diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeLists.txt b/libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 08d0cf03a18..a9ca0acad1f 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ include (GncFindLibm)
 set (app_utils_HEADERS
   QuickFill.h
   file-utils.h
-  gnc-basic-gobject.h
   gnc-account-merge.h
   gnc-addr-quickfill.h
   gnc-entry-quickfill.h
diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-basic-gobject.h b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-basic-gobject.h
deleted file mode 100644
index de07e9db2cc..00000000000
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-basic-gobject.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-/********************************************************************\
- * gnc-basic-gobject.h                                              *
- *                                                                  *
- * 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.              *
- *                                                                  *
- * This program 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 General Public License for more details.                     *
- *                                                                  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License*
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software      *
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.        *
-\********************************************************************/
-
-
-#ifndef GNC_BASIC_GOBJECT_H
-#define GNC_BASIC_GOBJECT_H
-
-/* A simple macro to define simple gobjects */
-
-#define GNC_BASIC_GOBJECT_TYPE(type_struct,klass_struct,parent,klass_init,inst_init,get_type_fcn)	\
-GType 										\
-get_type_fcn (void)								\
-{										\
-  static GType type = 0;							\
-										\
-  if (type == 0) {								\
-    GTypeInfo type_info = {							\
-      sizeof (klass_struct),							\
-      NULL,									\
-      NULL,									\
-      (GClassInitFunc) klass_init,						\
-      NULL,									\
-      NULL,									\
-      sizeof (type_struct),							\
-      0,									\
-      (GInstanceInitFunc) inst_init,						\
-    };										\
-										\
-    type = g_type_register_static (parent, #type_struct, &type_info, 0);	\
-  }										\
-										\
-  return type;									\
-}
-
-#define GNC_BASIC_GOBJECT_NEW(type_struct,new_fcn,get_type_fcn)			\
-type_struct *									\
-new_fcn (void)									\
-{										\
-  return (type_struct *) g_object_new(get_type_fcn (), NULL);			\
-}
-
-#define GNC_BASIC_GOBJECT(type_struct,klass_struct,parent,klass_init,inst_init,get_type_fcn,new_fcn)	\
-GNC_BASIC_GOBJECT_TYPE(type_struct,klass_struct,parent,klass_init,inst_init,get_type_fcn) \
-GNC_BASIC_GOBJECT_NEW(type_struct,new_fcn,get_type_fcn)
-
-#endif /* GNC_BASIC_GOBJECT_H */