diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.h
index 2cfc7d8a0..f73e85e1a 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.h
@@ -71,10 +71,7 @@ public:
     App::PropertyFloat  LineWidth;
     App::PropertyFloat  HiddenWidth;
     App::PropertyFloatConstraint  Tolerance;
-//    App::PropertyLinkList   HatchAreas;                                //DrawHatch
-
-    //int addHatch(App::DocumentObject *docObj);
-    //int removeHatch(App::DocumentObject *docObj);
+
     std::vector<TechDraw::DrawHatch*> getHatches(void) const;
 
     //TODO: are there use-cases for Python access to TechDrawGeometry???
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIDrawingTemplate.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIDrawingTemplate.h
index 06e423b6f..fad851118 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIDrawingTemplate.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIDrawingTemplate.h
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ public:
     void draw();
     virtual void updateView(bool update = false);
 
-Q_SIGNALS:
-  void dirty();
-
 protected:
   TechDraw::DrawParametricTemplate * getParametricTemplate();
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGISVGTemplate.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGISVGTemplate.h
index 24a034ae9..f292a65ef 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGISVGTemplate.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGISVGTemplate.h
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ public:
     void draw();
     virtual void updateView(bool update = false);
 
-Q_SIGNALS:
-    void dirty();
-
 protected:
     void openFile(const QFile &file);
     void load (const QString & fileName);
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewDimension.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewDimension.cpp
index 68d12223d..d23e183bf 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewDimension.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewDimension.cpp
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ void QGIViewDimension::setViewPartFeature(TechDraw::DrawViewDimension *obj)
 
     updateDim();
     draw();
-    Q_EMIT dirty();
 }
 
 void QGIViewDimension::select(bool state)
@@ -268,8 +267,6 @@ void QGIViewDimension::updateView(bool update)
     }
 
     draw();
-
-    Q_EMIT dirty();
 }
 
 void QGIViewDimension::updateDim()
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewDimension.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewDimension.h
index f95b63e10..cc507c114 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewDimension.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewDimension.h
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ public:
     virtual void updateView(bool update = false);
     virtual void paint(QPainter * painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem * option, QWidget * widget = 0 );
 
-Q_SIGNALS:
-    void dirty();
-
 public Q_SLOTS:
     void datumLabelDragged(void);
     void datumLabelDragFinished(void);
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewSection.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewSection.h
index d404595b6..54da22755 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewSection.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewSection.h
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ public:
     enum {Type = QGraphicsItem::UserType + 108};
     int type() const override { return Type;}
 
-Q_SIGNALS:
-    void dirty();
-
 protected:
     void drawSectionFace();
 };