diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/modes/nullWorker.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/modes/nullWorker.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 426b8a2b8e7804f7dcf6c88e9526d0cc819e5185..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/modes/nullWorker.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-'use strict';
-
-import {IMarkerService} from 'vs/platform/markers/common/markers';
-import {IResourceService} from 'vs/editor/common/services/resourceService';
-import Modes = require('vs/editor/common/modes');
-
-export class NullWorker {
-
-	constructor(
-		modeId: string,
-		participants: Modes.IWorkerParticipant[],
-		@IResourceService resourceService: IResourceService,
-		@IMarkerService markerService: IMarkerService
-	) {
-
-		// console.log('null worker created');
-
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/vs/languages/buildfile.js b/src/vs/languages/buildfile.js
index 261395443479f15861637f53cd58b067b295fbd3..e94549009d0ab4fd185e73f17f5c349570d50873 100644
--- a/src/vs/languages/buildfile.js
+++ b/src/vs/languages/buildfile.js
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ exports.collectModules = function(args) {
 	var common = new EntryPoint(result, 'vs/editor/common/languages.common');
 	var worker = new EntryPoint(result, ['vs/editor/common/languages.common', 'vs/base/common/worker/workerServer', 'vs/editor/common/worker/editorWorkerServer']);
 
-	// ---- nullWorker (shared) -----------------------------
-	worker.define('vs/editor/common/modes/nullWorker');
-
 	// ---- vsxml (shared) -----------------------------
 	common.define('vs/languages/vsxml/common/vsxml');