diff --git a/src/legend/legendmarkeritem_p.h b/src/legend/legendmarkeritem_p.h
index 37bfdb7..3c5db80 100644
--- a/src/legend/legendmarkeritem_p.h
+++ b/src/legend/legendmarkeritem_p.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class LegendMarkerItem : public QGraphicsObject, public QGraphicsLayoutItem
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_INTERFACES(QGraphicsLayoutItem)
 public:
-    explicit LegendMarkerItem(QAbstractSeries *m_series, QGraphicsObject *parent);
+    explicit LegendMarkerItem(QAbstractSeries *m_series, QGraphicsObject *parent = 0);
 
     void setPen(const QPen &pen);
     QPen pen() const;
diff --git a/src/legend/qlegendmarker.cpp b/src/legend/qlegendmarker.cpp
index 7b73043..e2be6e3 100644
--- a/src/legend/qlegendmarker.cpp
+++ b/src/legend/qlegendmarker.cpp
@@ -107,80 +107,9 @@ QLegendMarkerPrivate::QLegendMarkerPrivate(QAbstractSeries *series, QLegendMarke
     q_ptr(q),
     m_series(series)
 {
-    m_item = new LegendMarkerItem(m_series,this);
+    m_item = new LegendMarkerItem(m_series);
 }
 
-void QLegendMarkerPrivate::setGeometry(const QRectF& rect)
-{
-    QFontMetrics fn (m_font);
-
-
-    int width = rect.width();
-    qreal x = m_margin + m_markerRect.width() +  m_space + m_margin;
-    qreal y = qMax(m_markerRect.height()+2*m_margin,fn.height()+2*m_margin);
-
-    if (fn.boundingRect(m_label).width() + x > width)
-    {
-        QString string = m_label + "...";
-        while(fn.boundingRect(string).width() + x > width && string.length() > 3)
-            string.remove(string.length() - 4, 1);
-        m_textItem->setText(string);
-    }
-    else
-        m_textItem->setText(m_label);
-
-    const QRectF& textRect = m_textItem->boundingRect();
-
-
-    m_textItem->setPos(x-m_margin,y/2 - textRect.height()/2);
-    m_rectItem->setRect(m_markerRect);
-    m_rectItem->setPos(m_margin,y/2  - m_markerRect.height()/2);
-
-    prepareGeometryChange();
-    m_boundingRect = QRectF(0,0,x+textRect.width()+m_margin,y);
-}
-
-QRectF QLegendMarkerPrivate::boundingRect() const
-{
-    return m_boundingRect;
-}
-
-void QLegendMarkerPrivate::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option, QWidget *widget)
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(option)
-    Q_UNUSED(widget)
-    Q_UNUSED(painter)
-}
-
-QSizeF QLegendMarkerPrivate::sizeHint(Qt::SizeHint which, const QSizeF& constraint) const
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(constraint)
-
-    QFontMetrics fn(m_textItem->font());
-    QSizeF sh;
-
-      switch (which) {
-        case Qt::MinimumSize:
-            sh = QSizeF(fn.boundingRect("...").width() + 2*m_margin + m_space +m_markerRect.width(),qMax(m_markerRect.height()+2*m_margin,fn.height()+2*m_margin));
-            break;
-        case Qt::PreferredSize:
-            sh = QSizeF(fn.boundingRect(m_label).width() + 2*m_margin + m_space +m_markerRect.width(),qMax(m_markerRect.height()+2*m_margin,fn.height()+2*m_margin));
-            break;
-        default:
-          break;
-      }
-
-      return sh;
-}
-
-void QLegendMarkerPrivate::mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)
-{
-    qDebug() << "QLegendMarkerPrivate::mousePressEvent" << event;
-    QGraphicsObject::mousePressEvent(event);
-    //TODO: selected signal removed for now
-}
-
-
 #include "moc_qlegendmarker.cpp"
 #include "moc_qlegendmarker_p.cpp"
 
diff --git a/src/legend/qlegendmarker_p.h b/src/legend/qlegendmarker_p.h
index 04c788f..2db9f69 100644
--- a/src/legend/qlegendmarker_p.h
+++ b/src/legend/qlegendmarker_p.h
@@ -52,10 +52,9 @@ class QPieSeries;
 class QLegendMarker;
 class LegendMarkerItem;
 
-class QLegendMarkerPrivate : public QGraphicsObject, public QGraphicsLayoutItem
+class QLegendMarkerPrivate : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
-    Q_INTERFACES(QGraphicsLayoutItem)
 public:
     explicit QLegendMarkerPrivate(QAbstractSeries *series, QLegendMarker *q);
 /*
@@ -74,17 +73,6 @@ public:
     void setLabelBrush(const QBrush &brush);
     QBrush labelBrush() const;
 */
-    void setGeometry(const QRectF& rect);
-
-    QRectF boundingRect() const;
-
-    void paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option, QWidget *widget = 0);
-
-    QSizeF sizeHint (Qt::SizeHint which, const QSizeF& constraint) const;
-
-protected:
-    // From QGraphicsObject
-    void mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event);
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
     virtual void updated() {};