diff --git a/solenv/bin/native-code.py b/solenv/bin/native-code.py
index 48508ad376b0..0026ad1943a3 100755
--- a/solenv/bin/native-code.py
+++ b/solenv/bin/native-code.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
 core_factory_list = [
     ("libi18npoollo.a", "i18npool_component_getFactory"),
-    ("libvcllo.a", "vcl_component_getFactory"),
     ("libsvtlo.a", "svt_component_getFactory"),
     ]
 
diff --git a/vcl/Library_vcl.mk b/vcl/Library_vcl.mk
index 20062dade35f..cf2dff7ff509 100644
--- a/vcl/Library_vcl.mk
+++ b/vcl/Library_vcl.mk
@@ -480,7 +480,6 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Library_add_exception_objects,vcl,\
     vcl/source/app/weldutils \
     vcl/source/app/winscheduler \
     vcl/source/components/dtranscomp \
-    vcl/source/components/factory \
     vcl/source/components/fontident \
     vcl/source/filter/bmp/BmpReader \
     vcl/source/filter/bmp/BmpWriter \
diff --git a/vcl/source/components/factory.cxx b/vcl/source/components/factory.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 63e9043c4878..000000000000
--- a/vcl/source/components/factory.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
-/*
- * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
- *
- * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
- * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
- * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
- *
- * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
- *
- *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
- *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
- *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
- *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
- *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
- *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
- */
-
-#include <vcl/dllapi.h>
-
-extern "C" {
-
-    VCL_DLLPUBLIC void* vcl_component_getFactory(
-        const char* /*pImplementationName*/,
-        void* /*pXUnoSMgr*/,
-        void* /*pXUnoKey*/)
-    {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-
-} /* extern "C" */
-
-/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/vcl/vcl.common.component b/vcl/vcl.common.component
index 6f9bdccf7125..a7bdb6e4472f 100644
--- a/vcl/vcl.common.component
+++ b/vcl/vcl.common.component
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 -->
 
 <component loader="com.sun.star.loader.SharedLibrary" environment="@CPPU_ENV@"
-    prefix="vcl" xmlns="http://openoffice.org/2010/uno-components">
+    xmlns="http://openoffice.org/2010/uno-components">
   <implementation name="com.sun.star.comp.graphic.GraphicMapper"
       constructor="com_sun_star_comp_graphic_GraphicMapper_get_implementation">
     <service name="com.sun.star.graphic.GraphicMapper"/>