diff --git a/src/core/alloc_type.hpp b/src/core/alloc_type.hpp
index 40c72f949c..4ed7f2be4d 100644
--- a/src/core/alloc_type.hpp
+++ b/src/core/alloc_type.hpp
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 #ifndef ALLOC_TYPE_HPP
 #define ALLOC_TYPE_HPP
 
-#include "alloc_func.hpp"
-
 /**
  * A reusable buffer that can be used for places that temporary allocate
  * a bit of memory and do that very often, or for places where static
@@ -63,41 +61,4 @@ public:
 	}
 };
 
-/**
- * Base class that provides memory initialization on dynamically created objects.
- * All allocated memory will be zeroed.
- */
-class ZeroedMemoryAllocator
-{
-public:
-	ZeroedMemoryAllocator() {}
-	virtual ~ZeroedMemoryAllocator() = default;
-
-	/**
-	 * Memory allocator for a single class instance.
-	 * @param size the amount of bytes to allocate.
-	 * @return the given amounts of bytes zeroed.
-	 */
-	inline void *operator new(size_t size) { return CallocT<uint8_t>(size); }
-
-	/**
-	 * Memory allocator for an array of class instances.
-	 * @param size the amount of bytes to allocate.
-	 * @return the given amounts of bytes zeroed.
-	 */
-	inline void *operator new[](size_t size) { return CallocT<uint8_t>(size); }
-
-	/**
-	 * Memory release for a single class instance.
-	 * @param ptr  the memory to free.
-	 */
-	inline void operator delete(void *ptr) { free(ptr); }
-
-	/**
-	 * Memory release for an array of class instances.
-	 * @param ptr  the memory to free.
-	 */
-	inline void operator delete[](void *ptr) { free(ptr); }
-};
-
 #endif /* ALLOC_TYPE_HPP */
diff --git a/src/gfx.cpp b/src/gfx.cpp
index 1f7d7c37a5..b9698b000f 100644
--- a/src/gfx.cpp
+++ b/src/gfx.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 /** @file gfx.cpp Handling of drawing text and other gfx related stuff. */
 
 #include "stdafx.h"
+#include "core/alloc_func.hpp"
 #include "gfx_layout.h"
 #include "progress.h"
 #include "zoom_func.h"
diff --git a/src/gfx_layout.cpp b/src/gfx_layout.cpp
index 5a7da3d963..41dff33680 100644
--- a/src/gfx_layout.cpp
+++ b/src/gfx_layout.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 /** @file gfx_layout.cpp Handling of laying out text. */
 
 #include "stdafx.h"
+#include "core/alloc_func.hpp"
 #include "core/math_func.hpp"
 #include "gfx_layout.h"
 #include "string_func.h"
diff --git a/src/script/squirrel.cpp b/src/script/squirrel.cpp
index 3e4abc5e79..739d57a13f 100644
--- a/src/script/squirrel.cpp
+++ b/src/script/squirrel.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <sqstdaux.h>
 #include <../squirrel/sqpcheader.h>
 #include <../squirrel/sqvm.h>
+#include "../core/alloc_func.hpp"
 
 /**
  * In the memory allocator for Squirrel we want to directly use malloc/realloc, so when the OS
diff --git a/src/spritecache.cpp b/src/spritecache.cpp
index a4eeb809ac..a81c5d4a32 100644
--- a/src/spritecache.cpp
+++ b/src/spritecache.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 /** @file spritecache.cpp Caching of sprites. */
 
 #include "stdafx.h"
+#include "core/alloc_func.hpp"
 #include "random_access_file_type.h"
 #include "spriteloader/grf.hpp"
 #include "spriteloader/makeindexed.h"