it never left the rudimentary stage. should it ever be re-added, it
needs to be done basically from scratch anyway.

Change-Id: I76858c8a2c90235f228f7a6e5a178a10a2669d37
Reviewed-by: Rolland Dudemaine <rolland@ghs.com>
Reviewed-by: Joerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@theqtcompany.com>