diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-backend-reg.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-backend-reg.cpp
index 2d93771fd1..343ad393cc 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-backend-reg.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-backend-reg.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "ggml-impl.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstring>
-#include <filesystem>
+// #include <filesystem>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <type_traits>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
 #include "moz-overrides.h"
 
-namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+// namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
 #if 0
 static std::string path_str(const fs::path & path) {
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-backend-reg.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-backend-reg.cpp
@@ -74,8 +74,11 @@
 #    pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
 #endif
 
+#include "moz-overrides.h"
+
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
+#if 0
 static std::string path_str(const fs::path & path) {
     std::string u8path;
     try {
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@
     }
     return u8path;
 }
+#endif
 
 #if defined(__clang__)
 #    pragma clang diagnostic pop
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@
     }
 };
 
+#if 0
 static dl_handle * dl_load_library(const fs::path & path) {
     // suppress error dialogs for missing DLLs
     DWORD old_mode = SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS);
@@ -119,6 +124,7 @@
 
     return handle;
 }
+#endif
 
 static void * dl_get_sym(dl_handle * handle, const char * name) {
     DWORD old_mode = SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS);
@@ -141,11 +147,13 @@
     }
 };
 
+#if 0
 static void * dl_load_library(const fs::path & path) {
     dl_handle * handle = dlopen(path.string().c_str(), RTLD_NOW | RTLD_LOCAL);
 
     return handle;
 }
+#endif
 
 static void * dl_get_sym(dl_handle * handle, const char * name) {
     return dlsym(handle, name);
@@ -229,11 +237,12 @@
         devices.push_back(device);
     }
 
+    #if 0
     ggml_backend_reg_t load_backend(const fs::path & path, bool silent) {
         dl_handle_ptr handle { dl_load_library(path) };
         if (!handle) {
             if (!silent) {
                 GGML_LOG_ERROR("%s: failed to load %s\n", __func__, path_str(path).c_str());
             }
             return nullptr;
         }
@@ -299,6 +308,7 @@
         // remove backend
         backends.erase(it);
     }
+    #endif
 };
 
 static ggml_backend_registry & get_reg() {
@@ -402,7 +412,8 @@
     return ggml_backend_dev_init(dev, nullptr);
 }
 
-// Dynamic loading
+#if 0
+// Dynamic loading
 ggml_backend_reg_t ggml_backend_load(const char * path) {
     return get_reg().load_backend(path, false);
 }
@@ -412,7 +423,7 @@
 }
 
 static fs::path get_executable_path() {
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
+  #if defined(__APPLE__)
     // get executable path
     std::vector<char> path;
     uint32_t size;
@@ -473,7 +484,9 @@
     return {};
 #endif
 }
+#endif
 
+#if 0
 static fs::path backend_filename_prefix() {
 #ifdef _WIN32
     return fs::u8path("ggml-");
@@ -489,9 +502,11 @@
     return fs::u8path(".so");
 #endif
 }
+#endif
 
 static ggml_backend_reg_t ggml_backend_load_best(const char * name, bool silent, const char * user_search_path) {
-    // enumerate all the files that match [lib]ggml-name-*.[so|dll] in the search paths
+  #if 0
+    // enumerate all the files that match [lib]ggml-name-*.[so|dll] in the search paths
     const fs::path name_path = fs::u8path(name);
     const fs::path file_prefix = backend_filename_prefix().native() + name_path.native() + fs::u8path("-").native();
     const fs::path file_extension = backend_filename_extension();
@@ -557,7 +572,10 @@
         return nullptr;
     }
 
+
     return get_reg().load_backend(best_path, silent);
+    #endif
+    return nullptr;
 }
 
 void ggml_backend_load_all() {
@@ -586,6 +604,6 @@
     // check the environment variable GGML_BACKEND_PATH to load an out-of-tree backend
     const char * backend_path = std::getenv("GGML_BACKEND_PATH");
     if (backend_path) {
-        ggml_backend_load(backend_path);
+        //ggml_backend_load(backend_path);
     }
 }