diff --git a/eek/eek-keyboard.h b/eek/eek-keyboard.h
index ebf63351..9bc5e2e0 100644
--- a/eek/eek-keyboard.h
+++ b/eek/eek-keyboard.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <glib-object.h>
 #include <xkbcommon/xkbcommon.h>
 #include "eek-types.h"
-#include "eek-layout.h"
 #include "src/layout.h"
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
diff --git a/eek/eek-layout.c b/eek/eek-layout.c
deleted file mode 100644
index ff4f96ca..00000000
--- a/eek/eek-layout.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/* 
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
- * 
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
- * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- * 
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- * 
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301 USA
- */
-
-/**
- * SECTION:eek-layout
- * @short_description: Base class of a layout engine
- *
- * The #EekLayout class is a base class of layout engine which
- * arranges keyboard elements.
- */
-
-#include "config.h"
-
-#include "eek-layout.h"
-#include "eek-keyboard.h"
-#include "eekboard/eekboard-context-service.h"
-#include "eek-xml-layout.h"
-
-G_DEFINE_ABSTRACT_TYPE (EekLayout, eek_layout, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
-
-static void
-eek_layout_class_init (EekLayoutClass *klass)
-{
-    klass->create_keyboard = NULL;
-}
-
-void
-eek_layout_init (EekLayout *self)
-{
-}
diff --git a/eek/eek-layout.h b/eek/eek-layout.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 480f1692..00000000
--- a/eek/eek-layout.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-/* 
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
- * 
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
- * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- * 
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- * 
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301 USA
- */
-
-#if !defined(__EEK_H_INSIDE__) && !defined(EEK_COMPILATION)
-#error "Only <eek/eek.h> can be included directly."
-#endif
-
-#ifndef EEK_LAYOUT_H
-#define EEK_LAYOUT_H 1
-
-#include <glib-object.h>
-#include "eek-types.h"
-#include "src/layout.h"
-
-G_BEGIN_DECLS
-
-#define EEK_TYPE_LAYOUT (eek_layout_get_type())
-G_DECLARE_DERIVABLE_TYPE (EekLayout, eek_layout, EEK, LAYOUT, GObject)
-
-/**
- * EekLayoutClass:
- * @create_keyboard: virtual function for creating a keyboard
- */
-struct _EekLayoutClass
-{
-    /*< private >*/
-    GObjectClass parent_class;
-
-    /*< public >*/
-    LevelKeyboard* (* create_keyboard) (EekboardContextService *manager,
-                                      EekLayout *self,
-                                      gdouble    initial_width,
-                                      gdouble    initial_height);
-
-    /*< private >*/
-    /* padding */
-    gpointer pdummy[24];
-};
-
-GType        eek_layout_get_type  (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
-
-G_END_DECLS
-#endif  /* EEK_LAYOUT_H */
diff --git a/eek/eek.h b/eek/eek.h
index c1548121..5ba3d099 100644
--- a/eek/eek.h
+++ b/eek/eek.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #define __EEK_H_INSIDE__ 1
 
 #include "eek-keyboard.h"
-#include "eek-layout.h"
 
 void eek_init (void);
 
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 9763f647..ef317d37 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ sources = [
   '../eek/eek-element.c',
   '../eek/eek-gtk-keyboard.c',
   '../eek/eek-keyboard.c',
-  '../eek/eek-layout.c',
   '../eek/eek-renderer.c',
   '../eek/eek-types.c',
   '../eek/eek-xml-layout.c',