diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 12bcec0b3a..c19ee7a498 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -640,7 +640,6 @@ set(ZIG_STAGE2_SOURCES
     src/link/MachO/synthetic.zig
     src/link/MachO/Thunk.zig
     src/link/MachO/uuid.zig
-    src/link/NvPtx.zig
     src/link/Plan9.zig
     src/link/Plan9/aout.zig
     src/link/SpirV.zig
diff --git a/lib/std/Target.zig b/lib/std/Target.zig
index 88477354f6..dcce4f1dd8 100644
--- a/lib/std/Target.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Target.zig
@@ -1017,8 +1017,6 @@ pub const ObjectFormat = enum {
     hex,
     /// The Mach object format used by macOS and other Apple platforms.
     macho,
-    /// Nvidia's PTX (Parallel Thread Execution) assembly language.
-    nvptx,
     /// The a.out format used by Plan 9 from Bell Labs.
     plan9,
     /// Machine code with no metadata.
@@ -1039,7 +1037,6 @@ pub const ObjectFormat = enum {
             .coff => ".obj",
             .elf, .goff, .macho, .wasm, .xcoff => ".o",
             .hex => ".ihex",
-            .nvptx => ".ptx",
             .plan9 => arch.plan9Ext(),
             .raw => ".bin",
             .spirv => ".spv",
@@ -1054,7 +1051,6 @@ pub const ObjectFormat = enum {
             .uefi, .windows => .coff,
             .zos => .goff,
             else => switch (arch) {
-                .nvptx, .nvptx64 => .nvptx,
                 .spirv, .spirv32, .spirv64 => .spirv,
                 .wasm32, .wasm64 => .wasm,
                 else => .elf,
diff --git a/lib/std/zig.zig b/lib/std/zig.zig
index f70e9adec0..a946fe5e8b 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig.zig
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ pub fn binNameAlloc(allocator: Allocator, options: BinNameOptions) error{OutOfMe
                 t.libPrefix(), root_name,
             }),
         },
-        .nvptx => return std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, "{s}.ptx", .{root_name}),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Compilation/Config.zig b/src/Compilation/Config.zig
index 71df1d9311..b46837679a 100644
--- a/src/Compilation/Config.zig
+++ b/src/Compilation/Config.zig
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ pub fn resolve(options: Options) ResolveError!Config {
                 .windows, .uefi => .code_view,
                 else => .{ .dwarf = .@"32" },
             },
-            .spirv, .nvptx, .hex, .raw, .plan9 => .strip,
+            .spirv, .hex, .raw, .plan9 => .strip,
         };
     };
 
diff --git a/src/codegen.zig b/src/codegen.zig
index bad8a97f1c..3e37a3dbb3 100644
--- a/src/codegen.zig
+++ b/src/codegen.zig
@@ -666,7 +666,6 @@ fn lowerUavRef(
     switch (lf.tag) {
         .c => unreachable,
         .spirv => unreachable,
-        .nvptx => unreachable,
         .wasm => {
             dev.check(link.File.Tag.wasm.devFeature());
             const wasm = lf.cast(.wasm).?;
@@ -739,7 +738,6 @@ fn lowerNavRef(
     switch (lf.tag) {
         .c => unreachable,
         .spirv => unreachable,
-        .nvptx => unreachable,
         .wasm => {
             dev.check(link.File.Tag.wasm.devFeature());
             const wasm = lf.cast(.wasm).?;
diff --git a/src/dev.zig b/src/dev.zig
index 0d90293246..11b8be785c 100644
--- a/src/dev.zig
+++ b/src/dev.zig
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ pub const Env = enum {
                 .wasm_linker,
                 .spirv_linker,
                 .plan9_linker,
-                .nvptx_linker,
                 .goff_linker,
                 .xcoff_linker,
                 => true,
@@ -229,7 +228,6 @@ pub const Feature = enum {
     wasm_linker,
     spirv_linker,
     plan9_linker,
-    nvptx_linker,
     goff_linker,
     xcoff_linker,
 };
diff --git a/src/link.zig b/src/link.zig
index 2f04751aac..d245061bd0 100644
--- a/src/link.zig
+++ b/src/link.zig
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
                     .mode = determineMode(use_lld, output_mode, link_mode),
                 });
             },
-            .c, .spirv, .nvptx => dev.checkAny(&.{ .c_linker, .spirv_linker, .nvptx_linker }),
+            .c, .spirv => dev.checkAny(&.{ .c_linker, .spirv_linker }),
         }
     }
 
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
                     }
                 }
             },
-            .c, .spirv, .nvptx => dev.checkAny(&.{ .c_linker, .spirv_linker, .nvptx_linker }),
+            .c, .spirv => dev.checkAny(&.{ .c_linker, .spirv_linker }),
         }
     }
 
@@ -697,7 +697,6 @@ pub const File = struct {
             .plan9 => unreachable,
             .spirv => unreachable,
             .c => unreachable,
-            .nvptx => unreachable,
             inline else => |tag| {
                 dev.check(tag.devFeature());
                 return @as(*tag.Type(), @fieldParentPtr("base", base)).getGlobalSymbol(name, lib_name);
@@ -766,7 +765,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
         }
 
         switch (base.tag) {
-            .spirv, .nvptx => {},
+            .spirv => {},
             .goff, .xcoff => {},
             inline else => |tag| {
                 dev.check(tag.devFeature());
@@ -901,7 +900,6 @@ pub const File = struct {
         switch (base.tag) {
             .c => unreachable,
             .spirv => unreachable,
-            .nvptx => unreachable,
             .wasm => unreachable,
             .goff, .xcoff => unreachable,
             inline else => |tag| {
@@ -921,7 +919,6 @@ pub const File = struct {
         switch (base.tag) {
             .c => unreachable,
             .spirv => unreachable,
-            .nvptx => unreachable,
             .wasm => unreachable,
             .goff, .xcoff => unreachable,
             inline else => |tag| {
@@ -935,7 +932,6 @@ pub const File = struct {
         switch (base.tag) {
             .c => unreachable,
             .spirv => unreachable,
-            .nvptx => unreachable,
             .wasm => unreachable,
             .goff, .xcoff => unreachable,
             inline else => |tag| {
@@ -953,7 +949,6 @@ pub const File = struct {
         switch (base.tag) {
             .plan9,
             .spirv,
-            .nvptx,
             .goff,
             .xcoff,
             => {},
@@ -1251,7 +1246,6 @@ pub const File = struct {
         wasm,
         spirv,
         plan9,
-        nvptx,
         goff,
         xcoff,
 
@@ -1264,7 +1258,6 @@ pub const File = struct {
                 .wasm => Wasm,
                 .spirv => SpirV,
                 .plan9 => Plan9,
-                .nvptx => NvPtx,
                 .goff => Goff,
                 .xcoff => Xcoff,
             };
@@ -1279,7 +1272,6 @@ pub const File = struct {
                 .plan9 => .plan9,
                 .c => .c,
                 .spirv => .spirv,
-                .nvptx => .nvptx,
                 .goff => .goff,
                 .xcoff => .xcoff,
                 .hex => @panic("TODO implement hex object format"),
@@ -1386,7 +1378,6 @@ pub const File = struct {
     pub const MachO = @import("link/MachO.zig");
     pub const SpirV = @import("link/SpirV.zig");
     pub const Wasm = @import("link/Wasm.zig");
-    pub const NvPtx = @import("link/NvPtx.zig");
     pub const Goff = @import("link/Goff.zig");
     pub const Xcoff = @import("link/Xcoff.zig");
     pub const Dwarf = @import("link/Dwarf.zig");
diff --git a/src/link/NvPtx.zig b/src/link/NvPtx.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index df2467ce44..0000000000
--- a/src/link/NvPtx.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-//! NVidia PTX (Parallel Thread Execution)
-//! https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/parallel-thread-execution/index.html
-//! For this we rely on the nvptx backend of LLVM
-//! Kernel functions need to be marked both as "export" and "callconv(.kernel)"
-
-const NvPtx = @This();
-
-const std = @import("std");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
-
-const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
-const assert = std.debug.assert;
-const log = std.log.scoped(.link);
-const Path = std.Build.Cache.Path;
-
-const Zcu = @import("../Zcu.zig");
-const InternPool = @import("../InternPool.zig");
-const Compilation = @import("../Compilation.zig");
-const link = @import("../link.zig");
-const trace = @import("../tracy.zig").trace;
-const build_options = @import("build_options");
-const Air = @import("../Air.zig");
-const Liveness = @import("../Liveness.zig");
-const LlvmObject = @import("../codegen/llvm.zig").Object;
-
-base: link.File,
-llvm_object: LlvmObject.Ptr,
-
-pub fn createEmpty(
-    arena: Allocator,
-    comp: *Compilation,
-    emit: Path,
-    options: link.File.OpenOptions,
-) !*NvPtx {
-    const target = comp.root_mod.resolved_target.result;
-    const use_lld = build_options.have_llvm and comp.config.use_lld;
-    const use_llvm = comp.config.use_llvm;
-
-    assert(use_llvm); // Caught by Compilation.Config.resolve.
-    assert(!use_lld); // Caught by Compilation.Config.resolve.
-    assert(target.cpu.arch.isNvptx()); // Caught by Compilation.Config.resolve.
-
-    switch (target.os.tag) {
-        // TODO: does it also work with nvcl ?
-        .cuda => {},
-        else => return error.PtxArchNotSupported,
-    }
-
-    const llvm_object = try LlvmObject.create(arena, comp);
-    const nvptx = try arena.create(NvPtx);
-    nvptx.* = .{
-        .base = .{
-            .tag = .nvptx,
-            .comp = comp,
-            .emit = emit,
-            .zcu_object_sub_path = emit.sub_path,
-            .gc_sections = options.gc_sections orelse false,
-            .print_gc_sections = options.print_gc_sections,
-            .stack_size = options.stack_size orelse 0,
-            .allow_shlib_undefined = options.allow_shlib_undefined orelse false,
-            .file = null,
-            .disable_lld_caching = options.disable_lld_caching,
-            .build_id = options.build_id,
-        },
-        .llvm_object = llvm_object,
-    };
-
-    return nvptx;
-}
-
-pub fn open(
-    arena: Allocator,
-    comp: *Compilation,
-    emit: Path,
-    options: link.File.OpenOptions,
-) !*NvPtx {
-    const target = comp.root_mod.resolved_target.result;
-    assert(target.ofmt == .nvptx);
-    return createEmpty(arena, comp, emit, options);
-}
-
-pub fn deinit(self: *NvPtx) void {
-    self.llvm_object.deinit();
-}
-
-pub fn updateFunc(
-    self: *NvPtx,
-    pt: Zcu.PerThread,
-    func_index: InternPool.Index,
-    air: Air,
-    liveness: Liveness,
-) link.File.UpdateNavError!void {
-    try self.llvm_object.updateFunc(pt, func_index, air, liveness);
-}
-
-pub fn updateNav(self: *NvPtx, pt: Zcu.PerThread, nav: InternPool.Nav.Index) link.File.UpdateNavError!void {
-    return self.llvm_object.updateNav(pt, nav);
-}
-
-pub fn updateExports(
-    self: *NvPtx,
-    pt: Zcu.PerThread,
-    exported: Zcu.Exported,
-    export_indices: []const Zcu.Export.Index,
-) !void {
-    if (build_options.skip_non_native and builtin.object_format != .nvptx)
-        @panic("Attempted to compile for object format that was disabled by build configuration");
-
-    return self.llvm_object.updateExports(pt, exported, export_indices);
-}
-
-pub fn flush(self: *NvPtx, arena: Allocator, tid: Zcu.PerThread.Id, prog_node: std.Progress.Node) link.File.FlushError!void {
-    return self.flushModule(arena, tid, prog_node);
-}
-
-pub fn flushModule(self: *NvPtx, arena: Allocator, tid: Zcu.PerThread.Id, prog_node: std.Progress.Node) link.File.FlushError!void {
-    if (build_options.skip_non_native)
-        @panic("Attempted to compile for architecture that was disabled by build configuration");
-
-    _ = tid;
-
-    try self.base.emitLlvmObject(arena, self.llvm_object, prog_node);
-}
diff --git a/src/target.zig b/src/target.zig
index 6b67de4562..03686d7687 100644
--- a/src/target.zig
+++ b/src/target.zig
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ pub fn hasLlvmSupport(target: std.Target, ofmt: std.Target.ObjectFormat) bool {
         .goff,
         .hex,
         .macho,
-        .nvptx,
         .spirv,
         .raw,
         .wasm,