diff --git a/tabbox/tabboxhandler.cpp b/tabbox/tabboxhandler.cpp
index 6062ad36db..bddfcbb49b 100644
--- a/tabbox/tabboxhandler.cpp
+++ b/tabbox/tabboxhandler.cpp
@@ -192,143 +192,6 @@ void TabBoxHandlerPrivate::endHighlightWindows(bool abort)
     XDeleteProperty(dpy, config.isShowTabBox() && m_declarativeView ? m_declarativeView->winId() : QX11Info::appRootWindow(), atom);
 }
 
-/***********************************************************
-* Based on the implementation of Kopete's
-* contaclistlayoutmanager.cpp by Nikolaj Hald Nielsen and
-* Roman Jarosz
-***********************************************************/
-void TabBoxHandlerPrivate::parseConfig(const QString& fileName)
-{
-    // open the file
-    if (!QFile::exists(fileName)) {
-        kDebug(1212) << "File " << fileName << " does not exist";
-        return;
-    }
-    QDomDocument doc("Layouts");
-    QFile file(fileName);
-    if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-        kDebug(1212) << "Error reading file " << fileName;
-        return;
-    }
-    if (!doc.setContent(&file)) {
-        kDebug(1212) << "Error parsing file " << fileName;
-        file.close();
-        return;
-    }
-    file.close();
-
-    QDomElement layouts_element = doc.firstChildElement("tabbox_layouts");
-    QDomNodeList layouts = layouts_element.elementsByTagName("layout");
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < layouts.size(); i++) {
-        QDomNode layout = layouts.item(i);
-        ItemLayoutConfig currentLayout;
-
-        // parse top elements
-        QDomElement element = layout.toElement();
-        QString layoutName = element.attribute("name", "");
-
-        const bool highlightIcon = (element.attribute("highlight_selected_icon", "true").compare("true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
-        currentLayout.setHighlightSelectedIcons(highlightIcon);
-
-        const bool grayscaleIcon = (element.attribute("grayscale_deselected_icon", "false").compare("true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
-        currentLayout.setGrayscaleDeselectedIcons(grayscaleIcon);
-
-        // rows
-        QDomNodeList rows = element.elementsByTagName("row");
-        for (int j = 0; j < rows.size(); j++) {
-            QDomNode rowNode = rows.item(j);
-
-            ItemLayoutConfigRow row;
-
-            QDomNodeList elements = rowNode.toElement().elementsByTagName("element");
-            for (int k = 0; k < elements.size(); k++) {
-                QDomNode elementNode = elements.item(k);
-                QDomElement currentElement = elementNode.toElement();
-
-                ItemLayoutConfigRowElement::ElementType type = ItemLayoutConfigRowElement::ElementType(currentElement.attribute(
-                            "type", int(ItemLayoutConfigRowElement::ElementClientName)).toInt());
-                ItemLayoutConfigRowElement currentRowElement;
-                currentRowElement.setType(type);
-
-                // width - used by all types
-                qreal width = currentElement.attribute("width", "0.0").toDouble();
-                currentRowElement.setWidth(width);
-                switch(type) {
-                case ItemLayoutConfigRowElement::ElementEmpty:
-                    row.addElement(currentRowElement);
-                    break;
-                case ItemLayoutConfigRowElement::ElementIcon: {
-                    qreal iconWidth = currentElement.attribute("icon_size", "16.0").toDouble();
-                    currentRowElement.setIconSize(QSizeF(iconWidth, iconWidth));
-                    currentRowElement.setRowSpan(currentElement.attribute("row_span", "true").compare(
-                                                     "true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
-                    row.addElement(currentRowElement);
-                    break;
-                }
-                case ItemLayoutConfigRowElement::ElementClientList: {
-                    currentRowElement.setStretch(currentElement.attribute("stretch", "false").compare(
-                                                     "true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
-                    currentRowElement.setClientListLayoutName(currentElement.attribute("layout_name", ""));
-                    QString layoutMode = currentElement.attribute("layout_mode", "horizontal");
-                    if (layoutMode.compare("horizontal", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
-                        currentRowElement.setClientListLayoutMode(TabBoxConfig::HorizontalLayout);
-                    else if (layoutMode.compare("vertical", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
-                        currentRowElement.setClientListLayoutMode(TabBoxConfig::VerticalLayout);
-                    else if (layoutMode.compare("tabular", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
-                        currentRowElement.setClientListLayoutMode(TabBoxConfig::HorizontalVerticalLayout);
-                    row.addElement(currentRowElement);
-                    break;
-                }
-                default: { // text elements
-                    currentRowElement.setStretch(currentElement.attribute("stretch", "false").compare(
-                                                     "true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
-                    currentRowElement.setSmallTextSize(currentElement.attribute("small", "false").compare(
-                                                           "true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
-                    currentRowElement.setBold(currentElement.attribute("bold", "false").compare(
-                                                  "true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
-                    currentRowElement.setItalic(currentElement.attribute("italic", "false").compare(
-                                                    "true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
-                    currentRowElement.setItalicMinimized(currentElement.attribute("italic_minimized", "true").compare(
-                            "true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
-
-                    currentRowElement.setPrefix(currentElement.attribute("prefix", ""));
-                    currentRowElement.setSuffix(currentElement.attribute("suffix", ""));
-                    currentRowElement.setPrefixMinimized(currentElement.attribute("prefix_minimized", ""));
-                    currentRowElement.setSuffixMinimzed(currentElement.attribute("suffix_minimized", ""));
-
-                    QString halign = currentElement.attribute("horizontal_alignment", "left");
-                    Qt::Alignment alignment;
-                    if (halign.compare("left", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
-                        alignment = Qt::AlignLeft;
-                    else if (halign.compare("right", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
-                        alignment = Qt::AlignRight;
-                    else
-                        alignment = Qt::AlignCenter;
-                    QString valign = currentElement.attribute("vertical_alignment", "center");
-                    if (valign.compare("top", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
-                        alignment = alignment | Qt::AlignTop;
-                    else if (valign.compare("bottom", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
-                        alignment = alignment | Qt::AlignBottom;
-                    else
-                        alignment = alignment | Qt::AlignVCenter;
-                    currentRowElement.setAlignment(alignment);
-
-                    row.addElement(currentRowElement);
-                    break;
-                }// case default
-                } // switch type
-            } // for loop elements
-
-            currentLayout.addRow(row);
-        } // for loop rows
-        if (!layoutName.isEmpty()) {
-            tabBoxLayouts.insert(layoutName, currentLayout);
-        }
-    } // for loop layouts
->>>>>>> KDE/4.8
-}
-
 /***********************************************
 * TabBoxHandler
 ***********************************************/