diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f72e9809..aacbe00a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -410,8 +410,6 @@ set(PROJECT_SOURCES
         translatebox.hh
         transliteration.cc
         transliteration.hh
-        treeview.cc
-        treeview.hh
         ufile.cc
         ufile.hh
         utf8.cc
diff --git a/favoritespanewidget.cc b/favoritespanewidget.cc
index 588992c2..ff2fdb9e 100644
--- a/favoritespanewidget.cc
+++ b/favoritespanewidget.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 void FavoritesPaneWidget::setUp( Config::Class * cfg, QMenu * menu )
 {
   m_cfg = cfg;
-  m_favoritesTree = findChild< TreeView * >( "favoritesTree" );
+  m_favoritesTree = findChild< QTreeView * >( "favoritesTree" );
   QDockWidget * favoritesPane = qobject_cast< QDockWidget * >( parentWidget() );
   m_favoritesTree->setHeaderHidden( true );
 
diff --git a/favoritespanewidget.hh b/favoritespanewidget.hh
index d9848767..9c4db26e 100644
--- a/favoritespanewidget.hh
+++ b/favoritespanewidget.hh
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 #include <QDomNode>
 #include <QList>
 #include <QMimeData>
+#include <QItemSelection>
+#include <QTreeView>
 
 #include <config.hh>
 #include "delegate.hh"
-#include "treeview.hh"
 
 class FavoritesModel;
 
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ private:
   virtual bool eventFilter( QObject *, QEvent * );
 
   Config::Class * m_cfg ;
-  TreeView * m_favoritesTree;
+  QTreeView * m_favoritesTree;
   QMenu * m_favoritesMenu;
   QAction * m_deleteSelectedAction;
   QAction * m_separator;
diff --git a/goldendict.pro b/goldendict.pro
index 4c6d3ffc..a70434fe 100644
--- a/goldendict.pro
+++ b/goldendict.pro
@@ -404,7 +404,6 @@ HEADERS += folding.hh \
     gls.hh \
     splitfile.hh \
     favoritespanewidget.hh \
-    treeview.hh \
     src/dict/lingualibre.h \
     src/ui/articleview.h \
     src/ui/ftssearchpanel.h \
@@ -540,7 +539,6 @@ SOURCES += folding.cc \
     gls.cc \
     splitfile.cc \
     favoritespanewidget.cc \
-    treeview.cc \
     src/dict/lingualibre.cpp \
     src/ui/articleview.cpp \
     src/ui/ftssearchpanel.cpp \
diff --git a/mainwindow.ui b/mainwindow.ui
index 578f1084..467ed55b 100644
--- a/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/mainwindow.ui
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
       <number>1</number>
      </property>
      <item>
-      <widget class="TreeView" name="favoritesTree"/>
+      <widget class="QTreeView" name="favoritesTree"/>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </widget>
@@ -624,11 +624,6 @@
    <header>favoritespanewidget.hh</header>
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
-  <customwidget>
-   <class>TreeView</class>
-   <extends>QTreeView</extends>
-   <header>treeview.hh</header>
-  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <tabstops>
   <tabstop>translateLine</tabstop>
diff --git a/treeview.cc b/treeview.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index b4a22aed..00000000
--- a/treeview.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/* This file is (c) 2008-2018 Abs62
- * Part of GoldenDict. Licensed under GPLv3 or later, see the LICENSE file */
-
-#include <QDropEvent>
-#include "treeview.hh"
-
-void TreeView::dropEvent( QDropEvent * event )
-{
-  QTreeView::dropEvent( event );
-}
diff --git a/treeview.hh b/treeview.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index ec3da9a2..00000000
--- a/treeview.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/* This file is (c) 2008-2018 Abs62
- * Part of GoldenDict. Licensed under GPLv3 or later, see the LICENSE file */
-
-#ifndef __TREEVIEW_HH__INCLUDED
-#define __TREEVIEW_HH__INCLUDED
-
-#include <QTreeView>
-
-class TreeView : public QTreeView
-{
-public:
-  TreeView( QWidget * parent = 0 ) :
-    QTreeView( parent )
-  {}
-
-protected:
-  virtual void dropEvent( QDropEvent * event );
-};
-
-#endif // TREEVIEW_HH