diff --git a/eek/eek-text.c b/eek/eek-text.c
deleted file mode 100644
index f92742fd..00000000
--- a/eek/eek-text.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/* 
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>
- * Copyright (C) 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-text
- * @short_description: an #EekText represents a text symbol
- */
-
-#include "config.h"
-
-#include "eek-text.h"
-
-EekSymbol *
-eek_text_new (const gchar *text)
-{
-    EekSymbol *ret = eek_symbol_new("");
-    eek_symbol_set_label(ret, text);
-    ret->text = g_strdup (text);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-const gchar *
-eek_text_get_text (EekSymbol *text)
-{
-    return text->text;
-}
diff --git a/eek/eek-text.h b/eek/eek-text.h
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index ca4f0940..00000000
--- a/eek/eek-text.h
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-/* 
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>
- * Copyright (C) 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_TEXT_H
-#define EEK_TEXT_H 1
-
-#include "eek-symbol.h"
-
-G_BEGIN_DECLS
-
-GType        eek_text_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
-EekSymbol   *eek_text_new      (const gchar *text);
-const gchar *eek_text_get_text (EekSymbol   *text);
-
-G_END_DECLS
-
-#endif  /* EEK_TEXT_H */