diff --git a/src/qgsfile.h b/src/qgsfile.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 25efadf228b..00000000000
--- a/src/qgsfile.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-/***************************************************************************
-             qgsfile.h  - Basic file class, QFile add-in.
-                           -------------------
-  begin                : 2005-10-08
-  copyright            : (C) 2005 Mateusz Łoskot
-  email                : mateusz at loskot dot net
-***************************************************************************/
-
-/***************************************************************************
- *                                                                         *
- *   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.                                   *
- *                                                                         *
- ***************************************************************************/ 
-/* $Id$ */
-#ifndef QGSFILE_H
-#define QGSFILE_H
-
-#include <qstring.h>
-#include <qfile.h>
-
-/**
- * \class QgsFile
- * \brief Provides common interface to file operations.
- * Intentionally, this class tries to provide very similar interface
- * as QFile class from QT4. Just for compatibility in future.
- *
- * Future Note: QFile inherits from QObject, but QgsFile does not.
- */
-class QgsFile : public QFile
-{
-public:	// Public functions
-
-  //! Default constructor
-  QgsFile();
-
-  //! Constructs a QFile with given file name.
-  QgsFile( const QString& name );
-
-  //! Destructor
-  virtual ~QgsFile();
-
-  /**
-   * Copies the file currently specified by fileName() to newName.
-   *  Returns true if successful; otherwise returns false.
-   * The file is closed before it is copied.
-   * @param newName new file path
-   * @return true if copy operation succeeded, false otherwise
-   * @todo Check if dest dir exists
-   */
-  bool copy( const QString& newName );
-
-  /**
-   * Renames the file currently specified by fileName() to newName.
-   * The file is closed before it is renamed.
-   * @param newName new file name
-   * @return true if successful; otherwise returns false
-   * 
-   * @todo Implementation
-   */
-  bool rename ( const QString & newName );
-
-public:	// Static public functions
-
-  /**
-   * This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-   * It behaves essentially like the above function.
-   * Copies the file fileName to newName. Returns true if successful; otherwise returns false.
-   * @param fileName source file to copy
-   * @param newName new path to copy destination
-   * @return true if copy operation succeeded, false otherwise
-   */
-  static bool copy ( const QString& fileName, const QString& newName );
-
-private:  // Private functions
-
-  /**
-   * Disable copy ctor
-   * IMPLEMENTATION OMITTED 
-   */
-  QgsFile(const QgsFile &); // 
-
-  /**
-   * Disable assignmend operator
-   * IMPLEMENTATION OMITTED 
-   */
-  QgsFile& operator=(const QgsFile&);
-
-}; // class QgsFile
-
-#endif // #ifndef QGSFILE_H