diff --git a/include/libtorrent/file.hpp b/include/libtorrent/file.hpp
index 8cbeac990..b0250b36a 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/file.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/file.hpp
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 		~directory();
 		void next(error_code& ec);
 		std::string file() const;
-		std::uint64_t inode() const;
 		bool done() const { return m_done; }
 	private:
 #ifdef TORRENT_WINDOWS
@@ -106,15 +105,6 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 		WIN32_FIND_DATAW m_fd;
 #else
 		DIR* m_handle;
-#ifdef TORRENT_ANDROID
-// this is due to a documented bug in android related to a wrong type
-// of ino_t, for general discussion and internal changes see:
-// https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/37011207 - for general discussion
-// https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/c/platform/system/core/+/123482/
-		std::uint64_t m_inode;
-#else
-		ino_t m_inode;
-#endif // TORRENT_ANDROID
 		std::string m_name;
 #endif
 		bool m_done;
diff --git a/src/file.cpp b/src/file.cpp
index 042670c35..9e8906bbb 100644
--- a/src/file.cpp
+++ b/src/file.cpp
@@ -356,8 +356,6 @@ static_assert(!(open_mode::sparse & open_mode::attribute_mask), "internal flags
 		native_path_string f = convert_to_native_path_string(p);
 
 #ifdef TORRENT_WINDOWS
-		m_inode = 0;
-
 		m_handle = FindFirstFileW(f.c_str(), &m_fd);
 		if (m_handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
 		{
@@ -366,7 +364,6 @@ static_assert(!(open_mode::sparse & open_mode::attribute_mask), "internal flags
 			return;
 		}
 #else
-
 		m_handle = ::opendir(f.c_str());
 		if (m_handle == nullptr)
 		{
@@ -376,7 +373,7 @@ static_assert(!(open_mode::sparse & open_mode::attribute_mask), "internal flags
 		}
 		// read the first entry
 		next(ec);
-#endif
+#endif // TORRENT_WINDOWS
 	}
 
 	directory::~directory()
@@ -389,11 +386,6 @@ static_assert(!(open_mode::sparse & open_mode::attribute_mask), "internal flags
 #endif
 	}
 
-	std::uint64_t directory::inode() const
-	{
-		return m_inode;
-	}
-
 	std::string directory::file() const
 	{
 #ifdef TORRENT_WINDOWS
@@ -420,7 +412,6 @@ static_assert(!(open_mode::sparse & open_mode::attribute_mask), "internal flags
 		errno = 0;
 		if ((de = ::readdir(m_handle)) != nullptr)
 		{
-			m_inode = de->d_ino;
 			m_name = de->d_name;
 		}
 		else