diff --git a/src/application.vala b/src/application.vala
deleted file mode 100644
index 74cf982..0000000
--- a/src/application.vala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-public class Audrey.Application : Adw.Application {
-    public Application () {
-        Object (
-            application_id: "eu.callcc.audrey",
-            flags: ApplicationFlags.DEFAULT_FLAGS
-        );
-    }
-
-    construct {
-        GLib.ActionEntry[] action_entries = {
-            { "about", this.on_about_action },
-            { "preferences", this.on_preferences_action },
-            { "quit", this.quit }
-        };
-        this.add_action_entries (action_entries, this);
-        this.set_accels_for_action ("app.quit", {"<primary>q"});
-    }
-
-    public override void activate () {
-        base.activate ();
-        // if this.active_window not null, this isnt the primary instance
-        var win = this.active_window ?? new Ui.Window (this);
-        win.present ();
-    }
-
-    private void on_about_action () {
-        string[] developers = { "Erica Z" };
-        var about = new Adw.AboutDialog () {
-            application_name = "audrey",
-            application_icon = "eu.callcc.audrey",
-            developer_name = "Erica Z",
-            translator_credits = _("translator-credits"),
-            version = "0.1.0", // AUDREY_VERSION
-            developers = developers,
-            copyright = "© 2024 Erica Z",
-        };
-
-        about.present (this.active_window);
-    }
-
-    private void on_preferences_action () {
-        message ("app.preferences action activated");
-    }
-
-    ~Application () {
-        debug ("destroying application");
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 8a23701..b50a17c 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 audrey_sources = [
-  'application.vala',
   'globalconf.vala',
   'mpris.vala',
   'playbin.vala',
diff --git a/src/mpris.vala b/src/mpris.vala
index 674f24f..14b5a6f 100644
--- a/src/mpris.vala
+++ b/src/mpris.vala
@@ -1,38 +1,3 @@
-/*
-[DBus (name = "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2")]
-class Audrey.Mpris : Object {
-    internal signal void on_raise ();
-    internal signal void on_quit ();
-
-    public bool can_raise { get { return true; } }
-    public void raise () throws Error {
-        this.on_raise ();
-    }
-
-    public bool can_quit { get { return true; } }
-    public void quit () throws Error {
-        this.on_quit ();
-    }
-
-    public bool can_set_fullscreen { get { return false; } }
-    public bool fullscreen { get { return false; } set { assert (false); } }
-    public bool has_track_list { get { return false; } }
-    public string identity { owned get { return "audrey"; } }
-    public string desktop_entry { owned get { return "eu.callcc.audrey"; } }
-    public string[] supported_uri_schemes { owned get { return {}; } }
-    public string[] supported_mime_types { owned get { return {}; } }
-
-    internal Mpris (Ui.Window window) {
-        this.on_raise.connect (() => window.present ());
-        this.on_quit.connect (() => window.close ());
-    }
-
-    ~Mpris () {
-        debug ("destroying mpris");
-    }
-}
-*/
-
 [DBus (name = "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player")]
 class Audrey.MprisPlayer : Object {
     internal signal void on_next ();