diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Editor.java b/app/src/processing/app/Editor.java
index c922a9c55..6960e229e 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Editor.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Editor.java
@@ -1040,7 +1040,6 @@ public class Editor extends JFrame implements RunnerListener {
     textArea.setAntiAliasingEnabled(PreferencesData.getBoolean("editor.antialias"));
     textArea.setTabsEmulated(PreferencesData.getBoolean("editor.tabs.expand"));
     textArea.setTabSize(PreferencesData.getInteger("editor.tabs.size"));
-    textArea.setEditorListener(new EditorListener(this));
     textArea.addHyperlinkListener(new HyperlinkListener() {
       @Override
       public void hyperlinkUpdate(HyperlinkEvent hyperlinkEvent) {
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/EditorListener.java b/app/src/processing/app/EditorListener.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f9fa0d5ac..000000000
--- a/app/src/processing/app/EditorListener.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-package processing.app;
-
-import java.awt.Toolkit;
-import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
-import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
-import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
-
-import processing.app.syntax.SketchTextArea;
-
-public class EditorListener implements KeyListener {
-  
-  private Editor editor;
-  
-  public EditorListener(Editor editor) {
-    super();
-    this.editor = editor;
-  }
-  
-  /** ctrl-alt on windows and linux, cmd-alt on mac os x */
-  private static final int CTRL = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getMenuShortcutKeyMask();
-  private static final int CTRL_ALT = InputEvent.ALT_MASK | CTRL;
-  private static final int CTRL_SHIFT = InputEvent.SHIFT_MASK | CTRL;
-
-  public void keyTyped(KeyEvent event) {
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void keyPressed(KeyEvent event) {
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
-    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-    
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/SketchTextArea.java b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/SketchTextArea.java
index 58e0bb4e6..ac50a2dc2 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/syntax/SketchTextArea.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/syntax/SketchTextArea.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import org.fife.ui.rtextarea.RTextAreaUI;
 import org.fife.ui.rtextarea.RUndoManager;
 import processing.app.Base;
 import processing.app.BaseNoGui;
-import processing.app.EditorListener;
 import processing.app.PreferencesData;
 
 import javax.swing.event.EventListenerList;
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ import javax.swing.text.Document;
 import javax.swing.text.Segment;
 import javax.swing.undo.UndoManager;
 import java.awt.*;
-import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
 import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -69,8 +67,6 @@ public class SketchTextArea extends RSyntaxTextArea {
 
   private final static Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(SketchTextArea.class.getName());
 
-  private EditorListener editorListener;
-
   private PdeKeywords pdeKeywords;
 
   public SketchTextArea(PdeKeywords pdeKeywords) throws IOException {
@@ -152,27 +148,6 @@ public class SketchTextArea extends RSyntaxTextArea {
     return this.getSelectedText() != null;
   }
 
-  public void processKeyEvent(KeyEvent evt) {
-
-    // this had to be added because the menu key events weren't making it up to the frame.
-
-    switch (evt.getID()) {
-      case KeyEvent.KEY_TYPED:
-        if (editorListener != null) editorListener.keyTyped(evt);
-        break;
-      case KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED:
-        if (editorListener != null) editorListener.keyPressed(evt);
-        break;
-      case KeyEvent.KEY_RELEASED:
-        // inputHandler.keyReleased(evt);
-        break;
-    }
-
-    if (!evt.isConsumed()) {
-      super.processKeyEvent(evt);
-    }
-  }
-
   public void switchDocument(Document document, UndoManager newUndo) {
 
     // HACK: Dont discard changes on curret UndoManager.
@@ -206,11 +181,6 @@ public class SketchTextArea extends RSyntaxTextArea {
     }
   }
 
-
-  public void setEditorListener(EditorListener editorListener) {
-    this.editorListener = editorListener;
-  }
-
   private static class DocLinkGenerator implements LinkGenerator {
 
     private final PdeKeywords pdeKeywords;