diff --git a/CMake/FindEpollShim.cmake b/CMake/FindEpollShim.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index b6bed1426..000000000
--- a/CMake/FindEpollShim.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# - Find EpollShim
-# Once done, this will define
-#
-#   EPOLLSHIM_FOUND - System has EpollShim
-#   EPOLLSHIM_INCLUDE_DIRS - The EpollShim include directories
-#   EPOLLSHIM_LIBRARIES - The libraries needed to use EpollShim
-
-find_path(EPOLLSHIM_INCLUDE_DIRS NAMES sys/epoll.h sys/timerfd.h HINTS /usr/local/include/libepoll-shim)
-find_library(EPOLLSHIM_LIBRARIES NAMES epoll-shim libepoll-shim HINTS /usr/local/lib)
-
-if (EPOLLSHIM_INCLUDE_DIRS AND EPOLLSHIM_LIBRARIES)
-	set(EPOLLSHIM_FOUND TRUE)
-endif (EPOLLSHIM_INCLUDE_DIRS AND EPOLLSHIM_LIBRARIES)
-
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(EPOLLSHIM DEFAULT_MSG EPOLLSHIM_LIBRARIES EPOLLSHIM_INCLUDE_DIRS)
-mark_as_advanced(EPOLLSHIM_INCLUDE_DIRS EPOLLSHIM_LIBRARIES)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ed458301..da505cd48 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ find_package(PAM)
 find_package(LibInput REQUIRED)
 find_package(Libcap REQUIRED)
 
-if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL FreeBSD)
-	find_package(EpollShim REQUIRED)
-endif (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL FreeBSD)
-
 include(FeatureSummary)
 include(Manpage)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)