diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_component.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_component.ts
index c9bd0442e1b..dc9a83d72df 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_component.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_component.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import coreModule from 'app/core/core_module';
 import { importPluginModule } from './plugin_loader';
 
 import { UnknownPanelCtrl } from 'app/plugins/panel/unknown/module';
-import { DashboardRowCtrl } from './row_ctrl';
 
 /** @ngInject **/
 function pluginDirectiveLoader($compile, datasourceSrv, $rootScope, $q, $http, $templateCache) {
@@ -59,15 +58,6 @@ function pluginDirectiveLoader($compile, datasourceSrv, $rootScope, $q, $http, $
   }
 
   function loadPanelComponentInfo(scope, attrs) {
-    if (scope.panel.type === 'row') {
-      return $q.when({
-        name: 'dashboard-row',
-        bindings: { dashboard: '=', panel: '=' },
-        attrs: { dashboard: 'ctrl.dashboard', panel: 'panel' },
-        Component: DashboardRowCtrl,
-      });
-    }
-
     var componentInfo: any = {
       name: 'panel-plugin-' + scope.panel.type,
       bindings: { dashboard: '=', panel: '=', row: '=' },
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/row_ctrl.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/row_ctrl.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 90fc0d07e38..00000000000
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/row_ctrl.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-import _ from 'lodash';
-
-export class DashboardRowCtrl {
-  static template = `
-    <div class="dashboard-row__center">
-      <div class="dashboard-row__actions-left">
-        <i class="fa fa-chevron-down" ng-hide="ctrl.panel.collapse"></i>
-        <i class="fa fa-chevron-right" ng-show="ctrl.panel.collapse"></i>
-      </div>
-      <a class="dashboard-row__title pointer" ng-click="ctrl.toggle()">
-        <span class="dashboard-row__title-text">
-          {{ctrl.panel.title | interpolateTemplateVars:this}}
-        </span>
-      </a>
-      <div class="dashboard-row__actions-right">
-        <a class="pointer" ng-click="ctrl.openSettings()"><span class="fa fa-cog"></i></a>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-
-  <div class="dashboard-row__panel_count">
-    ({{ctrl.panel.hiddenPanels.length}} hidden panels)
-  </div>
-  <div class="dashboard-row__drag grid-drag-handle">
-  </div>
-  `;
-
-  dashboard: any;
-  panel: any;
-
-  constructor() {
-    this.panel.hiddenPanels = this.panel.hiddenPanels || [];
-  }
-
-  toggle() {
-    if (this.panel.collapse) {
-      let panelIndex = _.indexOf(this.dashboard.panels, this.panel);
-
-      for (let child of this.panel.hiddenPanels) {
-        this.dashboard.panels.splice(panelIndex + 1, 0, child);
-        child.y = this.panel.y + 1;
-        console.log('restoring child', child);
-      }
-
-      this.panel.hiddenPanels = [];
-      this.panel.collapse = false;
-      return;
-    }
-
-    this.panel.collapse = true;
-    let foundRow = false;
-
-    for (let i = 0; i < this.dashboard.panels.length; i++) {
-      let panel = this.dashboard.panels[i];
-
-      if (panel === this.panel) {
-        console.log('found row');
-        foundRow = true;
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      if (!foundRow) {
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      if (panel.type === 'row') {
-        break;
-      }
-
-      this.panel.hiddenPanels.push(panel);
-      console.log('hiding child', panel.id);
-    }
-
-    for (let hiddenPanel of this.panel.hiddenPanels) {
-      this.dashboard.removePanel(hiddenPanel, false);
-    }
-  }
-
-  moveUp() {
-    // let panelIndex = _.indexOf(this.dashboard.panels, this.panel);
-    // let rowAbove = null;
-    // for (let index = panelIndex-1; index > 0; index--) {
-    //   panel = this.dashboard.panels[index];
-    //   if (panel.type === 'row') {
-    //     rowAbove = panel;
-    //   }
-    // }
-    //
-    // if (rowAbove) {
-    //   this.panel.y = rowAbove.y;
-    // }
-  }
-
-  link(scope, elem) {
-    elem.addClass('dashboard-row');
-
-    scope.$watch('ctrl.panel.collapse', () => {
-      elem.toggleClass('dashboard-row--collapse', this.panel.collapse === true);
-    });
-  }
-}