diff --git a/intl/chardet/public/Makefile.in b/intl/chardet/public/Makefile.in
index 49b6042ad001..49d187f72c32 100644
--- a/intl/chardet/public/Makefile.in
+++ b/intl/chardet/public/Makefile.in
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ EXPORTS		= \
 		nsICharsetDetectionObserver.h \
 		nsICharsetDetector.h \
 		nsIStringCharsetDetector.h \
-		nsMetaCharsetCID.h \
 		nsXMLEncodingCID.h \
 		$(NULL)
 
diff --git a/intl/chardet/public/nsMetaCharsetCID.h b/intl/chardet/public/nsMetaCharsetCID.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5af8a9a10cf3..000000000000
--- a/intl/chardet/public/nsMetaCharsetCID.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
-/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
- * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
- *
- * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
- * 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
- *
- * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
- * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
- * License.
- *
- * The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
- *
- * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
- * Netscape Communications Corporation.
- * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1999
- * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Contributor(s):
- *
- * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
- * either of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"),
- * or the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
- * in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
- * of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only
- * under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to
- * use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your
- * decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice
- * and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete
- * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
- * the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
- *
- * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
-
-#ifndef nsMetaCharsetCID_h__
-#define nsMetaCharsetCID_h__
-
-#include "nscore.h"
-
-#define NS_META_CHARSET_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/intl/metacharset;1"
-
-// {218F2AC0-0A48-11d3-B3BA-00805F8A6670}
-#define NS_META_CHARSET_CID \
-{ 0x218f2ac0, 0xa48, 0x11d3, { 0xb3, 0xba, 0x0, 0x80, 0x5f, 0x8a, 0x66, 0x70 } }
-
-#endif // nsMetaCharsetCID_h__
diff --git a/intl/chardet/src/nsCharDetConstructors.h b/intl/chardet/src/nsCharDetConstructors.h
index 0228aeb72654..722a9fb14f28 100644
--- a/intl/chardet/src/nsCharDetConstructors.h
+++ b/intl/chardet/src/nsCharDetConstructors.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 
 // chardet
 #include "nsISupports.h"
-#include "nsMetaCharsetCID.h"
 #include "nsICharsetDetector.h"
 #include "nsICharsetAlias.h"
 #include "nsDocumentCharsetInfo.h"
diff --git a/intl/chardet/src/nsChardetModule.cpp b/intl/chardet/src/nsChardetModule.cpp
index 7d1bcd3250f6..ba1f60509d22 100644
--- a/intl/chardet/src/nsChardetModule.cpp
+++ b/intl/chardet/src/nsChardetModule.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ static const mozilla::Module::ContractIDEntry kChardetContracts[] = {
 };
 
 static const mozilla::Module::CategoryEntry kChardetCategories[] = {
-  { "parser-service-category", "Meta Charset Service", NS_META_CHARSET_CONTRACTID },
   { NS_CHARSET_DETECTOR_CATEGORY, "off", "off" },
   { NS_CHARSET_DETECTOR_CATEGORY, "ruprob", NS_CHARSET_DETECTOR_CONTRACTID_BASE "ruprob" },
   { NS_CHARSET_DETECTOR_CATEGORY, "ukprob", NS_CHARSET_DETECTOR_CONTRACTID_BASE "ukprob" },