diff --git a/kmcomposewin.cpp b/kmcomposewin.cpp
index aa9a5ac81..4f51d232e 100644
--- a/kmcomposewin.cpp
+++ b/kmcomposewin.cpp
@@ -3916,93 +3916,6 @@ void KMLineEdit::editRecentAddresses()
   }
 }
 
-#if 0
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void KMLineEdit::dropEvent(QDropEvent *e)
-{
-  KURL::List uriList;
-  if(KURLDrag::decode( e, uriList ))
-  {
-    for (KURL::List::ConstIterator it = uriList.begin(); it != uriList.end(); ++it)
-    {
-      smartInsert( (*it).url() );
-    }
-  }
-  else {
-    if (m_useCompletion)
-       m_smartPaste = true;
-    QLineEdit::dropEvent(e);
-    m_smartPaste = false;
-  }
-}
-
-void KMLineEdit::smartInsert( const QString &str, int pos /* = -1 */ )
-{
-    QString newText = str.stripWhiteSpace();
-    if (newText.isEmpty())
-        return;
-
-    // remove newlines in the to-be-pasted string:
-    newText.replace( QRegExp("\r?\n"), " " );
-
-    QString contents = text();
-    // determine the position where to insert the to-be-pasted string
-    if( ( pos < 0 ) || ( pos > (int) contents.length() ) )
-        pos = contents.length();
-    int start_sel = 0;
-    int end_sel = 0;
-    if (getSelection(&start_sel, &end_sel))
-    {
-        // Cut away the selection.
-        if (pos > end_sel)
-            pos -= (end_sel - start_sel);
-        else if (pos > start_sel)
-            pos = start_sel;
-        contents = contents.left(start_sel) + contents.right(end_sel+1);
-    }
-
-    int eot = contents.length();
-    // remove trailing whitespace from the contents of the line edit
-    while ((eot > 0) && contents[eot-1].isSpace()) eot--;
-    if (eot == 0)
-     {
-         contents = QString::null;
-     }
-    else if (pos >= eot)
-    {
-        if (contents[eot-1] == ',')
-            eot--;
-        contents.truncate(eot);
-        contents += ", ";
-        pos = eot+2;
-    }
-
-    if (newText.startsWith("mailto:"))
-    {
-        kdDebug(5006) << "Pasting '" << newText << "'" << endl;
-        KURL u(newText);
-        newText = u.path();
-        kdDebug(5006) << "path of mailto URL: '" << newText << "'" << endl;
-        // Is the mailto URL RFC 2047 encoded (cf. RFC 2368)?
-        if (-1 != newText.find( QRegExp("=\\?.*\\?[bq]\\?.*\\?=") ) )
-            newText = KMMsgBase::decodeRFC2047String( newText.latin1() );
-    }
-    else if (-1 != newText.find(" at "))
-    {
-        // Anti-spam stuff
-        newText.replace( " at ", "@" );
-        newText.replace( " dot ", "." );
-    }
-    else if (newText.contains("(at)"))
-    {
-        newText.replace( QRegExp("\\s*\\(at\\)\\s*"), "@" );
-    }
-    contents = contents.left(pos)+newText+contents.mid(pos);
-    setText(contents);
-    setEdited( true );
-    setCursorPosition(pos+newText.length());
-}
-#endif
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void KMLineEdit::loadContacts()
diff --git a/kmcomposewin.h b/kmcomposewin.h
index 449ed07f3..bc4ba2d55 100644
--- a/kmcomposewin.h
+++ b/kmcomposewin.h
@@ -188,19 +188,6 @@ public:
 protected:
     // Inherited. Always called by the parent when this widget is created.
     virtual void loadContacts();
-    /**
-     * Smart insertion of email addresses. If @p pos is -1 then
-     * @p str is inserted at the end of the current contents of this
-     * lineedit. Else @p str is inserted at @p pos.
-     * Features:
-     * - Automatically adds ',' if necessary to separate email addresses
-     * - Correctly decodes mailto URLs
-     * - Recognizes email addresses which are protected against address
-     *   harvesters, i.e. "name at kde dot org" and "name(at)kde.org"
-
-    void smartInsert( const QString &str, int pos = -1 );
-    virtual void dropEvent(QDropEvent *e);
-*/
 
     virtual void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent*);