diff --git a/embassy-cortex-m/src/lib.rs b/embassy-cortex-m/src/lib.rs
index e4b713a06..7bc16d3ba 100644
--- a/embassy-cortex-m/src/lib.rs
+++ b/embassy-cortex-m/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ pub(crate) mod fmt;
 
 pub use embassy_executor as executor;
 pub mod interrupt;
-pub mod peripheral;
diff --git a/embassy-cortex-m/src/peripheral.rs b/embassy-cortex-m/src/peripheral.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e2f295579..000000000
--- a/embassy-cortex-m/src/peripheral.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-//! Peripheral interrupt handling specific to cortex-m devices.
-use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
-
-use cortex_m::peripheral::scb::VectActive;
-use cortex_m::peripheral::{NVIC, SCB};
-use embassy_hal_common::{into_ref, Peripheral, PeripheralRef};
-
-use crate::interrupt::{Interrupt, InterruptExt, Priority};
-
-/// A type which can be used as state with `PeripheralMutex`.
-///
-/// It needs to be `Send` because `&mut` references are sent back and forth between the 'thread' which owns the `PeripheralMutex` and the interrupt,
-/// and `&mut T` is only `Send` where `T: Send`.
-pub trait PeripheralState: Send {
-    /// The interrupt that is used for this peripheral.
-    type Interrupt: Interrupt;
-
-    /// The interrupt handler that should be invoked for the peripheral. Implementations need to clear the appropriate interrupt flags to ensure the handle will not be called again.
-    fn on_interrupt(&mut self);
-}
-
-/// A type for storing the state of a peripheral that can be stored in a static.
-pub struct StateStorage<S>(MaybeUninit<S>);
-
-impl<S> StateStorage<S> {
-    /// Create a new instance for storing peripheral state.
-    pub const fn new() -> Self {
-        Self(MaybeUninit::uninit())
-    }
-}
-
-/// A type for a peripheral that keeps the state of a peripheral that can be accessed from thread mode and an interrupt handler in
-/// a safe way.
-pub struct PeripheralMutex<'a, S: PeripheralState> {
-    state: *mut S,
-    irq: PeripheralRef<'a, S::Interrupt>,
-}
-
-/// Whether `irq` can be preempted by the current interrupt.
-pub(crate) fn can_be_preempted(irq: &impl Interrupt) -> bool {
-    match SCB::vect_active() {
-        // Thread mode can't preempt anything.
-        VectActive::ThreadMode => false,
-        // Exceptions don't always preempt interrupts,
-        // but there isn't much of a good reason to be keeping a `PeripheralMutex` in an exception anyway.
-        VectActive::Exception(_) => true,
-        VectActive::Interrupt { irqn } => {
-            #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
-            struct NrWrap(u16);
-            unsafe impl cortex_m::interrupt::InterruptNumber for NrWrap {
-                fn number(self) -> u16 {
-                    self.0
-                }
-            }
-            NVIC::get_priority(NrWrap(irqn.into())) < irq.get_priority().into()
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a, S: PeripheralState> PeripheralMutex<'a, S> {
-    /// Create a new `PeripheralMutex` wrapping `irq`, with `init` initializing the initial state.
-    ///
-    /// Registers `on_interrupt` as the `irq`'s handler, and enables it.
-    pub fn new(
-        irq: impl Peripheral<P = S::Interrupt> + 'a,
-        storage: &'a mut StateStorage<S>,
-        init: impl FnOnce() -> S,
-    ) -> Self {
-        into_ref!(irq);
-
-        if can_be_preempted(&*irq) {
-            panic!(
-                "`PeripheralMutex` cannot be created in an interrupt with higher priority than the interrupt it wraps"
-            );
-        }
-
-        let state_ptr = storage.0.as_mut_ptr();
-
-        // Safety: The pointer is valid and not used by anyone else
-        // because we have the `&mut StateStorage`.
-        unsafe { state_ptr.write(init()) };
-
-        irq.disable();
-        irq.set_handler(|p| unsafe {
-            // Safety: it's OK to get a &mut to the state, since
-            // - We checked that the thread owning the `PeripheralMutex` can't preempt us in `new`.
-            //   Interrupts' priorities can only be changed with raw embassy `Interrupts`,
-            //   which can't safely store a `PeripheralMutex` across invocations.
-            // - We can't have preempted a with() call because the irq is disabled during it.
-            let state = &mut *(p as *mut S);
-            state.on_interrupt();
-        });
-        irq.set_handler_context(state_ptr as *mut ());
-        irq.enable();
-
-        Self { irq, state: state_ptr }
-    }
-
-    /// Access the peripheral state ensuring interrupts are disabled so that the state can be
-    /// safely accessed.
-    pub fn with<R>(&mut self, f: impl FnOnce(&mut S) -> R) -> R {
-        self.irq.disable();
-
-        // Safety: it's OK to get a &mut to the state, since the irq is disabled.
-        let state = unsafe { &mut *self.state };
-        let r = f(state);
-
-        self.irq.enable();
-
-        r
-    }
-
-    /// Returns whether the wrapped interrupt is currently in a pending state.
-    pub fn is_pending(&self) -> bool {
-        self.irq.is_pending()
-    }
-
-    /// Forces the wrapped interrupt into a pending state.
-    pub fn pend(&self) {
-        self.irq.pend()
-    }
-
-    /// Forces the wrapped interrupt out of a pending state.
-    pub fn unpend(&self) {
-        self.irq.unpend()
-    }
-
-    /// Gets the priority of the wrapped interrupt.
-    pub fn priority(&self) -> Priority {
-        self.irq.get_priority()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a, S: PeripheralState> Drop for PeripheralMutex<'a, S> {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.irq.disable();
-        self.irq.remove_handler();
-
-        // safety:
-        // - we initialized the state in `new`, so we know it's initialized.
-        // - the irq is disabled, so it won't preempt us while dropping.
-        unsafe { self.state.drop_in_place() }
-    }
-}