diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/55_InfoPanel.pm b/fhem/FHEM/55_InfoPanel.pm
index a3042cab2..a1d6b7436 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/55_InfoPanel.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/55_InfoPanel.pm
@@ -532,37 +532,6 @@ sub btIP_itemTextBox {
   return $output; 
 }
 
-sub btIP_itemTicker {
-# btIP_itemTicker($id,$x,$y,$width,$speed,$text,%params);
-  my ($id,$x,$y,$width,$speed,$text,%params)= @_;
-  return unless(defined($text));
-  $id = ($id eq '-') ? createUniqueId() : $id;
-  $speed = ($speed) ? $speed : AttrVal($params{name},'refresh',60);
-  my $end = $x+$width;
-  my ($r,$g,$b,$a) = btIP_color($params{rgb});
-
-  my $output  = "<defs><path id=\"tickerPath\" d=\"M$x,$y L$end,$y\" /></defs>\n";
-     $output .= "<text id=\”$id\” x=\"$x\" y=\"$y\" ".
-                "fill=\"rgb($r,$g,$b)\" fill-opacity=\"$a\" ".
-                "font-family=\"$params{font}\" ".
-                "font-style=\"$params{fontstyle}\" ".
-                "font-size=\"$params{pt}px\" ".
-                "font-weight=\"$params{fontweight}\" ".
-                "text-anchor=\"$params{thalign}\" ".
-                "text-decoration=\"$params{textdecoration}\" ".
-                "alignment-baseline=\"$params{tvalign}\" >\n".
-#                "$text\n".
-#                "</text>\n".
-                "<textPath xlink:href=\"#tickerPath\">\n$text\n".
-                "<animate attributeName=\"startOffset\" values=\"$end;$x\" dur=\"${speed}s\" repeatCount=\"indefinite\" />".
-                "</textPath>".
-                "</text>";
-#  my $animate = "<animate id=\"${id}_anim\" attributeName=\"x\" from=\"$end\" to=\"$x\" dur=\"${speed}s\" repeatCount=\"indefinite\" />";
-#  return btIP_itemText("${id}_text",$x,$y,"$text\n$animate",%params);
-
- return $output;
-}
-
 sub btIP_itemTime {
   my ($id,$x,$y,%params)= @_;
   $id = ($id eq '-') ? createUniqueId() : $id;
@@ -1030,15 +999,6 @@ sub btIP_evalLayout($$@) {
           }
         }
 
-	    when("ticker") {
-              ($id,$x,$y,$width,$arg,$text)= split("[ \t]+", $def, 6);
-	      ($x,$y)= btIP_xy($x,$y,%params);
-	      $params{xx} = $x;
-	      $params{yy} = $y;
-	      $text= AnalyzePerlCommand(undef, $text);
-              $svg .= btIP_itemTicker($id,$x,$y,$width,$arg,$text,%params);
-            }
-
 	    when("time") {
 	      ($id,$x,$y)= split("[ \t]+", $def, 3);
 	      ($x,$y)= btIP_xy($x,$y,%params);
diff --git a/fhem/contrib/InfoPanel/demo.layout b/fhem/contrib/InfoPanel/demo.layout
index 14cba061d..5b9d76b7e 100644
--- a/fhem/contrib/InfoPanel/demo.layout
+++ b/fhem/contrib/InfoPanel/demo.layout
@@ -272,13 +272,4 @@ textboxalign justify
 # 
 textbox - 210 50 180 50 "http://www.fhem.de" "Ich bin eine Textbox und wenn man mich anklickt geht es direkt zu www.fhem.de"
 
-
-# ticker
-# Format: ticker <id> <x> <y> <width> <speed> <text>
-#
-
-pt 20
-rgb "FF0000FF"
-ticker - 10 100 180 0 "Ich bin ein Ticker"
-
 #