diff --git a/boards/native/drivers/native-ltc4150.c b/boards/native/drivers/native-ltc4150.c
deleted file mode 100644
index a020875b7..000000000
--- a/boards/native/drivers/native-ltc4150.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Native Board ltc4150_arch.h implementation
- *
- * Only measures time at the moment. Uses POSIX real-time extension
- * timer to generate periodic signal/interrupt.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2014 Ludwig Ortmann <ludwig.ortmann@fu-berlin.de>
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
- * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
- * directory for more details.
- *
- * @ingroup native_board
- * @ingroup ltc4150
- * @{
- * @file
- * @author  Ludwig Ortmann <ludwig.ortmann@fu-berlin.de>
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <err.h>
-
-#include "ltc4150_arch.h"
-
-#include "cpu.h"
-#include "cpu_conf.h"
-#include "hwtimer.h"
-#include "irq.h"
-
-#define ENABLE_DEBUG (0)
-#include "debug.h"
-
-#define LTC_TIMER_INTERVAL (10 * 1000UL) // 10 ms
-
-static int _native_ltc_hwtimer_id = -1;
-
-/**
- * native ltc4150 hwtimer - interrupt handler proxy
- */
-static void _native_ltc_int_handler(void *param)
-{
-    (void) param;
-    DEBUG("_native_ltc_int_handler()\n");
-    if (_native_ltc_hwtimer_id != -1) {
-        ltc4150_interrupt();
-        _native_ltc_hwtimer_id = hwtimer_set(LTC_TIMER_INTERVAL, _native_ltc_int_handler, NULL);
-        if (_native_ltc_hwtimer_id == -1) {
-            errx(1, "_int_handler: hwtimer_set");
-        }
-        else {
-            DEBUG("_native_ltc_int_handler: _native_ltc_hwtimer_id is  %d\n", _native_ltc_hwtimer_id);
-        }
-    }
-    else {
-        DEBUG("_native_ltc_int_handler was called although no hwtimer is set\n");
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * unregister signal handler
- */
-void ltc4150_disable_int(void)
-{
-    unsigned state = disableIRQ();
-    DEBUG("ltc4150_disable_int()\n");
-    if (_native_ltc_hwtimer_id != -1) {
-        hwtimer_remove(_native_ltc_hwtimer_id);
-        _native_ltc_hwtimer_id = -1;
-    }
-    restoreIRQ(state);
-}
-
-/**
- * register signal handler
- */
-void ltc4150_enable_int(void)
-{
-    DEBUG("ltc4150_enable_int()\n");
-    _native_ltc_hwtimer_id = hwtimer_set(LTC_TIMER_INTERVAL, _native_ltc_int_handler, NULL);
-    if (_native_ltc_hwtimer_id == -1) {
-        errx(1, "ltc4150_enable_int: hwtimer_set");
-    }
-    else {
-        DEBUG("ltc4150_enable_int: _native_ltc_hwtimer_id is %d\n", _native_ltc_hwtimer_id);
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * elaborate nop
- */
-void ltc4150_sync_blocking(void)
-{
-    DEBUG("ltc4150_sync_blocking()\n");
-}
-
-/**
- * set up posix real-time timer to simulate coloumb counter ticks
- */
-void ltc4150_arch_init(void)
-{
-    ltc4150_disable_int();
-
-    puts("Native LTC4150 initialized.");
-}
-/** @} */
diff --git a/examples/default/Makefile b/examples/default/Makefile
index dfaee975c..a4db05ddd 100644
--- a/examples/default/Makefile
+++ b/examples/default/Makefile
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ ifneq (,$(filter msba2,$(BOARD)))
 	USEMODULE += mci
 	USEMODULE += random
 endif
-ifneq (,$(filter native,$(BOARD)))
-	USEMODULE += ltc4150
-	USEMODULE += random
-endif
 ifneq (,$(filter iot-lab_M3,$(BOARD)))
 	USEMODULE += isl29020
 	USEMODULE += lps331ap