diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/gui/pymod/CMakeLists.txt
index d47435b61c29e2728be44b670a1bc839f3b0432e..5f02accd5b1b53551cca63ab6476114d4214868e 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ line_trace_widget.py
 )
 if (ENABLE_IMG)
   list(APPEND OST_GUI_PYMOD_SOURCES
-  data_viewer_proxy.cc
   export_data_viewer.cc
   export_overlay.cc
   )
diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/data_viewer_proxy.cc b/modules/gui/pymod/data_viewer_proxy.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 23551d1277bfa0319b54a562cb68029ffe8404b7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/data_viewer_proxy.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// This file is part of the OpenStructure project <www.openstructure.org>
-//
-// Copyright (C) 2008-2010 by the OpenStructure authors
-// Copyright (C) 2003-2010 by the IPLT authors
-//
-// 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 3.0 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
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-/*
-  Authors: Ansgar Philippsen, Andreas Schenk
-*/
-
-#include <ost/message.hh>
-//#include <ost/gui/snapshot.hh>
-
-#include "data_viewer_proxy.hh"
-
-namespace ost { namespace img { namespace gui {
-
-DataViewerProxy::DataViewerProxy(DataViewer* v):
-  ost::gui::SipHandler<ost::img::gui::DataViewer>(v)
-{}
-
-
-NormalizerPtr DataViewerProxy::GetNormalizer() const
-{
-  return Me()->GetNormalizer();
-}
-
-void DataViewerProxy::Renormalize()
-{
-  Me()->Renormalize();
-}
-
-void DataViewerProxy::UpdateView()
-{
-  Me()->UpdateView();
-}
-
-void DataViewerProxy::Recenter()
-{
-  Me()->Recenter();
-}
-
-Extent DataViewerProxy::GetSelection() const
-{
-  return Me()->GetSelection();
-}
-
-void DataViewerProxy::SetData(const Data& d)
-{
-  Me()->SetData(d);
-}
-
-void DataViewerProxy::SetName(const String& name)
-{
-  Me()->SetName(name);
-}
-
-int DataViewerProxy::AddOverlay(const OverlayPtr& ov, bool make_active)
-{
-  return Me()->AddOverlay(ov,make_active);
-}
-
-void DataViewerProxy::ClearOverlays()
-{
-  Me()->ClearOverlays();
-}
-
-OverlayManagerPtr DataViewerProxy::GetOverlayManager() const
-{
-  return Me()->GetOverlayManager();
-}
-
-
-void DataViewerProxy::AddDockWidget(QWidget* w, const QString& name, bool shown)
-{
-  Me()->AddDockWidget(w,name, shown);
-}
-
-void DataViewerProxy::RemoveDockWidget(QWidget* w)
-{
-  Me()->RemoveDockWidget(w);
-}
-
-void DataViewerProxy::SetAntialiasing(bool f)
-{
-  Me()->SetAntialiasing(f);
-}
-
-void DataViewerProxy::Show()
-{
-  Me()->show();
-}
-
-void DataViewerProxy::Hide() 
-{
-  Me()->hide();
-}
-
-
-
-}}}  //ns
diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/data_viewer_proxy.hh b/modules/gui/pymod/data_viewer_proxy.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 39a5f6c838962281eae1b39defdf1888cd9f523c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/data_viewer_proxy.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// This file is part of the OpenStructure project <www.openstructure.org>
-//
-// Copyright (C) 2008-2010 by the OpenStructure authors
-// Copyright (C) 2003-2010 by the IPLT authors
-//
-// 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 3.0 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
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-/*
-  DataViewer proxy
-
-  Authors: Ansgar Philippsen, Andreas Schenk
-*/
-
-#ifndef IMG_GUI_DATA_VIEWER_PROXY_H
-#define IMG_GUI_DATA_VIEWER_PROXY_H
-
-#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
-
-#include <ost/img/point.hh>
-#include <ost/img/extent.hh>
-#include <ost/img/normalizer_impl.hh>
-
-#include <ost/gui/data_viewer/overlay_base_fw.hh>
-#include <ost/gui/data_viewer/overlay_manager_fw.hh>
-#include <ost/gui/data_viewer/data_viewer.hh>
-#include <ost/gui/module_config.hh>
-
-#include "sip_handler.hh"
-
-class QWidget;
-class QString;
-
-namespace ost { namespace img { namespace gui {
-
-// fw decl
-class DataViewer;
-
-class TEMPLATE_EXPORT DataViewerProxy : public ost::gui::SipHandler<DataViewer>{
-public:
-  DataViewerProxy(DataViewer* v);
-
-  // data viewer interface
-
-  void SetData(const Data& data);
-  void SetName(const String& name);
-
-  NormalizerPtr GetNormalizer() const;
-  void Renormalize();
-  void Recenter();
-  void UpdateView();
-
-  Extent GetSelection() const;
-  int AddOverlay(const OverlayPtr& ov, bool make_active=true);
-  OverlayManagerPtr GetOverlayManager() const;
-  void ClearOverlays();
-
-  void AddDockWidget(QWidget* w, const QString& name, bool shown=true);
-  void RemoveDockWidget(QWidget* w);
-
-  void SetAntialiasing(bool f);
-
-  // ensure that data viewer is visible
-  void Show();
-
-  //void ShowClickedPosition(bool show=true);
-  //Vec3 GetClickedPosition();
-
-  void Hide();  
-
-};
-
-typedef boost::shared_ptr<DataViewerProxy> DataViewerProxyPtr;
-
-}}}  //ns
-
-#endif
-
-