> io::Result<usize>;
-
-    /// Write a big-endian value of type `T`.
-    /// Note that it *should* be `repr(C, packed)` or similar.
-    fn write_value_be<T: Endian>(&mut self, value: T) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        self.write_value(&value.to_be())
-    }
-
-    /// Write a little-endian value of type `T`.
-    /// Note that it *should* be `repr(C, packed)` or similar.
-    fn write_value_le<T: Endian>(&mut self, value: T) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        self.write_value(&value.to_le())
-    }
-
-    /// Convenience `write_all()` alternative returning the length instead of `()`.
-    fn write_all_len(&mut self, value: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize>;
-}
-
-impl<R: io::Write> WriteUtilOps for R {
-    fn write_value<T>(&mut self, value: &T) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        let size = mem::size_of::<T>();
-        self.write_all(unsafe {
-            std::slice::from_raw_parts(value as *const T as *const u8, size)
-        })?;
-        Ok(size)
-    }
-
-    fn write_all_len(&mut self, value: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        self.write_all(value)?;
-        Ok(value.len())
-    }
-}