diff --git a/python/python/Ice/ValueFactory.py b/python/python/Ice/ValueFactory.py
index 922b80ca6a3..69a986df09a 100644
--- a/python/python/Ice/ValueFactory.py
+++ b/python/python/Ice/ValueFactory.py
@@ -25,50 +25,3 @@ def create(self, typeId):
 
     def __str__(self):
         return "::Ice::ValueFactory"
-
-
-class ValueFactoryManager(object):
-    """
-    A value factory manager maintains a collection of value factories. An application can supply a custom
-    implementation during communicator initialization, otherwise Ice provides a default implementation.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        if type(self) == ValueFactoryManager:
-            raise RuntimeError("Ice.ValueFactoryManager is an abstract class")
-
-    def add(self, factory, id):
-        """
-            Add a value factory. Attempting to add a factory with an id for which a factory is already registered throws
-            AlreadyRegisteredException.
-            When unmarshaling an Ice value, the Ice run time reads the most-derived type id off the wire and attempts to
-            create an instance of the type using a factory. If no instance is created, either because no factory was found,
-            or because all factories returned nil, the behavior of the Ice run time depends on the format with which the
-            value was marshaled:
-            If the value uses the "sliced" format, Ice ascends the class hierarchy until it finds a type that is recognized
-            by a factory, or it reaches the least-derived type. If no factory is found that can create an instance, the run
-            time throws NoValueFactoryException.
-            If the value uses the "compact" format, Ice immediately raises NoValueFactoryException.
-            The following order is used to locate a factory for a type:
-            The Ice run-time looks for a factory registered specifically for the type.
-            If no instance has been created, the Ice run-time looks for the default factory, which is registered with
-            an empty type id.
-            If no instance has been created by any of the preceding steps, the Ice run-time looks for a factory that
-            may have been statically generated by the language mapping for non-abstract classes.
-        Arguments:
-        factory -- The factory to add.
-        id -- The type id for which the factory can create instances, or an empty string for the default factory.
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError("method 'add' not implemented")
-
-    def find(self, id):
-        """
-            Find an value factory registered with this communicator.
-        Arguments:
-        id -- The type id for which the factory can create instances, or an empty string for the default factory.
-        Returns: The value factory, or null if no value factory was found for the given id.
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError("method 'find' not implemented")
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return "::Ice::ValueFactoryManager"