diff --git a/src/plugins/sidebar/historysidebar.py b/src/plugins/sidebar/historysidebar.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f1dcb9d5..000000000
--- a/src/plugins/sidebar/historysidebar.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2010       Nick Hall
-#
-# 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
-#
-# $Id$
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# GNOME modules
-#
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-import gtk
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# GRAMPS modules
-#
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from gui.basesidebar import BaseSidebar
-from Utils import navigation_label
-from gui.views.navigationview import NavigationView
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# HistorySidebar class
-#
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-class HistorySidebar(BaseSidebar):
-    """
-    A sidebar displaying history for the current navigation type.
-    """
-    def __init__(self, dbstate, uistate):
-
-        self.viewmanager = uistate.viewmanager
-        self.dbstate = dbstate
-
-        self.window = gtk.ScrolledWindow()
-
-        self.model = gtk.ListStore(str, str)
-        list = gtk.TreeView(self.model)
-        list.set_headers_visible(False)
-        cell = gtk.CellRendererText()
-        column = gtk.TreeViewColumn('Name', cell)
-        column.add_attribute(cell, "text", 1)
-        list.append_column(column)
-        list.show_all()
-
-        self.selection = list.get_selection()
-        self.selection.connect('changed', self.row_changed)
-
-        self.window.add_with_viewport(list)
-        self.window.set_policy(gtk.POLICY_ALWAYS, gtk.POLICY_AUTOMATIC)
-        self.window.show()
-
-        self.signal = None
-        self.view = None
-        self.nav_type = None
-        self.hobj = None
-
-    def get_top(self):
-        """
-        Return the top container widget for the GUI.
-        """
-        return self.window
-
-    def loaded(self):
-        """
-        Called after all the sidebar plugins have been loaded.
-        """
-        pass
-        
-    def view_changed(self, page_num):
-        """
-        Called when the active view is changed.
-        """
-        self.__setup_list(self.viewmanager.pages[page_num])
-
-    def __setup_list(self, view):
-        """
-        Setup the history list when the view changes.
-        """
-        if self.signal is not None:
-            self.hobj.disconnect(self.signal)
-
-        if not isinstance(view, NavigationView):
-            self.model.clear()
-            return
-
-        self.view = view
-        self.nav_type = view.navigation_type()
-        self.hobj = view.get_history()
-        self.signal = self.hobj.connect('active-changed', self.history_changed)
-
-        self.__populate_list()
-
-    def __populate_list(self):
-        """
-        Populate the history list from the history object.
-        """
-        self.model.clear()
-        for handle in self.hobj.history:
-            name, obj = navigation_label(self.dbstate.db, self.nav_type, handle)
-            self.model.append((handle, name))
-
-        # Select the active row in the history
-        if self.hobj.index >= 0:
-            self.selection.select_path(self.hobj.index)
-
-    def history_changed(self, handle):
-        """
-        Run when the history changes.
-        """
-        self.__populate_list()
-
-    def row_changed(self, selection):
-        """
-        Run when the user selects a different row in the history list.
-        """
-        model, iter = selection.get_selected()
-        if iter:
-            handle = model.get_value(iter, 0)
-            if handle != self.view.get_active():
-                self.view.goto_handle(handle)
diff --git a/src/plugins/sidebar/sidebar.gpr.py b/src/plugins/sidebar/sidebar.gpr.py
index b6059eab6..c5d3797ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/sidebar/sidebar.gpr.py
+++ b/src/plugins/sidebar/sidebar.gpr.py
@@ -39,17 +39,3 @@ sidebarclass = 'CategorySidebar',
 menu_label = _('Category'),
 order = START
 )
-
-#register(SIDEBAR, 
-#id    = 'historysidebar',
-#name  = _("History Sidebar"),
-#description =  _("A sidebar to display the history"),
-#version = '1.0',
-#gramps_target_version = '3.3',
-#status = STABLE,
-#fname = 'historysidebar.py',
-#authors = [u"Nick Hall"],
-#authors_email = ["nick__hall@hotmail.com"],
-#sidebarclass = 'HistorySidebar',
-#menu_label = _('History')
-#)