diff --git a/klipper/configdialog.cpp b/klipper/configdialog.cpp
--- a/klipper/configdialog.cpp
+++ b/klipper/configdialog.cpp
@@ -343,37 +343,6 @@
     m_shortcutsWidget->allDefault();
 }
 
-// it does not make sense to port / enable this since KRegExpEditor is in a very bad shape. just keep this
-// code here because it will probably help at a later point to port it when KRegExpEditor is again usable.
-// 2007-10-20, uwolfer
-#if 0
-void ListView::rename( Q3ListViewItem* item, int c )
-{
-  bool gui = false;
-  if ( item->childCount() != 0 && c == 0) {
-    // This is the regular expression
-    if ( _configWidget->useGUIRegExpEditor() ) {
-      gui = true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if ( gui ) {
-    if ( ! _regExpEditor )
-      _regExpEditor = KServiceTypeTrader::createInstanceFromQuery<QDialog>( "KRegExpEditor/KRegExpEditor", QString(), this );
-    KRegExpEditorInterface *iface = qobject_cast<KRegExpEditorInterface *>(_regExpEditor);
-
-    Q_ASSERT( iface );
-    iface->setRegExp( item->text( 0 ) );
-
-    bool ok = _regExpEditor->exec();
-    if ( ok )
-      item->setText( 0, iface->regExp() );
-  }
-  else
-    K3ListView::rename( item ,c );
-}
-#endif
-
 AdvancedWidget::AdvancedWidget( QWidget *parent )
     : QWidget(parent)
 {