diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index 669b5ab332edeb9a7fe44ac21c19cdd54993c154..baf0b1f208b23e87edd7386c87c992926b3abf5d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -1498,10 +1498,8 @@ QRect BaseTextEditor::collapseBox()
 
     QTextBlock begin = document()->findBlockByNumber(d->m_highlightBlocksInfo.open.last());
 
-    if (true || !d->m_displaySettings.m_fancyFoldingBar) {
-        if (TextBlockUserData::hasCollapseAfter(begin.previous()))
-            begin = begin.previous();
-    }
+    if (TextBlockUserData::hasCollapseAfter(begin.previous()))
+        begin = begin.previous();
 
     QTextBlock end = document()->findBlockByNumber(d->m_highlightBlocksInfo.close.first());
     if (!begin.isValid() || !end.isValid())
@@ -1694,13 +1692,6 @@ void BaseTextEditorPrivate::moveCursorVisible(bool ensureVisible)
         q->ensureCursorVisible();
 }
 
-static QColor calcMixColor(const QColor &one, const QColor &two)
-{
-    return QColor((one.red() + two.red()) / 2,
-                  (one.green() + two.green()) / 2,
-                  (one.blue() + two.blue()) / 2);
-}
-
 static QColor calcBlendColor(const QColor &baseColor, int factor = 1)
 {
     const int blendBase = (baseColor.value() > 128) ? 0 : 255;
@@ -2313,71 +2304,7 @@ void BaseTextEditor::extraAreaPaintEvent(QPaintEvent *e)
                 }
             }
 
-            if (d->m_codeFoldingVisible && d->m_displaySettings.m_fancyFoldingBar) {
-                QRect r(extraAreaWidth+2, top, collapseBoxWidth-4, bottom - top);
-
-                int extraAreaHighlightCollapseBlockNumber = -1;
-                int extraAreaHighlightCollapseEndBlockNumber = -1;
-                if (!d->m_highlightBlocksInfo.isEmpty()) {
-                    extraAreaHighlightCollapseBlockNumber =  d->m_highlightBlocksInfo.open.last();
-                    extraAreaHighlightCollapseEndBlockNumber =  d->m_highlightBlocksInfo.close.first();
-
-                    QTextBlock before = doc->findBlockByNumber(extraAreaHighlightCollapseBlockNumber-1);
-                    if (TextBlockUserData::hasCollapseAfter(before)) {
-                        extraAreaHighlightCollapseBlockNumber--;
-                    }
-                }
-                int minBraceDepth = qMax(braceDepth, previousBraceDepth);
-                QColor color = calcBlendColor(baseColor, minBraceDepth);
-                if (!d->m_highlightBlocksInfo.isEmpty()
-                    && blockNumber >= extraAreaHighlightCollapseBlockNumber
-                            && blockNumber <= extraAreaHighlightCollapseEndBlockNumber)
-                    color = calcMixColor(pal.highlight().color(), color);
-                painter.fillRect(r, color);
-
-                bool drawBox = !nextBlock.isVisible();
-                bool drawDown = !d->m_highlightBlocksInfo.isEmpty()
-                                && blockNumber == extraAreaHighlightCollapseBlockNumber;
-                bool drawUp = !d->m_highlightBlocksInfo.isEmpty()
-                              && blockNumber == extraAreaHighlightCollapseEndBlockNumber;
-
-                if (drawBox || drawDown || drawUp) {
-                    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing, true);
-                    painter.translate(.5, .5);
-                    painter.setPen(pal.text().color());
-                    painter.setBrush(pal.text().color());
-
-                    if (drawBox) {
-                        QPointF points1[3] = { QPointF(r.left(), r.center().y()-1),
-                                               QPointF(r.center().x(), r.top()),
-                                               QPointF(r.right(), r.center().y()-1) };
-                        QPointF points2[3] = { QPointF(r.left(), r.center().y()+1),
-                                               QPointF(r.center().x(), r.bottom()-1),
-                                               QPointF(r.right(), r.center().y()+1) };
-                        painter.drawPolygon(points1, 3);
-                        painter.drawPolygon(points2, 3);
-                    } else if (drawUp) {
-
-                        // check that we are not collapsed
-                        QTextBlock open = doc->findBlockByNumber(extraAreaHighlightCollapseBlockNumber);
-                        if (open.next().isVisible()) {
-
-                            QPointF points[3] = { QPointF(r.left(), r.bottom()-1),
-                                                  QPointF(r.center().x(), r.center().y()),
-                                                  QPointF(r.right(), r.bottom()-1) };
-                            painter.drawPolygon(points, 3);
-                        }
-                    } else if(drawDown) {
-                        QPointF points[3] = { QPointF(r.left(), r.top()),
-                                              QPointF(r.center().x(), r.center().y()),
-                                              QPointF(r.right(), r.top()) };
-                        painter.drawPolygon(points, 3);
-                    }
-                    painter.translate(-.5, -.5);
-                    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing, false);
-                }
-
-            } else if (d->m_codeFoldingVisible) {
+            if (d->m_codeFoldingVisible) {
 
                 bool collapseThis = false;
                 bool collapseAfter = false;
@@ -2473,13 +2400,6 @@ void BaseTextEditor::extraAreaPaintEvent(QPaintEvent *e)
         block = nextVisibleBlock;
         blockNumber = nextVisibleBlockNumber;
     }
-
-    if (d->m_codeFoldingVisible && d->m_displaySettings.m_fancyFoldingBar) {
-        painter.drawLine(extraAreaWidth, 0,
-                         extraAreaWidth, viewport()->height());
-        painter.drawLine(extraAreaWidth + collapseBoxWidth - 1, 0,
-                         extraAreaWidth + collapseBoxWidth - 1, viewport()->height());
-    }
 }
 
 void BaseTextEditor::drawFoldingMarker(QPainter *painter, const QRect &rect,
@@ -2707,15 +2627,13 @@ void BaseTextEditor::extraAreaMouseEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
         d->extraAreaHighlightCollapseBlockNumber = -1;
         d->extraAreaHighlightCollapseColumn = -1;
 
-
         int collapseBoxWidth = fontMetrics().lineSpacing() + 1;
         if (e->pos().x() > extraArea()->width() - collapseBoxWidth) {
             d->extraAreaHighlightCollapseBlockNumber = cursor.blockNumber();
             if (TextBlockUserData::canCollapse(cursor.block())
                 || !TextBlockUserData::hasClosingCollapse(cursor.block()))
                 d->extraAreaHighlightCollapseColumn = cursor.block().length()-1;
-            if ((true || !d->m_displaySettings.m_fancyFoldingBar)
-                && TextBlockUserData::hasCollapseAfter(cursor.block())) {
+            if (TextBlockUserData::hasCollapseAfter(cursor.block())) {
                 d->extraAreaHighlightCollapseBlockNumber++;
                 d->extraAreaHighlightCollapseColumn = -1;
                 if (TextBlockUserData::canCollapse(cursor.block().next())
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp
index b16cc1436ea788405b6907d43ab14792ba05499c..b0273a2c887a264124f1a016dabb080cce93490e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ static const char * const displayFoldingMarkersKey = "DisplayFoldingMarkers";
 static const char * const highlightCurrentLineKey = "HighlightCurrentLineKeyV2";
 static const char * const highlightBlocksKey = "HighlightBlocksKey";
 static const char * const animateMatchingParenthesesKey= "AnimateMatchingParenthesesKey";
-static const char * const fancyFoldingBarKey= "FancyFoldingBarKey";
 static const char * const groupPostfix = "DisplaySettings";
 
 namespace TextEditor {
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ DisplaySettings::DisplaySettings() :
     m_displayFoldingMarkers(true),
     m_highlightCurrentLine(false),
     m_highlightBlocks(false),
-    m_animateMatchingParentheses(true),
-    m_fancyFoldingBar(false)
+    m_animateMatchingParentheses(true)
 {
 }
 
@@ -77,7 +75,6 @@ void DisplaySettings::toSettings(const QString &category, QSettings *s) const
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(highlightCurrentLineKey), m_highlightCurrentLine);
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(highlightBlocksKey), m_highlightBlocks);
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(animateMatchingParenthesesKey), m_animateMatchingParentheses);
-    s->setValue(QLatin1String(fancyFoldingBarKey), m_fancyFoldingBar);
     s->endGroup();
 }
 
@@ -99,7 +96,6 @@ void DisplaySettings::fromSettings(const QString &category, const QSettings *s)
     m_highlightCurrentLine = s->value(group + QLatin1String(highlightCurrentLineKey), m_highlightCurrentLine).toBool();
     m_highlightBlocks = s->value(group + QLatin1String(highlightBlocksKey), m_highlightBlocks).toBool();
     m_animateMatchingParentheses = s->value(group + QLatin1String(animateMatchingParenthesesKey), m_animateMatchingParentheses).toBool();
-    m_fancyFoldingBar = s->value(group + QLatin1String(fancyFoldingBarKey), m_fancyFoldingBar).toBool();
 }
 
 bool DisplaySettings::equals(const DisplaySettings &ds) const
@@ -113,7 +109,6 @@ bool DisplaySettings::equals(const DisplaySettings &ds) const
         && m_highlightCurrentLine == ds.m_highlightCurrentLine
         && m_highlightBlocks == ds.m_highlightBlocks
         && m_animateMatchingParentheses == ds.m_animateMatchingParentheses
-        && m_fancyFoldingBar == ds.m_fancyFoldingBar
         ;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h
index b05cc7a19154aac9dd4a4e8a5d8b0a2cda99b15f..06a7d0fa381381458aba1f1780c490cdf49c6fa2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ struct TEXTEDITOR_EXPORT DisplaySettings
     bool m_highlightCurrentLine;
     bool m_highlightBlocks;
     bool m_animateMatchingParentheses;
-    bool m_fancyFoldingBar;
 
     bool equals(const DisplaySettings &ds) const;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.cpp
index 31c7c803d22a7a39e67f62be8b127ee9f74ce526..ec7ae6a221093855a563e6512a92181ec4a3c2ce 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ void DisplaySettingsPage::settingsFromUI(DisplaySettings &displaySettings) const
     displaySettings.m_highlightCurrentLine = m_d->m_page.highlightCurrentLine->isChecked();
     displaySettings.m_highlightBlocks = m_d->m_page.highlightBlocks->isChecked();
     displaySettings.m_animateMatchingParentheses= m_d->m_page.animateMatchingParentheses->isChecked();
-    displaySettings.m_fancyFoldingBar = m_d->m_page.fancyFoldingBar->isChecked();
 }
 
 void DisplaySettingsPage::settingsToUI()
@@ -139,7 +138,6 @@ void DisplaySettingsPage::settingsToUI()
     m_d->m_page.highlightCurrentLine->setChecked(displaySettings.m_highlightCurrentLine);
     m_d->m_page.highlightBlocks->setChecked(displaySettings.m_highlightBlocks);
     m_d->m_page.animateMatchingParentheses->setChecked(displaySettings.m_animateMatchingParentheses);
-    m_d->m_page.fancyFoldingBar->setChecked(displaySettings.m_fancyFoldingBar);
 }
 
 DisplaySettings DisplaySettingsPage::displaySettings() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.ui b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.ui
index e6d7eb867a64762eba12d8bb81eb8c572af4f1fa..ee465dd857220972f8c2ba3902243ab46e671183 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettingspage.ui
@@ -47,36 +47,6 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item>
-       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
-        <item>
-         <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2">
-          <property name="orientation">
-           <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-          </property>
-          <property name="sizeType">
-           <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
-          </property>
-          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-           <size>
-            <width>40</width>
-            <height>20</height>
-           </size>
-          </property>
-         </spacer>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="fancyFoldingBar">
-          <property name="enabled">
-           <bool>false</bool>
-          </property>
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>Use fancy style</string>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-        </item>
-       </layout>
-      </item>
       <item>
        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="visualizeWhitespace">
         <property name="toolTip">
@@ -181,21 +151,5 @@
     </hint>
    </hints>
   </connection>
-  <connection>
-   <sender>displayFoldingMarkers</sender>
-   <signal>toggled(bool)</signal>
-   <receiver>fancyFoldingBar</receiver>
-   <slot>setEnabled(bool)</slot>
-   <hints>
-    <hint type="sourcelabel">
-     <x>60</x>
-     <y>161</y>
-    </hint>
-    <hint type="destinationlabel">
-     <x>87</x>
-     <y>179</y>
-    </hint>
-   </hints>
-  </connection>
  </connections>
 </ui>