diff --git a/VisualStudio/LANGEXT.DAT b/VisualStudio/LANGEXT.DAT
index 91c318517..d902da64c 100644
--- a/VisualStudio/LANGEXT.DAT
+++ b/VisualStudio/LANGEXT.DAT
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ Transform
 TransformCallback
 TriangleFunctor
 TriStripVisitor
-UByte4
 UnitTestFramework
 UpdateVisitor
 VariableRateCounter
diff --git a/VisualStudio/highlight70.reg b/VisualStudio/highlight70.reg
index 52d29da08..78c4ad6ea 100644
--- a/VisualStudio/highlight70.reg
+++ b/VisualStudio/highlight70.reg
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 "TypedConstructorInfo"=""
 "TypedMethodInfo"=""
 "TypeNameAliasProxy"=""
-"UByte4"=""
 "UFOManipulator"=""
 "Uniform"=""
 "UnitTestFramework"=""
diff --git a/VisualStudio/highlight71.reg b/VisualStudio/highlight71.reg
index 1d5dce635..b44968948 100644
--- a/VisualStudio/highlight71.reg
+++ b/VisualStudio/highlight71.reg
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 "TypedConstructorInfo"=""
 "TypedMethodInfo"=""
 "TypeNameAliasProxy"=""
-"UByte4"=""
 "UFOManipulator"=""
 "Uniform"=""
 "UnitTestFramework"=""
diff --git a/VisualStudio/highlight80.reg b/VisualStudio/highlight80.reg
index fe009ec4c..84afc3aa9 100644
--- a/VisualStudio/highlight80.reg
+++ b/VisualStudio/highlight80.reg
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 "TypedConstructorInfo"=""
 "TypedMethodInfo"=""
 "TypeNameAliasProxy"=""
-"UByte4"=""
 "UFOManipulator"=""
 "Uniform"=""
 "UnitTestFramework"=""
diff --git a/Xcode/OpenSceneGraph/OpenSceneGraph.xcode/project.pbxproj b/Xcode/OpenSceneGraph/OpenSceneGraph.xcode/project.pbxproj
index e09aa14f2..c6fc7ef07 100644
--- a/Xcode/OpenSceneGraph/OpenSceneGraph.xcode/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Xcode/OpenSceneGraph/OpenSceneGraph.xcode/project.pbxproj
@@ -42554,15 +42554,6 @@
 			refType = 2;
 			sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT;
 		};
-		BE11825305D63C0A00EB53E5 = {
-			explicitFileType = sourcecode.cpp;
-			fileEncoding = 30;
-			isa = PBXFileReference;
-			name = UByte4;
-			path = ../../include/osg/UByte4;
-			refType = 2;
-			sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT;
-		};
 		BE11825405D63C0A00EB53E5 = {
 			explicitFileType = sourcecode.cpp;
 			fileEncoding = 30;
diff --git a/Xcode/OpenSceneGraph/OpenSceneGraph.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Xcode/OpenSceneGraph/OpenSceneGraph.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 04ebb9d7c..f4f543b58 100644
--- a/Xcode/OpenSceneGraph/OpenSceneGraph.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Xcode/OpenSceneGraph/OpenSceneGraph.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -2352,7 +2352,6 @@
 		BE11848305D70D1800EB53E5 /* Timer in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = BE11825005D63C0A00EB53E5 /* Timer */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (Public, ); }; };
 		BE11848405D70D1800EB53E5 /* Transform in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = BE11825105D63C0A00EB53E5 /* Transform */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (Public, ); }; };
 		BE11848505D70D1800EB53E5 /* TriangleFunctor in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = BE11825205D63C0A00EB53E5 /* TriangleFunctor */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (Public, ); }; };
-		BE11848605D70D1900EB53E5 /* UByte4 in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = BE11825305D63C0A00EB53E5 /* UByte4 */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (Public, ); }; };
 		BE11848705D70D1900EB53E5 /* UnitTestFramework in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = BE11825405D63C0A00EB53E5 /* UnitTestFramework */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (Public, ); }; };
 		BE11848805D70D1900EB53E5 /* Vec2 in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = BE11825505D63C0A00EB53E5 /* Vec2 */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (Public, ); }; };
 		BE11848905D70D1900EB53E5 /* Vec3 in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = BE11825605D63C0A00EB53E5 /* Vec3 */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (Public, ); }; };
@@ -5794,7 +5793,6 @@
 		BE11825005D63C0A00EB53E5 /* Timer */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = sourcecode.cpp; fileEncoding = 30; name = Timer; path = ../../include/osg/Timer; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		BE11825105D63C0A00EB53E5 /* Transform */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = sourcecode.cpp; fileEncoding = 30; name = Transform; path = ../../include/osg/Transform; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		BE11825205D63C0A00EB53E5 /* TriangleFunctor */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = sourcecode.cpp; fileEncoding = 30; name = TriangleFunctor; path = ../../include/osg/TriangleFunctor; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
-		BE11825305D63C0A00EB53E5 /* UByte4 */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = sourcecode.cpp; fileEncoding = 30; name = UByte4; path = ../../include/osg/UByte4; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		BE11825405D63C0A00EB53E5 /* UnitTestFramework */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = sourcecode.cpp; fileEncoding = 30; name = UnitTestFramework; path = ../../include/osg/UnitTestFramework; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		BE11825505D63C0A00EB53E5 /* Vec2 */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = sourcecode.cpp; fileEncoding = 30; name = Vec2; path = ../../include/osg/Vec2; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		BE11825605D63C0A00EB53E5 /* Vec3 */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = sourcecode.cpp; fileEncoding = 30; name = Vec3; path = ../../include/osg/Vec3; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
@@ -10559,7 +10557,6 @@
 				BE11825105D63C0A00EB53E5 /* Transform */,
 				BE11825205D63C0A00EB53E5 /* TriangleFunctor */,
 				00CE2D40065BCD25003C8656 /* TriangleIndexFunctor */,
-				BE11825305D63C0A00EB53E5 /* UByte4 */,
 				009D9F8F081D7181001FA987 /* Uniform */,
 				BE11825405D63C0A00EB53E5 /* UnitTestFramework */,
 				BE11825505D63C0A00EB53E5 /* Vec2 */,
@@ -12220,7 +12217,6 @@
 				BE11848405D70D1800EB53E5 /* Transform in Headers */,
 				BE11848505D70D1800EB53E5 /* TriangleFunctor in Headers */,
 				00CE2D67065BCD69003C8656 /* TriangleIndexFunctor in Headers */,
-				BE11848605D70D1900EB53E5 /* UByte4 in Headers */,
 				009D9FB9081D7392001FA987 /* Uniform in Headers */,
 				BE11848705D70D1900EB53E5 /* UnitTestFramework in Headers */,
 				BE11848805D70D1900EB53E5 /* Vec2 in Headers */,
diff --git a/Xcode/XcodeTemplates/OSG Application/osgApp_Prefix.pch b/Xcode/XcodeTemplates/OSG Application/osgApp_Prefix.pch
index 8a847b0d8..66d91f159 100644
--- a/Xcode/XcodeTemplates/OSG Application/osgApp_Prefix.pch	
+++ b/Xcode/XcodeTemplates/OSG Application/osgApp_Prefix.pch	
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@
 #include <osg/Transform>
 #include <osg/TriangleFunctor>
 #include <osg/TriangleIndexFunctor>
-#include <osg/UByte4>
 #include <osg/Uniform>
 #include <osg/UnitTestFramework>
 #include <osg/Vec2>
diff --git a/include/osg/UByte4 b/include/osg/UByte4
deleted file mode 100644
index 54da0fdbe..000000000
--- a/include/osg/UByte4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Robert Osfield 
- *
- * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under  
- * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or 
- * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
- * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
- * 
- * This library 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 
- * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
-*/
-
-#ifndef OSG_UBYTE4
-#define OSG_UBYTE4 1
-
-#include <osg/Vec4ub>
-
-namespace osg {
-
-#ifdef USE_DEPRECATED_API
-    typedef UByte4 Vec4ub;
-#endif
-
-}    // end of namespace osg
-
-#endif