diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderOriginFeature.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProviderOriginFeature.cpp
index 364d2807a..6770b05d8 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderOriginFeature.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderOriginFeature.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ void ViewProviderOriginFeature::attach(App::DocumentObject* pcObject)
     }
     highlight->objectName    = getObject()->getNameInDocument();
     highlight->documentName  = getObject()->getDocument()->getName();
-//    highlight->subElementName = "Main";
     highlight->style = SoFCSelection::EMISSIVE_DIFFUSE;
 
     // Style for normal (visiable) lines
@@ -177,29 +176,3 @@ void ViewProviderOriginFeature::setDisplayMode (const char* ModeName)
         setDisplayMaskMode("Base");
     ViewProviderGeometryObject::setDisplayMode(ModeName);
 }
-
-std::string ViewProviderOriginFeature::getElement ( const SoDetail *detail ) const {
-// TODO Explain what the heck here is or delete (2015-09-02, Fat-Zer)
-//    if (detail) {
-//        if (detail->getTypeId() == SoLineDetail::getClassTypeId()) {
-//            const SoLineDetail* line_detail = static_cast<const SoLineDetail*>(detail);
-//            if (line_detail->getLineIndex() == 0)
-//            {
-//                return std::string("Main");
-//            }
-//        }
-//    }
-
-  return std::string("");
-}
-
-SoDetail* ViewProviderOriginFeature::getDetail ( const char* subelement ) const {
-// TODO Explain what the heck here is or delete (2015-09-02, Fat-Zer)
-//    if ( strcmp(subelement, "Main") == 0 ) {
-//        SoLineDetail* detail = new SoLineDetail();
-//        detail->setPartIndex( 0 );
-//        return detail;
-//    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderOriginFeature.h b/src/Gui/ViewProviderOriginFeature.h
index e0b958216..adc185c61 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderOriginFeature.h
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderOriginFeature.h
@@ -50,18 +50,10 @@ public:
     /// Get pointer to the text label associated with the feature
     SoAsciiText * getLabel () { return pLabel; }
 
-    /// indicates if the ViewProvider use the new Selection model
-    virtual bool useNewSelectionModel () const
-        { return true; }
-
     virtual void attach(App::DocumentObject *);
     virtual void updateData(const App::Property *);
-    virtual std::vector<std::string> getDisplayModes() const;
-    virtual void setDisplayMode(const char *ModeName);
-
-    /// return a hit element to the selection path or 0
-    virtual std::string getElement ( const SoDetail *detail ) const;
-    virtual SoDetail* getDetail ( const char *subelement ) const;
+    virtual std::vector<std::string> getDisplayModes () const;
+    virtual void setDisplayMode (const char* ModeName);
 
     /// @name Suppress ViewProviderGeometryObject's behaviour
     ///@{