diff --git a/src/Main.cxx b/src/Main.cxx
index de02ffe4..3f0c4da6 100644
--- a/src/Main.cxx
+++ b/src/Main.cxx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "Instance.hxx"
-#include "ncmpc.hxx"
 #include "charset.hxx"
 #include "Options.hxx"
 #include "Command.hxx"
@@ -39,8 +38,6 @@
 
 using std::string_view_literals::operator""sv;
 
-ScreenManager *screen;
-
 #ifndef NCMPC_MINI
 static void
 update_xterm_title(struct mpdclient &client) noexcept
@@ -295,7 +292,6 @@ try {
 
 	/* create the global Instance */
 	Instance instance;
-	screen = &instance.GetScreenManager();
 
 	AtScopeExit() {
 		/* this must be executed after ~Instance(), so we're
diff --git a/src/ncmpc.hxx b/src/ncmpc.hxx
deleted file mode 100644
index ce69179f..00000000
--- a/src/ncmpc.hxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-// Copyright The Music Player Daemon Project
-
-#pragma once
-
-class ScreenManager;
-extern ScreenManager *screen;