diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/dispatch/ExecutorBasedEventDrivenDispatcher.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/dispatch/ExecutorBasedEventDrivenDispatcher.scala
index 7a86c47c51..19e9cd38e7 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/dispatch/ExecutorBasedEventDrivenDispatcher.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/dispatch/ExecutorBasedEventDrivenDispatcher.scala
@@ -188,14 +188,4 @@ class ExecutorBasedEventDrivenDispatcher(
     config(this)
     buildThreadPool
   }
-}
-
-/**
- * Usable to create a single-threaded dispatcher
- */
-object SingleThread extends Function1[ThreadPoolBuilder,Unit] {
-  def apply(b: ThreadPoolBuilder) {
-    b setCorePoolSize 1
-    b setMaxPoolSize  1
-  }
 }
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