diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ui/midi_playback_control.xml b/gtk2_ardour/ui/midi_playback_control.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b4539f53e..0000000000
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ui/midi_playback_control.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Layout bgnormal="#565656" width="60" height="20">
-  <style name="generic_control" font ="Arial 10"/>
-  <Button id="playback_on_button"
-    text="ON"
-    style="generic_control"
-    fgnormal="#FFFFFF"
-    bgnormal="#606060"
-    fgactive="#FFFFFF"
-    bgactive="#1CA3B3"
-    fghover="#FFFFFF"
-    bghover="#808080"
-    borderwidth="0 0 0 0"
-    x="0" y="0" width="30" height="19"/>
-  <Button id="playback_off_button"
-    text="OFF"
-    style="generic_control"
-    fgnormal="#FFFFFF"
-    bgnormal="#606060"
-    fgactive="#FFFFFF"
-    bgactive="#FC3334"
-    fghover="#FFFFFF"
-    bghover="#808080"
-    borderwidth="0 0 0 0"
-    x="30" y="0" width="30" height="19"/>
-</Layout>