diff --git a/tdecore/CMakeLists.txt b/tdecore/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d87d23f0..f5c356073 100644
--- a/tdecore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tdecore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ link_directories(
 
 install( FILES
     tdeconfig.h tdeconfigskeleton.h tdeconfigdata.h tdesimpleconfig.h
-    tdeconfigdialogmanager.h tdeconfigbase.h tdedesktopfile.h kdesktopfile.h
+    tdeconfigdialogmanager.h tdeconfigbase.h tdedesktopfile.h
     kurl.h ksock.h tdeaboutdata.h tdecmdlineargs.h tdeconfigbackend.h
     tdeapplication.h tdeuniqueapplication.h
     kcharsets.h tdeversion.h kpty.h tdeprocess.h tdeprocctrl.h
diff --git a/tdecore/Makefile.am b/tdecore/Makefile.am
index 48fbbe2b8..200254181 100644
--- a/tdecore/Makefile.am
+++ b/tdecore/Makefile.am
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ lib_LIBRARIES = libtdefakes_nonpic.a libtdefakes_pic.a
 
 include_HEADERS = tdeconfig.h tdeconfigskeleton.h \
 	tdeconfigdata.h tdesimpleconfig.h tdeconfigdialogmanager.h \
-	tdeconfigbase.h tdedesktopfile.h kdesktopfile.h kurl.h ksock.h tdeaboutdata.h \
+	tdeconfigbase.h tdedesktopfile.h kurl.h ksock.h tdeaboutdata.h \
 	tdecmdlineargs.h tdeconfigbackend.h tdeapplication.h \
 	tdeuniqueapplication.h kcharsets.h tdeversion.h kpty.h tdeprocess.h \
 	tdeprocctrl.h tdelocale.h kicontheme.h kiconloader.h kdebug.h \
diff --git a/tdecore/kdesktopfile.h b/tdecore/kdesktopfile.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 371335240..000000000
--- a/tdecore/kdesktopfile.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#include "tdedesktopfile.h"
-
-#define KDesktopFile TDEDesktopFile