diff --git a/articleview.cc b/articleview.cc
index 9d5f5924..4f58038d 100644
--- a/articleview.cc
+++ b/articleview.cc
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "globalbroadcaster.h"
-#include "articleviewagent.hh"
 using std::map;
 using std::list;
 
@@ -1078,7 +1077,7 @@ void ArticleView::attachToJavaScript() {
   ui.definition->page()->setWebChannel(channel, QWebEngineScript::MainWorld);
 
   // register QObjects to be exposed to JavaScript
-  channel->registerObject(QStringLiteral("articleview"), new ArticleViewAgent(this));
+  channel->registerObject(QStringLiteral("articleview"), this);
 }
 
 void ArticleView::linkClicked( QUrl const & url_ )
diff --git a/articleviewagent.cc b/articleviewagent.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0317f791..00000000
--- a/articleviewagent.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#include "articleviewagent.hh"
-
-ArticleViewAgent::ArticleViewAgent(QObject *parent)
-  : QObject{parent}
-{
-
-}
-ArticleViewAgent::ArticleViewAgent(ArticleView *articleView)
-  : articleView(articleView)
-{
-
-}
-
-void ArticleViewAgent::onJsActiveArticleChanged(QString const & id){
-    articleView->onJsActiveArticleChanged(id);
-}
-
-void ArticleViewAgent::linkClickedInHtml(QUrl const & url){
-    articleView->linkClickedInHtml(url);
-}
diff --git a/articleviewagent.hh b/articleviewagent.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e1a6069..00000000
--- a/articleviewagent.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef ARTICLEVIEWAGENT_HH
-#define ARTICLEVIEWAGENT_HH
-
-#include <QObject>
-#include "articleview.hh"
-
-class ArticleViewAgent : public QObject
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-    ArticleView* articleView;
-  public:
-    explicit ArticleViewAgent(QObject *parent = nullptr);
-    ArticleViewAgent(ArticleView* articleView);
-
-  signals:
-
-  public slots:
-    Q_INVOKABLE void onJsActiveArticleChanged(QString const & id);
-     Q_INVOKABLE void linkClickedInHtml( QUrl const & );
-
-};
-
-#endif // ARTICLEVIEWAGENT_HH
diff --git a/goldendict.pro b/goldendict.pro
index ec85ff21..756cde39 100644
--- a/goldendict.pro
+++ b/goldendict.pro
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ DEFINES += PROGRAM_VERSION=\\\"$$VERSION\\\"
 
 # Input
 HEADERS += folding.hh \
-    articleviewagent.hh \
     globalbroadcaster.h \
     inc_case_folding.hh \
     inc_diacritic_folding.hh \
@@ -381,7 +380,6 @@ FORMS += groups.ui \
     fulltextsearch.ui
 
 SOURCES += folding.cc \
-    articleviewagent.cc \
     globalbroadcaster.cpp \
     main.cc \
     dictionary.cc \