diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 457c5d4..dee0bac 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ dyaml_src = [
     'source/dyaml/escapes.d',
     'source/dyaml/event.d',
     'source/dyaml/exception.d',
-    'source/dyaml/hacks.d',
     'source/dyaml/linebreak.d',
     'source/dyaml/loader.d',
     'source/dyaml/node.d',
diff --git a/source/dyaml/hacks.d b/source/dyaml/hacks.d
deleted file mode 100644
index c7afad5..0000000
--- a/source/dyaml/hacks.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-//          Copyright Ferdinand Majerech 2014.
-// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
-//    (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
-//          http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
-
-
-/// Functionality that may sometimes be needed but allows unsafe or unstandard behavior, and should only be used in specific cases.
-module dyaml.hacks;
-
-import dyaml.node;
-import dyaml.style;
-
-
-/** Get the scalar style a node had in the file it was loaded from.
- *
- * This is only useful for nodes loaded from files.
- *
- * This is a "hack" because a YAML application is supposed to be unaware of styles
- * used in YAML styles,  i.e. treating different styles differently is unstandard.
- * However, determining style may be useful in some cases, e.g. YAML utilities.
- *
- * May only be called on scalar nodes (nodes where node.isScalar() == true).
- */
-ScalarStyle scalarStyleHack(ref const(Node) node) @safe nothrow
-{
-    assert(node.isScalar, "Trying to get scalar style of a non-scalar node");
-    return node.scalarStyle;
-}
-///
-@safe unittest
-{
-    import dyaml;
-    Node node = Loader.fromString(`"42"`).load(); // loaded from a file
-    if(node.isScalar)
-    {
-        assert(node.scalarStyleHack() == ScalarStyle.doubleQuoted);
-    }
-}
-@safe unittest
-{
-    auto node = Node(5);
-    assert(node.scalarStyleHack() == ScalarStyle.invalid);
-}
-
-/** Get the collection style a YAML node had in the file it was loaded from.
- *
- * May only be called on collection nodes (nodes where node.isScalar() != true).
- *
- * See_Also: scalarStyleHack
- */
-CollectionStyle collectionStyleHack(ref const(Node) node) @safe nothrow
-{
-    assert(!node.isScalar, "Trying to get collection style of a scalar node");
-    return node.collectionStyle;
-}
-@safe unittest
-{
-    auto node = Node([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
-    assert(node.collectionStyleHack() == CollectionStyle.invalid);
-}
-
-
-/** Set the scalar style node should have when written to a file.
- *
- * Setting the style might be useful when generating YAML or reformatting existing files.
- *
- * May only be called on scalar nodes (nodes where node.isScalar() == true).
- */
-void scalarStyleHack(ref Node node, const ScalarStyle rhs) @safe nothrow
-{
-    assert(node.isScalar, "Trying to set scalar style of a non-scalar node");
-    node.scalarStyle = rhs;
-}
-///
-@safe unittest
-{
-    auto node = Node(5);
-    node.scalarStyleHack = ScalarStyle.doubleQuoted;
-    assert(node.scalarStyleHack() == ScalarStyle.doubleQuoted);
-}
-
-/** Set the collection style node should have when written to a file.
- *
- * Setting the style might be useful when generating YAML or reformatting existing files.
- *
- * May only be called on collection nodes (nodes where node.isScalar() != true).
- */
-void collectionStyleHack(ref Node node, const CollectionStyle rhs) @safe nothrow
-{
-    assert(!node.isScalar, "Trying to set collection style of a scalar node");
-    node.collectionStyle = rhs;
-}
-///
-@safe unittest
-{
-    auto node = Node([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
-    node.collectionStyleHack = CollectionStyle.block;
-    assert(node.collectionStyleHack() == CollectionStyle.block);
-}