diff --git a/infer/src/IR/Cfg.re b/infer/src/IR/Cfg.re
index 6951cbd36..090a5e9ce 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/Cfg.re
+++ b/infer/src/IR/Cfg.re
@@ -115,33 +115,6 @@ let load_cfg_from_file (filename: DB.filename) :option cfg =>
   Serialization.from_file cfg_serializer filename;
 
 
-/** save a copy in the results dir of the source files of procedures defined in the cfg,
-    unless an updated copy already exists */
-let save_source_files cfg => {
-  let process_proc _ pdesc => {
-    let loc = Procdesc.get_loc pdesc;
-    let source_file = loc.Location.file;
-    let source_file_str = DB.source_file_to_abs_path source_file;
-    let dest_file = DB.source_file_in_resdir source_file;
-    let dest_file_str = DB.filename_to_string dest_file;
-    let needs_copy =
-      Procdesc.is_defined pdesc &&
-      Sys.file_exists source_file_str && (
-        not (Sys.file_exists dest_file_str) ||
-        DB.file_modified_time (DB.filename_from_string source_file_str) >
-        DB.file_modified_time dest_file
-      );
-    if needs_copy {
-      switch (copy_file source_file_str dest_file_str) {
-      | Some _ => ()
-      | None => L.err "Error cannot create copy of source file %s@." source_file_str
-      }
-    }
-  };
-  iter_proc_desc cfg process_proc
-};
-
-
 /** Save the .attr files for the procedures in the cfg. */
 let save_attributes source_file cfg => {
   let save_proc pdesc => {
@@ -332,15 +305,8 @@ let mark_unchanged_pdescs cfg_new cfg_old => {
 
 
 /** Save a cfg into a file */
-let store_cfg_to_file
-    save_sources::save_sources=true
-    source_file::source_file
-    (filename: DB.filename)
-    (cfg: cfg) => {
+let store_cfg_to_file source_file::source_file (filename: DB.filename) (cfg: cfg) => {
   inline_java_synthetic_methods cfg;
-  if save_sources {
-    save_source_files cfg
-  };
   if Config.incremental_procs {
     switch (load_cfg_from_file filename) {
     | Some old_cfg => mark_unchanged_pdescs cfg old_cfg
diff --git a/infer/src/IR/Cfg.rei b/infer/src/IR/Cfg.rei
index 98484308f..7e3c3beab 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/Cfg.rei
+++ b/infer/src/IR/Cfg.rei
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ let load_cfg_from_file: DB.filename => option cfg;
 
 
 /** Save a cfg into a file, and save a copy of the source files if the boolean is true */
-let store_cfg_to_file:
-  save_sources::bool? => source_file::DB.source_file => DB.filename => cfg => unit;
+let store_cfg_to_file: source_file::DB.source_file => DB.filename => cfg => unit;
 
 
 /** {2 Functions for manipulating an interprocedural CFG} */
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/infer.ml b/infer/src/backend/infer.ml
index 68124adf4..0541fc9a2 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/infer.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/infer.ml
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ let remove_results_dir () =
 
 let create_results_dir () =
   create_path (Config.results_dir // Config.captured_dir_name) ;
-  create_path (Config.results_dir // Config.sources_dir_name) ;
   create_path (Config.results_dir // Config.specs_dir_name)
 
 let clean_results_dir () =
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/printer.ml b/infer/src/backend/printer.ml
index 03de9c0f3..b4d837e31 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/printer.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/printer.ml
@@ -62,11 +62,7 @@ struct
         else None
 
   let from_file_linenum hash fname linenum =
-    let fname_in_resdir =
-      DB.source_file_in_resdir fname in
-    let sourcefile_in_resdir =
-      DB.abs_source_file_from_path (DB.filename_to_string fname_in_resdir) in
-    from_file_linenum_original hash sourcefile_in_resdir linenum
+    from_file_linenum_original hash fname linenum
 
   let from_loc hash loc =
     from_file_linenum hash loc.Location.file loc.Location.line
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index f47210bb5..e1bbea3d6 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -186,8 +186,6 @@ let smt_output = false
 
 let source_file_extentions = [".java"; ".m"; ".mm"; ".c"; ".cc"; ".cpp"; ".h"]
 
-let sources_dir_name = "sources"
-
 let specs_dir_name = "specs"
 
 let specs_files_suffix = ".specs"
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index d1dcb526e..149f2cdd7 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ val save_compact_summaries : bool
 val save_time_in_summaries : bool
 val smt_output : bool
 val source_file_extentions : string list
-val sources_dir_name : string
 val specs_dir_name : string
 val specs_files_suffix : string
 val start_filename : string
diff --git a/infer/src/base/DB.ml b/infer/src/base/DB.ml
index 890e3361c..7cd6b7adc 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/DB.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/DB.ml
@@ -119,17 +119,10 @@ let source_dir_get_internal_file source_dir extension =
 let captured_dir =
   Filename.concat Config.results_dir Config.captured_dir_name
 
-let sources_dir =
-  Filename.concat Config.results_dir Config.sources_dir_name
-
 (** get the source directory corresponding to a source file *)
 let source_dir_from_source_file source_file =
   Filename.concat captured_dir (source_file_encoding source_file)
 
-(** get the path to the copy of the source file to be stored in the results directory *)
-let source_file_in_resdir source_file =
-  Filename.concat sources_dir (source_file_encoding source_file)
-
 (** Find the source directories in the results dir *)
 let find_source_dirs () =
   let source_dirs = ref [] in
@@ -285,7 +278,6 @@ module Results_dir = struct
     create_dir Config.results_dir;
     create_dir specs_dir;
     create_dir (path_to_filename Abs_root [Config.attributes_dir_name]);
-    create_dir (path_to_filename Abs_root [Config.sources_dir_name]);
     create_dir (path_to_filename Abs_root [Config.captured_dir_name]);
     if not (source_file_equal source source_file_empty) then
       create_dir (path_to_filename (Abs_source_dir source) [])
diff --git a/infer/src/base/DB.mli b/infer/src/base/DB.mli
index 78e806b99..243ab21d4 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/DB.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/DB.mli
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ type source_dir
 
 val source_dir_compare : source_dir -> source_dir -> int
 
-(** get the absolute path to the sources dir *)
-val sources_dir : string
-
 (** expose the source dir as a string *)
 val source_dir_to_string : source_dir -> string
 
@@ -138,9 +135,6 @@ val source_dir_get_internal_file : source_dir -> string -> filename
 (** get the source directory corresponding to a source file *)
 val source_dir_from_source_file : source_file -> source_dir
 
-(** get the path to the copy of the source file to be stored in the results directory *)
-val source_file_in_resdir : source_file -> filename
-
 (** directory where the results of the capture phase are stored *)
 val captured_dir : filename
 
diff --git a/infer/src/harness/inhabit.ml b/infer/src/harness/inhabit.ml
index 5b2083728..17d80602f 100644
--- a/infer/src/harness/inhabit.ml
+++ b/infer/src/harness/inhabit.ml
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ let inhabit_call tenv (procname, receiver) cfg env =
 let create_dummy_harness_file harness_name =
   let dummy_file_name =
     let dummy_file_dir =
-      if Sys.file_exists DB.sources_dir then DB.sources_dir
-      else Filename.get_temp_dir_name () in
+      Filename.get_temp_dir_name () in
     let file_str =
       Procname.java_get_class_name
         harness_name ^ "_" ^Procname.java_get_method harness_name ^ ".java" in