diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 5d13bd55f..bb9a523d6 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -409,13 +409,6 @@ class BooleanField(WritableField):
             return False
         raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'] % value)
 
-class TextField(WritableField):
-    type_name = 'TextField'
-
-    def from_native(self, value):
-        if isinstance(value, basestring) or value is None:
-            return value
-        return smart_unicode(value)
 
 class CharField(WritableField):
     type_name = 'CharField'
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py b/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
index 7208d6a54..256987ad0 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
@@ -28,26 +28,6 @@ class CommentSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
         return instance
 
 
-class LongText(object):
-    def __init__(self, content):
-        self.content = content
-
-    def __eq__(self, other):
-        return all([getattr(self, attr) == getattr(other, attr)
-                    for attr in ('content',)])
-
-
-class LongTextSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
-    content = serializers.TextField()
-
-    def restore_object(self, data, instance=None):
-        if instance is None:
-            return LongText(**data)
-        for key, val in data.items():
-            setattr(instance, key, val)
-        return instance
-
-
 class BasicTests(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.comment = Comment(
@@ -102,7 +82,6 @@ class ValidationTests(TestCase):
             'content': 'x' * 1001,
             'created': datetime.datetime(2012, 1, 1)
         }
-        self.long_text = LongText('test test test test')
 
     def test_create(self):
         serializer = CommentSerializer(self.data)
@@ -123,14 +102,6 @@ class ValidationTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(serializer.is_valid(), False)
         self.assertEquals(serializer.errors, {'email': [u'This field is required.']})
 
-    def test_update_long_text(self):
-        data = {
-            'content' : 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.'
-        }
-        serializer = LongTextSerializer(data, self.long_text)
-        self.assertEquals(serializer.is_valid(), True)
-        self.assertEquals(data['content'], self.long_text.content)
-
 
 class MetadataTests(TestCase):
     def test_empty(self):