diff --git a/gramps/gen/lib/citationbase.py b/gramps/gen/lib/citationbase.py
index 7521ba5ac..1d0767ae7 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/lib/citationbase.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/lib/citationbase.py
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ CitationBase class for Gramps.
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import logging
 
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# Gramps modules
-#
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from .handle import Handle
-
 LOG = logging.getLogger(".citation")
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/gramps/gen/lib/handle.py b/gramps/gen/lib/handle.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e2fbdcb50..000000000
--- a/gramps/gen/lib/handle.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2013    Doug Blank <doug.blank@gmail.com>
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-#
-
-class HandleClass(str):
-    def __init__(self, handle):
-        super(HandleClass, self).__init__()
-
-    def join(self, database, handle):
-        return database.get_table_func(self.classname,"handle_func")(handle)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def get_schema(cls):
-        from . import (Person, Family, Event, Place, Source, Media, Repository,
-                       Note, Citation, Tag)
-        tables = {
-            "Person": Person,
-            "Family": Family,
-            "Event": Event,
-            "Place": Place,
-            "Source": Source,
-            "Media": Media,
-            "Repository": Repository,
-            "Note": Note,
-            "Citation": Citation,
-            "Tag": Tag,
-        }
-        return tables[cls.classname].get_schema()
-
-def Handle(_classname, handle):
-    if handle is None:
-        return None
-    class MyHandleClass(HandleClass):
-        """
-        Class created to have classname attribute.
-        """
-        classname = _classname
-    h = MyHandleClass(handle)
-    return h
diff --git a/gramps/gen/lib/notebase.py b/gramps/gen/lib/notebase.py
index 6d20224a1..6bfb51de7 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/lib/notebase.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/lib/notebase.py
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 NoteBase class for Gramps.
 """
 
-from .handle import Handle
-
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # NoteBase class
diff --git a/gramps/gen/lib/tagbase.py b/gramps/gen/lib/tagbase.py
index 05f85c2c2..693467325 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/lib/tagbase.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/lib/tagbase.py
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 TagBase class for Gramps.
 """
 
-from .handle import Handle
-
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # TagBase class
diff --git a/gramps/gen/simple/_simpleaccess.py b/gramps/gen/simple/_simpleaccess.py
index 836a43809..4eb31b33f 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/simple/_simpleaccess.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/simple/_simpleaccess.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Provide a simplified database access interface to the Gramps database.
 """
 from ..lib import (Person, Family, Event, Source, Place, Citation,
                    Media, Repository, Note, Date, Tag)
-from ..lib.handle import Handle
 from ..datehandler import displayer
 from ..utils.string import gender as gender_map
 from ..utils.db import get_birth_or_fallback, get_death_or_fallback
@@ -1009,8 +1008,6 @@ class SimpleAccess:
                     return "Error: incorrect object class in display: '%s'" % type(obj)
             else:
                 return "Error: missing object"
-        elif object_class == "Handle":
-            return "%s.handle [%s]" % (prop, value)
         else:
             return "Error: invalid object class in display: '%s'" % object_class
 
@@ -1051,8 +1048,6 @@ class SimpleAccess:
                                 self.gid(obj))
         elif isinstance(obj, Tag):
             return "[%s]" % (obj.name)
-        elif isinstance(obj, Handle):
-            return "%s.handle [%s]" % (prop, obj.handle)
         else:
             return "Error: incorrect object class in describe: '%s'" % type(obj)