diff --git a/smtk/bridge/polygon/plugin/smconfig.xml b/smtk/bridge/polygon/plugin/smconfig.xml
index 5877625af8253f4cf93651ed4eac55fe591eb5dc..b719f33303678bb2bebdcb4ee46ccfadd1841042 100644
--- a/smtk/bridge/polygon/plugin/smconfig.xml
+++ b/smtk/bridge/polygon/plugin/smconfig.xml
@@ -152,16 +152,6 @@
         <BooleanDomain name="bool" />
       </IntVectorProperty>
 
-      <Property
-        name="Rectangularize"
-        command="Rectangularize">
-      </Property>
-
-      <Property
-        name="Straighten"
-        command="Straighten">
-      </Property>
-
       <Hints>
         <!-- View can be used to specify the way to get the poly data for the representation -->
         <Output />
@@ -207,8 +197,6 @@
           <Property name="ShowSelectedNodes" />
           <Property name="SelectNodes" />
           <Property name="ClosedLoop" />
-          <Property name="Rectangularize"/>
-          <Property name="Straighten" />
         </ExposedProperties>
       </SubProxy>
 
diff --git a/smtk/extension/paraview/widgets/pqArcWidget.cxx b/smtk/extension/paraview/widgets/pqArcWidget.cxx
index 5cc482e63c126744f46c16d92f39e897ea530270..068f26ca2d0c90c5f0d7f53da728daebba091b63 100644
--- a/smtk/extension/paraview/widgets/pqArcWidget.cxx
+++ b/smtk/extension/paraview/widgets/pqArcWidget.cxx
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@ pqArcWidget::pqArcWidget(
   finishButton->setPalette(applyPalette);
   finishButton->setDefault(true);
 
-  QObject::connect(this->Internals->buttonRectArc, SIGNAL(clicked()),
-    this, SLOT(generateRectangleArc()));
-
-  QObject::connect(this->Internals->ArcStraightenButton, SIGNAL(released()),
-    this, SLOT(onStraightenArc()));
-
   pqServerManagerModel* smmodel =
     pqApplicationCore::instance()->getServerManagerModel();
   this->createWidget(smmodel->findServer(_smproxy->GetSession()));
@@ -281,32 +275,6 @@ void pqArcWidget::finishContour( )
   emit this->contourDone();
 }
 
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void pqArcWidget::generateRectangleArc( )
-{
-  vtkSMNewWidgetRepresentationProxy* widget = this->getWidgetProxy();
-  if (widget)
-    {
-    widget->InvokeCommand("Rectangularize");
-    this->setModified();
-    this->render();
-    }
-  emit this->contourDone();
-}
-
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void pqArcWidget::onStraightenArc()
-{
-  vtkSMNewWidgetRepresentationProxy* widget = this->getWidgetProxy();
-  if (widget)
-    {
-    widget->InvokeCommand("Straighten");
-    this->setModified();
-    this->render();
-    }
-  emit this->contourDone();
-}
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void pqArcWidget::setPointPlacer(vtkSMProxy* placerProxy)
 {
@@ -370,7 +338,6 @@ void pqArcWidget::updateRepProperty(
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void pqArcWidget::useArcEditingUI(bool isWholeArc)
 {
-  this->Internals->buttonRectArc->setVisible(isWholeArc);
   this->Internals->Delete->setVisible(false);
   this->Internals->Closed->setEnabled(isWholeArc);
 }
diff --git a/smtk/extension/paraview/widgets/pqArcWidget.h b/smtk/extension/paraview/widgets/pqArcWidget.h
index 114dc88cbb5950f061a11222a41e648bd7b4505c..58cc51ceff0d46bb8b4f38c191107ab83f292b15 100644
--- a/smtk/extension/paraview/widgets/pqArcWidget.h
+++ b/smtk/extension/paraview/widgets/pqArcWidget.h
@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@ public slots:
   /// Finish editing the contour
   void finishContour( );
 
-  /// Generate a rectangle arc if possible from available
-  /// points in the contour
-  void generateRectangleArc( );
-
   /// Resets pending changes. Default implementation
   /// pushes the property values of the controlled widget to the
   /// 3D widget properties.
@@ -102,8 +98,6 @@ protected:
 
 protected slots:
   void deleteAllNodes();
-  // clear all the internal nodes of the selected the arc.
-  void onStraightenArc();
 
 private:
   pqArcWidget(const pqArcWidget&); // Not implemented.
diff --git a/smtk/extension/paraview/widgets/qtArcWidget.ui b/smtk/extension/paraview/widgets/qtArcWidget.ui
index abc40274a6332c83f05f40676f2b74b85e67db1d..f1f605497da63b13f4dfd4af29249ad9e06f9552 100644
--- a/smtk/extension/paraview/widgets/qtArcWidget.ui
+++ b/smtk/extension/paraview/widgets/qtArcWidget.ui
@@ -165,38 +165,6 @@
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QPushButton" name="buttonRectArc">
-     <property name="sizePolicy">
-      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
-       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-      </sizepolicy>
-     </property>
-     <property name="minimumSize">
-      <size>
-       <width>0</width>
-       <height>32</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Generate Closed Rectangle Arc</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QPushButton" name="ArcStraightenButton">
-     <property name="minimumSize">
-      <size>
-       <width>0</width>
-       <height>32</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Make Straight Line</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
    <item>
     <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
diff --git a/smtk/extension/vtk/widgets/vtkSMTKArcRepresentation.cxx b/smtk/extension/vtk/widgets/vtkSMTKArcRepresentation.cxx
index 5e655a7de47ab8265980fab0c9258b2433084d21..96e8b378f23214e4661054fd7be76b962dd2004e 100644
--- a/smtk/extension/vtk/widgets/vtkSMTKArcRepresentation.cxx
+++ b/smtk/extension/vtk/widgets/vtkSMTKArcRepresentation.cxx
@@ -520,77 +520,6 @@ void vtkSMTKArcRepresentation::Initialize( vtkPolyData * pd )
   this->VisibilityOn();
 }
 
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void vtkSMTKArcRepresentation::Rectangularize()
-{
-  vtkPolyData* contourPoly = this->GetContourRepresentationAsPolyData();
-  if(contourPoly)
-    {
-    double contourBounds[6];
-    contourPoly->GetBounds(contourBounds);
-    vtkBoundingBox bbox(contourBounds);
-    if(bbox.IsValid())
-      {
-      vtkNew<vtkPolyData> newContour;
-      vtkNew<vtkPoints> rectPoints;
-      newContour->SetPoints(rectPoints.GetPointer());
-      rectPoints->SetNumberOfPoints(4);
-      // insert four corner points in the following order
-      // [xmin, ymin], [xmax, ymin], [xmax, ymax], [xmin, ymax]
-      double z = contourBounds[5]; // using zmax,
-      rectPoints->InsertPoint(0, contourBounds[0], contourBounds[2], z);
-      rectPoints->InsertPoint(1, contourBounds[1], contourBounds[2], z);
-      rectPoints->InsertPoint(2, contourBounds[1], contourBounds[3], z);
-      rectPoints->InsertPoint(3, contourBounds[0], contourBounds[3], z);
-
-      vtkNew<vtkCellArray> lineSegments;
-      vtkIdType arcVerts[5]={0, 1, 2, 3, 0};
-      lineSegments->InsertNextCell(5, arcVerts);
-      newContour->SetLines(lineSegments.GetPointer());
-      this->Initialize(newContour.GetPointer());
-      }
-    }
-}
-
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void vtkSMTKArcRepresentation::Straighten()
-{
-  vtkPolyData* contourPoly = this->GetContourRepresentationAsPolyData();
-  if(contourPoly && contourPoly->GetNumberOfLines() > 0
-     && contourPoly->GetNumberOfPoints() > 2)
-    {
-    vtkCellArray* lines = contourPoly->GetLines();
-    vtkNew<vtkPolyData> newContour;
-    vtkNew<vtkPoints> linePoints;
-    newContour->SetPoints(linePoints.GetPointer());
-    linePoints->SetNumberOfPoints(2);
-    double pt[3];
-    vtkIdType numCells = lines->GetNumberOfCells();
-    if(numCells > 0)
-      {
-      vtkIdType *fpts,fnpts, *lpts, lnpts;
-      lines->GetCell(0, fnpts, fpts);
-      lines->GetCell(numCells - 1, lnpts, lpts);
-      if(fnpts > 0 && lnpts > 0)
-        {
-        contourPoly->GetPoint(fpts[0], pt);
-        linePoints->InsertPoint(0, pt);
-
-        vtkIdType lstP = (this->ClosedLoop && lnpts > 1) ? lnpts - 2 : lnpts - 1;
-        contourPoly->GetPoint(lpts[lstP], pt);
-        linePoints->InsertPoint(1, pt);
-
-        vtkNew<vtkCellArray> lineSegments;
-        vtkIdType arcVerts[2]={0, 1};
-        lineSegments->InsertNextCell(2, arcVerts);
-        newContour->SetLines(lineSegments.GetPointer());
-        this->Initialize(newContour.GetPointer());
-
-        }
-      }
-    }
-}
-
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void vtkSMTKArcRepresentation::PrintSelf(ostream& os,
                                                       vtkIndent indent)
diff --git a/smtk/extension/vtk/widgets/vtkSMTKArcRepresentation.h b/smtk/extension/vtk/widgets/vtkSMTKArcRepresentation.h
index 84258f000d37503133993e581539e82b5337cb76..4d7e7cf57b393a5d4017a1ef7354aeaa2b49741a 100644
--- a/smtk/extension/vtk/widgets/vtkSMTKArcRepresentation.h
+++ b/smtk/extension/vtk/widgets/vtkSMTKArcRepresentation.h
@@ -98,17 +98,6 @@ public:
   vtkGetMacro( CanEdit, int );
   vtkBooleanMacro( CanEdit, int );
 
-  //Description:
-  // Generate a closed rectangle arc with four points, based on the
-  // points on the contour. Initially, the new rectangle is just
-  // the bounding box of all available points.
-  void Rectangularize();
-
-  //Description:
-  // This will make the representation a straight line containing only the
-  // start and end points of the original arc.
-  void Straighten();
-
   //Description:
   // Expose method in superClass
   void InitializeContour( vtkPolyData * poly, vtkIdList *)