diff --git a/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt b/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt
index e767aba..11207cb 100644
--- a/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,8 +117,3 @@ install(
   DIRECTORY include/
   DESTINATION include
 )
-
-install(
-  DIRECTORY src/
-  DESTINATION src/rclcpp
-)
diff --git a/rclcpp/src/node_main.cpp b/rclcpp/src/node_main.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d4554f..0000000
--- a/rclcpp/src/node_main.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2014 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-#include <rclcpp/rclcpp.hpp>
-
-// This forward declaration is implemented by the RCLCPP_REGISTER_NODE macro
-RMW_IMPORT rclcpp::Node::SharedPtr create_node();
-
-int main(int argc, char ** argv)
-{
-  rclcpp::init(argc, argv);
-  rclcpp::executors::SingleThreadedExecutor executor;
-  rclcpp::Node::SharedPtr node = create_node();
-  executor.add_node(node);
-  executor.spin();
-  return 0;
-}