diff --git a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
index 12690e3a35..3d3d5ea909 100644
--- a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
+++ b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
@@ -1811,16 +1811,6 @@ class StoreWeightlessBooksStore(StoreBase):
     formats = ['EPUB', 'HTML', 'LIT', 'MOBI', 'PDF']
 
 
-class StoreWHSmithUKStore(StoreBase):
-    name = 'WH Smith UK'
-    author = 'Charles Haley'
-    description = "Shop for savings on Books, discounted Magazine subscriptions and great prices on Stationery, Toys & Games"
-    actual_plugin = 'calibre.gui2.store.stores.whsmith_uk_plugin:WHSmithUKStore'
-
-    headquarters = 'UK'
-    formats = ['EPUB', 'PDF']
-
-
 class StoreWolneLekturyStore(StoreBase):
     name = 'Wolne Lektury'
     author = 'Tomasz Długosz'
@@ -1893,7 +1883,6 @@ plugins += [
     StoreSwiatEbookowStore,
     StoreVirtualoStore,
     StoreWeightlessBooksStore,
-    StoreWHSmithUKStore,
     StoreWolneLekturyStore,
     StoreWoblinkStore,
     XinXiiStore
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/whsmith_uk_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/whsmith_uk_plugin.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e22ce6e6f2..0000000000
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/whsmith_uk_plugin.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
-
-store_version = 2  # Needed for dynamic plugin loading
-
-__license__ = 'GPL 3'
-__copyright__ = '2011, John Schember <john@nachtimwald.com>'
-__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
-
-from contextlib import closing
-try:
-    from urllib.parse import quote
-except ImportError:
-    from urllib import quote
-
-from lxml import html
-
-from qt.core import QUrl
-
-from calibre import browser
-from calibre.gui2 import open_url
-from calibre.gui2.store import StorePlugin
-from calibre.gui2.store.basic_config import BasicStoreConfig
-from calibre.gui2.store.search_result import SearchResult
-from calibre.gui2.store.web_store_dialog import WebStoreDialog
-
-
-class WHSmithUKStore(BasicStoreConfig, StorePlugin):
-
-    def open(self, parent=None, detail_item=None, external=False):
-        url = 'https://www.whsmith.co.uk/'
-        url_details = ''
-
-        if external or self.config.get('open_external', False):
-            if detail_item:
-                url = url_details + detail_item
-            open_url(QUrl(url))
-        else:
-            detail_url = None
-            if detail_item:
-                detail_url = url_details + detail_item
-            d = WebStoreDialog(self.gui, url, parent, detail_url)
-            d.setWindowTitle(self.name)
-            d.set_tags(self.config.get('tags', ''))
-            d.exec()
-
-    def search(self, query, max_results=10, timeout=60):
-        url = ('https://www.whsmith.co.uk/search?keywordCategoryId=wc_dept_ebooks&results=60'
-               '&page=1&keywords=' + quote(query))
-
-        br = browser()
-
-        counter = max_results
-        with closing(br.open(url, timeout=timeout)) as f:
-            doc = html.fromstring(f.read())
-            for data in doc.xpath('//li[@class="product"]'):
-                if counter <= 0:
-                    break
-                id_ = ''.join(data.xpath('./a[@class="product_image_wrap"]/@href'))
-                if not id_:
-                    continue
-                id_ = 'https://www.whsmith.co.uk' + id_
-                cover_url = ''.join(data.xpath('.//img[@class="product_image"]/@src'))
-                title = ''.join(data.xpath('.//h4[@class="product_title"]/text()'))
-                author = ', '.join(data.xpath('.//span[@class="product_second"]/text()'))
-                price = ''.join(data.xpath('.//span[@class="price"]/text()'))
-                counter -= 1
-
-                s = SearchResult()
-                s.cover_url = cover_url
-                s.title = title.strip()
-                s.author = author.strip()
-                s.price = price
-                s.drm = SearchResult.DRM_LOCKED
-                s.detail_item = id_
-                s.formats = 'ePub'
-
-                yield s