diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ea7098ac..92937b51 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ option(SPDLOG_BUILD_ALL "Build all artifacts" OFF)
 # build shared option
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED "Build shared library" OFF)
 
-# precompiled headers option
-option(SPDLOG_ENABLE_PCH "Build static or shared library using precompiled header to speed up compilation time" OFF)
-
 # build position independent code
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_PIC "Build position independent code (-fPIC)" OFF)
 
@@ -205,11 +202,6 @@ if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio")
     source_group(TREE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src PREFIX sources FILES ${SPDLOG_SRCS})
 endif()
 
-if(COMMAND target_precompile_headers AND SPDLOG_ENABLE_PCH)
-    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/pch.h.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/spdlog_pch.h @ONLY)
-    target_precompile_headers(spdlog PRIVATE ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/spdlog_pch.h)
-endif()
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Use fmt package if using external fmt
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/cmake/pch.h.in b/cmake/pch.h.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 52fc8683..00000000
--- a/cmake/pch.h.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,258 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright(c) 2015-present, Gabi Melman & spdlog contributors.
-// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
-
-#pragma once
-
-// details/pattern_formatter-inl.h
-// fmt/bin_to_hex.h
-// fmt/bundled/format-inl.h
-#include <cctype>
-
-// details/file_helper-inl.h
-// details/os-inl.h
-// fmt/bundled/core.h
-// fmt/bundled/posix.h
-// logger-inl.h
-// sinks/daily_file_sink.h
-// sinks/stdout_sinks.h
-#include <cstdio>
-
-// details/os-inl.h
-// fmt/bundled/posix.h
-#include <cstdlib>
-
-// details/os-inl.h
-// details/pattern_formatter-inl.h
-// fmt/bundled/core.h
-// fmt/bundled/format-inl.h
-#include <cstring>
-
-// details/os-inl.h
-// details/os.h
-// details/pattern_formatter-inl.h
-// details/pattern_formatter.h
-// fmt/bundled/chrono.h
-// sinks/daily_file_sink.h
-// sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
-#include <ctime>
-
-// fmt/bundled/format-inl.h
-#include <climits>
-
-// fmt/bundled/format-inl.h
-#include <cwchar>
-
-// fmt/bundled/format-inl.h
-// fmt/bundled/format.h
-#include <cmath>
-
-// fmt/bundled/format-inl.h
-#include <cstdarg>
-
-// details/file_helper-inl.h
-// fmt/bundled/format.h
-// fmt/bundled/posix.h
-// sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
-#include <cerrno>
-
-// details/circular_q.h
-// details/thread_pool-inl.h
-// fmt/bundled/format-inl.h
-#include <cassert>
-
-// async_logger-inl.h
-// cfg/helpers-inl.h
-// log_levels.h
-// common.h
-// details/file_helper-inl.h
-// details/log_msg.h
-// details/os-inl.h
-// details/pattern_formatter-inl.h
-// details/pattern_formatter.h
-// details/registry-inl.h
-// details/registry.h
-// details/tcp_client-windows.h
-// details/tcp_client.h
-// fmt/bundled/core.h
-// sinks/android_sink.h
-// sinks/ansicolor_sink.h
-// sinks/basic_file_sink.h
-// sinks/daily_file_sink.h
-// sinks/dup_filter_sink.h
-// sinks/msvc_sink.h
-// sinks/ringbuffer_sink.h
-// sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
-// sinks/rotating_file_sink.h
-// sinks/syslog_sink.h
-// sinks/tcp_sink.h
-// sinks/win_eventlog_sink.h
-// sinks/wincolor_sink.h
-// spdlog.h:
-#include <string>
-
-// cfg/helpers-inl.h
-// fmt/bundled/chrono.h
-#include <sstream>
-
-// fmt/bundled/ostream.h
-// sinks/ostream_sink.h
-#include <ostream>
-
-// cfg/log_levels.h
-// details/registry-inl.h
-// details/registry.h
-#include <unordered_map>
-
-// details/circular_q.h
-// details/pattern_formatter-inl.h
-// details/pattern_formatter.h
-// details/thread_pool.h
-// fmt/bundled/compile.h
-// logger.h
-// sinks/dist_sink.h
-// sinks/ringbuffer_sink.h
-// sinks/win_eventlog_sink.h
-#include <vector>
-
-// details/os-inl.h
-// details/pattern_formatter-inl.h
-// sinks/ansicolor_sink.h
-// sinks/syslog_sink.h
-// sinks/systemd_sink.h
-// sinks/wincolor_sink.h
-#include <array>
-
-// details/file_helper-inl.h
-// details/file_helper.h
-// sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
-#include <tuple>
-
-// details/os-inl.h
-// fmt/bundled/format.h
-// fmt/bundled/printf.h
-#include <limits>
-
-// common.h
-// details/backtracer.h
-// details/null_mutex.h
-#include <atomic>
-
-// common.h
-// details/backtracer.h
-// details/null_mutex.h
-#include <locale>
-
-// common.h
-#include <initializer_list>
-
-// common.h
-#include <exception>
-
-// common.h
-// details/fmt_helper.h
-// fmt/bundled/core.h
-// fmt/bundled/ranges.h
-#include <type_traits>
-
-// cfg/helpers-inl.h
-// details/null_mutex.h
-// details/pattern_formatter-inl.h
-#include <utility>
-
-// async.h
-// async_logger-inl.h
-// common.h
-// details/pattern_formatter-inl.h
-// details/pattern_formatter.h
-// details/registry-inl.h
-// details/registry.h
-// details/thread_pool.h
-// fmt/bundled/format.h
-// sinks/ansicolor_sink.h
-// sinks/base_sink-inl.h
-// sinks/dist_sink.h
-// sinks/stdout_sinks-inl.h
-// sinks/wincolor_sink.h
-// spdlog.h
-#include <memory>
-
-// async.h
-// common.h
-// details/backtracer.h
-// details/periodic_worker.h
-// details/registry-inl.h
-// details/registry.h
-// details/thread_pool.h
-// sinks/tcp_sink.h
-// spdlog.h
-#include <functional>
-
-// details/mpmc_blocking_q.h
-// details/periodic_worker.h
-#include <condition_variable>
-
-// details/os-inl.h
-// fmt/bundled/format.h
-// fmt/bundled/printf.h
-// sinks/dist_sink.h
-#include <algorithm>
-
-// common.h
-// details/file_helper-inl.h
-// details/fmt_helper.h
-// details/os-inl.h
-// details/pattern_formatter-inl.h
-// details/pattern_formatter.h
-// details/periodic_worker.h
-// details/registry-inl.h
-// details/registry.h
-// details/thread_pool.h
-// fmt/bundled/chrono.h
-// sinks/android_sink.h
-// sinks/daily_file_sink.h
-// sinks/dup_filter_sink.h
-// sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
-// sinks/rotating_file_sink.h
-// sinks/tcp_sink.h
-// spdlog.h
-#include <chrono>
-
-// details/file_helper-inl.h
-// details/os-inl.h
-// details/pattern_formatter-inl.h
-// details/periodic_worker.h
-// details/thread_pool.h
-// sinks/android_sink.h
-#include <thread>
-
-// async.h
-// details/backtracer.h
-// details/console_globals.h
-// details/mpmc_blocking_q.h
-// details/pattern_formatter-inl.h
-// details/periodic_worker.h
-// details/registry.h
-// sinks/android_sink.h
-// sinks/ansicolor_sink.h
-// sinks/basic_file_sink.h
-// sinks/daily_file_sink.h
-// sinks/dist_sink.h
-// sinks/dup_filter_sink.h
-// sinks/msvc_sink.h
-// sinks/null_sink.h
-// sinks/ostream_sink.h
-// sinks/ringbuffer_sink.h
-// sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
-// sinks/rotating_file_sink.h
-// sinks/tcp_sink.h
-// sinks/win_eventlog_sink.h
-// sinks/wincolor_sink.h
-//
-// color_sinks.cpp
-// file_sinks.cpp
-// spdlog.cpp
-// stdout_sinks.cpp
-#include <mutex>
-
-// spdlog
-#include "spdlog/common.h"
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