diff --git a/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.cpp b/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.cpp
index e4d7eb75e4..3396e604dc 100644
--- a/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "StyledEditView.h"
 #include "StyledEditWindow.h"
 
-
 #include <Alert.h>
 #include <Autolock.h>
 #include <CharacterSet.h>
@@ -31,15 +30,16 @@
 #include <Rect.h>
 #include <Roster.h>
 #include <ScrollView.h>
-#include <StringView.h>
 #include <TextControl.h>
 #include <TextView.h>
 #include <TranslationUtils.h>
 
 using namespace BPrivate;
 
+
 const float kLineViewWidth = 30.0;
 
+
 StyledEditWindow::StyledEditWindow(BRect frame, int32 id, uint32 encoding)
 	: BWindow(frame, "untitled", B_DOCUMENT_WINDOW, B_ASYNCHRONOUS_CONTROLS)
 {
@@ -120,15 +120,6 @@ StyledEditWindow::InitWindow(uint32 encoding)
 	AddChild(fScrollView);
 	fTextView->MakeFocus(true);
 	
-	BScrollBar* HScrollBar = fScrollView->ScrollBar(B_HORIZONTAL);
-	HScrollBar->MoveBy(kLineViewWidth + 1, 0);
-	HScrollBar->ResizeBy((-1 * kLineViewWidth) - 1, 0);
-	
-	fStringView = new BStringView(BRect(0,0,kLineViewWidth,B_H_SCROLL_BAR_HEIGHT), "stringview", "1", B_FOLLOW_LEFT | B_FOLLOW_BOTTOM);
-	fStringView->SetAlignment(B_ALIGN_CENTER);
-	fScrollView->AddChild(fStringView);
-	fStringView->MoveTo(0.0, HScrollBar->Frame().top);
-	
 	// Add "File"-menu:
 	BMenu* menu = new BMenu("File");
 	fMenuBar->AddItem(menu);
@@ -542,11 +533,6 @@ StyledEditWindow::MessageReceived(BMessage *message)
 			fCopyItem->SetEnabled(false);
 			fClearItem->SetEnabled(false);
 			break;
-		case UPDATE_LINE:
-			char buf[20];
-			sprintf(buf, "%ld", fTextView->CurrentLine() + 1);
-			fStringView->SetText(buf);
-			break;	
 		case TEXT_CHANGED:
 			if (fUndoFlag) {
 				if (fUndoCleans) {
diff --git a/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.h b/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.h
index 5feed358d7..3b21a95a86 100644
--- a/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.h
+++ b/src/apps/stylededit/StyledEditWindow.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class BMenuBar;
 class BMenuItem;
 class BFilePanel;
 class BScrollView;
-class BStringView;
 class StyledEditView;
 
 
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ class StyledEditWindow : public BWindow {
 
 		StyledEditView	*fTextView;
 		BScrollView		*fScrollView;
-		BStringView		*fStringView;
 
 		BFilePanel		*fSavePanel;
 		BMenu			*fSavePanelEncodingMenu;