diff --git a/kstyles/oxygen/CMakeLists.txt b/kstyles/oxygen/CMakeLists.txt
index 274545c7..acdec4a9 100644
--- a/kstyles/oxygen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kstyles/oxygen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ set(oxygen_PART_SRCS
     oxygenmnemonics.cpp
     oxygenpropertynames.cpp
     oxygenshadowhelper.cpp
-    oxygensplitterproxy.cpp
     oxygenstyle.cpp
     oxygenstylehelper.cpp
     oxygenwindowmanager.cpp
diff --git a/kstyles/oxygen/config/oxygenstyleconfig.cpp b/kstyles/oxygen/config/oxygenstyleconfig.cpp
index b088afc3..08e6cc96 100644
--- a/kstyles/oxygen/config/oxygenstyleconfig.cpp
+++ b/kstyles/oxygen/config/oxygenstyleconfig.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ namespace Oxygen
 
         connect( _toolBarDrawItemSeparator, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), SLOT(updateChanged()) );
         connect( _checkDrawX, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), SLOT(updateChanged()) );
-        connect( _splitterProxyEnabled, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), SLOT(updateChanged()) );
         connect( _mnemonicsMode, SIGNAL(currentIndexChanged(int)), SLOT(updateChanged()) );
         connect( _cacheEnabled, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), SLOT(updateChanged()) );
         connect( _viewDrawTriangularExpander, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), SLOT(updateChanged()) );
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ namespace Oxygen
     {
         StyleConfigData::setToolBarDrawItemSeparator( _toolBarDrawItemSeparator->isChecked() );
         StyleConfigData::setCheckBoxStyle( ( _checkDrawX->isChecked() ? StyleConfigData::CS_X : StyleConfigData::CS_CHECK ) );
-        StyleConfigData::setSplitterProxyEnabled( _splitterProxyEnabled->isChecked() );
         StyleConfigData::setMnemonicsMode( _mnemonicsMode->currentIndex() );
         StyleConfigData::setCacheEnabled( _cacheEnabled->isChecked() );
         StyleConfigData::setViewDrawTriangularExpander( _viewDrawTriangularExpander->isChecked() );
@@ -208,7 +206,6 @@ namespace Oxygen
         else if( _scrollBarWidth->value() != StyleConfigData::scrollBarWidth() ) modified = true;
         else if( _scrollBarAddLineButtons->currentIndex() != StyleConfigData::scrollBarAddLineButtons() ) modified = true;
         else if( _scrollBarSubLineButtons->currentIndex() != StyleConfigData::scrollBarSubLineButtons() ) modified = true;
-        else if( _splitterProxyEnabled->isChecked() != StyleConfigData::splitterProxyEnabled() ) modified = true;
         else if( (_checkDrawX->isChecked() ? StyleConfigData::CS_X : StyleConfigData::CS_CHECK) != StyleConfigData::checkBoxStyle() ) modified = true;
         else if( menuMode() != StyleConfigData::menuHighlightMode() ) modified = true;
         else if( tabStyle() != StyleConfigData::tabStyle() ) modified = true;
@@ -248,7 +245,6 @@ namespace Oxygen
 
         _toolBarDrawItemSeparator->setChecked( StyleConfigData::toolBarDrawItemSeparator() );
         _mnemonicsMode->setCurrentIndex( StyleConfigData::mnemonicsMode() );
-        _splitterProxyEnabled->setChecked( StyleConfigData::splitterProxyEnabled() );
         _checkDrawX->setChecked( StyleConfigData::checkBoxStyle() == StyleConfigData::CS_X );
         _viewDrawTriangularExpander->setChecked( StyleConfigData::viewDrawTriangularExpander() );
         _viewDrawFocusIndicator->setChecked( StyleConfigData::viewDrawFocusIndicator() );
diff --git a/kstyles/oxygen/config/oxygenstyleconfig.ui b/kstyles/oxygen/config/oxygenstyleconfig.ui
index a93550fd..4c336898 100644
--- a/kstyles/oxygen/config/oxygenstyleconfig.ui
+++ b/kstyles/oxygen/config/oxygenstyleconfig.ui
@@ -59,13 +59,6 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item>
-        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="_splitterProxyEnabled">
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Enable extended resize handles</string>
-         </property>
-        </widget>
-       </item>
        <item>
         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="_cacheEnabled">
          <property name="text">
diff --git a/kstyles/oxygen/oxygen.kcfg b/kstyles/oxygen/oxygen.kcfg
index 9841ec49..99e7e538 100644
--- a/kstyles/oxygen/oxygen.kcfg
+++ b/kstyles/oxygen/oxygen.kcfg
@@ -132,15 +132,6 @@
       <default>WD_FULL</default>
     </entry>
 
-    <!-- splitter proxy -->
-    <entry name="SplitterProxyEnabled" type="Bool">
-      <default>true</default>
-    </entry>
-
-    <entry name="SplitterProxyWidth" type="Int">
-      <default>12</default>
-    </entry>
-
     <!--
         this enables WidgetExplorer debugging tool.
         it provides information about widgets,
diff --git a/kstyles/oxygen/oxygensplitterproxy.cpp b/kstyles/oxygen/oxygensplitterproxy.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index dfa9cc24..00000000
--- a/kstyles/oxygen/oxygensplitterproxy.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,354 +0,0 @@
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// oxygensplitterproxy.cpp
-// Extended hit area for Splitters
-// -------------------
-//
-// Copyright (C) 2011 Hugo Pereira Da Costa <hugo.pereira@free.fr>
-//
-// Based on Bespin splitterproxy code
-// Copyright (C) 2011 Thomas Luebking <thomas.luebking@web.de>
-//
-//
-// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-// modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
-// License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
-//
-// This library 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
-// Library General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
-// along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
-// the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-// Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-#include "oxygensplitterproxy.h"
-#include "oxygenstyleconfigdata.h"
-#include "oxygenmetrics.h"
-
-#include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
-#include <QtCore/QDebug>
-#include <QtGui/QPainter>
-
-namespace Oxygen
-{
-
-    //____________________________________________________________________
-    void SplitterFactory::setEnabled( bool value )
-    {
-        if( _enabled != value )
-        {
-            // store
-            _enabled = value;
-
-            // assign to existing splitters
-            for( WidgetMap::iterator iter = _widgets.begin(); iter != _widgets.end(); ++iter )
-            { if( iter.value() ) iter.value().data()->setEnabled( value ); }
-        }
-    }
-
-    //____________________________________________________________________
-    bool SplitterFactory::registerWidget( QWidget *widget )
-    {
-
-        // check widget type
-        if( qobject_cast<QMainWindow*>( widget ) )
-        {
-
-            WidgetMap::iterator iter( _widgets.find( widget ) );
-            if( iter == _widgets.end() || !iter.value() )
-            {
-                widget->installEventFilter( &_addEventFilter );
-                SplitterProxy* proxy( new SplitterProxy( widget, _enabled ) );
-                widget->removeEventFilter( &_addEventFilter );
-
-                widget->installEventFilter( proxy );
-                _widgets.insert( widget, proxy );
-
-            } else {
-
-                widget->removeEventFilter( iter.value().data() );
-                widget->installEventFilter( iter.value().data() );
-
-            }
-
-            return true;
-
-        } else if( qobject_cast<QSplitterHandle*>( widget ) ) {
-
-            QWidget* window( widget->window() );
-            WidgetMap::iterator iter( _widgets.find( window ) );
-            if( iter == _widgets.end() || !iter.value() )
-            {
-
-
-                window->installEventFilter( &_addEventFilter );
-                SplitterProxy* proxy( new SplitterProxy( window, _enabled ) );
-                window->removeEventFilter( &_addEventFilter );
-
-                widget->installEventFilter( proxy );
-                _widgets.insert( window, proxy );
-
-            } else {
-
-                widget->removeEventFilter( iter.value().data() );
-                widget->installEventFilter( iter.value().data() );
-
-            }
-
-            return true;
-
-        } else return false;
-
-    }
-
-    //____________________________________________________________________
-    void SplitterFactory::unregisterWidget( QWidget *widget )
-    {
-        WidgetMap::iterator iter( _widgets.find( widget ) );
-        if( iter != _widgets.end() )
-        {
-            if( iter.value() ) iter.value().data()->deleteLater();
-            _widgets.erase( iter );
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    //____________________________________________________________________
-    SplitterProxy::SplitterProxy( QWidget* parent, bool enabled ):
-        QWidget( parent ),
-        _enabled( enabled ),
-        _timerId( 0 )
-    {
-        setAttribute( Qt::WA_TranslucentBackground, true );
-        setAttribute( Qt::WA_OpaquePaintEvent, false );
-        hide();
-    }
-
-    //____________________________________________________________________
-    SplitterProxy::~SplitterProxy( void )
-    {}
-
-    //____________________________________________________________________
-    void SplitterProxy::setEnabled( bool value )
-    {
-        // make sure status has changed
-        if( _enabled != value )
-        {
-            _enabled = value;
-            if( _enabled ) clearSplitter();
-        }
-    }
-
-    //____________________________________________________________________
-    bool SplitterProxy::eventFilter( QObject* object, QEvent* event )
-    {
-
-        // do nothing if disabled
-        if( !_enabled ) return false;
-
-        // do nothing in case of mouse grab
-        if( mouseGrabber() ) return false;
-
-        switch( event->type() )
-        {
-
-            case QEvent::HoverEnter:
-            if( !isVisible() )
-            {
-
-                // cast to splitter handle
-                if( QSplitterHandle* handle = qobject_cast<QSplitterHandle*>( object ) )
-                { setSplitter( handle ); }
-
-            }
-
-            return false;
-
-            case QEvent::HoverMove:
-            case QEvent::HoverLeave:
-            return isVisible() && object == _splitter.data();
-
-            case QEvent::MouseMove:
-            case QEvent::Timer:
-            case QEvent::Move:
-            return false;
-
-            case QEvent::CursorChange:
-            if( QWidget *window = qobject_cast<QMainWindow*>( object ) )
-            {
-                if( window->cursor().shape() == Qt::SplitHCursor || window->cursor().shape() == Qt::SplitVCursor )
-                { setSplitter( window ); }
-            }
-            return false;
-
-            case QEvent::WindowDeactivate:
-            case QEvent::MouseButtonRelease:
-            clearSplitter();
-            return false;
-
-            default:
-            return false;
-
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    //____________________________________________________________________
-    bool SplitterProxy::event( QEvent *event )
-    {
-        switch( event->type() )
-        {
-
-            case QEvent::MouseMove:
-            case QEvent::MouseButtonPress:
-            case QEvent::MouseButtonRelease:
-            {
-
-                // check splitter
-                if( !_splitter ) return false;
-
-                event->accept();
-
-                // grab on mouse press
-                if( event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonPress) grabMouse();
-
-                parentWidget()->setUpdatesEnabled(false);
-                resize(1,1);
-                parentWidget()->setUpdatesEnabled(true);
-
-                // cast to mouse event
-                QMouseEvent *mouseEvent( static_cast<QMouseEvent*>( event ) );
-
-                // get relevant position to post mouse drag event to application
-                if( event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonPress )
-                {
-
-                    // use hook, to make sure splitter is properly dragged
-                    QMouseEvent mouseEvent2(
-                        mouseEvent->type(),
-                        _hook,
-                        _splitter.data()->mapToGlobal(_hook),
-                        mouseEvent->button(),
-                        mouseEvent->buttons(), mouseEvent->modifiers());
-
-                    QCoreApplication::sendEvent( _splitter.data(), &mouseEvent2 );
-
-                } else {
-
-                    // map event position to current splitter and post.
-                   QMouseEvent mouseEvent2(
-                        mouseEvent->type(),
-                        _splitter.data()->mapFromGlobal( mouseEvent->globalPos() ),
-                        mouseEvent->globalPos(),
-                        mouseEvent->button(),
-                        mouseEvent->buttons(), mouseEvent->modifiers());
-
-                    QCoreApplication::sendEvent( _splitter.data(), &mouseEvent2 );
-
-
-                }
-
-                // release grab on mouse-Release
-                if( event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonRelease && mouseGrabber() == this )
-                { releaseMouse(); }
-
-                return true;
-
-            }
-
-            case QEvent::Timer:
-            if( static_cast<QTimerEvent*>( event )->timerId() != _timerId )
-            { return QWidget::event( event ); }
-
-            if( mouseGrabber() == this )
-            { return true; }
-
-            /*
-            Fall through is intended.
-            We somehow lost a QEvent::Leave and gonna fix that from here
-            */
-
-            case QEvent::HoverLeave:
-            case QEvent::Leave:
-            {
-
-                // reset splitter
-                if( isVisible() && !rect().contains( mapFromGlobal( QCursor::pos() ) ) )
-                { clearSplitter(); }
-                return true;
-
-            }
-
-            default:
-            return QWidget::event( event );
-
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    //____________________________________________________________________
-    void SplitterProxy::setSplitter( QWidget* widget )
-    {
-
-        // check if changed
-        if( _splitter.data() == widget ) return;
-
-        _splitter = widget;
-        _hook = _splitter.data()->mapFromGlobal(QCursor::pos());
-
-        //
-        QRect r( 0, 0, 2*StyleConfigData::splitterProxyWidth(), 2*StyleConfigData::splitterProxyWidth() );
-        r.moveCenter( parentWidget()->mapFromGlobal( QCursor::pos() ) );
-        setGeometry(r);
-        setCursor( _splitter.data()->cursor().shape() );
-
-        raise();
-        show();
-
-        /*
-        timer used to automatically hide proxy
-        in case leave events are lost
-        */
-        if( !_timerId ) _timerId = startTimer(150);
-    }
-
-
-    //____________________________________________________________________
-    void SplitterProxy::clearSplitter( void )
-    {
-
-        // check if changed
-        if( !_splitter ) return;
-
-        // release mouse
-        if( mouseGrabber() == this ) releaseMouse();
-
-        // hide
-        parentWidget()->setUpdatesEnabled(false);
-        hide();
-        parentWidget()->setUpdatesEnabled(true);
-
-        // set hover event
-        if( _splitter )
-        {
-            QHoverEvent hoverEvent(
-                qobject_cast<QSplitterHandle*>(_splitter.data()) ? QEvent::HoverLeave : QEvent::HoverMove,
-                _splitter.data()->mapFromGlobal(QCursor::pos()), _hook);
-            QCoreApplication::sendEvent( _splitter.data(), &hoverEvent );
-            _splitter.clear();
-
-        }
-
-        // kill timer if any
-        if( _timerId )
-        {
-            killTimer( _timerId );
-            _timerId = 0;
-        }
-
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/kstyles/oxygen/oxygensplitterproxy.h b/kstyles/oxygen/oxygensplitterproxy.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 631b5135..00000000
--- a/kstyles/oxygen/oxygensplitterproxy.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef OXYGENSPLITTERPROXY_H
-#define OXYGENSPLITTERPROXY_H
-
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// oxygensplitterproxy.h
-// Extended hit area for Splitters
-// -------------------
-//
-// Copyright (C) 2011 Hugo Pereira Da Costa <hugo.pereira@free.fr>
-//
-// Based on Bespin splitterproxy code
-// Copyright (C) 2011 Thomas Luebking <thomas.luebking@web.de>
-//
-//
-// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-// modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
-// License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
-//
-// This library 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
-// Library General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
-// along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
-// the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-// Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-#include <QtCore/QEvent>
-#include <QtCore/QMap>
-#include <QtCore/qsharedpointer.h>
-#include <QtGui/qevent.h>
-#include <QtGui/QMainWindow>
-#include <QtGui/qevent.h>
-#include <QtGui/qsplitter.h>
-#include <QtGui/QWidget>
-
-#include "oxygenaddeventfilter.h"
-
-namespace Oxygen
-{
-
-    class SplitterProxy;
-
-    //! factory
-    class SplitterFactory: public QObject
-    {
-
-        public:
-
-        //! constructor
-        explicit SplitterFactory( QObject* parent ):
-            QObject( parent ),
-            _enabled( false )
-            {}
-
-        //! destructor
-        virtual ~SplitterFactory( void )
-        {}
-
-        //! enabled state
-        void setEnabled( bool );
-
-        //! register widget
-        bool registerWidget( QWidget* );
-
-        //! unregister widget
-        void unregisterWidget( QWidget* );
-
-        private:
-
-        //! enabled state
-        bool _enabled;
-
-        //! needed to block ChildAdded events when creating proxy
-        AddEventFilter _addEventFilter;
-
-        //! pointer to SplitterProxy
-        typedef QWeakPointer<SplitterProxy> SplitterProxyPointer;
-
-        //! registered widgets
-        typedef QMap<QWidget*, SplitterProxyPointer > WidgetMap;
-        WidgetMap _widgets;
-
-    };
-
-    //! splitter 'proxy' widget, with extended hit area
-    class SplitterProxy : public QWidget
-    {
-
-        public:
-
-        //! constructor
-        explicit SplitterProxy( QWidget*, bool = false );
-
-        //! destructor
-        virtual ~SplitterProxy( void );
-
-        //! event filter
-        virtual bool eventFilter( QObject*, QEvent* );
-
-        //! enable state
-        void setEnabled( bool );
-
-        //! enable state
-        bool enabled( void ) const
-        { return _enabled; }
-
-        protected:
-
-        //! event handler
-        virtual bool event( QEvent* );
-
-        protected:
-
-        //! reset 'true' splitter widget
-        void clearSplitter( void );
-
-        //! keep track of 'true' splitter widget
-        void setSplitter( QWidget* );
-
-        private:
-
-        //! enabled state
-        bool _enabled;
-
-        //! splitter object
-        QWeakPointer<QWidget> _splitter;
-
-        //! hook
-        QPoint _hook;
-
-        //! timer id
-        int _timerId;
-
-    };
-
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/kstyles/oxygen/oxygenstyle.cpp b/kstyles/oxygen/oxygenstyle.cpp
index 7efb0715..48a6ac40 100644
--- a/kstyles/oxygen/oxygenstyle.cpp
+++ b/kstyles/oxygen/oxygenstyle.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 #include "oxygenmdiwindowshadow.h"
 #include "oxygenmnemonics.h"
 #include "oxygenshadowhelper.h"
-#include "oxygensplitterproxy.h"
 #include "oxygenstyleconfigdata.h"
 #include "oxygenwidgetexplorer.h"
 #include "oxygenwindowmanager.h"
@@ -172,7 +171,6 @@ namespace Oxygen
         _blurHelper( new BlurHelper( this, helper() ) ),
         _widgetExplorer( new WidgetExplorer( this ) ),
         _tabBarData( new TabBarData( this ) ),
-        _splitterFactory( new SplitterFactory( this ) ),
         _frameFocusPrimitive( 0 ),
         _tabBarTabShapeControl( 0 ),
         _hintCounter( X_KdeBase+1 ),
@@ -207,7 +205,6 @@ namespace Oxygen
         frameShadowFactory().registerWidget( widget, helper() );
         mdiWindowShadowFactory().registerWidget( widget );
         shadowHelper().registerWidget( widget );
-        splitterFactory().registerWidget( widget );
 
         // scroll areas
         if( QAbstractScrollArea* scrollArea = qobject_cast<QAbstractScrollArea*>( widget ) )
@@ -443,7 +440,6 @@ namespace Oxygen
         frameShadowFactory().unregisterWidget( widget );
         mdiWindowShadowFactory().unregisterWidget( widget );
         shadowHelper().unregisterWidget( widget );
-        splitterFactory().unregisterWidget( widget );
         blurHelper().unregisterWidget( widget );
 
         if( isKTextEditFrame( widget ) )
@@ -7399,9 +7395,6 @@ namespace Oxygen
         widgetExplorer().setEnabled( StyleConfigData::widgetExplorerEnabled() );
         widgetExplorer().setDrawWidgetRects( StyleConfigData::drawWidgetRects() );
 
-        // splitter proxy
-        splitterFactory().setEnabled( StyleConfigData::splitterProxyEnabled() );
-
         // scrollbar button dimentions.
         /* it has to be reinitialized here because scrollbar width might have changed */
         _noButtonHeight = 0;
diff --git a/kstyles/oxygen/oxygenstyle.h b/kstyles/oxygen/oxygenstyle.h
index cdaf4528..774eb788 100644
--- a/kstyles/oxygen/oxygenstyle.h
+++ b/kstyles/oxygen/oxygenstyle.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ namespace Oxygen
     class MdiWindowShadowFactory;
     class Mnemonics;
     class ShadowHelper;
-    class SplitterFactory;
     class StyleHelper;
     class Transitions;
     class WindowManager;
@@ -372,10 +371,6 @@ namespace Oxygen
         WidgetExplorer& widgetExplorer( void ) const
         { return *_widgetExplorer; }
 
-        //! splitter factory
-        SplitterFactory& splitterFactory( void ) const
-        { return *_splitterFactory; }
-
         //! tabBar data
         TabBarData& tabBarData( void ) const
         { return *_tabBarData; }
@@ -856,9 +851,6 @@ namespace Oxygen
         //! tabBar data
         TabBarData* _tabBarData;
 
-        //! splitter Factory, to extend splitters hit area
-        SplitterFactory* _splitterFactory;
-
         //! pointer to primitive specialized function
         typedef bool (Style::*StylePrimitive)( const QStyleOption*, QPainter*, const QWidget* ) const;
         StylePrimitive _frameFocusPrimitive;