diff --git a/editor/svg-editor.html b/editor/svg-editor.html
index 731b5fdd..681d6881 100644
--- a/editor/svg-editor.html
+++ b/editor/svg-editor.html
@@ -42,13 +42,12 @@
 		<img class="tool_sep" src="images/sep.png" alt="|"/>
 		<img class="tool_button tool_button_disabled" id="tool_undo" src="images/undo.png" title="Undo [Z]" alt="Undo" />
 		<img class="tool_button tool_button_disabled" id="tool_redo" src="images/redo.png" title="Redo [Shift+Z/Y]" alt="Redo"/>
-		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_paste" src="images/paste.png" title="Paste Element [V]" alt="Paste"/>
 	</div>
 
 	<!-- Buttons when something a single element is selected -->
 	<div id="selected_panel">
 		<img class="tool_sep" src="images/sep.png" alt="|"/>
-		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_copy" src="images/copy.png" title="Copy Element [C]" alt="Copy"/>
+		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_clone" src="images/copy.png" title="Clone Element [C]" alt="Copy"/>
 		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_delete" src="images/delete.png" title="Delete Element [Delete/Backspace]" alt="Delete"/>
 		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_move_top" src="images/move_top.png" title="Move to Top [Shift+Up]" alt="Top"/>
 		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_move_bottom" src="images/move_bottom.png" title="Move to Bottom [Shift+Down]" alt="Bottom"/>
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@
 	<!-- Buttons when something a single element is selected -->
 	<div id="multiselected_panel">
 		<img class="tool_sep" src="images/sep.png" alt="|"/>
-		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_copy_multi" src="images/copy.png" title="Copy Elements [C]" alt="Copy"/>
+		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_clone_multi" src="images/copy.png" title="Clone Elements [C]" alt="Clone"/>
 		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_delete_multi" src="images/delete.png" title="Delete Selected Elements [Delete/Backspace]" alt="Delete"/>
 	</div>
 
diff --git a/editor/svg-editor.js b/editor/svg-editor.js
index 0bc1783a..e43a3c0e 100644
--- a/editor/svg-editor.js
+++ b/editor/svg-editor.js
@@ -457,11 +457,8 @@ function svg_edit_setup() {
 			svgCanvas.redo();
 	};
 	
-	var clickCopy = function(){
-		svgCanvas.copySelectedElements();
-	};
-	var clickPaste = function(){
-		svgCanvas.pasteElements();
+	var clickClone = function(){
+		svgCanvas.cloneSelectedElements();
 	};
 	
 	var showSourceEditor = function(){
@@ -519,9 +516,8 @@ function svg_edit_setup() {
 	$('#tool_move_bottom').click(moveToBottomSelected);
 	$('#tool_undo').click(clickUndo);
 	$('#tool_redo').click(clickRedo);
-	$('#tool_paste').click(clickPaste);
-	$('#tool_copy').click(clickCopy);
-	$('#tool_copy_multi').click(clickCopy);
+	$('#tool_clone').click(clickClone);
+	$('#tool_clone_multi').click(clickClone);
 	// these two lines are required to make Opera work properly with the flyout mechanism
 	$('#tools_rect_show').click(clickSquare);
 	$('#tools_ellipse_show').click(clickCircle);
@@ -590,8 +586,7 @@ function svg_edit_setup() {
 	$(document).bind('keydown', {combi:'shift+z', disableInInput: true}, clickRedo);
 	$(document).bind('keydown', {combi:'y', disableInInput: true}, clickRedo);
 	$(document).bind('keydown', {combi:'u', disableInInput: true}, function(evt){showSourceEditor();evt.preventDefault();});
-	$(document).bind('keydown', {combi:'c', disableInInput: true}, clickCopy);
-	$(document).bind('keydown', {combi:'v', disableInInput: true}, clickPaste);
+	$(document).bind('keydown', {combi:'c', disableInInput: true}, clickClone);
 	$(document).bind('keydown', {combi:'esc', disableInInput: false}, hideSourceEditor);
 
 	// TODO: fix opacity being updated
diff --git a/editor/svgcanvas.js b/editor/svgcanvas.js
index 8718a81d..019e41c5 100644
--- a/editor/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/editor/svgcanvas.js
@@ -1905,17 +1905,14 @@ function SvgCanvas(c)
 	};
 	
 	// this creates deep DOM copies (clones) of all selected elements
-	this.copySelectedElements = function() {
+	this.cloneSelectedElements = function() {
+		var batchCmd = new BatchCommand("Clone Elements");
 		copiedElements = [];
 		var len = selectedElements.length;
 		for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
 			if (selectedElements[i] == null) break;
 			copiedElements.push(selectedElements[i].cloneNode(true));
 		}
-	};
-	
-	this.pasteElements = function() {
-		var batchCmd = new BatchCommand("Paste Elements");
 		this.clearSelection();
 		var len = copiedElements.length;
 		for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
@@ -1929,11 +1926,8 @@ function SvgCanvas(c)
 			this.addToSelection(copiedElements);
 			this.moveSelectedElements(20,20,false);
 			addCommandToHistory(batchCmd);
-			// re-copy the elements so we can paste again
-			this.copySelectedElements();
 			call("selected", selectedElements);
-		}
-		
+		}		
 	};
 
 }