diff --git a/src/common/config.py b/src/common/config.py
index b33f1c2ad2ad04d5ba6046b7849cbec97dee04c0..007e7e62400b265d8c517b14951448c4631f23b8 100644
--- a/src/common/config.py
+++ b/src/common/config.py
@@ -278,12 +278,10 @@ class Config:
             'show_contacts_number': [opt_bool, True, _('If True, Gajim will show number of online and total contacts in account and group rows.')],
             'treat_incoming_messages': [ opt_str, '', _('Can be empty, \'chat\' or \'normal\'. If not empty, treat all incoming messages as if they were of this type')],
             'scroll_roster_to_last_message': [opt_bool, True, _('If True, Gajim will scroll and select the contact who sent you the last message, if chat window is not already opened.')],
-            'use_latex': [opt_bool, False, _('If True, Gajim will convert string between $$ and $$ to an image using dvips and convert before insterting it in chat window.')],
             'change_status_window_timeout': [opt_int, 15, _('Time of inactivity needed before the change status window closes down.')],
             'max_conversation_lines': [opt_int, 500, _('Maximum number of lines that are printed in conversations. Oldest lines are cleared.')],
             'attach_notifications_to_systray': [opt_bool, False, _('If True, notification windows from notification-daemon will be attached to notification icon.')],
             'check_idle_every_foo_seconds': [opt_int, 2, _('Choose interval between 2 checks of idleness.')],
-            'latex_png_dpi': [opt_str, '108', _('Change the value to change the size of latex formulas displayed. The higher is larger.') ],
             'uri_schemes': [opt_str, 'aaa:// aaas:// acap:// cap:// cid: crid:// data: dav: dict:// dns: fax: file:/ ftp:// geo: go: gopher:// h323: http:// https:// iax: icap:// im: imap:// info: ipp:// iris: iris.beep: iris.xpc: iris.xpcs: iris.lwz: ldap:// mid: modem: msrp:// msrps:// mtqp:// mupdate:// news: nfs:// nntp:// opaquelocktoken: pop:// pres: prospero:// rtsp:// service: shttp:// sip: sips: sms: snmp:// soap.beep:// soap.beeps:// tag: tel: telnet:// tftp:// thismessage:/ tip:// tv: urn:// vemmi:// xmlrpc.beep:// xmlrpc.beeps:// z39.50r:// z39.50s:// about: apt: cvs:// daap:// ed2k:// feed: fish:// git:// iax2: irc:// ircs:// ldaps:// magnet: mms:// rsync:// ssh:// svn:// sftp:// smb:// webcal://', _('Valid uri schemes. Only schemes in this list will be accepted as "real" uri. (mailto and xmpp are handled separately)'), True],
             'ask_offline_status_on_connection': [ opt_bool, False, _('Ask offline status message to all offline contacts when connection to an accoutn is established. WARNING: This causes a lot of requests to be sent!') ],
             'shell_like_completion': [ opt_bool, False, _('If True, completion in groupchats will be like a shell auto-completion')],
diff --git a/src/common/gajim.py b/src/common/gajim.py
index 1a1c84e8364786adb38e784b8be6abad25822bc9..ed29a5087b57483dadeb8fdf77718eeb77c269fe 100644
--- a/src/common/gajim.py
+++ b/src/common/gajim.py
@@ -167,10 +167,6 @@ else:
     if subprocess.call(gpg_cmd, shell=True):
         HAVE_GPG = False
 
-# Depends on use_latex option. Will be correctly set after we config options are
-# read.
-HAVE_LATEX = False
-
 HAVE_FARSTREAM = True
 try:
     farstream = __import__('farstream')
diff --git a/src/common/latex.py b/src/common/latex.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a8b08aaec4312dd5a575c681226e53f747259ff..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/common/latex.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,180 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
-## src/common/latex.py
-##
-## Copyright (C) 2005 Norman Rasmussen <norman AT rasmussen.co.za>
-## Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Alex Mauer <hawke AT hawkesnest.net>
-##                         Travis Shirk <travis AT pobox.com>
-## Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Nikos Kouremenos <kourem AT gmail.com>
-## Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Yann Leboulanger <asterix AT lagaule.org>
-## Copyright (C) 2006 Dimitur Kirov <dkirov AT gmail.com>
-## Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Jean-Marie Traissard <jim AT lapin.org>
-## Copyright (C) 2008 Jonathan Schleifer <js-gajim AT webkeks.org>
-##                    Julien Pivotto <roidelapluie AT gmail.com>
-##                    Stephan Erb <steve-e AT h3c.de>
-##
-## This file is part of Gajim.
-##
-## Gajim is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
-## by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 only.
-##
-## Gajim is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-## GNU General Public License for more details.
-##
-## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-## along with Gajim. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-##
-
-import os
-import random
-from tempfile import mkstemp, mkdtemp
-from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
-
-import logging
-log = logging.getLogger('gajim.c.latex')
-
-import gajim
-from exceptions import LatexError
-import helpers
-
-# some latex commands are really bad
-blacklist = ['\\def', '\\let', '\\futurelet',
-        '\\newcommand', '\\renewcomment', '\\else', '\\fi', '\\write',
-        '\\input', '\\include', '\\chardef', '\\catcode', '\\makeatletter',
-        '\\noexpand', '\\toksdef', '\\every', '\\errhelp', '\\errorstopmode',
-        '\\scrollmode', '\\nonstopmode', '\\batchmode', '\\read', '\\csname',
-        '\\newhelp', '\\relax', '\\afterground', '\\afterassignment',
-        '\\expandafter', '\\noexpand', '\\special', '\\command', '\\loop',
-        '\\repeat', '\\toks', '\\output', '\\line', '\\mathcode', '\\name',
-        '\\item', '\\section', '\\mbox', '\\DeclareRobustCommand', '\\[',
-        '\\]']
-# True if the string matches the blacklist
-def check_blacklist(str_):
-    for word in blacklist:
-        if word in str_:
-            return True
-    return False
-
-def write_latex(filename, str_):
-    texstr = '\\documentclass[12pt]{article}\\usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}'
-    texstr += '\\usepackage{amsmath}\\usepackage{amssymb}'
-    texstr += '\\pagestyle{empty}'
-    texstr += '\\begin{document}\\begin{large}\\begin{gather*}'
-    texstr += str_
-    texstr += '\\end{gather*}\\end{large}\\end{document}'
-
-    file_ = open(filename, "w+")
-    file_.write(texstr)
-    file_.flush()
-    file_.close()
-
-# a wrapper for Popen so that no window gets opened on Windows
-# (i think this is the reason we're using Popen rather than just system())
-# stdout goes to a pipe so that it can be read
-def popen_nt_friendly(command, directory):
-    if os.name == 'nt':
-        # CREATE_NO_WINDOW
-        return Popen(command, creationflags=0x08000000, cwd=directory,
-            stdout=PIPE)
-    else:
-        return Popen(command, cwd=directory, stdout=PIPE)
-
-def check_for_latex_support():
-    """
-    Check if latex is available and if it can create a picture
-    """
-    try:
-        filename = latex_to_image("test")
-        if filename:
-            # we have a file, conversion succeeded
-            os.remove(filename)
-            return True
-        return False
-    except LatexError:
-        return False
-
-def try_run(argv, directory):
-    try:
-        p = popen_nt_friendly(argv, directory)
-        out = p.communicate()[0]
-        log.info(out)
-        return p.wait()
-    except Exception, e:
-        return _('Error executing "%(command)s": %(error)s') % {
-            'command': " ".join(argv),
-            'error': helpers.decode_string(str(e))}
-
-
-def latex_to_image(str_):
-    result = None
-    exitcode = 0
-
-    def fg_str(fmt):
-        try:
-            return [{'hex' : '+level-colors', 'tex' : '-fg'}[fmt],
-                gajim.interface.get_fg_color(fmt)]
-        except KeyError:
-            # interface may not be available when we test latex at startup
-            return []
-        except AttributeError:
-            # interface may not be available when we test latext at startup
-            return {'hex': ['+level-colors', '0x000000'],
-                'tex': ['-fg', 'rgb 0.0 0.0 0.0']}[fmt]
-
-    # filter latex code with bad commands
-    if check_blacklist(str_):
-        # we triggered the blacklist, immediately return None
-        return None
-
-    try:
-        tmpdir = mkdtemp(prefix='gajimtex')
-        tmppng = mkstemp(prefix='gajim_tex', suffix='.png')[1]
-    except Exception:
-        raise LatexError('could not securely create one or more temporary files'
-            ' for LaTeX conversion')
-
-    tmpfile = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'gajim_tex')
-
-    # build latex string
-    write_latex(tmpfile + '.tex', str_)
-
-    # convert TeX to dvi
-    exitcode = try_run(['latex', '--interaction=nonstopmode', tmpfile + '.tex'],
-        tmpdir)
-
-    if exitcode == 0:
-        # convert dvi to png
-        latex_png_dpi = gajim.config.get('latex_png_dpi')
-        exitcode = try_run(['dvipng'] + fg_str('tex') + ['-T', 'tight', '-D',
-            latex_png_dpi, tmpfile + '.dvi', '-o', tmpfile + '.png'], tmpdir)
-
-        if exitcode:
-            # dvipng failed, try convert
-            exitcode = try_run(['convert'] + fg_str('hex') + ['-trim',
-                '-density', latex_png_dpi, tmpfile + '.dvi', tmpfile + '.png'],
-                tmpdir)
-
-    # remove temp files created by us and TeX
-    extensions = ['.tex', '.log', '.aux', '.dvi']
-    for ext in extensions:
-        try:
-            os.remove(tmpfile + ext)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-    if exitcode == 0:
-        os.rename(tmpfile + '.png', tmppng)
-    else:
-        os.remove(tmppng)
-
-    os.rmdir(tmpdir)
-
-    if isinstance(exitcode, (unicode, str)):
-        raise LatexError(exitcode)
-
-    if exitcode == 0:
-        result = tmppng
-
-    return result
diff --git a/src/conversation_textview.py b/src/conversation_textview.py
index eed90ecc11307ba75846cb9435bafc2a79684a4e..61b7ae5c81f80761913282de1301873c57154b33 100644
--- a/src/conversation_textview.py
+++ b/src/conversation_textview.py
@@ -1148,31 +1148,6 @@ class ConversationTextview(gobject.GObject):
             else:
                 if not show_ascii_formatting_chars:
                     special_text = special_text[1:-1] # remove _ _
-        elif gajim.HAVE_LATEX and special_text.startswith('$$') and \
-        special_text.endswith('$$') and graphics:
-            try:
-                imagepath = latex.latex_to_image(special_text[2:-2])
-            except LatexError, e:
-                # print the error after the line has been written
-                gobject.idle_add(self.print_conversation_line, str(e), '', 'info',
-                        '', None)
-                imagepath = None
-            end_iter = buffer_.get_end_iter()
-            if imagepath is not None:
-                anchor = buffer_.create_child_anchor(end_iter)
-                img = TextViewImage(anchor, special_text)
-                img.set_from_file(imagepath)
-                img.show()
-                # add
-                self.tv.add_child_at_anchor(img, anchor)
-                # delete old file
-                try:
-                    os.remove(imagepath)
-                except Exception:
-                    pass
-            else:
-                buffer_.insert(end_iter, special_text)
-            use_other_tags = False
         else:
             # It's nothing special
             if use_other_tags:
diff --git a/src/features_window.py b/src/features_window.py
index dff1135f997236edb535ffad5a2e2c5c186e24bd..0894cca610a0a6c0ea91ff7ef7a2f30cd4827f3c 100644
--- a/src/features_window.py
+++ b/src/features_window.py
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ class FeaturesWindow:
                 _('Ability to measure idle time, in order to set auto status.'),
                 _('Requires libxss library.'),
                 _('Requires python2.5.')),
-            _('LaTeX'): (self.latex_available,
-                _('Transform LaTeX expressions between $$ $$.'),
-                _('Requires texlive-latex-base and (dvipng or ImageMagick). You have to set \'use_latex\' to True in the Advanced Configuration Editor.'),
-                _('Requires texlive-latex-base and (dvipng or ImageMagick) (All is in MikTeX). You have to set \'use_latex\' to True in the Advanced Configuration Editor.')),
             _('End to End message encryption'): (self.pycrypto_available,
                 _('Encrypting chat messages.'),
                 _('Requires python-crypto.'),
@@ -244,10 +240,6 @@ class FeaturesWindow:
         from common import sleepy
         return sleepy.SUPPORTED
 
-    def latex_available(self):
-        from common import latex
-        return latex.check_for_latex_support()
-
     def pycrypto_available(self):
         return gajim.HAVE_PYCRYPTO
 
diff --git a/src/gui_interface.py b/src/gui_interface.py
index 4d5c67efb5672e1639c99b0d606acaad484302d3..dff02d25c84adfc70c63bb793675b11e27624a8f 100644
--- a/src/gui_interface.py
+++ b/src/gui_interface.py
@@ -1838,17 +1838,11 @@ class Interface:
             r'(?<!\S)' r'/[^\s/]' r'([^/]*[^\s/])?' r'/(?!\S)|'\
             r'(?<!\w)' r'_[^\s_]' r'([^_]*[^\s_])?' r'_(?!\w)'
 
-        latex = r'|\$\$[^$\\]*?([\]\[0-9A-Za-z()|+*/-]|'\
-            r'[\\][\]\[0-9A-Za-z()|{}$])(.*?[^\\])?\$\$'
-
         basic_pattern = links + '|' + mail + '|' + legacy_prefixes
 
         link_pattern = basic_pattern
         self.link_pattern_re = re.compile(link_pattern, re.I | re.U)
 
-        if gajim.config.get('use_latex'):
-            basic_pattern += latex
-
         if gajim.config.get('ascii_formatting'):
             basic_pattern += formatting
         self.basic_pattern = basic_pattern
@@ -2705,10 +2699,6 @@ class Interface:
 
         cfg_was_read = parser.read()
 
-        from common import latex
-        gajim.HAVE_LATEX = gajim.config.get('use_latex') and \
-                latex.check_for_latex_support()
-
         gajim.logger.reset_shown_unread_messages()
         # override logging settings from config (don't take care of '-q' option)
         if gajim.config.get('verbose'):