diff --git a/Core/Dialog/PSPSaveDialog.cpp b/Core/Dialog/PSPSaveDialog.cpp
index 601bb0b5b8..d9e0d2da00 100755
--- a/Core/Dialog/PSPSaveDialog.cpp
+++ b/Core/Dialog/PSPSaveDialog.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
 // Official git repository and contact information can be found at
 // https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp and http://www.ppsspp.org/.
 
+#include <thread>
+
 #include "i18n/i18n.h"
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "thread/threadutil.h"
 
 #include "Common/ChunkFile.h"
diff --git a/Core/Dialog/PSPSaveDialog.h b/Core/Dialog/PSPSaveDialog.h
index 0e5195c849..460549347b 100644
--- a/Core/Dialog/PSPSaveDialog.h
+++ b/Core/Dialog/PSPSaveDialog.h
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "thread/thread.h"
+#include <thread>
+
 #include "base/mutex.h"
 #include "Core/Dialog/PSPDialog.h"
 #include "Core/Dialog/SavedataParam.h"
diff --git a/Core/FileLoaders/CachingFileLoader.cpp b/Core/FileLoaders/CachingFileLoader.cpp
index 1b9e269a47..7b8fbcd1c5 100644
--- a/Core/FileLoaders/CachingFileLoader.cpp
+++ b/Core/FileLoaders/CachingFileLoader.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 // Official git repository and contact information can be found at
 // https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp and http://www.ppsspp.org/.
 
-#include <string.h>
-#include "thread/thread.h"
+#include <cstring>
+#include <thread>
+#include <algorithm>
+
 #include "thread/threadutil.h"
 #include "base/timeutil.h"
 #include "Core/FileLoaders/CachingFileLoader.h"
diff --git a/Core/FileLoaders/RamCachingFileLoader.cpp b/Core/FileLoaders/RamCachingFileLoader.cpp
index a465aacda6..ab6f435af9 100644
--- a/Core/FileLoaders/RamCachingFileLoader.cpp
+++ b/Core/FileLoaders/RamCachingFileLoader.cpp
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
 // Official git repository and contact information can be found at
 // https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp and http://www.ppsspp.org/.
 
-#include <string.h>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <thread>
+#include <cstring>
 #include "base/timeutil.h"
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "thread/threadutil.h"
 #include "Core/FileLoaders/RamCachingFileLoader.h"
 
diff --git a/Core/HLE/proAdhoc.h b/Core/HLE/proAdhoc.h
index e03923da5b..1ef7071c0e 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/proAdhoc.h
+++ b/Core/HLE/proAdhoc.h
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <thread>
+
 #include "base/timeutil.h"
 #include "base/mutex.h"
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "net/resolve.h"
 #include "Common/ChunkFile.h"
 
diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceIo.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceIo.cpp
index 0c1e1ecbd6..26f83d1ac7 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceIo.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceIo.cpp
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <set>
+#include <thread>
 
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "thread/threadutil.h"
 #include "profiler/profiler.h"
 
diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceSas.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceSas.cpp
index fae7e73078..ed85847fc6 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceSas.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceSas.cpp
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <functional>
+#include <thread>
 
 #include "base/basictypes.h"
 #include "base/mutex.h"
 #include "profiler/profiler.h"
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "thread/threadutil.h"
 #include "Common/Log.h"
 #include "Core/Config.h"
diff --git a/Core/Reporting.cpp b/Core/Reporting.cpp
index 2c0a2ca5d4..2afd721dae 100644
--- a/Core/Reporting.cpp
+++ b/Core/Reporting.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 // Official git repository and contact information can be found at
 // https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp and http://www.ppsspp.org/.
 
+#include <thread>
+
 #include "Core/Reporting.h"
 
 #include "Common/CPUDetect.h"
@@ -38,7 +40,6 @@
 
 #include "base/stringutil.h"
 #include "base/buffer.h"
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "thread/threadutil.h"
 #include "file/zip_read.h"
 
diff --git a/Core/SaveState.cpp b/Core/SaveState.cpp
index d39b0dad33..8c9a1d71d5 100644
--- a/Core/SaveState.cpp
+++ b/Core/SaveState.cpp
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <vector>
+#include <thread>
 
 #include "base/mutex.h"
 #include "base/timeutil.h"
 #include "i18n/i18n.h"
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "thread/threadutil.h"
 
 #include "Common/FileUtil.h"
diff --git a/Core/System.cpp b/Core/System.cpp
index 21d7cb27e3..6c9751995c 100644
--- a/Core/System.cpp
+++ b/Core/System.cpp
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <codecvt>
 #endif
+#include <thread>
 
 #include "math/math_util.h"
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "thread/threadutil.h"
 #include "base/mutex.h"
 #include "util/text/utf8.h"
diff --git a/Core/Util/GameManager.cpp b/Core/Util/GameManager.cpp
index 69e10110f2..06dbdceb44 100644
--- a/Core/Util/GameManager.cpp
+++ b/Core/Util/GameManager.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <set>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <thread>
 
 #include "file/file_util.h"
 #ifdef SHARED_LIBZIP
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@
 #else
 #include "ext/libzip/zip.h"
 #endif
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "util/text/utf8.h"
 
 #include "Common/Log.h"
diff --git a/Core/Util/GameManager.h b/Core/Util/GameManager.h
index 4265ed4e14..36e5301c55 100644
--- a/Core/Util/GameManager.h
+++ b/Core/Util/GameManager.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "thread/thread.h"
+#include <thread>
 #include "net/http_client.h"
 
 class GameManager {
diff --git a/UI/NativeApp.cpp b/UI/NativeApp.cpp
index b2ba6ad4ea..edd468b946 100644
--- a/UI/NativeApp.cpp
+++ b/UI/NativeApp.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #endif
 #include <memory>
+#include <thread>
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 #include "Windows/DSoundStream.h"
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@
 #include "base/NativeApp.h"
 #include "file/vfs.h"
 #include "file/zip_read.h"
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "net/http_client.h"
 #include "gfx_es2/draw_text.h"
 #include "gfx_es2/gpu_features.h"
diff --git a/UI/RemoteISOScreen.cpp b/UI/RemoteISOScreen.cpp
index 21a51814cf..d2ee1a37e7 100644
--- a/UI/RemoteISOScreen.cpp
+++ b/UI/RemoteISOScreen.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 // Official git repository and contact information can be found at
 // https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp and http://www.ppsspp.org/.
 
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <thread>
+
 #include "base/timeutil.h"
 #include "ext/vjson/json.h"
 #include "file/fd_util.h"
@@ -23,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "net/http_server.h"
 #include "net/resolve.h"
 #include "net/sinks.h"
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "thread/threadutil.h"
 #include "Common/Common.h"
 #include "Common/FileUtil.h"
diff --git a/Windows/InputDevice.cpp b/Windows/InputDevice.cpp
index be9f240ed5..643abeb1f3 100644
--- a/Windows/InputDevice.cpp
+++ b/Windows/InputDevice.cpp
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 // https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp and http://www.ppsspp.org/.
 
 #include <list>
+#include <thread>
 #include <memory>
 #include "base/mutex.h"
 #include "input/input_state.h"
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "thread/threadutil.h"
 #include "Core/Config.h"
 #include "Core/Host.h"
diff --git a/Windows/W32Util/ShellUtil.cpp b/Windows/W32Util/ShellUtil.cpp
index c8ff175c37..27b339c818 100644
--- a/Windows/W32Util/ShellUtil.cpp
+++ b/Windows/W32Util/ShellUtil.cpp
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 #include "stdafx.h"
 
 #include <functional>
+#include <thread>
 
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "util/text/utf8.h"
 #include "ShellUtil.h"
 #include "CommDlg.h"
diff --git a/Windows/W32Util/ShellUtil.h b/Windows/W32Util/ShellUtil.h
index 8dcf91d3b3..da5b83ee52 100644
--- a/Windows/W32Util/ShellUtil.h
+++ b/Windows/W32Util/ShellUtil.h
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
-#include "thread/thread.h"
-
+#include <thread>
 
 namespace W32Util
 {
diff --git a/ext/native/native.vcxproj b/ext/native/native.vcxproj
index 2431958a14..4e031cb8f7 100644
--- a/ext/native/native.vcxproj
+++ b/ext/native/native.vcxproj
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="thin3d\thin3d.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="thread\executor.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="thread\prioritizedworkqueue.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="thread\thread.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="thread\threadpool.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="thread\threadutil.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="ui\screen.h" />
diff --git a/ext/native/native.vcxproj.filters b/ext/native/native.vcxproj.filters
index d8e0ec9789..1f4e1baf47 100644
--- a/ext/native/native.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/ext/native/native.vcxproj.filters
@@ -176,9 +176,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="thread\prioritizedworkqueue.h">
       <Filter>thread</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="thread\thread.h">
-      <Filter>thread</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="thread\threadutil.h">
       <Filter>thread</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
diff --git a/ext/native/net/http_client.h b/ext/native/net/http_client.h
index e23360364d..d7e4a682b6 100644
--- a/ext/native/net/http_client.h
+++ b/ext/native/net/http_client.h
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
+#include <thread>
 
 #include "base/basictypes.h"
 #include "base/buffer.h"
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #ifndef NOMINMAX
diff --git a/ext/native/thread/prioritizedworkqueue.cpp b/ext/native/thread/prioritizedworkqueue.cpp
index 9a54148d83..754e9b606e 100644
--- a/ext/native/thread/prioritizedworkqueue.cpp
+++ b/ext/native/thread/prioritizedworkqueue.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #include <functional>
+#include <thread>
 
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/timeutil.h"
-#include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "thread/prioritizedworkqueue.h"
 
 PrioritizedWorkQueue::~PrioritizedWorkQueue() {
diff --git a/ext/native/thread/thread.h b/ext/native/thread/thread.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 057afb02c5..0000000000
--- a/ext/native/thread/thread.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,328 +0,0 @@
-
-#ifndef STD_THREAD_H_
-#define STD_THREAD_H_
-
-#define GCC_VER(x,y,z)	((x) * 10000 + (y) * 100 + (z))
-#define GCC_VERSION GCC_VER(__GNUC__, __GNUC_MINOR__, __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__)
-
-#if GCC_VERSION >= GCC_VER(4,4,0) && __GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__ && !defined(__ANDROID__)
-// GCC 4.4 provides <thread>
-#ifndef _GLIBCXX_USE_SCHED_YIELD
-#define _GLIBCXX_USE_SCHED_YIELD
-#endif
-#include <thread>
-#else
-
-// partial std::thread implementation for win32/pthread
-
-#include <algorithm>
-
-#if (_MSC_VER >= 1600) || (GCC_VERSION >= GCC_VER(4,3,0) && __GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)
-#define USE_RVALUE_REFERENCES
-#endif
-
-//#ifdef __APPLE__
-//#import <Foundation/NSAutoreleasePool.h>
-//#endif
-
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-// WIN32
-
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-#ifndef NOMINMAX
-#define NOMINMAX
-#endif
-#include <Windows.h>
-
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_MT)
-// When linking with LIBCMT (the multithreaded C library), Microsoft recommends
-// using _beginthreadex instead of CreateThread.
-#define USE_BEGINTHREADEX
-#include <process.h>
-#endif
-
-#ifdef USE_BEGINTHREADEX
-#define THREAD_ID unsigned
-#define THREAD_RETURN unsigned __stdcall
-#else
-#define THREAD_ID DWORD
-#define THREAD_RETURN DWORD WINAPI
-#endif
-#define THREAD_HANDLE HANDLE
-
-#else
-// PTHREAD
-
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#ifndef _POSIX_THREADS
-#error unsupported platform (no pthreads?)
-#endif
-
-#include <pthread.h>
-
-#define THREAD_ID pthread_t
-#define THREAD_HANDLE pthread_t
-#define THREAD_RETURN void*
-
-#endif
-
-namespace std
-{
-
-class thread
-{
-public:
-	typedef THREAD_HANDLE native_handle_type;
-
-	class id
-	{
-		friend class thread;
-	public:
-		id() : m_thread(0) {}
-		id(THREAD_ID _id) : m_thread(_id) {}
-
-		bool operator==(const id& rhs) const
-		{
-			return m_thread == rhs.m_thread;
-		}
-
-		bool operator!=(const id& rhs) const
-		{
-			return !(*this == rhs);
-		}
-		
-		bool operator<(const id& rhs) const
-		{
-			return m_thread < rhs.m_thread;
-		}
-
-	private:
-		THREAD_ID m_thread;
-	};
-
-	// no variadic template support in msvc
-	//template <typename C, typename... A>
-	//thread(C&& func, A&&... args);
-
-	template <typename C>
-	thread(C func)
-	{
-		StartThread(new Func<C>(func));
-	}
-
-	template <typename C, typename A>
-	thread(C func, A arg)
-	{
-		StartThread(new FuncArg<C, A>(func, arg));
-	}
-
-	thread() /*= default;*/ {}
-
-#ifdef USE_RVALUE_REFERENCES
-	thread(const thread&) /*= delete*/;
-
-	thread(thread&& other)
-	{
-#else
-	thread(const thread& t)
-	{
-		// ugly const_cast to get around lack of rvalue references
-		thread& other = const_cast<thread&>(t);
-#endif
-		swap(other);
-	}
-
-#ifdef USE_RVALUE_REFERENCES
-	thread& operator=(const thread&) /*= delete*/;
-
-	thread& operator=(thread&& other)
-	{
-#else
-	thread& operator=(const thread& t)
-	{
-		// ugly const_cast to get around lack of rvalue references
-		thread& other = const_cast<thread&>(t);
-#endif
-		if (joinable())
-			detach();
-		swap(other);
-		return *this;
-	}
-
-	~thread()
-	{
-		if (joinable())
-			detach();
-	}
-
-	bool joinable() const
-	{
-		return m_id != id();
-	}
-
-	id get_id() const
-	{
-		return m_id;
-	}
-
-	native_handle_type native_handle()
-	{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		return m_handle;
-#else
-		return m_id.m_thread;
-#endif
-	}
-
-	void join()
-	{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		WaitForSingleObject(m_handle, INFINITE);
-		detach();
-#else
-		pthread_join(m_id.m_thread, NULL);
-		m_id = id();
-#endif
-	}
-
-	void detach()
-	{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		CloseHandle(m_handle);
-#else
-		pthread_detach(m_id.m_thread);
-#endif
-		m_id = id();
-	}
-
-	void swap(thread& other)
-	{
-		std::swap(m_id, other.m_id);
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		std::swap(m_handle, other.m_handle);
-#endif
-	}
-	
-	static unsigned hardware_concurrency()
-	{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		SYSTEM_INFO sysinfo;
-		GetSystemInfo(&sysinfo);
-		return static_cast<unsigned>(sysinfo.dwNumberOfProcessors);
-#else
-		return 0;
-#endif
-	}
-
-private:
-	id m_id;
-	
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	native_handle_type m_handle;
-#endif
-
-	template <typename F>
-	void StartThread(F* param)
-	{
-#ifdef USE_BEGINTHREADEX
-		m_handle = (HANDLE)_beginthreadex(NULL, 0, &RunAndDelete<F>, param, 0, &m_id.m_thread);
-#elif defined(_WIN32)
-		m_handle = CreateThread(NULL, 0, &RunAndDelete<F>, param, 0, &m_id.m_thread);
-#else
-		pthread_attr_t attr;
-		pthread_attr_init(&attr);
-		pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, 1024 * 1024);
-		if (pthread_create(&m_id.m_thread, &attr, &RunAndDelete<F>, param))
-			m_id = id();
-#endif
-	}
-	
-	template <typename C>
-	class Func
-	{
-	public:
-		Func(C _func) : func(_func) {}
-
-		void Run() { func(); }
-
-	private:
-// Both Visual Studio 2012 & 2013 need the following ifdef, or else they complain about losing const-volatile qualifiers:
-// Error	23	error C3848: expression having type 'const std::_Bind<true,void,void 
-//(__cdecl *const )(PrioritizedWorkQueue *),PrioritizedWorkQueue *&>' would lose some const-volatile qualifiers in order to call 'void std::_Bind<true,void,void (__cdecl *const )(PrioritizedWorkQueue *),PrioritizedWorkQueue *&>::operator ()<>(void)' (thread\prioritizedworkqueue.cpp)
-
-// Error	24	error C3848: expression having type 'const std::_Bind<true,void,std::_Pmf_wrap<void (__cdecl WorkerThread::* )(void),void,WorkerThread,>,WorkerThread *const >'
-// would lose some const-volatile qualifiers in order to call 
-// 'void std::_Bind<true,void,std::_Pmf_wrap<void (__cdecl WorkerThread::* )(void),void,WorkerThread,>,WorkerThread *const >::operator ()<>(void)' (thread\threadpool.cpp)
-
-// Error	25	error C3848 : expression having type 'const std::_Bind<true,void,std::_Pmf_wrap<void (__cdecl http::Download::* )(std::shared_ptr<http::Download>),void,http::Download,std::shared_ptr<http::Download>>,http::Download *const ,std::shared_ptr<http::Download> &>' 
-// would lose some const - volatile qualifiers in order to call 
-// 'void std::_Bind<true,void,std::_Pmf_wrap<void (__cdecl http::Download::* )(std::shared_ptr<http::Download>),void,http::Download,std::shared_ptr<http::Download>>,http::Download *const ,std::shared_ptr<http::Download> &>::operator ()<>(void)' (net\http_client.cpp)
-#if _MSC_VER >= 1700
-		C func;
-#else
-		C const func;
-#endif
-	};
-
-	template <typename C, typename A>
-	class FuncArg
-	{
-	public:
-		FuncArg(C _func, A _arg) : func(_func), arg(_arg) {}
-
-		void Run() { func(arg); }
-
-	private:
-		C const func;
-		A arg;
-	};
-
-	template <typename F>
-	static THREAD_RETURN RunAndDelete(void* param)
-	{
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-	//	NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
-#endif
-		static_cast<F*>(param)->Run();
-		delete static_cast<F*>(param);
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-	//	[pool release];
-#endif
-		return 0;
-	}
-};
-
-namespace this_thread
-{
-
-inline void yield()
-{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	SwitchToThread();
-#else
-	sleep(0);
-#endif
-}
-
-inline thread::id get_id()
-{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	return GetCurrentThreadId();
-#else
-	return pthread_self();
-#endif
-}
-
-}	// namespace this_thread
-
-}	// namespace std
-
-#undef USE_RVALUE_REFERENCES
-#undef USE_BEGINTHREADEX
-#undef THREAD_ID
-#undef THREAD_RETURN
-#undef THREAD_HANDLE
-
-#endif
-#endif
diff --git a/ext/native/thread/threadpool.h b/ext/native/thread/threadpool.h
index 8bb0b2964a..1844f5e7c0 100644
--- a/ext/native/thread/threadpool.h
+++ b/ext/native/thread/threadpool.h
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 #include <vector>
+#include <thread>
 
-#include "thread.h"
 #include "base/mutex.h"
 
 // This is the simplest possible worker implementation I can think of