diff --git gui/line_item.cc gui/line_item.cc
index 42afbab10..62149b3c4 100644
--- gui/line_item.cc
+++ gui/line_item.cc
@@ -41,38 +41,14 @@ void line_scrollitem_t::set_text(char const* const t)
 }
 
 
-// static helper function for sorting lineintems
-
-line_scrollitem_t::sort_modes_t line_scrollitem_t::sort_mode = line_scrollitem_t::SORT_BY_NAME;
-
-
 bool line_scrollitem_t::compare(const gui_component_t *aa, const gui_component_t *bb)
 {
-	const line_scrollitem_t *a = dynamic_cast<const line_scrollitem_t*>(aa);
-	const line_scrollitem_t *b = dynamic_cast<const line_scrollitem_t*>(bb);
-	// good luck with mixed lists
-	assert(a != NULL  &&  b != NULL); (void)(a==b);
+	const line_scrollitem_t *a = dynamic_cast<const line_scrollitem_t *>(aa);
+	const line_scrollitem_t *b = dynamic_cast<const line_scrollitem_t *>(bb);
 
-	if(  sort_mode != SORT_BY_NAME  ) {
-		switch(  sort_mode  ) {
-			case SORT_BY_NAME:	// default
-				break;
-			case SORT_BY_ID:
-				return (a->get_line().get_id(),b->get_line().get_id())<0;
-			case SORT_BY_PROFIT:
-				return (a->get_line()->get_finance_history(1,LINE_PROFIT) - b->get_line()->get_finance_history(1,LINE_PROFIT))<0;
-			case SORT_BY_TRANSPORTED:
-				return (a->get_line()->get_finance_history(1,LINE_TRANSPORTED_GOODS) - b->get_line()->get_finance_history(1,LINE_TRANSPORTED_GOODS))<0;
-			case SORT_BY_CONVOIS:
-				return (a->get_line()->get_finance_history(1,LINE_CONVOIS) - b->get_line()->get_finance_history(1,LINE_CONVOIS))<0;
-			case SORT_BY_DISTANCE:
-				// normalizing to the number of convoys to get the fastest ones ...
-				return (a->get_line()->get_finance_history(1,LINE_DISTANCE)/max(1,a->get_line()->get_finance_history(1,LINE_CONVOIS)) -
-						b->get_line()->get_finance_history(1,LINE_DISTANCE)/max(1,b->get_line()->get_finance_history(1,LINE_CONVOIS)) )<0;
-			default: break;
-		}
-		// default sorting ...
-	}
+	// good luck with mixed lists
+	assert(a != NULL);
+	assert(b != NULL);
 
 	// first: try to sort by number
 	const char *atxt = a->get_text();
diff --git gui/line_item.h gui/line_item.h
index 9b8ec257e..e51a6929d 100644
--- gui/line_item.h
+++ gui/line_item.h
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ class line_scrollitem_t : public gui_scrolled_list_t::const_text_scrollitem_t
 {
 private:
 	linehandle_t line;
+
 public:
-	// helper to sort
-	enum sort_modes_t { SORT_BY_NAME=0, SORT_BY_ID, SORT_BY_PROFIT, SORT_BY_TRANSPORTED, SORT_BY_CONVOIS, SORT_BY_DISTANCE, MAX_SORT_MODES };
-	static sort_modes_t sort_mode;
 	// normal items
 	line_scrollitem_t( linehandle_t l ) : gui_scrolled_list_t::const_text_scrollitem_t( NULL, color_idx_to_rgb(COL_ORANGE) ) { line = l; }
 	PIXVAL get_color() const OVERRIDE;
diff --git gui/schedule_gui.cc gui/schedule_gui.cc
index 42bdd977c..0c379a926 100644
--- gui/schedule_gui.cc
+++ gui/schedule_gui.cc
@@ -677,7 +677,6 @@ void schedule_gui_t::init_line_selector()
 	}
 
 	line_selector.set_selection( selection );
-	line_scrollitem_t::sort_mode = line_scrollitem_t::SORT_BY_NAME;
 	line_selector.sort( offset );
 	old_line_count = player->simlinemgmt.get_line_count();
 	last_schedule_count = schedule->get_count();
diff --git gui/schedule_list.cc gui/schedule_list.cc
index 2d9de3a6b..2bede7e8a 100644
--- gui/schedule_list.cc
+++ gui/schedule_list.cc
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ static uint8 statistic_type[MAX_LINE_COST] = {
 	MONEY
 };
 
-static int current_sort_mode = 0;
 
 #define SCL_HEIGHT (15*LINESPACE)
 #define RIGHT_COLUMN_OFFSET (D_MARGIN_LEFT+3*D_BUTTON_WIDTH+2*D_H_SPACE+2*D_H_SPACE)
@@ -598,7 +597,6 @@ void schedule_list_gui_t::build_line_list(int filter)
 	}
 
 	scl.set_selection( sel );
-	line_scrollitem_t::sort_mode = (line_scrollitem_t::sort_modes_t)current_sort_mode;
 	scl.sort( 0 );
 	scl.set_size(scl.get_size());