diff --git a/plugins/impex/heif/HeifConverter.cpp b/plugins/impex/heif/HeifConverter.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cc1174cd7..0000000000
--- a/plugins/impex/heif/HeifConverter.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  Copyright (c) 2005 Adrian Page <adrian@pagenet.plus.com>
- *  Copyright (c) 2010 Cyrille Berger <cberger@cberger.net>
- *
- *  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.
- */
-
-#include "HeifConverter.h"
-
-#include <QApplication>
-#include <QMessageBox>
-#include <QDomDocument>
-
-#include <QFileInfo>
-
-#include <KoColorSpaceRegistry.h>
-#include <KoCompositeOpRegistry.h>
-#include <KoColorSpaceTraits.h>
-#include <KoColorModelStandardIds.h>
-#include <KoColor.h>
-
-#include <KisDocument.h>
-#include <kis_group_layer.h>
-#include <kis_image.h>
-#include <kis_paint_device.h>
-#include <kis_paint_layer.h>
-#include <kis_transaction.h>
-#include "kis_iterator_ng.h"
-
-#include "kis_kra_savexml_visitor.h"
-
-struct HeifConverter::Private {
-    Private()
-        : doc(0)
-    {}
-
-    bool showNotifications;
-    KisImageSP image;
-    KisDocument *doc;
-    QString errorMessage;
-};
-
-HeifConverter::HeifConverter(KisDocument *doc, bool showNotifications)
-    : d(new Private)
-{
-    d->doc = doc;
-    d->showNotifications = showNotifications;
-}
-
-HeifConverter::~HeifConverter()
-{
-}
-
-KisImageBuilder_Result HeifConverter::buildImage(const QString &filename)
-{
-    // Open the file
-    // Read it
-    // Convert the libheif image data to layer(s) in d->image
-    return KisImageBuilder_RESULT_OK;
-}
-
-KisImageSP HeifConverter::image()
-{
-    return d->image;
-}
-
-QString HeifConverter::errorMessage() const
-{
-    return d->errorMessage;
-}
-
-KisImageBuilder_Result HeifConverter::buildFile(const QString &filename, KisImageSP image)
-{
-    // open the file
-    // Iterate over the layer's pixels
-    // KisSequentialIterator it(image->rootLayer()->projection(), paintRegion);
-    // while (it.nextPixel()) {
-    //
-    // }
-    // write the data to the file
-    return KisImageBuilder_RESULT_OK;
-}
-
-
-void HeifConverter::cancel()
-{
-    warnKrita << "WARNING: Cancelling of an EXR loading is not supported!";
-}
-
-
diff --git a/plugins/impex/heif/HeifConverter.h b/plugins/impex/heif/HeifConverter.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0081a8247c..0000000000
--- a/plugins/impex/heif/HeifConverter.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  Copyright (c) 2010 Cyrille Berger <cberger@cberger.net>
- *
- *  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.
- */
-
-#ifndef _EXR_CONVERTER_H_
-#define _EXR_CONVERTER_H_
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-#include <QObject>
-
-#include "kis_types.h"
-#include <KisImageBuilderResult.h>
-
-class KisDocument;
-
-class HeifConverter : public QObject
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-public:
-    HeifConverter(KisDocument *doc, bool showNotifications);
-    ~HeifConverter() override;
-public:
-    KisImageBuilder_Result buildImage(const QString &filename);
-    KisImageBuilder_Result buildFile(const QString &filename, KisImageSP image);
-
-    /**
-     * Retrieve the constructed image
-     */
-    KisImageSP image();
-    QString errorMessage() const;
-private:
-    KisImageBuilder_Result decode(const QString &filename);
-
-public Q_SLOTS:
-    virtual void cancel();
-private:
-    struct Private;
-    const QScopedPointer<Private> d;
-};
-
-#endif