diff --git a/src/insets/insettabular.C b/src/insets/insettabular.C
index 20acf61fe5..47a1502d17 100644
--- a/src/insets/insettabular.C
+++ b/src/insets/insettabular.C
@@ -761,7 +761,6 @@ InsetTabular::priv_dispatch(FuncRequest const & cmd, idx_type &, pos_type &)
 		string const clip = bv->getClipboard();
 		if (clip.empty())
 			break;
-#if 0
 		if (clip.find('\t') != string::npos) {
 			int cols = 1;
 			int rows = 1;
@@ -787,27 +786,28 @@ InsetTabular::priv_dispatch(FuncRequest const & cmd, idx_type &, pos_type &)
 			maxCols = max(cols, maxCols);
 
 			paste_tabular.reset(
-				new LyXTabular(bv->buffer()->params(),
-					       this, rows, maxCols)
-				);
+				new LyXTabular(bv->buffer()->params(), rows, maxCols));
 
 			string::size_type op = 0;
 			int cell = 0;
 			int cells = paste_tabular->getNumberOfCells();
 			p = 0;
 			cols = 0;
+			LyXFont font;
 			while (cell < cells && p < len &&
 			      (p = clip.find_first_of("\t\n", p)) != string::npos) {
 				if (p >= len)
 					break;
 				switch (clip[p]) {
 				case '\t':
-					paste_tabular->getCellInset(cell)->setText(clip.substr(op, p-op));
+					paste_tabular->getCellInset(cell).
+						setText(clip.substr(op, p-op), font);
 					++cols;
 					++cell;
 					break;
 				case '\n':
-					paste_tabular->getCellInset(cell)->setText(clip.substr(op, p-op));
+					paste_tabular->getCellInset(cell).
+						setText(clip.substr(op, p-op), font);
 					while (cols++ < maxCols)
 						++cell;
 					cols = 0;
@@ -818,11 +818,9 @@ InsetTabular::priv_dispatch(FuncRequest const & cmd, idx_type &, pos_type &)
 			}
 			// check for the last cell if there is no trailing '\n'
 			if (cell < cells && op < len)
-				paste_tabular->getCellInset(cell)->setText(clip.substr(op, len-op));
-		} else
-#else
-		if (!insertAsciiString(bv, clip, true))
-#endif
+				paste_tabular->getCellInset(cell).
+					setText(clip.substr(op, len-op), font);
+		} else if (!insertAsciiString(bv, clip, true))
 		{
 			// so that the clipboard is used and it goes on
 			// to default
diff --git a/src/insets/insettext.C b/src/insets/insettext.C
index 42416b8e9f..61d647abe2 100644
--- a/src/insets/insettext.C
+++ b/src/insets/insettext.C
@@ -519,31 +519,6 @@ DispatchResult InsetText::priv_dispatch(FuncRequest const & cmd,
 		result.update(true);
 		break;
 
-	case LFUN_PASTE:
-		if (!autoBreakRows_) {
-			if (CutAndPaste::nrOfParagraphs() > 1) {
-#ifdef WITH_WARNINGS
-#warning FIXME horrendously bad UI
-#endif
-				Alert::error(_("Paste failed"),
-					_("Cannot include more than one paragraph."));
-			}
-		} else {
-			replaceSelection(bv->getLyXText());
-			size_t sel_index = 0;
-			string const & arg = cmd.argument;
-			if (isStrUnsignedInt(arg)) {
-#warning FIXME Check if the arg is in the domain of available selections.
-				sel_index = strToUnsignedInt(arg);
-			}
-			text_.pasteSelection(sel_index);
-			// bug 393
-			text_.clearSelection();
-#warning should be also set dispatched here?
-			result.update(true);
-		}
-		break;
-
 	case LFUN_BREAKPARAGRAPH:
 		if (!autoBreakRows_) {
 			result.dispatched(true);