diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 544652b1..8e8e843f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Snapshot 24fbd1ce1c
+
+* Fix the object chooser (marco)
+
 Snapshot 3c7578577d
 
 * Fix the shell service (marco)
diff --git a/lib/sugar/graphics/objectchooser.py b/lib/sugar/graphics/objectchooser.py
index 7522a9d5..e099c3dc 100644
--- a/lib/sugar/graphics/objectchooser.py
+++ b/lib/sugar/graphics/objectchooser.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ from sugar.graphics.xocolor import XoColor
 from sugar.graphics.roundbox import CanvasRoundBox
 from sugar.datastore import datastore
 from sugar import activity
-from sugar.objects import objecttype
 
 # TODO: Activities should request the Journal to open objectchooser dialogs. In
 # that way, we'll be able to reuse most of this code inside the Journal.
diff --git a/lib/sugar/objects/Makefile.am b/lib/sugar/objects/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f898303..00000000
--- a/lib/sugar/objects/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-sugardir = $(pythondir)/sugar/objects
-sugar_PYTHON =		\
-	__init__.py	\
-	objecttype.py
-
diff --git a/lib/sugar/objects/__init__.py b/lib/sugar/objects/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 85ebcede..00000000
--- a/lib/sugar/objects/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2007, Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-# version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# 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 GNU
-# Lesser General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-# License along with this library; if not, write to the
-# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-# Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
diff --git a/lib/sugar/objects/objecttype.py b/lib/sugar/objects/objecttype.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a8192168..00000000
--- a/lib/sugar/objects/objecttype.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2007, Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-# version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# 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 GNU
-# Lesser General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-# License along with this library; if not, write to the
-# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-# Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-
-import dbus
-
-_SERVICE = "org.laptop.ObjectTypeRegistry"
-_PATH = "/org/laptop/ObjectTypeRegistry"
-_IFACE = "org.laptop.ObjectTypeRegistry"
-
-def _object_type_from_dict(info_dict):
-    if info_dict:
-        return ObjectType(info_dict['type_id'],
-                          info_dict['name'],
-                          info_dict['icon'],
-                          info_dict['mime_types'])
-    else:
-        return None
-
-class ObjectType(object):
-    def __init__(self, type_id, name, icon, mime_types):
-        self.type_id = type_id
-        self.name = name
-        self.icon = icon
-        self.mime_types = mime_types
-        
-        self._type_id_to_type = {}
-        self._mime_type_to_type = {}
-
-class ObjectTypeRegistry(object):
-    def __init__(self):
-        bus = dbus.SessionBus()
-        bus_object = bus.get_object(_SERVICE, _PATH)
-        self._registry = dbus.Interface(bus_object, _IFACE)
-        
-        # Two caches fo saving some travel across dbus.
-        self._type_id_to_type = {}
-        self._mime_type_to_type = {}
-
-    def get_type(self, type_id):
-        if self._type_id_to_type.has_key(type_id):
-            return self._type_id_to_type[type_id]
-
-        type_dict = self._registry.GetType(type_id)
-        object_type = _object_type_from_dict(type_dict)
-
-        self._type_id_to_type[type_id] = object_type
-        return object_type
-
-    def get_type_for_mime(self, mime_type):
-        if self._mime_type_to_type.has_key(mime_type):
-            return self._mime_type_to_type[mime_type]
-
-        type_dict = self._registry.GetTypeForMIME(mime_type)
-        object_type = _object_type_from_dict(type_dict)
-
-        self._mime_type_to_type[mime_type] = object_type
-        return object_type
-
-_registry = None
-
-def get_registry():
-    global _registry
-    if not _registry:
-        _registry = ObjectTypeRegistry()
-    return _registry