diff --git a/src/notifier/__init__.py b/src/notifier/__init__.py
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index 381ca60a..00000000
--- a/src/notifier/__init__.py
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@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-""" A cross platform notification system.
-Under Linux, the wx.NotificationMessage does not show a notification on the taskbar, so we decided to use dbus for showing notifications for linux and wx for Windows."""
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-import platform
-
-notify = None
-
-def setup():
-    global notify
-    if platform.system() == "Windows":
-        from . import windows
-        notify = windows.notification()
-    elif platform.system() == "Linux":
-        from . import linux
-        notify = linux.notification()
-
-def send(title, text):
-    global notify
-    if not notify or notify is None:
-        setup()
-    notify.notify(title, text)
diff --git a/src/notifier/linux.py b/src/notifier/linux.py
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index 91b2e217..00000000
--- a/src/notifier/linux.py
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@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from builtins import object
-import dbus
-import application
-
-class notifications(object):
-    """Supports notifications on Linux.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        super(notifications, self).__init__()
-        self.item              = "org.freedesktop.Notifications"
-        self.path              = "/org/freedesktop/Notifications"
-        self.interface         = "org.freedesktop.Notifications"
-        self.app_name          = application.name
-        self.id_num_to_replace = 0
-        self.icon              = "/usr/share/icons/Tango/32x32/status/sunny.png"
-
-    def notify(self, title="", text=""):
-        actions_list      = ''
-        hint              = ''
-        time              = 5000   # Use seconds x 1000
-        bus = dbus.SessionBus()
-        notif = bus.get_object(self.item, self.path)
-        notify = dbus.Interface(notif, self.interface)
-        notify.Notify(self.app_name, self.id_num_to_replace, self.icon, title, text, actions_list, hint, time)
diff --git a/src/notifier/windows.py b/src/notifier/windows.py
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index a521c4a5..00000000
--- a/src/notifier/windows.py
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-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from builtins import object
-import wx
-
-class notification(object):
-
-    def notify(self, title, text):
-        wx.NotificationMessage(title, text).Show()