diff --git a/mod/data/field/text/field.class.php b/mod/data/field/text/field.class.php
index 80b3fa216f8..ad819e4b26d 100755
--- a/mod/data/field/text/field.class.php
+++ b/mod/data/field/text/field.class.php
@@ -24,80 +24,10 @@
 
 /// Please refer to lib.php for method comments
 
-class data_field_textarea extends data_field_base {
+class data_field_text extends data_field_base {
 
-    var $type = 'textarea';
+    var $type = 'text';
     var $id;
 
-    
-    function data_field_textarea($fid=0){
-        parent::data_field_base($fid);
-    }
-    
-    
-    /***********************************************
-     * Saves the field into the database           *
-     ***********************************************/
-    function insert_field($dataid, $type='textarea', $name, $desc='', $autolink=0, $width='', $height='') {
-        $newfield = new object;
-        $newfield->dataid = $dataid;
-        $newfield->type = $type;
-        $newfield->name = $name;
-        $newfield->description = $desc;
-        $newfield->param1 = $autolink;
-        $newfield->param2 = $width;
-        $newfield->param3 = $height;
-        
-        if (!insert_record('data_fields', $newfield)) {
-            notify('Insertion of new field failed!');
-        }
-    }
-    
-    
-    /***********************************************
-     * Prints the form element in the add template *
-     ***********************************************/
-    function display_add_field($id, $rid=0) {
-        global $CFG;
-        if (!$field = get_record('data_fields', 'id', $id)){
-            notify('That is not a valid field id!');
-            exit;
-        }
-        if ($rid) {
-            $content = get_record('data_content', 'fieldid', $id, 'recordid', $rid);
-            if (isset($content->content)) {
-                $content = $content->content;
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            $content = '';
-        }
-        $str = '';
-
-        if ($field->description) {
-            $str .= '<img src="'.$CFG->pixpath.'/help.gif" alt="'.$field->description.'" title="'.$field->description.'" />&nbsp;';
-        }
-        $str .= '<textarea name="field_' . $field->id . '" id="field_'.$field->id . '"';
-        if (!empty($field->param2) && !empty($field->param3)) {
-            $str .= ' style="width:' . $field->param2. 'px; height:' . $field->param3 . 'px;"';
-        }
-        $str .= '>' . $content . '</textarea>';
-        return $str;
-    }
-
-
-    function display_edit_field($id, $mode=0) {
-        parent::display_edit_field($id, $mode);
-    }
-        
-
-    function update($fieldobject) {
-        $fieldobject->param1 = trim($fieldobject->param1);
-        $fieldobject->param2 = trim($fieldobject->param2);
-        
-        if (!update_record('data_fields',$fieldobject)){
-            notify ('upate failed');
-        }
-    }
 }
 ?>