diff --git a/include/vcl/txtattr.hxx b/include/vcl/txtattr.hxx
index e32fbc0b7cde..1c3aa3570e22 100644
--- a/include/vcl/txtattr.hxx
+++ b/include/vcl/txtattr.hxx
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ namespace vcl { class Font; }
 #define TEXTATTR_FONTWEIGHT 3
 
 #define TEXTATTR_USER_START 1000 //start id for user defined text attributes
-#define TEXTATTR_PROTECTED  4
 
 
 class VCL_DLLPUBLIC TextAttrib
@@ -90,18 +89,6 @@ public:
     FontWeight getFontWeight() const { return meWeight; }
 };
 
-class TextAttribProtect final : public TextAttrib
-{
-public:
-                            TextAttribProtect();
-
-    virtual void            SetFont( vcl::Font& rFont ) const override;
-    virtual std::unique_ptr<TextAttrib> Clone() const override;
-    virtual bool            operator==( const TextAttrib& rAttr ) const override;
-
-};
-
-
 class TextCharAttrib
 {
 private:
diff --git a/vcl/source/edit/txtattr.cxx b/vcl/source/edit/txtattr.cxx
index 8e979c1e3f94..213151cdb6fd 100644
--- a/vcl/source/edit/txtattr.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/edit/txtattr.cxx
@@ -71,23 +71,4 @@ bool TextAttribFontWeight::operator==( const TextAttrib& rAttr ) const
                 ( meWeight == static_cast<const TextAttribFontWeight&>(rAttr).meWeight ) );
 }
 
-TextAttribProtect::TextAttribProtect() :
-    TextAttrib( TEXTATTR_PROTECTED )
-{
-}
-
-void TextAttribProtect::SetFont( vcl::Font& ) const
-{
-}
-
-std::unique_ptr<TextAttrib> TextAttribProtect::Clone() const
-{
-    return std::unique_ptr<TextAttrib>(new TextAttribProtect());
-}
-
-bool TextAttribProtect::operator==( const TextAttrib& rAttr ) const
-{
-    return TextAttrib::operator==(rAttr );
-}
-
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