diff --git a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/Footer.qml b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/Footer.qml
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--- a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/Footer.qml
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-/*
- *    Copyright (C) 2012  Gregor Taetzner <gregor@freenet.de>
- *
- *    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.,
- *    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- */
-import QtQuick 2.0
-import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
-import org.kde.plasma.components 2.0 as PlasmaComponents
-import org.kde.kquickcontrolsaddons 2.0
-
-Item {
-    id: footer
-
-    height: statusLabel.height
-
-    PlasmaComponents.Label {
-            id: statusLabel
-            //text: kickoff.footerText // FIXME: where does this come from? Is it still needed?
-            anchors {
-                verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-                left: parent.left
-            }
-    }
-
-    PlasmaCore.SvgItem {
-        id: brandingButton
-        svg {
-            PlasmaCore.Svg {
-                imagePath: "widgets/branding"
-            }
-        }
-        elementId: "brilliant"
-        height: Math.min(implicitHeight, parent.height) //don't be bigger than the text or the logo size
-        width: implicitWidth * (height / implicitHeight)
-
-        anchors {
-            verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-            left: statusLabel.right
-            leftMargin: 4
-        }
-    }
-}