diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers.js b/lib/OpenLayers.js
index 7e2d6e4bda..1935ef8eb9 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers.js
@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@
                 "OpenLayers/Filter/Function.js",                
                 "OpenLayers/Protocol.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Protocol/HTTP.js",
-                "OpenLayers/Protocol/WCS.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Protocol/WFS.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Protocol/WFS/v1.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Protocol/WFS/v1_0_0.js",
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Protocol/WCS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Protocol/WCS.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9520e3fbc0..0000000000
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Protocol/WCS.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2006-2012 by OpenLayers Contributors (see authors.txt for 
- * full list of contributors). Published under the 2-clause BSD license.
- * See license.txt in the OpenLayers distribution or repository for the
- * full text of the license. */
-
-/**
- * @requires OpenLayers/Protocol.js
- */
-
-/**
- * Class: OpenLayers.Protocol.WCS
- * Used to create a versioned WCS protocol.  Default version is 1.0.0.
- *
- * Returns:
- * {<OpenLayers.Protocol>} A WCS protocol of the given version.
- *
- * Example:
- * (code)
- *     var protocol = new OpenLayers.Protocol.WCS({
- *         version: "1.1.0",
- *         url:  "http://demo.opengeo.org/geoserver/wcs",
- *         featureType: "tasmania_roads",
- *         featureNS: "http://www.openplans.org/topp",
- *         geometryName: "the_geom"
- *     });
- * (end)
- *
- * See the protocols for specific WCS versions for more detail.
- */
-OpenLayers.Protocol.WCS = function(options) {
-    options = OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults(
-        options, OpenLayers.Protocol.WCS.DEFAULTS
-    );
-    var cls = OpenLayers.Protocol.WCS["v"+options.version.replace(/\./g, "_")];
-    if(!cls) {
-        throw "Unsupported WCS version: " + options.version;
-    }
-    return new cls(options);
-};
-
-/**
- * Function: fromWMSLayer
- * Convenience function to create a WCS protocol from a WMS layer.  This makes
- *     the assumption that a WCS requests can be issued at the same URL as
- *     WMS requests and that a WCS featureType exists with the same name as the
- *     WMS layer.
- *     
- * This function is designed to auto-configure <url>, <featureType>,
- *     <featurePrefix> and <srsName> for WCS <version> 1.1.0. Note that
- *     srsName matching with the WMS layer will not work with WCS 1.0.0.
- * 
- * Parameters:
- * layer - {<OpenLayers.Layer.WMS>} WMS layer that has a matching WCS
- *     FeatureType at the same server url with the same typename.
- * options - {Object} Default properties to be set on the protocol.
- *
- * Returns:
- * {<OpenLayers.Protocol.WCS>}
- */
-OpenLayers.Protocol.WCS.fromWMSLayer = function(layer, options) {
-    var typeName, featurePrefix;
-    var param = layer.params["LAYERS"];
-    var parts = (OpenLayers.Util.isArray(param) ? param[0] : param).split(":");
-    if(parts.length > 1) {
-        featurePrefix = parts[0];
-    }
-    typeName = parts.pop();
-    var protocolOptions = {
-        url: layer.url,
-        featureType: typeName,
-        featurePrefix: featurePrefix,
-        srsName: layer.projection && layer.projection.getCode() ||
-                 layer.map && layer.map.getProjectionObject().getCode(),
-        version: "1.1.0"
-    };
-    return new OpenLayers.Protocol.WCS(OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults(
-        options, protocolOptions
-    ));
-};
-
-/**
- * Constant: OpenLayers.Protocol.WCS.DEFAULTS
- */
-OpenLayers.Protocol.WCS.DEFAULTS = {
-    "version": "1.0.0"
-};
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