diff --git a/dom/events/EventDispatcher.cpp b/dom/events/EventDispatcher.cpp
index 873c54246349..1388fa29bc9c 100644
--- a/dom/events/EventDispatcher.cpp
+++ b/dom/events/EventDispatcher.cpp
@@ -702,7 +702,6 @@ EventDispatcher::CreateEvent(EventTarget* aOwner,
       return NS_NewDOMKeyboardEvent(aDOMEvent, aOwner, aPresContext,
                                     aEvent->AsKeyboardEvent());
     case eCompositionEventClass:
-    case eTextEventClass:
       return NS_NewDOMCompositionEvent(aDOMEvent, aOwner, aPresContext,
                                        aEvent->AsCompositionEvent());
     case eMouseEventClass:
diff --git a/dom/interfaces/events/nsIDOMEvent.idl b/dom/interfaces/events/nsIDOMEvent.idl
index f808bc95b3a9..7904bfe42031 100644
--- a/dom/interfaces/events/nsIDOMEvent.idl
+++ b/dom/interfaces/events/nsIDOMEvent.idl
@@ -288,11 +288,6 @@ NS_NewDOMDeviceMotionEvent(nsIDOMEvent** aResult,
                            nsPresContext* aPresContext,
                            mozilla::WidgetEvent* aEvent);
 nsresult
-NS_NewDOMTextEvent(nsIDOMEvent** aResult,
-                   mozilla::dom::EventTarget* aOwner,
-                   nsPresContext* aPresContext,
-                   mozilla::WidgetTextEvent* aEvent);
-nsresult
 NS_NewDOMBeforeUnloadEvent(nsIDOMEvent** aResult,
                            mozilla::dom::EventTarget* aOwner,
                            nsPresContext* aPresContext,
diff --git a/widget/EventClassList.h b/widget/EventClassList.h
index 3ed982479f90..e6a160fab86d 100644
--- a/widget/EventClassList.h
+++ b/widget/EventClassList.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ NS_EVENT_CLASS(Internal, UIEvent)
 
 // TextEvents.h
 NS_EVENT_CLASS(Widget, KeyboardEvent)
-NS_EVENT_CLASS(Widget, TextEvent)
 NS_EVENT_CLASS(Widget, CompositionEvent)
 NS_EVENT_CLASS(Widget, QueryContentEvent)
 NS_EVENT_CLASS(Widget, SelectionEvent)
diff --git a/widget/TextEvents.h b/widget/TextEvents.h
index 81645e7aa1af..9d5bdc06238e 100644
--- a/widget/TextEvents.h
+++ b/widget/TextEvents.h
@@ -194,80 +194,6 @@ public:
   }
 };
 
-/******************************************************************************
- * mozilla::WidgetTextEvent
- *
- * XXX WidgetTextEvent is fired with compositionupdate event almost every time.
- *     This wastes performance and the cost of mantaining each platform's
- *     implementation.  Therefore, we should merge WidgetTextEvent and
- *     WidgetCompositionEvent.  Then, DOM compositionupdate should be fired
- *     from TextComposition automatically.
- ******************************************************************************/
-
-class WidgetTextEvent : public WidgetGUIEvent
-{
-private:
-  friend class dom::PBrowserParent;
-  friend class dom::PBrowserChild;
-  friend class plugins::PPluginInstanceChild;
-
-  WidgetTextEvent()
-    : mSeqno(kLatestSeqno)
-  {
-  }
-
-public:
-  uint32_t mSeqno;
-
-public:
-  virtual WidgetTextEvent* AsTextEvent() MOZ_OVERRIDE { return this; }
-
-  WidgetTextEvent(bool aIsTrusted, uint32_t aMessage, nsIWidget* aWidget)
-    : WidgetGUIEvent(aIsTrusted, aMessage, aWidget, eTextEventClass)
-    , mSeqno(kLatestSeqno)
-  {
-  }
-
-  virtual WidgetEvent* Duplicate() const MOZ_OVERRIDE
-  {
-    MOZ_ASSERT(mClass == eTextEventClass,
-               "Duplicate() must be overridden by sub class");
-    // Not copying widget, it is a weak reference.
-    WidgetTextEvent* result = new WidgetTextEvent(false, message, nullptr);
-    result->AssignTextEventData(*this, true);
-    result->mFlags = mFlags;
-    return result;
-  }
-
-  // The composition string or the commit string.
-  nsString mData;
-
-  nsRefPtr<TextRangeArray> mRanges;
-
-  void AssignTextEventData(const WidgetTextEvent& aEvent, bool aCopyTargets)
-  {
-    AssignGUIEventData(aEvent, aCopyTargets);
-
-    // Currently, we don't need to copy the other members because they are
-    // for internal use only (not available from JS).
-  }
-
-  bool IsComposing() const
-  {
-    return mRanges && mRanges->IsComposing();
-  }
-
-  uint32_t TargetClauseOffset() const
-  {
-    return mRanges ? mRanges->TargetClauseOffset() : 0;
-  }
-
-  uint32_t RangeCount() const
-  {
-    return mRanges ? mRanges->Length() : 0;
-  }
-};
-
 /******************************************************************************
  * mozilla::WidgetCompositionEvent
  ******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/widget/nsGUIEventIPC.h b/widget/nsGUIEventIPC.h
index 5635f663ecac..cb639b526385 100644
--- a/widget/nsGUIEventIPC.h
+++ b/widget/nsGUIEventIPC.h
@@ -441,49 +441,6 @@ struct ParamTraits<mozilla::TextRangeArray>
   }
 };
 
-template<>
-struct ParamTraits<mozilla::WidgetTextEvent>
-{
-  typedef mozilla::WidgetTextEvent paramType;
-
-  static void Write(Message* aMsg, const paramType& aParam)
-  {
-    WriteParam(aMsg, static_cast<mozilla::WidgetGUIEvent>(aParam));
-    WriteParam(aMsg, aParam.mSeqno);
-    WriteParam(aMsg, aParam.mData);
-    bool hasRanges = !!aParam.mRanges;
-    WriteParam(aMsg, hasRanges);
-    if (hasRanges) {
-      WriteParam(aMsg, *aParam.mRanges.get());
-    }
-  }
-
-  static bool Read(const Message* aMsg, void** aIter, paramType* aResult)
-  {
-    bool hasRanges;
-    if (!ReadParam(aMsg, aIter,
-                   static_cast<mozilla::WidgetGUIEvent*>(aResult)) ||
-        !ReadParam(aMsg, aIter, &aResult->mSeqno) ||
-        !ReadParam(aMsg, aIter, &aResult->mData) ||
-        !ReadParam(aMsg, aIter, &hasRanges)) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    if (!hasRanges) {
-      aResult->mRanges = nullptr;
-    } else {
-      aResult->mRanges = new mozilla::TextRangeArray();
-      if (!aResult->mRanges) {
-        return false;
-      }
-      if (!ReadParam(aMsg, aIter, aResult->mRanges.get())) {
-        return false;
-      }
-    }
-    return true;
-  }
-};
-
 template<>
 struct ParamTraits<mozilla::WidgetCompositionEvent>
 {
diff --git a/widget/xpwidgets/PuppetWidget.cpp b/widget/xpwidgets/PuppetWidget.cpp
index 371ba9efecc4..109380e32023 100644
--- a/widget/xpwidgets/PuppetWidget.cpp
+++ b/widget/xpwidgets/PuppetWidget.cpp
@@ -291,9 +291,6 @@ PuppetWidget::DispatchEvent(WidgetGUIEvent* event, nsEventStatus& aStatus)
   case eCompositionEventClass:
     seqno = event->AsCompositionEvent()->mSeqno;
     break;
-  case eTextEventClass:
-    seqno = event->AsTextEvent()->mSeqno;
-    break;
   case eSelectionEventClass:
     seqno = event->AsSelectionEvent()->mSeqno;
     break;