diff --git a/compilerplugins/clang/refcounting.cxx b/compilerplugins/clang/refcounting.cxx
index cc3a56b76e21..ab3462480ed8 100644
--- a/compilerplugins/clang/refcounting.cxx
+++ b/compilerplugins/clang/refcounting.cxx
@@ -211,8 +211,6 @@ bool containsXInterfaceSubclass(const Type* pType0) {
                 || dc.Class("mem_fun_t").StdNamespace()
                 || dc.Class("mem_fun1_t").StdNamespace()
                 || dc.Class("SwIterator").GlobalNamespace()
-                || (dc.Class("InitGuard").Namespace("toolkit")
-                    .GlobalNamespace())
                 || (dc.Class("SharedUNOComponent").Namespace("utl")
                     .GlobalNamespace())
                 || (dc.Class("OAutoRegistration").Namespace("utl")
diff --git a/toolkit/source/controls/grid/initguard.hxx b/toolkit/source/controls/grid/initguard.hxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 75d84c0f0c75..000000000000
--- a/toolkit/source/controls/grid/initguard.hxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
-/*
- * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
- *
- * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
- * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
- * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
- *
- * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
- *
- *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
- *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
- *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
- *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
- *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
- *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
- */
-
-#ifndef INCLUDED_TOOLKIT_SOURCE_CONTROLS_GRID_INITGUARD_HXX
-#define INCLUDED_TOOLKIT_SOURCE_CONTROLS_GRID_INITGUARD_HXX
-
-#include <com/sun/star/lang/NotInitializedException.hpp>
-
-#include <comphelper/componentguard.hxx>
-
-
-namespace toolkit
-{
-
-
-    //= InitGuard
-
-    template < class IMPL >
-    class InitGuard : public ::comphelper::ComponentGuard
-    {
-    public:
-        InitGuard( IMPL& i_component, ::cppu::OBroadcastHelper & i_broadcastHelper )
-            :comphelper::ComponentGuard( i_component, i_broadcastHelper )
-        {
-            if ( !i_component.isInitialized() )
-                throw css::lang::NotInitializedException( OUString(), *&i_component );
-        }
-
-        ~InitGuard()
-        {
-        }
-    };
-
-
-} // namespace toolkit
-
-
-#endif // INCLUDED_TOOLKIT_SOURCE_CONTROLS_GRID_INITGUARD_HXX
-
-/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/toolkit/source/controls/grid/sortablegriddatamodel.cxx b/toolkit/source/controls/grid/sortablegriddatamodel.cxx
index af7898d07554..59463e8696b5 100644
--- a/toolkit/source/controls/grid/sortablegriddatamodel.cxx
+++ b/toolkit/source/controls/grid/sortablegriddatamodel.cxx
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
  *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
  */
 
-#include "initguard.hxx"
-
 #include <com/sun/star/i18n/Collator.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/i18n/XCollator.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/NotInitializedException.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/ucb/AlreadyInitializedException.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/awt/grid/XGridDataListener.hpp>
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <cppuhelper/compbase.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/implbase1.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/anycompare.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/componentguard.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/typeprovider.hxx>
 #include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
@@ -45,12 +45,11 @@ using namespace css::i18n;
 using namespace css::lang;
 using namespace css::ucb;
 using namespace css::uno;
-using namespace toolkit;
 
 namespace {
 
 class SortableGridDataModel;
-typedef InitGuard< SortableGridDataModel >  MethodGuard;
+class MethodGuard;
 
 typedef ::cppu::WeakComponentImplHelper    <   css::awt::grid::XSortableMutableGridDataModel
                                             ,   css::lang::XServiceInfo
@@ -197,6 +196,17 @@ private:
     ::std::vector< ::sal_Int32 >                                  m_privateToPublicRowIndex;
 };
 
+class MethodGuard : public ::comphelper::ComponentGuard
+{
+public:
+    MethodGuard( SortableGridDataModel& i_component, ::cppu::OBroadcastHelper & i_broadcastHelper )
+        :comphelper::ComponentGuard( i_component, i_broadcastHelper )
+    {
+        if ( !i_component.isInitialized() )
+            throw css::lang::NotInitializedException( OUString(), *&i_component );
+    }
+};
+
     namespace
     {
         template< class STLCONTAINER >