diff --git a/src/ccmain/Makefile.am b/src/ccmain/Makefile.am
index c3ee7328..30eca520 100644
--- a/src/ccmain/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/ccmain/Makefile.am
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ noinst_HEADERS = \
     paramsd.h \
     pgedit.h \
     reject.h \
-    tessedit.h \
     tesseractclass.h \
     tessvars.h \
     werdit.h
diff --git a/src/ccmain/tessedit.cpp b/src/ccmain/tessedit.cpp
index f0fc0dcb..6d15ea94 100644
--- a/src/ccmain/tessedit.cpp
+++ b/src/ccmain/tessedit.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "pgedit.h"
 #include "reject.h"
 #include "stopper.h"
-#include "tessedit.h"
 #include "tessvars.h"
 #include "tprintf.h"
 #ifndef DISABLED_LEGACY_ENGINE
@@ -48,8 +47,6 @@
 // config under api
 #define API_CONFIG "configs/api_config"
 
-ETEXT_DESC* global_monitor = nullptr;  // progress monitor
-
 namespace tesseract {
 
 // Read a "config" file containing a set of variable, value pairs.
diff --git a/src/ccmain/tessedit.h b/src/ccmain/tessedit.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 750056b7..00000000
--- a/src/ccmain/tessedit.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/**********************************************************************
- * File:        tessedit.h  (Formerly tessedit.h)
- * Description: Main program for merge of tess and editor.
- * Author:      Ray Smith
- * Created:     Tue Jan 07 15:21:46 GMT 1992
- *
- * (C) Copyright 1992, Hewlett-Packard Ltd.
- ** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- ** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- ** You may obtain a copy of the License at
- ** http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- ** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- ** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- ** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- ** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- ** limitations under the License.
- *
- **********************************************************************/
-
-#ifndef TESSEDIT_H
-#define TESSEDIT_H
-
-class ETEXT_DESC;
-
-                                 //progress monitor
-extern ETEXT_DESC *global_monitor;
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/ccmain/tesseractclass.h b/src/ccmain/tesseractclass.h
index fca87acb..30117a56 100644
--- a/src/ccmain/tesseractclass.h
+++ b/src/ccmain/tesseractclass.h
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ class Tesseract : public Wordrec {
                                 const char* lengths);
   int16_t count_alphanums(const WERD_CHOICE &word);
   int16_t count_alphas(const WERD_CHOICE &word);
-  //// tessedit.h ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
   void read_config_file(const char *filename, SetParamConstraint constraint);
   // Initialize for potentially a set of languages defined by the language
   // string and recursively any additional languages required by any language