diff --git a/src/item/Item.js b/src/item/Item.js
index 93d1fec3..1728d662 100644
--- a/src/item/Item.js
+++ b/src/item/Item.js
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend(Callback, {
 	_getBounds: function(getter, matrix, cacheItem) {
 		// Note: We cannot cache these results here, since we do not get
 		// _changed() notifications here for changing geometry in children.
-		// But cacheName is used in sub-classes such as PlacedItem.
+		// But cacheName is used in sub-classes such as PlacedSymbol and Raster.
 		var children = this._children;
 		// TODO: What to return if nothing is defined, e.g. empty Groups?
 		// Scriptographer behaves weirdly then too.
diff --git a/src/item/PlacedItem.js b/src/item/PlacedItem.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c047971e..00000000
--- a/src/item/PlacedItem.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Paper.js - The Swiss Army Knife of Vector Graphics Scripting.
- * http://paperjs.org/
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2011 - 2013, Juerg Lehni & Jonathan Puckey
- * http://lehni.org/ & http://jonathanpuckey.com/
- *
- * Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file for details.
- *
- * All rights reserved.
- */
-
-/**
- * @name PlacedItem
- *
- * @class The PlacedItem class is the base for any items that have a matrix
- * associated with them, describing their placement in the project, such as
- * {@link Raster} and {@link PlacedSymbol}.
- *
- * @extends Item
- */
-var PlacedItem = this.PlacedItem = Item.extend(/** @lends PlacedItem# */{
-	// PlacedItem uses strokeBounds for bounds
-	_boundsGetter: { getBounds: 'getStrokeBounds' },
-
-	_hitTest: function(point, options, matrix) {
-		var result = this._symbol._definition._hitTest(point, options, matrix);
-		// TODO: When the symbol's definition is a path, should hitResult
-		// contain information like HitResult#curve?
-		if (result)
-			result.item = this;
-		return result;
-	}
-});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/item/PlacedSymbol.js b/src/item/PlacedSymbol.js
index a6c73f7f..30326970 100644
--- a/src/item/PlacedSymbol.js
+++ b/src/item/PlacedSymbol.js
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
  * @class A PlacedSymbol represents an instance of a symbol which has been
  * placed in a Paper.js project.
  *
- * @extends PlacedItem
+ * @extends Item
  */
-var PlacedSymbol = this.PlacedSymbol = PlacedItem.extend(/** @lends PlacedSymbol# */{
+var PlacedSymbol = this.PlacedSymbol = Item.extend(/** @lends PlacedSymbol# */{
 	_class: 'PlacedSymbol',
+	// PlacedSymbol uses strokeBounds for bounds
+	_boundsGetter: { getBounds: 'getStrokeBounds' },
 	_boundsSelected: true,
 	_serializeFields: {
 		symbol: null
@@ -110,6 +112,15 @@ var PlacedSymbol = this.PlacedSymbol = PlacedItem.extend(/** @lends PlacedSymbol
 		return this.symbol._definition._getCachedBounds(getter, matrix);
 	},
 
+	_hitTest: function(point, options, matrix) {
+		var result = this._symbol._definition._hitTest(point, options, matrix);
+		// TODO: When the symbol's definition is a path, should hitResult
+		// contain information like HitResult#curve?
+		if (result)
+			result.item = this;
+		return result;
+	},
+
 	_draw: function(ctx, param) {
 		this.symbol._definition.draw(ctx, param);
 	}
diff --git a/src/item/Raster.js b/src/item/Raster.js
index 25320650..d5b0f498 100644
--- a/src/item/Raster.js
+++ b/src/item/Raster.js
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@
  *
  * @class The Raster item represents an image in a Paper.js project.
  *
- * @extends PlacedItem
+ * @extends Item
  */
-var Raster = this.Raster = PlacedItem.extend(/** @lends Raster# */{
+var Raster = this.Raster = Item.extend(/** @lends Raster# */{
 	_class: 'Raster',
+	// Raster doesn't make the distinction between the different bounds,
+	// so use the same name for all of them
+	_boundsGetter: 'getBounds',
 	_boundsSelected: true,
 	_serializeFields: {
 		source: null
 	},
-	// Raster doesn't make the distinction between the different bounds,
-	// so use the same name for all of them
-	_boundsGetter: 'getBounds',
 
 	// TODO: Implement type, width, height.
 	// TODO: Have PlacedSymbol & Raster inherit from a shared class?
diff --git a/src/paper.js b/src/paper.js
index 64b3ef7c..8f86dbac 100644
--- a/src/paper.js
+++ b/src/paper.js
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ var paper = new function() {
 /*#*/ include('item/Item.js');
 /*#*/ include('item/Group.js');
 /*#*/ include('item/Layer.js');
-/*#*/ include('item/PlacedItem.js');
 /*#*/ include('item/Raster.js');
 /*#*/ include('item/PlacedSymbol.js');
 /*#*/ include('item/HitResult.js');
diff --git a/src/project/Symbol.js b/src/project/Symbol.js
index 3f3db626..f10c42fb 100644
--- a/src/project/Symbol.js
+++ b/src/project/Symbol.js
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ var Symbol = this.Symbol = Base.extend(/** @lends Symbol# */{
 	 * @param {ChangeFlag} flags describes what exactly has changed.
 	 */
 	_changed: function(flags) {
-		// Notify all PlacedItems of the change in our definition, so they
+		// Notify all PlacedSymbols of the change in our definition, so they
 		// can clear cached bounds.
 		Base.each(this._instances, function(item) {
 			item._changed(flags);