diff --git a/de.prob.plugin/fragment.xml b/de.prob.plugin/fragment.xml
index 9b58895d54d1fe0a9e7e6b205020e7b7df57dd87..5a34b3033081a43252e1675ae80c7f0e0900d9f8 100644
--- a/de.prob.plugin/fragment.xml
+++ b/de.prob.plugin/fragment.xml
@@ -10,17 +10,6 @@
             name="ProB"> 
       </perspective>
    </extension>
- <!--  <extension
-         point="org.eclipse.ui.splashHandlers">
-      <splashHandler
-            class="de.prob.plugin.Splash"
-            id="de.prob.plugin.splash">
-      </splashHandler>
-      <splashHandlerProductBinding
-            productId="org.rodinp.platform.product"
-            splashId="de.prob.plugin.splash">
-      </splashHandlerProductBinding>
-   </extension> -->
    
      <extension
          point="org.eclipse.ui.menus">
diff --git a/de.prob.plugin/src/de/prob/plugin/Splash.java b/de.prob.plugin/src/de/prob/plugin/Splash.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 623339aa3a8329414fda46e755ca40191b71cdff..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/de.prob.plugin/src/de/prob/plugin/Splash.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package de.prob.plugin;
-
-import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
-import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image;
-import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label;
-import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
-import org.eclipse.ui.splash.AbstractSplashHandler;
-
-import de.prob.ui.ProbUiPlugin;
-
-public class Splash extends AbstractSplashHandler {
-
-	@Override
-	public void init(final Shell splash) {
-		super.init(splash);
-
-		final Image overlay = ProbUiPlugin.getDefault().getImageRegistry().get(
-				ProbUiPlugin.OVERLAY);
-
-		// FillLayout layout = new FillLayout();
-		//
-		// getSplash().setLayout(layout);
-
-		// Force shell to inherit the splash background
-		getSplash().setBackgroundMode(SWT.INHERIT_DEFAULT);
-
-		Label transparentIdeaLabel = new Label(getSplash(), SWT.NONE);
-		transparentIdeaLabel.setImage(overlay);
-
-		transparentIdeaLabel.setBounds(10, 220, 90, 35);
-
-		splash.layout(true);
-
-	}
-}
diff --git a/de.prob.ui/icons/splash_overlay_x.png b/de.prob.ui/icons/splash_overlay_x.png
deleted file mode 100644
index e5c9d55b3a4a502bbf9fe781dc4f3a1298f694a0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Binary files a/de.prob.ui/icons/splash_overlay_x.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/de.prob.ui/src/de/prob/ui/ProbUiPlugin.java b/de.prob.ui/src/de/prob/ui/ProbUiPlugin.java
index 05e469e957678b8cb35713a793a913cb01961103..adbc68fa214a1f57c4a521b34c5b10ee4e0af26a 100644
--- a/de.prob.ui/src/de/prob/ui/ProbUiPlugin.java
+++ b/de.prob.ui/src/de/prob/ui/ProbUiPlugin.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ public class ProbUiPlugin extends AbstractUIPlugin {
 	public static final String IMG_TIMEOUT = "IMG_TIMEOUT";
 	public static final String IMG_ENABLED = "IMG_ENABLED";
 	public static final String IMG_DOUBLECLICK = "IMG_DOUBLECLICK";
-	public static final String OVERLAY = "OVERLAY";
 	public static final String CHANGE_STAR = "change_star";
 	public static final String IMG_RELOAD = "IMG_RELOAD";
 
@@ -84,9 +83,6 @@ public class ProbUiPlugin extends AbstractUIPlugin {
 				imageDescriptorFromPlugin(PLUGIN_ID, "icons/enabled.png"));
 		reg.put(IMG_DOUBLECLICK,
 				imageDescriptorFromPlugin(PLUGIN_ID, "icons/doubleclick.png"));
-		reg.put(OVERLAY,
-				imageDescriptorFromPlugin(PLUGIN_ID,
-						"icons/splash_overlay_x.png"));
 		reg.put(CHANGE_STAR,
 				imageDescriptorFromPlugin(PLUGIN_ID, "icons/star.png"));
 		reg.put(IMG_RELOAD,