Index: panel.c
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--- panel.c	(revision 3436)
+++ panel.c	(working copy)
@@ -481,8 +481,6 @@
 {
 	GtkWidget *box;
 	GtkWidget *sidebar;
-	GtkWidget *close_button;
-	GtkWidget *image;
 	
 	box = gtk_hbox_new(FALSE, 0);
 
@@ -502,22 +500,6 @@
 			    FALSE, 
 			    0);
 
-	image = gtk_image_new_from_stock (GTK_STOCK_CLOSE, GTK_ICON_SIZE_MENU);
-	close_button = create_small_button (image);
-
-	gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (sidebar),
-			    close_button,
-			    FALSE, 
-			    FALSE, 
-			    0);
-
-	gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text (close_button, _("Hide panel"));
-
-	g_signal_connect (close_button,
-			  "clicked",
-                          G_CALLBACK (close_button_clicked_cb),
-                          panel);
-
 	gtk_widget_show_all (box);
 
 	gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (panel),