diff --git a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 839c283ba70..76dc27e1918 100755
--- a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -741,7 +741,6 @@ ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DWITH_QML)
 SET(QGIS_GUI_MOC_HDRS
   ${QGIS_GUI_MOC_HDRS}
   editorwidgets/qgsqmlwidgetwrapper.h
-  qgsqmlwidget.h
 )
 ENDIF(Qt5Qml_FOUND)
 
@@ -856,7 +855,6 @@ IF(Qt5Qml_FOUND)
 SET(QGIS_GUI_SRCS
   ${QGIS_GUI_SRCS}
   editorwidgets/qgsqmlwidgetwrapper.cpp
-  qgsqmlwidget.cpp
 )
 ENDIF(Qt5Qml_FOUND)
 
diff --git a/src/gui/qgsqmlwidget.cpp b/src/gui/qgsqmlwidget.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 9dcdcb255fa..00000000000
--- a/src/gui/qgsqmlwidget.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/***************************************************************************
-  qgsqmlwidget.cpp
-
- ---------------------
- begin                : 25.6.2018
- copyright            : (C) 2018 by Matthias Kuhn
- email                : matthias@opengis.ch
- ***************************************************************************
- *                                                                         *
- *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
- *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
- *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
- *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
- *                                                                         *
- ***************************************************************************/
-#include "qgsqmlwidget.h"
-
-QgsQmlWidget::QgsQmlWidget()
-{
-
-}
diff --git a/src/gui/qgsqmlwidget.h b/src/gui/qgsqmlwidget.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b1a9f82fa2..00000000000
--- a/src/gui/qgsqmlwidget.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/***************************************************************************
-  qgsqmlwidget.h
-
- ---------------------
- begin                : 25.6.2018
- copyright            : (C) 2018 by Matthias Kuhn
- email                : matthias@opengis.ch
- ***************************************************************************
- *                                                                         *
- *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
- *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
- *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
- *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
- *                                                                         *
- ***************************************************************************/
-#ifndef QGSQMLWIDGET_H
-#define QGSQMLWIDGET_H
-
-#include "qgis_gui.h"
-
-class GUI_EXPORT QgsQmlWidget
-{
-  public:
-    QgsQmlWidget();
-};
-
-#endif // QGSQMLWIDGET_H