diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgetsExt/QmitkLineEdit.cpp b/Modules/QtWidgetsExt/QmitkLineEdit.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 11e58a4628..0000000000
--- a/Modules/QtWidgetsExt/QmitkLineEdit.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-/*===================================================================
-
-The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
-
-Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
-Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
-All rights reserved.
-
-This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
-even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
-A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-
-See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
-
-===================================================================*/
-
-#include "QmitkLineEdit.h"
-#include <QApplication>
-
-QmitkLineEdit::QmitkLineEdit(QWidget* parent)
-  : QLineEdit(parent)
-{
-  this->Initialize();
-}
-
-QmitkLineEdit::QmitkLineEdit(const QString& defaultText, QWidget* parent)
-  : QLineEdit(parent),
-    m_DefaultText(defaultText)
-{
-  this->Initialize();
-}
-
-QmitkLineEdit::~QmitkLineEdit()
-{
-}
-
-void QmitkLineEdit::focusInEvent(QFocusEvent* event)
-{
-  QLineEdit::focusInEvent(event);
-  emit this->FocusChanged(true);
-}
-
-void QmitkLineEdit::focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent* event)
-{
-  QLineEdit::focusOutEvent(event);
-  emit this->FocusChanged(false);
-}
-
-QString QmitkLineEdit::GetDefaultText() const
-{
-  return m_DefaultText;
-}
-
-void QmitkLineEdit::Initialize()
-{
-  m_DefaultPalette.setColor(QPalette::Text, QApplication::palette().color(QPalette::Disabled, QPalette::Text));
-
-  this->ShowDefaultText(true);
-
-  connect(this, SIGNAL(FocusChanged(bool)), this, SLOT(OnFocusChanged(bool)));
-  connect(this, SIGNAL(textChanged(const QString&)), this, SLOT(OnTextChanged(const QString&)));
-}
-
-void QmitkLineEdit::OnFocusChanged(bool hasFocus)
-{
-  if (hasFocus)
-  {
-    if (this->text() == m_DefaultText && this->palette() == m_DefaultPalette)
-      this->ShowDefaultText(false);
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    if (this->text().isEmpty())
-      this->ShowDefaultText(true);
-  }
-}
-
-void QmitkLineEdit::OnTextChanged(const QString&)
-{
-  if (this->palette() == m_DefaultPalette)
-    this->setPalette(QPalette());
-}
-
-void QmitkLineEdit::SetDefaultText(const QString& defaultText)
-{
-  m_DefaultText = defaultText;
-}
-
-void QmitkLineEdit::ShowDefaultText(bool show)
-{
-  this->blockSignals(true);
-
-  if (show)
-  {
-    this->setPalette(m_DefaultPalette);
-    this->setText(m_DefaultText);
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    this->setPalette(QPalette());
-    this->clear();
-  }
-
-  this->blockSignals(false);
-}
-
diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgetsExt/QmitkLineEdit.h b/Modules/QtWidgetsExt/QmitkLineEdit.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 286ccacd35..0000000000
--- a/Modules/QtWidgetsExt/QmitkLineEdit.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-/*===================================================================
-
-The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
-
-Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
-Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
-All rights reserved.
-
-This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
-even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
-A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-
-See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
-
-===================================================================*/
-
-#ifndef QmitkLineEdit_h
-#define QmitkLineEdit_h
-
-#include <MitkQtWidgetsExtExports.h>
-#include <mitkCommon.h>
-#include <QLineEdit>
-
-/**
- * \deprecatedSince{2014_03} Use QLineEdit instead
- */
-class MitkQtWidgetsExt_EXPORT QmitkLineEdit : public QLineEdit
-{
-  Q_OBJECT
-  Q_PROPERTY(QString DefaultText READ GetDefaultText WRITE SetDefaultText FINAL)
-
-public:
-
-  /**
-   * \deprecatedSince{2014_03} Use QLineEdit instead
-   */
-  DEPRECATED(explicit QmitkLineEdit(QWidget* parent = NULL));
-  /**
-   * \deprecatedSince{2014_03} Use QLineEdit instead
-   */
-  DEPRECATED(explicit QmitkLineEdit(const QString& defaultText, QWidget* parent = NULL));
-  ~QmitkLineEdit();
-
-  QString GetDefaultText() const;
-  void SetDefaultText(const QString& defaultText);
-
-protected:
-  void focusInEvent(QFocusEvent* event);
-  void focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent* event);
-
-private:
-  void Initialize();
-  void ShowDefaultText(bool show);
-
-signals:
-  void FocusChanged(bool hasFocus);
-
-private slots:
-  void OnFocusChanged(bool hasFocus);
-  void OnTextChanged(const QString& text);
-
-private:
-  QString m_DefaultText;
-  QPalette m_DefaultPalette;
-};
-
-#endif
-
diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgetsExt/files.cmake b/Modules/QtWidgetsExt/files.cmake
index 88c3741a44..4b4b557665 100644
--- a/Modules/QtWidgetsExt/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/QtWidgetsExt/files.cmake
@@ -1,119 +1,117 @@
 set(CPP_FILES
   QmitkAboutDialog/QmitkAboutDialog.cpp
   QmitkApplicationBase/QmitkIOUtil.cpp
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkBasePropertyView.cpp
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkBoolPropertyWidget.cpp
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkColorPropertyEditor.cpp
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkColorPropertyView.cpp
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkEnumerationPropertyWidget.cpp
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkNumberPropertyEditor.cpp
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkNumberPropertySlider.cpp
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkNumberPropertyView.cpp
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkPropertyViewFactory.cpp
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkStringPropertyEditor.cpp
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkStringPropertyOnDemandEdit.cpp
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkStringPropertyView.cpp
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkUGCombinedRepresentationPropertyWidget.cpp
   qclickablelabel.cpp
   QmitkBoundingObjectWidget.cpp
   QmitkCallbackFromGUIThread.cpp
   QmitkColorTransferFunctionCanvas.cpp
   QmitkCorrespondingPointSetsModel.cpp
   QmitkCorrespondingPointSetsView.cpp
   QmitkCorrespondingPointSetsWidget.cpp
   QmitkCrossWidget.cpp
   QmitkEditPointDialog.cpp
   QmitkFileChooser.cpp
   QmitkFloatingPointSpanSlider.cpp
   QmitkGnuplotWidget.cpp
   QmitkHistogram.cpp
   QmitkHistogramJSWidget.cpp
   QmitkHistogramWidget.cpp
   QmitkHotkeyLineEdit.cpp
-  QmitkLineEdit.cpp
   QmitkModulesDialog.cpp
   QmitkModuleTableModel.cpp
   QmitkPiecewiseFunctionCanvas.cpp
   QmitkPlotWidget.cpp
   QmitkPlotDialog.cpp
   QmitkPointListModel.cpp
   QmitkPointListView.cpp
   QmitkPointListViewWidget.cpp
   QmitkPointListWidget.cpp
   QmitkPrimitiveMovieNavigatorWidget.cpp
   QmitkSelectableGLWidget.cpp
   QmitkSliceWidget.cpp
   QmitkSliderNavigatorWidget.cpp
   QmitkStandardViews.cpp
   QmitkStepperAdapter.cpp
   QmitkTransferFunctionCanvas.cpp
   QmitkTransferFunctionGeneratorWidget.cpp
   QmitkTransferFunctionWidget.cpp
   QmitkVideoBackground.cpp
   QmitkWebPage.cpp
   QtWidgetsExtRegisterClasses.cpp
 )
 
 set(MOC_H_FILES
   QmitkAboutDialog/QmitkAboutDialog.h
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkBasePropertyView.h
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkBoolPropertyWidget.h
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkColorPropertyEditor.h
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkColorPropertyView.h
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkEnumerationPropertyWidget.h
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkNumberPropertyEditor.h
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkNumberPropertySlider.h
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkNumberPropertyView.h
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkStringPropertyEditor.h
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkStringPropertyOnDemandEdit.h
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkStringPropertyView.h
   QmitkPropertyObservers/QmitkUGCombinedRepresentationPropertyWidget.h
   qclickablelabel.h
   QmitkBoundingObjectWidget.h
   QmitkCallbackFromGUIThread.h
   QmitkColorTransferFunctionCanvas.h
   QmitkCorrespondingPointSetsModel.h
   QmitkCorrespondingPointSetsView.h
   QmitkCorrespondingPointSetsWidget.h
   QmitkCrossWidget.h
   QmitkEditPointDialog.h
   QmitkFileChooser.h
   QmitkFloatingPointSpanSlider.h
   QmitkGnuplotWidget.h
   QmitkHistogramJSWidget.h
   QmitkHistogramWidget.h
   QmitkHotkeyLineEdit.h
-  QmitkLineEdit.h
   QmitkPiecewiseFunctionCanvas.h
   QmitkPlotWidget.h
   QmitkPointListModel.h
   QmitkPointListView.h
   QmitkPointListViewWidget.h
   QmitkPointListWidget.h
   QmitkPrimitiveMovieNavigatorWidget.h
   QmitkSelectableGLWidget.h
   QmitkSliceWidget.h
   QmitkSliderNavigatorWidget.h
   QmitkStandardViews.h
   QmitkStepperAdapter.h
   QmitkTransferFunctionCanvas.h
   QmitkTransferFunctionGeneratorWidget.h
   QmitkTransferFunctionWidget.h
   QmitkVideoBackground.h
   QmitkWebPage.h
 )
 
 set(UI_FILES
   QmitkAboutDialog/QmitkAboutDialogGUI.ui
   QmitkGnuplotWidget.ui
   QmitkPrimitiveMovieNavigatorWidget.ui
   QmitkSelectableGLWidget.ui
   QmitkSliceWidget.ui
   QmitkSliderNavigator.ui
   QmitkTransferFunctionGeneratorWidget.ui
   QmitkTransferFunctionWidget.ui
 )
 
 set(QRC_FILES
   resources/QtWidgetsExt.qrc
 )