diff --git a/src/wordrec/Makefile.am b/src/wordrec/Makefile.am
index 8f8ccbae73..f8c09f23cb 100644
--- a/src/wordrec/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/wordrec/Makefile.am
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ noinst_HEADERS += \
     chopper.h \
     drawfx.h \
     findseam.h \
-    gradechop.h \
     language_model.h \
     lm_consistency.h \
     lm_pain_points.h \
diff --git a/src/wordrec/findseam.cpp b/src/wordrec/findseam.cpp
index 97df547b70..81055392ee 100644
--- a/src/wordrec/findseam.cpp
+++ b/src/wordrec/findseam.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
               I n c l u d e s
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 #include "findseam.h"
-#include "gradechop.h"
 #include "plotedges.h"
 #include "outlines.h"
 #include "seam.h"
@@ -37,6 +36,17 @@
 #include "config_auto.h"
 #endif
 
+/**********************************************************************
+ * partial_split_priority
+ *
+ * Assign a priority to this split based on the features that it has.
+ * Grade it according to the different rating schemes and return the
+ * value of its goodness.
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+#define partial_split_priority(split) \
+  (grade_split_length(split) + grade_sharpness(split))
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------
               T y p e s
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/src/wordrec/gradechop.cpp b/src/wordrec/gradechop.cpp
index 8dc6edb950..55df37561a 100644
--- a/src/wordrec/gradechop.cpp
+++ b/src/wordrec/gradechop.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------
               I n c l u d e s
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-#include "gradechop.h"
+
 #include "wordrec.h"
 #include "chop.h"
 #include <algorithm>
diff --git a/src/wordrec/gradechop.h b/src/wordrec/gradechop.h
deleted file mode 100644
index efaa10ca00..0000000000
--- a/src/wordrec/gradechop.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/* -*-C-*-
- ********************************************************************************
- *
- * File:        gradechop.h  (Formerly gradechop.h)
- * Description:
- * Author:       Mark Seaman, SW Productivity
- * Created:      Fri Oct 16 14:37:00 1987
- * Modified:     Tue Jul  9 16:40:39 1991 (Mark Seaman) marks@hpgrlt
- * Language:     C
- * Package:      N/A
- * Status:       Reusable Software Component
- *
- * (c) Copyright 1987, Hewlett-Packard Company.
- ** 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 GRADECHOP_H
-#define GRADECHOP_H
-
-/*----------------------------------------------------------------------
-              I n c l u d e s
-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-#include "seam.h"
-
-/*----------------------------------------------------------------------
-              M a c r o s
-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/**********************************************************************
- * partial_split_priority
- *
- * Assign a priority to this split based on the features that it has.
- * Grade it according to the different rating schemes and return the
- * value of its goodness.
- **********************************************************************/
-
-#define partial_split_priority(split)  \
-(grade_split_length   (split) +      \
-	grade_sharpness      (split))       \
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/wordrec/tface.cpp b/src/wordrec/tface.cpp
index 28d2da8414..0b1aa5e08e 100644
--- a/src/wordrec/tface.cpp
+++ b/src/wordrec/tface.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "chop.h"
 #include "chopper.h"
 #include "globals.h"
-#include "gradechop.h"
 #include "pageres.h"
 #include "wordrec.h"
 #include "featdefs.h"
diff --git a/src/wordrec/wordrec.h b/src/wordrec/wordrec.h
index c4599655d9..a0aaa16814 100644
--- a/src/wordrec/wordrec.h
+++ b/src/wordrec/wordrec.h
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ class Wordrec : public Classify {
 #include "language_model.h"
 #include "ratngs.h"
 #include "matrix.h"
-#include "gradechop.h"
 #include "seam.h"
 #include "findseam.h"
 #include "callcpp.h"