diff --git a/src/plugins/welcome/multifeedrssmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/welcome/multifeedrssmodel.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d45aa7dcf4b5777625d253e473a41be1d8b6a6a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/welcome/multifeedrssmodel.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,236 +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)
-**
-**
-** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
-**
-** 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.
-**
-** Other Usage
-**
-** Alternatively, this file may be used in accordance with the terms and
-** conditions contained in a signed written agreement between you and Nokia.
-**
-** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
-** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
-**
-**************************************************************************/
-
-#include "multifeedrssmodel.h"
-
-#include <QtCore/QTimer>
-#include <QtCore/QThread>
-#include <QtCore/QXmlStreamReader>
-#include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
-
-#include <QtNetwork/QNetworkRequest>
-#include <QtNetwork/QNetworkReply>
-#include <utils/networkaccessmanager.h>
-
-#include <QDebug>
-
-namespace Welcome {
-
-namespace Internal {
-
-QString shortenHtml(QString html)
-{
-    html.replace(QLatin1String("<a"), QLatin1String("<i"));
-    html.replace(QLatin1String("</a"), QLatin1String("</i"));
-
-    int firstParaEnd = html.indexOf(QLatin1String("</p>")); // XHTML
-    if (firstParaEnd < 0) {
-        const QString paraStart = QLatin1String("<p>");
-        firstParaEnd = html.indexOf(paraStart);
-        if (firstParaEnd > 0)
-            firstParaEnd = html.indexOf(paraStart, firstParaEnd + paraStart.size());
-    }
-    const int firstParaEndBr = html.indexOf(QLatin1String("<br"));
-
-    int truncationPos = html.size();
-    if (firstParaEnd > 0 && firstParaEnd < truncationPos)
-        truncationPos = firstParaEnd;
-    if (firstParaEndBr > 0 && firstParaEndBr < truncationPos)
-        truncationPos = firstParaEndBr;
-    if (truncationPos < html.size())
-        html.truncate(truncationPos);
-    return html;
-}
-
-class RssReader {
-public:
-    Internal::RssItem parseItem() {
-        RssItem item;
-        item.source = requestUrl;
-        item.blogIcon = blogIcon;
-        item.blogName = blogName;
-        while (!streamReader.atEnd()) {
-            switch (streamReader.readNext()) {
-            case QXmlStreamReader::StartElement:
-                if (streamReader.name() == QLatin1String("title"))
-                    item.title = streamReader.readElementText();
-                else if (streamReader.name() == QLatin1String("link"))
-                    item.link = streamReader.readElementText();
-                else if (streamReader.name() == QLatin1String("pubDate")) {
-                    QString dateStr = streamReader.readElementText();
-                    // fixme: honor time zone!
-                    const int plusPos = dateStr.indexOf(QLatin1Char('+'));
-                    if (plusPos > 0)
-                        dateStr.truncate(plusPos - 1);
-                    item.pubDate = QDateTime::fromString(dateStr, QLatin1String("ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
-                }
-                else if (streamReader.name() == QLatin1String("description"))
-                    item.description = shortenHtml(streamReader.readElementText());
-                break;
-            case QXmlStreamReader::EndElement:
-                if (streamReader.name() == QLatin1String("item"))
-                    return item;
-                break;
-            default:
-                break;
-
-            }
-        }
-        return RssItem();
-    }
-
-    Internal::RssItemList parse(QNetworkReply *reply) {
-        QUrl source = reply->request().url();
-        requestUrl = source.toString();
-        streamReader.setDevice(reply);
-        Internal::RssItemList list;
-        while (!streamReader.atEnd()) {
-            switch (streamReader.readNext()) {
-            case QXmlStreamReader::StartElement:
-                if (streamReader.name() == QLatin1String("item"))
-                    list.append(parseItem());
-                else if (streamReader.name() == QLatin1String("title"))
-                    blogName = streamReader.readElementText();
-                else if (streamReader.name() == QLatin1String("link")) {
-                    if (!streamReader.namespaceUri().isEmpty())
-                        break;
-                    QString favIconString(streamReader.readElementText());
-                    QUrl favIconUrl(favIconString);
-                    favIconUrl.setPath(QLatin1String("favicon.ico"));
-                    blogIcon = favIconUrl.toString();
-                }
-                break;
-            default:
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        return list;
-    }
-
-private:
-    QXmlStreamReader streamReader;
-    QString requestUrl;
-    QString blogIcon;
-    QString blogName;
-};
-
-} // namespace Internal
-
-MultiFeedRssModel::MultiFeedRssModel(QObject *parent) :
-    QAbstractListModel(parent),
-    m_networkAccessManager(new Utils::NetworkAccessManager),
-    m_articleCount(0)
-{
-    //m_namThread = new QThread;
-    //m_networkAccessManager->moveToThread(m_namThread);
-    connect(m_networkAccessManager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply*)),
-            SLOT(appendFeedData(QNetworkReply*)), Qt::QueuedConnection);
-    //m_namThread->start();
-    //qDebug() << "MainThread" << QThread::currentThread();
-
-    QHash<int, QByteArray> roleNames;
-    roleNames[TitleRole] = "title";
-    roleNames[DescriptionRole] = "description";
-    roleNames[PubDateRole] = "pubDate";
-    roleNames[LinkRole] = "link";
-    roleNames[BlogNameRole] = "blogName";
-    roleNames[BlogIconRole] = "blogIcon";
-    setRoleNames(roleNames);
-}
-
-MultiFeedRssModel::~MultiFeedRssModel()
-{
-    //m_namThread->exit();
-    //delete m_namThread;
-}
-
-void MultiFeedRssModel::addFeed(const QString& feed)
-{
-    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(m_networkAccessManager, "getUrl",
-                              Qt::QueuedConnection, Q_ARG(QUrl, feed));
-}
-
-bool sortForPubDate(const Internal::RssItem& item1, const Internal::RssItem& item2)
-{
-    return item1.pubDate > item2.pubDate;
-}
-
-void MultiFeedRssModel::appendFeedData(QNetworkReply *reply)
-{
-    Internal::RssReader reader;
-    m_aggregatedFeed.append(reader.parse(reply));
-    qSort(m_aggregatedFeed.begin(), m_aggregatedFeed.end(), sortForPubDate);
-    setArticleCount(m_aggregatedFeed.size());
-    reset();
-}
-
-void MultiFeedRssModel::removeFeed(const QString &feed)
-{
-    QMutableListIterator<Internal::RssItem> it(m_aggregatedFeed);
-    while (it.hasNext()) {
-        Internal::RssItem item = it.next();
-        if (item.source == feed)
-            it.remove();
-    }
-    setArticleCount(m_aggregatedFeed.size());
-}
-
-int MultiFeedRssModel::rowCount(const QModelIndex &) const
-{
-    return m_aggregatedFeed.size();
-}
-
-QVariant MultiFeedRssModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
-{
-
-    Internal::RssItem item = m_aggregatedFeed.at(index.row());
-
-    switch (role) {
-    case Qt::DisplayRole: // fall through
-    case TitleRole:
-        return item.title;
-    case DescriptionRole:
-        return item.description;
-    case PubDateRole:
-        return item.pubDate;
-    case LinkRole:
-        return item.link;
-    case BlogNameRole:
-        return item.blogName;
-    case BlogIconRole:
-        return item.blogIcon;
-    }
-
-    return QVariant();
-}
-
-} // namespace Utils
diff --git a/src/plugins/welcome/multifeedrssmodel.h b/src/plugins/welcome/multifeedrssmodel.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 54b569bc2a0efdcee919769841a115275d8be3e3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/welcome/multifeedrssmodel.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +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)
-**
-**
-** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
-**
-** 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.
-**
-** Other Usage
-**
-** Alternatively, this file may be used in accordance with the terms and
-** conditions contained in a signed written agreement between you and Nokia.
-**
-** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
-** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
-**
-**************************************************************************/
-
-#ifndef MULTIFEEDRSSMODEL_H
-#define MULTIFEEDRSSMODEL_H
-
-#include "welcome_global.h"
-
-#include <QtCore/QAbstractListModel>
-#include <QtCore/QStringList>
-#include <QtCore/QDateTime>
-
-QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
-class QThread;
-class QNetworkReply;
-class QNetworkAccessManager;
-QT_END_NAMESPACE
-
-namespace Welcome {
-
-namespace Internal {
-
-struct RssItem {
-    QString source;
-    QString title;
-    QString link;
-    QString description;
-    QString blogName;
-    QString blogIcon;
-    QDateTime pubDate;
-
-};
-typedef QList<RssItem> RssItemList;
-
-} // namespace Internal
-
-class NetworkAccessManager;
-
-enum RssRoles { TitleRole = Qt::UserRole+1, DescriptionRole, LinkRole,
-                PubDateRole, BlogNameRole, BlogIconRole };
-
-class MultiFeedRssModel : public QAbstractListModel {
-    Q_OBJECT
-    Q_PROPERTY(int articleCount READ articleCount WRITE setArticleCount NOTIFY articleCountChanged)
-public:
-    explicit MultiFeedRssModel(QObject *parent);
-    ~MultiFeedRssModel();
-    void addFeed(const QString& feed);
-    void removeFeed(const QString& feed);
-
-    virtual int rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const;
-    virtual QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const;
-
-    int articleCount() const { return m_articleCount; }
-
-public slots:
-    void setArticleCount(int arg)
-    {
-        if (m_articleCount != arg) {
-            m_articleCount = arg;
-            emit articleCountChanged(arg);
-        }
-    }
-
-signals:
-    void articleCountChanged(int arg);
-
-private slots:
-    void appendFeedData(QNetworkReply *reply);
-
-private:
-    QStringList m_sites;
-    Internal::RssItemList m_aggregatedFeed;
-    QNetworkAccessManager *m_networkAccessManager;
-    QThread *m_namThread;
-    int m_articleCount;
-};
-
-} // namespace Utils
-
-#endif // MULTIFEEDRSSMODEL_H
-
-
diff --git a/src/plugins/welcome/welcome.pro b/src/plugins/welcome/welcome.pro
index 3886aca97383090131b766314756026b87b205eb..482506916b048951a0363466e111fcbd8ca70a43 100644
--- a/src/plugins/welcome/welcome.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/welcome/welcome.pro
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ include(../../qtcreatorplugin.pri)
 include(welcome_dependencies.pri)
 
 HEADERS += welcomeplugin.h \
-    welcome_global.h \
-    multifeedrssmodel.h
+    welcome_global.h
 
-SOURCES += welcomeplugin.cpp \
-    multifeedrssmodel.cpp
+SOURCES += welcomeplugin.cpp
 
 DEFINES += WELCOME_LIBRARY
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/welcome/welcomeplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/welcome/welcomeplugin.cpp
index 529dae017c9731b57fca867c823cabbbacb5961b..0809699fbbb247dd4e31704481d662ecb9751f67 100644
--- a/src/plugins/welcome/welcomeplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/welcome/welcomeplugin.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 **************************************************************************/
 
 #include "welcomeplugin.h"
-#include "multifeedrssmodel.h"
 
 #include <extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h>
 
@@ -188,26 +187,8 @@ bool sortFunction(Utils::IWelcomePage * a, Utils::IWelcomePage *b)
     return a->priority() < b->priority();
 }
 
-void WelcomeMode::facilitateQml(QDeclarativeEngine *engine)
+void WelcomeMode::facilitateQml(QDeclarativeEngine * /*engine*/)
 {
-    const QString feedGroupName = QLatin1String("Feeds");
-
-    MultiFeedRssModel *rssModel = new MultiFeedRssModel(this);
-    QSettings *settings = Core::ICore::instance()->settings();
-    if (settings->childGroups().contains(feedGroupName)) {
-        int size = settings->beginReadArray(feedGroupName);
-        const QString url = QLatin1String("url");
-        for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
-            settings->setArrayIndex(i);
-            rssModel->addFeed(settings->value(url).toString());
-        }
-        settings->endArray();
-    } else {
-        rssModel->addFeed(QLatin1String("http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/feed"));
-        rssModel->addFeed(QLatin1String("http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheQtBlog?format=xml"));
-    }
-
-    engine->rootContext()->setContextProperty(QLatin1String("aggregatedFeedsModel"), rssModel);
 }
 
 void WelcomeMode::initPlugins()