diff --git a/richtextfx-demos/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/demo/CloneDemo.java b/richtextfx-demos/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/demo/CloneDemo.java
index f375786a1..b3eb7df3c 100644
--- a/richtextfx-demos/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/demo/CloneDemo.java
+++ b/richtextfx-demos/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/demo/CloneDemo.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane;
 import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
-import org.fxmisc.richtext.AreaFactory;
 import org.fxmisc.richtext.InlineCssTextArea;
 
 public class CloneDemo extends Application {
@@ -22,8 +21,8 @@ public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
         String selectedText = "selection";
         String text = "Edit the top area (original)\nand watch the (clone) bottom area's displayed text change and its " +
                 "selected text [" + selectedText + "] update itself accordingly.";
-        InlineCssTextArea area = AreaFactory.inlineCssTextArea(text);
-        InlineCssTextArea clone = AreaFactory.cloneInlineCssTextArea(area);
+        InlineCssTextArea area = new InlineCssTextArea(text);
+        InlineCssTextArea clone = new InlineCssTextArea(area.getContent());
 
         VBox vbox = new VBox(area, clone);
         vbox.setSpacing(10);
diff --git a/richtextfx-demos/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/demo/richtext/RichText.java b/richtextfx-demos/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/demo/richtext/RichText.java
index 9e1041828..71f775e7a 100644
--- a/richtextfx-demos/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/demo/richtext/RichText.java
+++ b/richtextfx-demos/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/demo/richtext/RichText.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
 
 import org.fxmisc.flowless.VirtualizedScrollPane;
-import org.fxmisc.richtext.AreaFactory;
 import org.fxmisc.richtext.Paragraph;
 import org.fxmisc.richtext.StyleSpans;
 import org.fxmisc.richtext.StyledTextArea;
@@ -46,10 +45,8 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         launch(args);
     }
 
-    private final StyledTextArea<ParStyle, TextStyle> area =
-            AreaFactory.<ParStyle, TextStyle>styledTextArea(
-                    ParStyle.EMPTY,
-                    ( paragraph, style) -> paragraph.setStyle(style.toCss()),
+    private final StyledTextArea<ParStyle, TextStyle> area = new StyledTextArea<>(
+                    ParStyle.EMPTY, ( paragraph, style) -> paragraph.setStyle(style.toCss()),
                     TextStyle.EMPTY.updateFontSize(12).updateFontFamily("Serif").updateTextColor(Color.BLACK),
                     ( text, style) -> text.setStyle(style.toCss()));
     {
diff --git a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/AreaFactory.java b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/AreaFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e07fe3f83..000000000
--- a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/AreaFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,206 +0,0 @@
-package org.fxmisc.richtext;
-
-import javafx.scene.text.TextFlow;
-import org.fxmisc.flowless.VirtualizedScrollPane;
-
-import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
-
-/**
- * AreaFactory is a convenience class used to create StyledTextArea
- * and any of its subclasses. and optionally embed them
- * into a {@link VirtualizedScrollPane}.
- *
- */
-public class AreaFactory {
-
-    /* ********************************************************************** *
-     *                                                                        *
-     * StyledTextArea                                                         *
-     *                                                                        *
-     * ********************************************************************** */
-
-    // StyledTextArea 1
-    public static <PS, S> StyledTextArea<PS, S> styledTextArea(
-            PS initialParagraphStyle, BiConsumer<TextFlow, PS> applyParagraphStyle,
-            S initialTextStyle, BiConsumer<? super TextExt, S> applyStyle
-    ) {
-        return new StyledTextArea<>(
-                initialParagraphStyle, applyParagraphStyle,
-                initialTextStyle, applyStyle,
-                true);
-    }
-
-    // Embeds StyledTextArea 1
-    public static <PS, S>VirtualizedScrollPane<StyledTextArea<PS, S>> embeddedStyledTextArea(
-            PS initialParagraphStyle, BiConsumer<TextFlow, PS> applyParagraphStyle,
-            S initialTextStyle, BiConsumer<? super TextExt, S> applyStyle
-    ) {
-        return new VirtualizedScrollPane<>(styledTextArea(initialParagraphStyle, applyParagraphStyle, initialTextStyle, applyStyle));
-    }
-
-    // StyledTextArea 2
-    public static <PS, S> StyledTextArea<PS, S> styledTextArea(
-            PS initialParagraphStyle, BiConsumer<TextFlow, PS> applyParagraphStyle,
-            S initialTextStyle, BiConsumer<? super TextExt, S> applyStyle,
-            boolean preserveStyle
-    ) {
-        return new StyledTextArea<>(
-                initialParagraphStyle, applyParagraphStyle,
-                initialTextStyle, applyStyle,
-                preserveStyle);
-    }
-
-    // Embeds StyledTextArea 2
-    public static <PS, S>VirtualizedScrollPane<StyledTextArea<PS, S>> embeddedStyledTextArea(
-            PS initialParagraphStyle, BiConsumer<TextFlow, PS> applyParagraphStyle,
-            S initialTextStyle, BiConsumer<? super TextExt, S> applyStyle, boolean preserveStyle
-    ) {
-        return new VirtualizedScrollPane<>(styledTextArea(initialParagraphStyle, applyParagraphStyle, initialTextStyle, applyStyle, preserveStyle));
-    }
-
-    // Clones StyledTextArea
-    public static <PS, S> StyledTextArea<PS, S> cloneStyleTextArea(StyledTextArea<PS, S> area) {
-        return new StyledTextArea<>(area.getInitialParagraphStyle(), area.getApplyParagraphStyle(),
-                area.getInitialTextStyle(), area.getApplyStyle(),
-                area.getContent(), area.isPreserveStyle());
-    }
-
-    // Embeds cloned StyledTextArea
-    public static <PS, S>VirtualizedScrollPane<StyledTextArea<PS, S>> embeddedClonedStyledTextArea(StyledTextArea<PS, S> area) {
-        return new VirtualizedScrollPane<>(cloneStyleTextArea(area));
-    }
-
-    // Embeds a cloned StyledTextArea from an embedded StyledTextArea
-    public static <PS, S>VirtualizedScrollPane<StyledTextArea<PS, S>> embeddedClonedStyledTextArea(
-            VirtualizedScrollPane<StyledTextArea<PS, S>> virtualizedScrollPaneWithArea
-    ) {
-        return embeddedClonedStyledTextArea(virtualizedScrollPaneWithArea.getContent());
-    }
-
-    /* ********************************************************************** *
-     *                                                                        *
-     * StyleClassedTextArea                                                   *
-     *                                                                        *
-     * ********************************************************************** */
-
-    // StyleClassedTextArea 1
-    public static StyleClassedTextArea styleClassedTextArea(boolean preserveStyle) {
-        return new StyleClassedTextArea(preserveStyle);
-    }
-
-    // Embeds StyleClassedTextArea  1
-    public static VirtualizedScrollPane<StyleClassedTextArea> embeddedStyleClassedTextArea(boolean preserveStyle) {
-        return new VirtualizedScrollPane<>(styleClassedTextArea(preserveStyle));
-    }
-
-    // StyleClassedTextArea  2
-    public static StyleClassedTextArea styleClassedTextArea() {
-        return styleClassedTextArea(true);
-    }
-
-    // Embeds StyleClassedTextArea  2
-    public static VirtualizedScrollPane<StyleClassedTextArea> embeddedStyleClassedTextArea() {
-        return new VirtualizedScrollPane<>(styleClassedTextArea());
-    }
-
-    // Clones StyleClassedTextArea
-    public static StyleClassedTextArea cloneStyleClassedTextArea(StyleClassedTextArea area) {
-        return new StyleClassedTextArea(area.getContent(), area.isPreserveStyle());
-    }
-
-    // Embeds cloned StyleClassedTextArea
-    public static VirtualizedScrollPane<StyleClassedTextArea> embeddedClonedStyleClassedTextArea(StyleClassedTextArea area) {
-        return new VirtualizedScrollPane<>(cloneStyleClassedTextArea(area));
-    }
-
-    // Embeds a cloned StyleClassedTextArea from an embedded StyleClassedTextArea
-    public static VirtualizedScrollPane<StyleClassedTextArea> embeddedClonedStyleClassedTextArea(
-            VirtualizedScrollPane<StyleClassedTextArea> virtualizedScrollPaneWithArea
-    ) {
-        return embeddedClonedStyleClassedTextArea(virtualizedScrollPaneWithArea.getContent());
-    }
-
-    /* ********************************************************************** *
-     *                                                                        *
-     * CodeArea                                                               *
-     *                                                                        *
-     * ********************************************************************** */
-
-    // CodeArea 1
-    public static CodeArea codeArea() {
-        return new CodeArea();
-    }
-
-    // Embeds CodeArea 1
-    public static VirtualizedScrollPane<CodeArea> embeddedCodeArea() {
-        return new VirtualizedScrollPane<>(codeArea());
-    }
-
-    // CodeArea 2
-    public static CodeArea codeArea(String text) {
-        return new CodeArea(text);
-    }
-
-    // Embeds CodeArea 2
-    public static VirtualizedScrollPane<CodeArea> embeddedCodeArea(String text) {
-        return new VirtualizedScrollPane<>(codeArea(text));
-    }
-
-    // Clones CodeArea
-    public static CodeArea cloneCodeArea(CodeArea area) {
-        return new CodeArea(area.getContent());
-    }
-
-    // Embeds a cloned CodeArea
-    public static VirtualizedScrollPane<CodeArea> embeddedClonedCodeArea(CodeArea area) {
-        return new VirtualizedScrollPane<>(cloneCodeArea(area));
-    }
-
-    // Embeds a cloned CodeArea from an embedded CodeArea
-    public static VirtualizedScrollPane<CodeArea> embeddedClonedCodeArea(VirtualizedScrollPane<CodeArea> virtualizedScrollPaneWithArea) {
-        return new VirtualizedScrollPane<>(cloneCodeArea(virtualizedScrollPaneWithArea.getContent()));
-    }
-
-    /* ********************************************************************** *
-     *                                                                        *
-     * InlineCssTextArea                                                      *
-     *                                                                        *
-     * ********************************************************************** */
-
-    // InlineCssTextArea 1
-    public static InlineCssTextArea inlineCssTextArea() {
-        return new InlineCssTextArea();
-    }
-
-    // Embeds InlineCssTextArea 1
-    public static VirtualizedScrollPane<InlineCssTextArea> embeddedInlineCssTextArea() {
-        return new VirtualizedScrollPane<>(inlineCssTextArea());
-    }
-
-    // InlineCssTextArea 2
-    public static InlineCssTextArea inlineCssTextArea(String text) {
-        return new InlineCssTextArea(text);
-    }
-
-    // Embeds InlineCssTextArea 2
-    public static VirtualizedScrollPane<InlineCssTextArea> embeddedInlineCssTextArea(String text) {
-        return new VirtualizedScrollPane<>(inlineCssTextArea(text));
-    }
-
-    // Clones InlineCssTextArea
-    public static InlineCssTextArea cloneInlineCssTextArea(InlineCssTextArea area) {
-        return new InlineCssTextArea(area.getContent());
-    }
-
-    // Embeds a cloned InlineCssTextArea
-    public static VirtualizedScrollPane<InlineCssTextArea> embeddedClonedInlineCssTextArea(InlineCssTextArea area) {
-        return new VirtualizedScrollPane<>(cloneInlineCssTextArea(area));
-    }
-
-    // Embeds a cloned InlineCssTextArea from an embedded InlineCssTextArea
-    public static VirtualizedScrollPane<InlineCssTextArea> embeddedClonedInlineCssTextArea(
-            VirtualizedScrollPane<InlineCssTextArea> virtualizedScrollPaneWithArea
-    ) {
-        return new VirtualizedScrollPane<>(cloneInlineCssTextArea(virtualizedScrollPaneWithArea.getContent()));
-    }
-}
diff --git a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextArea.java b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextArea.java
index bb585e94e..7210fa473 100644
--- a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextArea.java
+++ b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextArea.java
@@ -73,9 +73,20 @@
  * style or style classes.</p>
  *
  * <p>Note: Scroll bars no longer appear when the content spans outside
- * of the viewport. To add scroll bars, the area needs to be embedded in
- * a {@link VirtualizedScrollPane}. {@link AreaFactory} is provided to make
- * this more convenient.</p>
+ * of the viewport. To add scroll bars, the area needs to be wrapped in
+ * a {@link VirtualizedScrollPane}. For example, </p>
+ * <pre>
+ * {@code
+ * // shows area without scroll bars
+ * InlineCssTextArea area = new InlineCssTextArea();
+ *
+ * // add scroll bars that will display as needed
+ * VirtualizedScrollPane<InlineCssTextArea> vsPane = new VirtualizedScrollPane(area);
+ *
+ * Parent parent = //;
+ * parent.getChildren().add(vsPane)
+ * }
+ * </pre>
  *
  * <h3>Overriding keyboard shortcuts</h3>
  *