diff --git a/hash_map.h b/hash_map.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fabb7c06dd..00000000000
--- a/hash_map.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-// Residual - Virtual machine to run LucasArts' 3D adventure games
-// Copyright (C) 2003 The ScummVM-Residual Team (www.scummvm.org)
-//
-//  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-//  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-//  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-//  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-//
-//  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-//  Lesser General Public License for more details.
-//
-//  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-//  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
-//  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA
-
-#ifndef HASH_MAP_HH
-#define HASH_MAP_HH
-
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#include <hash_map>
-#else
-#include <ext/hash_map>
-#endif
-#include <string>
-
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
-namespace std {
-  using namespace __gnu_cxx;
-};
-
-namespace __gnu_cxx {
-  template<> struct hash<std::string> {
-    size_t operator()(const std::string &s) const {
-      return std::hash<const char *>()(s.c_str());
-    }
-  };
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif
diff --git a/lab.h b/lab.h
index 5439a8f1aff..30a745d4696 100644
--- a/lab.h
+++ b/lab.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <cstdio>
-#include "hash_map.h"
+#include <map>
 
 class Block {
 public:
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ private:
   };
 
   std::FILE *f_;
-  typedef std::hash_map<std::string, LabEntry> file_map_type;
+  typedef std::map<std::string, LabEntry> file_map_type;
   file_map_type file_map_;
 
   file_map_type::const_iterator find_filename(const char *filename) const;
diff --git a/localize.h b/localize.h
index 63bbf47de2a..392132ab1ee 100644
--- a/localize.h
+++ b/localize.h
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 #ifndef LOCALIZE_H
 #define LOCALIZE_H
 
-#include "hash_map.h"
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
 
 class Localizer {
 public:
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ private:
 
   static Localizer *instance_;
 
-  typedef std::hash_map<std::string, std::string> string_map;
+  typedef std::map<std::string, std::string> string_map;
   string_map entries_;
 };
 
diff --git a/residual.vcproj b/residual.vcproj
index 129a0005352..d2c6c484a8a 100644
--- a/residual.vcproj
+++ b/residual.vcproj
@@ -163,9 +163,6 @@
 			<File
 				RelativePath="engine.h">
 			</File>
-			<File
-				RelativePath="hash_map.h">
-			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath="keyframe.cpp">
 			</File>
diff --git a/resource.h b/resource.h
index fa46069542a..14cb1e1734c 100644
--- a/resource.h
+++ b/resource.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #define RESOURCE_H
 
 #include "lab.h"
-#include "hash_map.h"
+#include "map"
 #include <list>
 #include <string>
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ private:
 
   const Lab *findFile(const char *filename) const;
 
-  typedef std::hash_map<std::string, Resource *> cache_type;
+  typedef std::map<std::string, Resource *> cache_type;
   cache_type cache_;
 
   // Shut up pointless g++ warning