diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7c204ae0d..fb417bbaf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-11-06 08:34 Gregory John Casamento <greg_casamento@yahoo.com>
+
+	* Source/GSNibTemplates.m: Removed nibInstantiate.  This method
+	should only be defined and used inside the GUI builder application
+	according to specs.
+	
 2004-11-04 Adrian Robert <arobert@cogsci.ucsd.edu>
 
 	* Documentation/GuiUser/KeyboardSetup.gsdoc: Describe the new
diff --git a/Source/GSNibTemplates.m b/Source/GSNibTemplates.m
index 0601fe6b2..a8106d8bf 100644
--- a/Source/GSNibTemplates.m
+++ b/Source/GSNibTemplates.m
@@ -933,19 +933,8 @@ static NSString *GSInternalNibItemAddedNotification = @"_GSInternalNibItemAddedN
 }
 @end
 
-@interface NSObject (NibInstantiation)
-- (id) nibInstantiate;
-@end
-
-@implementation NSObject (NibInstantiation)
-- (id) nibInstantiate
-{
-  // default implementation of nibInstantiate
-  return self;
-}
-@end
-
-// Order in this factory method is very important.  Which template to create must be determined
+// Order in this factory method is very important.  
+// Which template to create must be determined
 // in sequence because of the class hierarchy.
 @implementation GSTemplateFactory
 + (id) templateForObject: (id) object