diff --git a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevim.pro b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevim.pro
index 2cd920f5385e64cdaa644ae8106da3761ae26bee..442e7a72066e5a028f2a944a87b579ba7eed122d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevim.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevim.pro
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ include(../../plugins/find/find.pri)
 QT += gui
 SOURCES += fakevimactions.cpp \
     fakevimhandler.cpp \
-    fakevimsyntax.cpp \
     fakevimplugin.cpp
 HEADERS += fakevimactions.h \
     fakevimhandler.h \
-    fakevimsyntax.h \
     fakevimplugin.h
 FORMS += fakevimoptions.ui
diff --git a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp
index d02fc4fe348d767fcdb7b10c14866f9c4b3a14d4..63f633a3fc87bda3baa057dfabf7d410f9871e01 100644
--- a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 //
 
 #include "fakevimhandler.h"
-#include "fakevimsyntax.h"
 
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimsyntax.cpp b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimsyntax.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 3909b23113248e52511d4dac19d378640eeac05d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimsyntax.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-/**************************************************************************
-**
-** This file is part of Qt Creator
-**
-** Copyright (c) 2011 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
-**
-** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
-**
-** No Commercial Usage
-**
-** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
-** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
-** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
-** this package.
-**
-** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
-**
-** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
-** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
-** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
-** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
-** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
-** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
-**
-** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
-** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
-** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
-**
-** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
-** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
-**
-**************************************************************************/
-
-#include "fakevimsyntax.h"
-
-#include <utils/qtcassert.h>
-
-typedef QLatin1String _;
-
-namespace FakeVim {
-namespace Internal {
-
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// HighlighterRules
-//
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-HighlighterRules::HighlighterRules()
-{}
-
-void HighlighterRules::addKeyWord(const QString &keyword, const QByteArray &group)
-{
-    m_keywordGroups.insert(keyword, group);
-}
-
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// PythonHighlighter
-//
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-PythonHighlighterRules::PythonHighlighterRules()
-{
-    const QByteArray stmt = "statement";
-    addKeyWord(_("assert"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("break"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("continue"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("del"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("except"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("exec"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("finally"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("global"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("lambda"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("pass"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("print"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("raise"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("return"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("try"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("with"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("yield"), stmt);
-
-    const QByteArray func = "function";
-    const QByteArray options = "nextgroup=pythonFunction skipwhite";
-    addKeyWord(_("def"), stmt);
-    addKeyWord(_("class"), stmt);
-}
-
-
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// Highlighter
-//
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-Highlighter::Highlighter(QTextDocument *doc, HighlighterRules *rules)
-  : QSyntaxHighlighter(doc), m_rules(rules)
-{}
-
-void Highlighter::highlightBlock(const QString &text)
-{
-    QTextCharFormat myClassFormat;
-    myClassFormat.setFontWeight(QFont::Bold);
-    myClassFormat.setForeground(Qt::darkMagenta);
-    
-    KeywordGroupMap::ConstIterator it, et = m_rules->m_keywordGroups.end();
-    for (it = m_rules->m_keywordGroups.begin(); it != et; ++it) {
-        const QString &keyword = it.key();
-        //qDebug() << "EXAMINING " << keyword;
-        int index = text.indexOf(keyword);
-        while (index >= 0) {
-            setFormat(index, keyword.size(), myClassFormat);
-            index = text.indexOf(keyword, index + keyword.size());
-         }
-    }
-}
-
-} // namespace Internal
-} // namespace FakeVim
-
diff --git a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimsyntax.h b/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimsyntax.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b4818554d2627053bd2e8782b9ab57b9525e87b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/fakevim/fakevimsyntax.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-/**************************************************************************
-**
-** This file is part of Qt Creator
-**
-** Copyright (c) 2011 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
-**
-** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
-**
-** No Commercial Usage
-**
-** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
-** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
-** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
-** this package.
-**
-** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
-**
-** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
-** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
-** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
-** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
-** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
-** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
-**
-** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
-** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
-** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
-**
-** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
-** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
-**
-**************************************************************************/
-
-#ifndef FAKEVIM_SYNTAX_H
-#define FAKEVIM_SYNTAX_H
-
-#include "fakevimactions.h"
-
-#include <QtCore/QHash>
-#include <QtGui/QSyntaxHighlighter>
-
-namespace FakeVim {
-namespace Internal {
-
-class HighlighterRules
-{
-public:
-    HighlighterRules();
-    virtual ~HighlighterRules() {}
-    void addKeyWord(const QString &keyword, const QByteArray &group);
-    friend class Highlighter;
-
-private:
-    // Maps keyword -> groupname
-    typedef QHash<QString, QByteArray> KeywordGroupMap;
-    KeywordGroupMap m_keywordGroups;
-};
-
-class PythonHighlighterRules : public HighlighterRules
-{
-public:
-    PythonHighlighterRules();
-};
-
-class Highlighter : public QSyntaxHighlighter
-{
-public:
-    Highlighter(QTextDocument *doc, HighlighterRules *rules);
-
-private:
-    void highlightBlock(const QString &text);
-    typedef HighlighterRules::KeywordGroupMap KeywordGroupMap;
-
-    HighlighterRules *m_rules;
-};
-
-} // namespace Internal
-} // namespace FakeVim
-
-#endif // FAKEVIM_SYNTAX_H