diff --git a/gst/types/.gitignore b/gst/types/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 08f5ed37d8..0000000000
--- a/gst/types/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-Makefile
-Makefile.in
-*.o
-*.lo
-*.la
-.deps
-.libs
diff --git a/gst/types/Makefile.am b/gst/types/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f26e166cc..0000000000
--- a/gst/types/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-plugindir = $(libdir)/gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
-
-plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libgsttypes.la
-
-libgsttypes_la_SOURCES = gsttypes.c
-libgsttypes_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_CFLAGS)
-libgsttypes_la_LIBADD =
-libgsttypes_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/gst/types/gsttypes.c b/gst/types/gsttypes.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 45ab1baa21..0000000000
--- a/gst/types/gsttypes.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-/* GStreamer
- * Copyright (C) <1999> Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Library General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the
- * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
- * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- */
-
-
-#include <gst/gst.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-GstTypeDefinition _definitions[] = {
-  { "gsttypes_audio/raw", "audio/raw", ".raw", NULL },
-  { "gsttypes_video/raw", "video/raw", ".raw", NULL },
-  { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL },
-};
-
-
-static gboolean
-plugin_init (GModule *module, GstPlugin *plugin)
-{
-  gint i = 0;
-
-  while (_definitions[i].name) {
-    GstTypeFactory *factory;
-
-    factory = gst_type_factory_new (&_definitions[i]);
-    gst_plugin_add_feature (plugin, GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (factory));
-    GST_DEBUG ( "added factory #%d '%s'", i, _definitions[i].name);
-    i++;
-  }
-
-  /*gst_info ("gsttypes: loaded %d standard types\n",i);*/
-
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
-GstPluginDesc plugin_desc = {
-  GST_VERSION_MAJOR,
-  GST_VERSION_MINOR,
-  "gsttypes",
-  plugin_init
-};