diff --git a/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/fwd/registries.h b/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/fwd/registries.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1091a81ad2faa7..00000000000000
--- a/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/fwd/registries.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-namespace vcpkg
-{
-    struct Registry;
-}
diff --git a/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/registries.h b/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/registries.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 17ea5611920d4c..00000000000000
--- a/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/registries.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <vcpkg/base/files.h>
-#include <vcpkg/base/optional.h>
-#include <vcpkg/base/
-
-#include <vcpkg/fwd/registries.h>
-
-#include <memory>
-#include <string>
-#include <system_error>
-#include <vector>
-
-namespace vcpkg
-{
-    struct RegistryImpl
-    {
-        virtual void update(std::error_code&) = 0;
-        virtual Optional<fs::path> find_port(StringView name) const = 0;
-
-        virtual ~RegistryImpl() = default;
-    };
-
-    struct Registry
-    {
-        std::string name;
-        std::vector<std::string> packages;
-
-        std::unique_ptr<RegistryImpl> underlying;
-    };
-
-}