diff --git a/src/components/gfx/text/shaper.rs b/src/components/gfx/text/shaper.rs
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-/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
- * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
- * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
-
-/**
-Shaper encapsulates a specific shaper, such as Harfbuzz, 
-Uniscribe, Pango, or Coretext.
-
-Currently, only harfbuzz bindings are implemented.
-*/
-use gfx_font::Font;
-use text::glyph::GlyphStore;
-use text::harfbuzz;
-
-pub type Shaper = harfbuzz::shaper::HarfbuzzShaper;
-
-pub trait ShaperMethods {
-    fn shape_text(&self, text: &str, glyphs: &mut GlyphStore);
-}
-
-// TODO(Issue #163): this is a workaround for static methods and
-// typedefs not working well together. It should be removed.
-pub impl Shaper {
-    pub fn new(font: &mut Font) -> Shaper {
-        harfbuzz::shaper::HarfbuzzShaper::new(font)
-    }
-}