diff --git a/deluge/core/core.py b/deluge/core/core.py
index 7ccf7cb17..96ba1f951 100644
--- a/deluge/core/core.py
+++ b/deluge/core/core.py
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ from deluge.core.pluginmanager import PluginManager
 from deluge.core.alertmanager import AlertManager
 from deluge.core.signalmanager import SignalManager
 from deluge.core.filtermanager import FilterManager
-from deluge.core.statusbarmanager import StatusBarManager
 from deluge.core.preferencesmanager import PreferencesManager
 from deluge.core.autoadd import AutoAdd
 from deluge.log import LOG as log
@@ -203,9 +202,6 @@ class Core(
         # Start the FilterManager
         self.filtermanager = FilterManager(self)
 
-        # Start the StatusBarManager
-        self.statusbarmanager = StatusBarManager(self)
-
         # Create the AutoAdd component
         self.autoadd = AutoAdd()
 
@@ -503,12 +499,6 @@ class Core(
         """
         return self.filtermanager.get_filter_tree()
 
-    def export_get_statusbar(self,  include_defaults = True):
-        """
-        prototype. api may and will change.
-        """
-        return self.statusbarmanager.get_statusbar(include_defaults)
-
     def export_get_session_state(self):
         """Returns a list of torrent_ids in the session."""
         # Get the torrent list from the TorrentManager
diff --git a/deluge/core/statusbarmanager.py b/deluge/core/statusbarmanager.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fed7f302..000000000
--- a/deluge/core/statusbarmanager.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-#
-# core.py
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2008 Martijn Voncken <mvoncken@gmail.com>
-#
-# Deluge is free software.
-#
-# You may 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.
-#
-# deluge 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 deluge.    If not, write to:
-# 	The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-# 	51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
-# 	Boston, MA    02110-1301, USA.
-#
-#    In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
-#    permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
-#    library.
-#    You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
-#    the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
-#    exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
-#    but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
-#    this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
-#    statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
-
-import deluge.component as component
-from deluge.log import LOG as log
-from deluge.common import fspeed, fsize
-
-class StatusBarManager(component.Component):
-    """StatusBarManager
-    """
-    def __init__(self, core):
-        component.Component.__init__(self, "StatusBarManager")
-        log.debug("StatusBarManager init..")
-        self.core = core
-        self.torrents = core.torrents
-        self.icon_order = []
-        self.registered_icons = {}
-        self.stats = {}
-
-    def register_icon(self, id, icon_func):
-        self.icon_order.append(id)
-        self.registered_icons[id] = icon_func
-
-    def deregister_icon(self, id):
-        self.icon_order.remove(id)
-        del self.registered_icons[id]
-
-    def get_statusbar(self , include_defaults = True):
-        stats = self.core.export_get_stats()
-        #self.stats = stats
-        statusbar = []
-        if include_defaults:
-            """hardcoded part first.."""
-            statusbar.append(("num_connections" , "connections16.png",_("Connections"),"%(num_connections)s (%(max_num_connections)s)" % stats))
-
-            txt = "%s KiB/s" % fspeed(stats["download_rate"])
-            if stats["max_download"]:
-                txt += " (%s KiB/s)" % stats["max_download"]
-            statusbar.append(("downloading","downloading16.png",_("Downloading"),txt))
-
-            txt = "%s KiB/s" % fspeed(stats["upload_rate"])
-            if stats["max_download"]:
-                txt += " (%s KiB/s)" % stats["max_upload"]
-            statusbar.append(("uploading", "seeding16.png",_("Uploading"),txt))
-
-            statusbar.append(("free_space", None ,_("Free Space"), fsize(stats["free_space"])))
-
-            if not stats["has_incoming_connections"]:
-                statusbar.append(("network_health", "alert16.png","",_("No Incoming Connections!")))
-
-            statusbar.append(("dht", "dht16.png",_("DHT Nodes"),"%(dht_nodes)s" % stats ))
-
-
-        for id in self.icon_order:
-            item = self.registered_icons[id]() #function call.
-            statusbar.append(item)
-        return statusbar
-
-
-
-
-