diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.bindings b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.bindings
index 19a6b2d435..f7c39fba9e 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.bindings
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.bindings
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 (gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/Editor/crop" "c")
 (gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/Editor/duplicate-region" "d")
 (gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/Editor/set-edit-cursor" "e")
+(gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/Editor/toggle-follow-playhead" "f")
 (gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/MouseMode/set-mouse-mode-gain" "g")
 (gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/Editor/split-region" "s")
 (gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/Editor/set-region-sync-position" "v")
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/mixer_ui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/mixer_ui.cc
index 45b6eecee9..85c0aaff41 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/mixer_ui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/mixer_ui.cc
@@ -199,9 +199,6 @@ Mixer_UI::Mixer_UI (AudioEngine& eng)
 	rhs_pane1.set_data ("collapse-direction", (gpointer) 0);
 	list_hpane.set_data ("collapse-direction", (gpointer) 1);
 
-	rhs_pane1.signal_button_release_event().connect (bind (sigc::ptr_fun (pane_handler), static_cast<Paned*>(&rhs_pane1)));
-	list_hpane.signal_button_release_event().connect (bind (sigc::ptr_fun (pane_handler), static_cast<Paned*>(&list_hpane)));
-	
 	global_vpacker.pack_start (list_hpane, true, true);
 
 	add (global_vpacker);
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc b/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc
index 303c4a4c53..389d43d2f2 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/utils.cc
@@ -224,64 +224,6 @@ get_font_for_style (string widgetname)
 	return style->get_font();
 }
 
-gint
-pane_handler (GdkEventButton* ev, Gtk::Paned* pane)
-{
-	if (ev->window != Gtkmm2ext::get_paned_handle (*pane)) {
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
-	if (Keyboard::is_delete_event (ev)) {
-
-		gint pos;
-		gint cmp;
-		
-		pos = pane->get_position ();
-
-		if (dynamic_cast<VPaned*>(pane)) {
-			cmp = pane->get_height();
-		} else {
-			cmp = pane->get_width();
-		}
-
-		/* we have to use approximations here because we can't predict the
-		   exact position or sizes of the pane (themes, etc)
-		*/
-
-		if (pos < 10 || abs (pos - cmp) < 10) {
-
-			/* already collapsed: restore it (note that this is cast from a pointer value to int, which is tricky on 64bit */
-			
-			pane->set_position ((intptr_t) pane->get_data ("rpos"));
-
-		} else {	
-
-			int collapse_direction;
-
-			/* store the current position */
-
-			pane->set_data ("rpos", (gpointer) pos);
-
-			/* collapse to show the relevant child in full */
-			
-			collapse_direction = (intptr_t) pane->get_data ("collapse-direction");
-
-			if (collapse_direction) {
-				pane->set_position (1);
-			} else {
-				if (dynamic_cast<VPaned*>(pane)) {
-					pane->set_position (pane->get_height());
-				} else {
-					pane->set_position (pane->get_width());
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		return TRUE;
-	} 
-
-	return FALSE;
-}
 uint32_t
 rgba_from_style (string style, uint32_t r, uint32_t g, uint32_t b, uint32_t a, string attr, int state, bool rgba)
 {
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/utils.h b/gtk2_ardour/utils.h
index 0e6f3e61b1..244e45d260 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/utils.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/utils.h
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ ArdourCanvas::Points* get_canvas_points (std::string who, uint32_t npoints);
 
 Pango::FontDescription get_font_for_style (std::string widgetname);
 
-gint pane_handler (GdkEventButton*, Gtk::Paned*);
 uint32_t rgba_from_style (std::string, uint32_t, uint32_t, uint32_t, uint32_t, std::string = "fg", int = Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, bool = true);
 
 void decorate (Gtk::Window& w, Gdk::WMDecoration d);