diff --git a/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.txt
index d77d36086..28c233d5f 100644
--- a/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ SET( tomahawkSourcesGui ${tomahawkSourcesGui}
      sourcetree/SourcesProxyModel.cpp
      sourcetree/SourceTreeView.cpp
      sourcetree/SourceDelegate.cpp
-     sourcetree/AnimationHelper.cpp
      sourcetree/items/ScriptCollectionItem.cpp
      sourcetree/items/SourceTreeItem.cpp
      sourcetree/items/SourceItem.cpp
diff --git a/src/tomahawk/sourcetree/AnimationHelper.cpp b/src/tomahawk/sourcetree/AnimationHelper.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index d11a3f648..000000000
--- a/src/tomahawk/sourcetree/AnimationHelper.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,166 +0,0 @@
-/* === This file is part of Tomahawk Player - <http://tomahawk-player.org> ===
- *
- *   Copyright 2010-2011, Christian Muehlhaeuser <muesli@tomahawk-player.org>
- *   Copyright 2011, Michael Zanetti <mzanetti@kde.org>
- *
- *   Tomahawk 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 3 of the License, or
- *   (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *   Tomahawk 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 Tomahawk. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include "AnimationHelper.h"
-
-#include <QDebug>
-
-AnimationHelper::AnimationHelper( const QModelIndex& index, QObject *parent )
-    :QObject( parent )
-    , m_index( index )
-    , m_fullyExpanded( false )
-    , m_expandAnimation( 0 )
-{
-    m_expandTimer.setSingleShot( true );
-    m_expandTimer.setInterval( 1000 );
-    connect( &m_expandTimer, SIGNAL( timeout() ), SLOT( expandTimeout() ) );
-
-    m_collapseTimer.setSingleShot( true );
-    m_collapseTimer.setInterval( 0 );
-    connect( &m_collapseTimer, SIGNAL( timeout() ), SLOT( collapseTimeout() ) );
-}
-
-
-bool
-AnimationHelper::initialized() const
-{
-    return m_expandAnimation != 0;
-}
-
-
-void
-AnimationHelper::initialize( const QSize& startValue, const QSize& endValue, int duration )
-{
-    m_size = startValue;
-    m_targetSize = endValue;
-    m_startSize = startValue;
-
-    m_expandAnimation = new QPropertyAnimation( this, "size", this );
-    m_expandAnimation->setStartValue( startValue );
-    m_expandAnimation->setEndValue( endValue );
-    m_expandAnimation->setDuration( duration );
-    m_expandAnimation->setEasingCurve( QEasingCurve::OutExpo );
-    qDebug() << "starting animation" << startValue << endValue << duration;
-    connect( m_expandAnimation, SIGNAL( finished() ), SLOT( expandAnimationFinished() ) );
-
-    m_collapseAnimation= new QPropertyAnimation( this, "size", this );
-    m_collapseAnimation->setStartValue( endValue );
-    m_collapseAnimation->setEndValue( startValue );
-    m_collapseAnimation->setDuration( duration );
-    m_collapseAnimation->setEasingCurve( QEasingCurve::InExpo );
-    connect( m_collapseAnimation, SIGNAL( finished() ), SLOT( collapseAnimationFinished() ) );
-
-}
-
-
-void
-AnimationHelper::setSize( const QSize& size )
-{
-    m_size = size;
-    emit sizeChanged();
-    //qDebug() << "animaton setting size to" << size;
-}
-
-
-void
-AnimationHelper::expand()
-{
-    m_collapseTimer.stop();
-    m_expandTimer.start();
-}
-
-
-void
-AnimationHelper::collapse( bool immediately )
-{
-    if ( m_expandTimer.isActive() )
-    {
-        m_expandTimer.stop();
-        emit finished( m_index );
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if ( immediately )
-    {
-        m_fullyExpanded = false;
-        m_collapseAnimation->start();
-    }
-    else
-        m_collapseTimer.start();
-}
-
-
-bool
-AnimationHelper::partlyExpanded()
-{
-    return m_size != m_startSize;
-//    return m_fullyExpanded
-//            || ( m_expandAnimation->state() == QPropertyAnimation::Running && m_expandAnimation->currentTime() > 250 )
-//            || ( m_collapseAnimation->state() == QPropertyAnimation::Running && m_collapseAnimation->currentTime() < 100 );
-}
-
-
-bool
-AnimationHelper::fullyExpanded()
-{
-    return m_fullyExpanded;
-}
-
-
-void
-AnimationHelper::expandTimeout()
-{
-    m_expandAnimation->start();
-}
-
-
-void
-AnimationHelper::collapseTimeout()
-{
-    m_fullyExpanded = false;
-    m_collapseAnimation->start();
-}
-
-
-void
-AnimationHelper::expandAnimationFinished()
-{
-    m_fullyExpanded = true;
-}
-
-
-void
-AnimationHelper::collapseAnimationFinished()
-{
-    emit finished( m_index );
-}
-
-
-QSize
-AnimationHelper::originalSize() const
-{
-    return m_startSize;
-}
-
-
-QSize
-AnimationHelper::size() const
-{
-    return m_size;
-}
diff --git a/src/tomahawk/sourcetree/AnimationHelper.h b/src/tomahawk/sourcetree/AnimationHelper.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ab8c0fddc..000000000
--- a/src/tomahawk/sourcetree/AnimationHelper.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-/* === This file is part of Tomahawk Player - <http://tomahawk-player.org> ===
- *
- *   Copyright 2010-2011, Christian Muehlhaeuser <muesli@tomahawk-player.org>
- *   Copyright 2011, Michael Zanetti <mzanetti@kde.org>
- *
- *   Tomahawk 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 3 of the License, or
- *   (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *   Tomahawk 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 Tomahawk. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#ifndef ANIMATIONHELPER_H
-#define ANIMATIONHELPER_H
-
-#include <QObject>
-#include <QModelIndex>
-#include <QSize>
-#include <QTimer>
-#include <QPropertyAnimation>
-
-class AnimationHelper: public QObject
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-    Q_PROPERTY( QSize size READ size WRITE setSize NOTIFY sizeChanged )
-
-public:
-    AnimationHelper( const QModelIndex& index, QObject *parent = 0 );
-
-    QSize originalSize() const;
-    QSize size() const;
-
-    bool initialized() const;
-    void initialize( const QSize& startValue, const QSize& endValue, int duration );
-
-    void setSize( const QSize& size );
-
-    void expand();
-    void collapse( bool immediately = false );
-
-    bool partlyExpanded();
-    bool fullyExpanded();
-
-signals:
-    void sizeChanged();
-    void finished( const QModelIndex& index);
-
-private slots:
-    void expandTimeout();
-    void collapseTimeout();
-    void expandAnimationFinished();
-    void collapseAnimationFinished();
-
-private:
-    QModelIndex m_index;
-    QSize m_size;
-    QSize m_targetSize;
-    QSize m_startSize;
-
-    QTimer m_expandTimer;
-    QTimer m_collapseTimer;
-
-    bool m_fullyExpanded;
-
-    QPropertyAnimation *m_expandAnimation;
-    QPropertyAnimation *m_collapseAnimation;
-};
-
-#endif // ANIMATIONHELPER_H