diff --git a/widgets/misc/e-activity-handler.c b/widgets/misc/e-activity-handler.c
index e9aae86..9412327 100644
--- a/widgets/misc/e-activity-handler.c
+++ b/widgets/misc/e-activity-handler.c
@@ -438,11 +438,13 @@ guint  e_activity_handler_cancelable_operation_started  (EActivityHandler *activ
 	for (p = priv->task_bars; p != NULL; p = p->next) {
 		ETaskWidget *tw = task_widget_new_from_activity_info (activity_info);
 		tw->id = activity_id;
+#if 0
 		if (!bfree) {
 			/* The data will be freed part of the widget destroy */
 			g_object_set_data_full ((GObject *) tw, "free-data", data, g_free);
 			bfree = TRUE;
 		}
+#endif
 		e_task_bar_prepend_task (E_TASK_BAR (p->data), tw);
 	}
 
diff --git a/widgets/misc/e-task-widget.c b/widgets/misc/e-task-widget.c
index 8fbba6e..c0dfec1 100644
--- a/widgets/misc/e-task-widget.c
+++ b/widgets/misc/e-task-widget.c
@@ -302,20 +302,6 @@ e_task_widget_update (ETaskWidget *task_widget,
 	g_free (text);
 }
 
-void
-e_task_wiget_alert (ETaskWidget *task_widget)
-{
-	g_return_if_fail (task_widget != NULL);
-	g_return_if_fail (E_IS_TASK_WIDGET (task_widget));
-}
-
-void
-e_task_wiget_unalert (ETaskWidget *task_widget)
-{
-	g_return_if_fail (task_widget != NULL);
-	g_return_if_fail (E_IS_TASK_WIDGET (task_widget));
-}
-
 
 const char *
 e_task_widget_get_component_id  (ETaskWidget *task_widget)
diff --git a/widgets/misc/e-task-widget.h b/widgets/misc/e-task-widget.h
index af2c376..e5643ab 100644
--- a/widgets/misc/e-task-widget.h
+++ b/widgets/misc/e-task-widget.h
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ GtkWidget *
 e_task_widget_update_image (ETaskWidget *task_widget,
 			    const char *stock, const char *text);
 
-void  e_task_wiget_alert    (ETaskWidget *task_widget);
-void  e_task_wiget_unalert  (ETaskWidget *task_widget);
-
 const char *e_task_widget_get_component_id  (ETaskWidget *task_widget);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
