diff --git a/wax-prosemirror-core/src/Application.js b/wax-prosemirror-core/src/Application.js
index aa4d328a68b67d71be1668f46b038d41d3f4be55..35642cf1097c9533d8314fb3c709059695862c8e 100644
--- a/wax-prosemirror-core/src/Application.js
+++ b/wax-prosemirror-core/src/Application.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default class Application {
 
   registerServices() {
     this.config.get("services").map(service => {
-      /* 
+      /*
       set App to every service
       so services can have access to containers and config
       */
diff --git a/wax-prosemirror-core/src/WaxView.js b/wax-prosemirror-core/src/WaxView.js
index c7698ddef86456543d5d88a8d9e295d957f05bd6..718eeb89f3f23dfc6996c1ec134c3a01415f256b 100644
--- a/wax-prosemirror-core/src/WaxView.js
+++ b/wax-prosemirror-core/src/WaxView.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import applyDevTools from "prosemirror-dev-tools";
 import { EditorState } from "prosemirror-state";
 import { EditorView } from "prosemirror-view";
 
-import placeholderPlugin from "./config/plugins/placeholderPlugin";
 import "prosemirror-view/style/prosemirror.css";
 import trackedTransaction from "./config/track-changes/trackedTransaction";
 
diff --git a/wax-prosemirror-core/src/config/defaultPlugins.js b/wax-prosemirror-core/src/config/defaultPlugins.js
index 0925929427a4034bd7f961d97af61f057c92ef49..7ec2465b647eeac3a32b8e181381b9b3d4c1b963 100644
--- a/wax-prosemirror-core/src/config/defaultPlugins.js
+++ b/wax-prosemirror-core/src/config/defaultPlugins.js
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ import { history } from "prosemirror-history";
 import { dropCursor } from "prosemirror-dropcursor";
 import { gapCursor } from "prosemirror-gapcursor";
 import "prosemirror-gapcursor/style/gapcursor.css";
-import placeholderPlugin from "./plugins/placeholderPlugin";
 
-export default [dropCursor(), gapCursor(), history(), placeholderPlugin];
+export default [dropCursor(), gapCursor(), history()];
diff --git a/wax-prosemirror-core/src/config/plugins/placeholderPlugin.js b/wax-prosemirror-core/src/config/plugins/placeholderPlugin.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b7c11f625a375e3f94fdea17398e89ea74730fe8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/wax-prosemirror-core/src/config/plugins/placeholderPlugin.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import { Plugin, PluginKey } from "prosemirror-state";
-import { Decoration, DecorationSet } from "prosemirror-view";
-
-const placeHolder = new PluginKey("placeHolder");
-
-const placeholderPlugin = new Plugin({
-  key: placeHolder,
-  state: {
-    init: function init() {
-      return DecorationSet.empty;
-    },
-    apply: function apply(tr, set) {
-      // Adjust decoration positions to changes made by the transaction
-      set = set.map(tr.mapping, tr.doc);
-      // See if the transaction adds or removes any placeholders
-      const action = tr.getMeta(this);
-      if (action && action.add) {
-        const widget = document.createElement("placeholder");
-        const deco = Decoration.widget(action.add.pos, widget, {
-          id: action.add.id
-        });
-        set = set.add(tr.doc, [deco]);
-      } else if (action && action.remove) {
-        set = set.remove(
-          set.find(null, null, spec => spec.id === action.remove.id)
-        );
-      }
-      return set;
-    }
-  },
-  props: {
-    decorations: function decorations(state) {
-      return this.getState(state);
-    }
-  }
-});
-
-export default placeholderPlugin;