diff --git a/core/modules/views/views_ui/templates/views-ui-edit-item.tpl.php b/core/modules/views/views_ui/templates/views-ui-edit-item.tpl.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 59637364f7f0260da1618845ae74317067109040..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/core/modules/views/views_ui/templates/views-ui-edit-item.tpl.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * This template handles the printing of fields/filters/sort criteria/arguments or relationships.
- */
-?>
-<?php print $rearrange; ?>
-<?php print $add; ?>
-<div class="views-category-title<?php
-  if ($overridden) {
-    print ' overridden';
-  }
-  if ($defaulted) {
-    print ' defaulted';
-  }
-  ?>">
-  <?php print $title; ?>
-</div>
-
-<div class="views-category-content<?php
-  if ($overridden) {
-    print ' overridden';
-  }
-  if ($defaulted) {
-    print ' defaulted';
-  }
-  ?>">
-  <?php if (!empty($no_fields)): ?>
-    <div><?php print t('The style selected does not utilize fields.'); ?></div>
-  <?php elseif (empty($fields)): ?>
-    <div><?php print t('None defined'); ?></div>
-  <?php else: ?>
-    <?php foreach ($fields as $pid => $field): ?>
-      <?php if (!empty($field['links'])): ?>
-        <?php print $field['links']; ?>
-      <?php endif; ?>
-      <div class="<?php print $field['class']; if (!empty($field['changed'])) { print ' changed'; } ?>">
-        <?php print $field['title']; ?>
-        <?php print $field['info']; ?>
-      </div>
-    <?php endforeach; ?>
-  <?php endif; ?>
-</div>
diff --git a/core/modules/views/views_ui/views_ui.module b/core/modules/views/views_ui/views_ui.module
index 24d54ef796fd76835f4b95e5e35da08dc96bccfb..ecbb95a96d15a8990812a7ec4784e06292c23194 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views_ui/views_ui.module
+++ b/core/modules/views/views_ui/views_ui.module
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ function views_ui_theme() {
       'template' => 'views-ui-display-tab-bucket',
       'file' => 'views_ui.theme.inc',
     ),
-    'views_ui_edit_item' => array(
-      'variables' => array('type' => NULL, 'view' => NULL, 'display' => NULL, 'no_fields' => FALSE),
-      'template' => 'views-ui-edit-item',
-    ),
     'views_ui_rearrange_form' => array(
       'render element' => 'form',
       'file' => 'views_ui.theme.inc',