diff --git a/plasma/private/applethandle.cpp b/plasma/private/applethandle.cpp
index 972a8edb..61c92871 100644
--- a/plasma/private/applethandle.cpp
+++ b/plasma/private/applethandle.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ AppletHandle::AppletHandle(Containment *containment, Applet *applet, const QPoin
     setFlags(flags() | QGraphicsItem::ItemStacksBehindParent);
     KColorScheme colorScheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::View,
                              Theme::defaultTheme()->colorScheme());
-    setAcceptTouchEvents(true);
     m_gradientColor = colorScheme.background(KColorScheme::NormalBackground).color();
     m_originalGeom = mapToScene(QRectF(QPoint(0,0), m_applet->size())).boundingRect();
     m_originalTransform = m_applet->transform();
@@ -750,63 +749,6 @@ void AppletHandle::mouseMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)
     }
 }
 
-bool AppletHandle::sceneEvent(QEvent *event)
-{
-    switch (event->type()) {
-        case QEvent::TouchEnd: {
-            QTransform t = m_applet->transform();
-            QRectF geom = m_applet->geometry();
-            QPointF translation(t.m31(), t.m32());
-            QPointF center = geom.center();
-            geom.setWidth(geom.width()*qAbs(t.m11()));
-            geom.setHeight(geom.height()*qAbs(t.m22()));
-            geom.moveCenter(center);
-
-            m_applet->setGeometry(geom);
-            t.reset();
-            t.translate(m_applet->size().width()/2, m_applet->size().height()/2);
-            t.rotateRadians(m_angle);
-            t.translate(-m_applet->size().width()/2, -m_applet->size().height()/2);
-
-
-            m_applet->setTransform(t);
-            return true;
-        }
-        case QEvent::TouchBegin:
-        case QEvent::TouchUpdate: {
-            QList<QTouchEvent::TouchPoint> touchPoints = static_cast<QTouchEvent *>(event)->touchPoints();
-            if (touchPoints.count() == 2) {
-                const QTouchEvent::TouchPoint &touchPoint0 = touchPoints.first();
-                const QTouchEvent::TouchPoint &touchPoint1 = touchPoints.last();
-
-                //rotation
-                QLineF line0(touchPoint0.lastScenePos(), touchPoint1.lastScenePos());
-                QLineF line1(touchPoint0.scenePos(), touchPoint1.scenePos());
-                m_angle = m_angle+(line1.angleTo(line0)*M_PI_2/90);
-                QTransform t = m_applet->transform();
-                t.translate(m_applet->size().width()/2, m_applet->size().height()/2);
-                t.rotate(line1.angleTo(line0));
-
-                //scaling
-                qreal scaleFactor = 1;
-                if (line0.length() > 0) {
-                    scaleFactor = line1.length() / line0.length();
-                }
-
-                t.scale(scaleFactor, scaleFactor);
-                t.translate(-m_applet->size().width()/2, -m_applet->size().height()/2);
-                m_applet->setTransform(t);
-
-            }
-            return true;
-        }
-        default: {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    return QGraphicsItem::sceneEvent(event);
-}
-
 //pos relative to scene
 void AppletHandle::switchContainment(Containment *containment, const QPointF &pos)
 {
diff --git a/plasma/private/applethandle_p.h b/plasma/private/applethandle_p.h
index a5f4ec91..a2f9161b 100644
--- a/plasma/private/applethandle_p.h
+++ b/plasma/private/applethandle_p.h
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ class AppletHandle : public QGraphicsObject
         void hoverMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent *event);
         void hoverLeaveEvent(QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent *event);
         bool sceneEventFilter(QGraphicsItem *watched, QEvent *event);
-        bool sceneEvent(QEvent*);
 
     Q_SIGNALS:
        void disappearDone(AppletHandle *self);
diff --git a/plasma/widgets/scrollwidget.cpp b/plasma/widgets/scrollwidget.cpp
index e111a666..cbd71417 100644
--- a/plasma/widgets/scrollwidget.cpp
+++ b/plasma/widgets/scrollwidget.cpp
@@ -91,13 +91,6 @@ namespace Plasma
 class ScrollWidgetPrivate
 {
 public:
-    enum Gesture {
-        GestureNone = 0,
-        GestureUndefined,
-        GestureScroll,
-        GestureZoom
-    };
-
     ScrollWidgetPrivate(ScrollWidget *parent)
         : q(parent),
           topBorder(0),
@@ -105,8 +98,7 @@ public:
           leftBorder(0),
           rightBorder(0),
           dragging(false),
-          overflowBordersVisible(true),
-          multitouchGesture(GestureNone)
+          overflowBordersVisible(true)
     {
     }
 
@@ -1099,8 +1091,6 @@ public:
 
     Qt::Alignment alignment;
 
-    Gesture multitouchGesture;
-
     bool hasContentsProperty;
     bool hasOffsetProperty;
     bool hasXProperty;
@@ -1509,51 +1499,6 @@ bool ScrollWidget::sceneEventFilter(QGraphicsItem *i, QEvent *e)
             d->handleMouseReleaseEvent(static_cast<QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent*>(e));
             break;
         }
-        //Multitouch related events, we actually need only TouchUpdate
-        case QEvent::TouchUpdate: {
-            QList<QTouchEvent::TouchPoint> touchPoints = static_cast<QTouchEvent *>(e)->touchPoints();
-            if (touchPoints.count() == 2) {
-                const QTouchEvent::TouchPoint &touchPoint0 = touchPoints.first();
-                const QTouchEvent::TouchPoint &touchPoint1 = touchPoints.last();
-                const QLineF line0(touchPoint0.lastPos(), touchPoint1.lastPos());
-                const QLineF line1(touchPoint0.pos(), touchPoint1.pos());
-                const QLineF startLine(touchPoint0.startPos(), touchPoint1.startPos());
-                const QPointF point = line1.pointAt(0.5);
-                const QPointF lastPoint = line0.pointAt(0.5);
-
-                if (d->multitouchGesture == ScrollWidgetPrivate::GestureNone) {
-                    d->multitouchGesture = ScrollWidgetPrivate::GestureUndefined;
-                }
-                if (d->multitouchGesture == ScrollWidgetPrivate::GestureUndefined) {
-                    const int zoomDistance = qAbs(line1.length() - startLine.length());
-                    const int dragDistance = (startLine.pointAt(0.5) - point).manhattanLength();
-
-                    if (zoomDistance - dragDistance > 30) {
-                        d->multitouchGesture = ScrollWidgetPrivate::GestureZoom;
-                    } else if (dragDistance - zoomDistance > 30) {
-                        d->multitouchGesture = ScrollWidgetPrivate::GestureScroll;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if (d->multitouchGesture ==  ScrollWidgetPrivate::GestureScroll) {
-                    QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent fakeEvent;
-                    fakeEvent.setPos(point);
-                    fakeEvent.setLastPos(lastPoint);
-                    d->handleMouseMoveEvent(&fakeEvent);
-                } else if (d->multitouchGesture == ScrollWidgetPrivate::GestureZoom) {
-                    if (d->widget && d->widget.data()->property("zoomFactor").isValid()) {
-                        qreal scaleFactor = 1;
-                        if (line0.length() > 0) {
-                            scaleFactor = line1.length() / line0.length();
-                        }
-
-                        qreal zoom = d->widget.data()->property("zoomFactor").toReal();
-                        d->widget.data()->setProperty("zoomFactor", zoom * scaleFactor);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            break;
-        }
         default: {
             break;
         }