diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake
index 725054ce..66685972 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake
@@ -161,9 +161,6 @@
 #  KDE4_ADD_UI_FILES (SRCS_VAR file1.ui ... fileN.ui)
 #    Use this to add Qt designer ui files to your application/library.
 #
-#  KDE4_ADD_UI3_FILES (SRCS_VAR file1.ui ... fileN.ui)
-#    Use this to add Qt designer ui files from Qt version 3 to your application/library.
-#
 #  KDE4_ADD_KCFG_FILES (SRCS_VAR [GENERATE_MOC] [USE_RELATIVE_PATH] file1.kcfgc ... fileN.kcfgc)
 #    Use this to add KDE config compiler files to your application/library.
 #    Use optional GENERATE_MOC to generate moc if you use signals in your kcfg files.
diff --git a/cmake/modules/KDE4Macros.cmake b/cmake/modules/KDE4Macros.cmake
index 7ed15dd5..3cd5538e 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/KDE4Macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/KDE4Macros.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 # this file contains the following macros (or functions):
 # KDE4_ADD_UI_FILES
-# KDE4_ADD_UI3_FILES
 # KDE4_ADD_KCFG_FILES
 # _KDE4_SET_CUSTOM_TARGET_PROPERTY
 # _KDE4_GET_CUSTOM_TARGET_PROPERTY
@@ -184,56 +183,6 @@ macro (_KDE4_GET_MOC_FLAGS _moc_flags)
 endmacro(_KDE4_GET_MOC_FLAGS)
 
 
-#create the implementation files from the ui files and add them to the list of sources
-#usage: KDE4_ADD_UI3_FILES(foo_SRCS ${ui_files})
-macro (KDE4_ADD_UI3_FILES _sources )
-
-   _kde4_get_moc_flags(_moc_INCS)
-
-   foreach (_current_FILE ${ARGN})
-
-      get_filename_component(_tmp_FILE ${_current_FILE} ABSOLUTE)
-      get_filename_component(_basename ${_tmp_FILE} NAME_WE)
-      set(_header ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basename}.h)
-      set(_src ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basename}.cpp)
-      set(_moc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basename}.moc.cpp)
-
-      add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${_header}
-         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
-         -DKDE_UIC_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=${QT_UIC3_EXECUTABLE}
-         -DKDE_UIC_FILE:FILEPATH=${_tmp_FILE}
-         -DKDE_UIC_H_FILE:FILEPATH=${_header}
-         -DKDE_UIC_BASENAME:STRING=${_basename}
-         -DKDE_UIC_PLUGIN_DIR:FILEPATH="."
-         -P ${KDE4_MODULE_DIR}/kde4uic.cmake
-         MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${_tmp_FILE}
-      )
-
-# we need to run uic3 and replace some things in the generated file
-      # this is done by executing the cmake script kde4uic.cmake
-      add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${_src}
-         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
-         ARGS
-         -DKDE_UIC_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=${QT_UIC3_EXECUTABLE}
-         -DKDE_UIC_FILE:FILEPATH=${_tmp_FILE}
-         -DKDE_UIC_CPP_FILE:FILEPATH=${_src}
-         -DKDE_UIC_H_FILE:FILEPATH=${_header}
-         -DKDE_UIC_BASENAME:STRING=${_basename}
-         -DKDE_UIC_PLUGIN_DIR:FILEPATH="."
-         -P ${KDE4_MODULE_DIR}/kde4uic.cmake
-         MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${_header}
-      )
-
-      add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${_moc}
-         COMMAND ${QT_MOC_EXECUTABLE}
-         ARGS ${_moc_INCS} ${_header} -o ${_moc}
-         MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${_header}
-      )
-      list(APPEND ${_sources} ${_src} ${_moc} )
-
-   endforeach (_current_FILE)
-endmacro (KDE4_ADD_UI3_FILES)
-
 macro (_KDE4_SET_CUSTOM_TARGET_PROPERTY _target_name _property_name _property)
    string(REGEX REPLACE "[/ ]" "_" _dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
    set(_kde4_${_dir}_${_target_name}_${_property_name} "${_property}")
diff --git a/cmake/modules/README b/cmake/modules/README
index d487a0b2..6df8dc94 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/README
+++ b/cmake/modules/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-these are additional cmake modules required for compiling KDE3 or KDE4
+these are additional cmake modules required for compiling KDE4
 applications with cmake. Some of them are enhanced versions of the files 
 coming with cmake, some of them are NOT yet part of cmake.
 To use them, copy them into the cmake Module directory or
diff --git a/cmake/modules/kde4uic.cmake b/cmake/modules/kde4uic.cmake
index ed328b40..1d402aeb 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/kde4uic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/kde4uic.cmake
@@ -4,30 +4,6 @@
 # Redistribution and use is allowed according to the terms of the BSD license.
 # For details see the accompanying COPYING-CMAKE-SCRIPTS file.
 
-#using a ui3 file with uic3
-if (KDE3_IMPL)
-
-  EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${KDE_UIC_EXECUTABLE}
-    -nounload -tr tr2i18n
-    -impl ${KDE_UIC_H_FILE}
-    ${KDE_UIC_FILE}
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE _uic_CONTENTS
-    ERROR_QUIET
-  )
-endif (KDE3_IMPL)
-
-
-if (KDE3_HEADER)
-
-  EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${KDE_UIC_EXECUTABLE}
-    -nounload -tr tr2i18n
-    ${KDE_UIC_FILE}
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE _uic_CONTENTS
-    ERROR_QUIET
-  )
-   set(KDE_UIC_CPP_FILE ${KDE_UIC_H_FILE})
-endif (KDE3_HEADER)
-
 # the kde4 branch
 if (KDE4_HEADER)