diff --git a/kmmainwidget.cpp b/kmmainwidget.cpp
index f784dd656..ac3f077bd 100644
--- a/kmmainwidget.cpp
+++ b/kmmainwidget.cpp
@@ -1086,15 +1086,6 @@ void KMMainWidget::slotTroubleshootFolder()
   }
 }
 
-void KMMainWidget::slotInvalidateIMAPFolders() {
-  if ( KMessageBox::warningContinueCancel( this,
-          i18n("Are you sure you want to refresh the IMAP cache?\n"
-	       "This will remove all changes that you have done "
-	       "locally to your IMAP folders."),
-	  i18n("Refresh IMAP Cache"), i18n("&Refresh") ) == KMessageBox::Continue )
-    kmkernel->acctMgr()->invalidateIMAPFolders();
-}
-
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void KMMainWidget::slotExpireAll() {
   KConfig    *config = KMKernel::config();
@@ -2212,10 +2203,6 @@ void KMMainWidget::setupActions()
 		      this, SLOT(slotExpireAll()),
 		      actionCollection(), "expire_all_folders" );
 
-  (void) new KAction( i18n("&Refresh Local IMAP Cache"), "refresh",
-		      this, SLOT(slotInvalidateIMAPFolders()),
-		      actionCollection(), "file_invalidate_imap_cache" );
-
   (void) new KAction( i18n("Empty All &Trash Folders"), 0,
 		      KMKernel::self(), SLOT(slotEmptyTrash()),
 		      actionCollection(), "empty_trash" );
diff --git a/kmmainwidget.h b/kmmainwidget.h
index 947fd9791..5e07b6d78 100644
--- a/kmmainwidget.h
+++ b/kmmainwidget.h
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ protected slots:
   void slotModifyFolder();
   void slotExpireFolder();
   void slotExpireAll();
-  void slotInvalidateIMAPFolders();
   void slotMarkAllAsRead();
   void slotRemoveFolder();
   void slotEmptyFolder();
diff --git a/kmmainwin.rc b/kmmainwin.rc
index 451e04b9d..26d58a16e 100644
--- a/kmmainwin.rc
+++ b/kmmainwin.rc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!DOCTYPE kpartgui>
-<kpartgui version="80" name="kmmainwin" >
+<kpartgui version="81" name="kmmainwin" >
  <MenuBar>
   <Menu noMerge="1" name="file" >
    <text>&amp;File</text>
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
    <Separator/>
    <Action name="compact_all_folders" />
    <Action name="expire_all_folders" />
-   <Action name="file_invalidate_imap_cache"/>
    <Action name="empty_trash"/>
    <Separator/>
    <Action name="check_mail" />