diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/ping.aspx b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/ping.aspx
index d411738f90..d79e25b2a1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/ping.aspx
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/ping.aspx
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-<%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="ping.aspx.cs" AutoEventWireup="True" Inherits="umbraco.presentation.ping" %>
+<%@ Page language="c#" AutoEventWireup="True"  %>
 I'm alive!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/ping.aspx b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/ping.aspx
deleted file mode 100644
index d411738f90..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/ping.aspx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-<%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="ping.aspx.cs" AutoEventWireup="True" Inherits="umbraco.presentation.ping" %>
-I'm alive!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/ping.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/ping.aspx.cs
index 63059d804c..56a2d66646 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/ping.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/ping.aspx.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Data;
@@ -11,32 +11,33 @@ using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
 
 namespace umbraco.presentation
 {
-	/// <summary>
-	/// Summary description for ping.
-	/// </summary>
-	public partial class ping : System.Web.UI.Page
-	{
-		protected void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
-		{
-		}
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Summary description for ping.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("This class is no longer used and will be removed in future versions.")]
+    public partial class ping : System.Web.UI.Page
+    {
+        protected void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
+        {
+        }
 
-		#region Web Form Designer generated code
-		override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
-		{
-			//
-			// CODEGEN: This call is required by the ASP.NET Web Form Designer.
-			//
-			InitializeComponent();
-			base.OnInit(e);
-		}
-		
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
-		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
-		/// </summary>
-		private void InitializeComponent()
-		{    
-		}
-		#endregion
-	}
+        #region Web Form Designer generated code
+        override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
+        {
+            //
+            // CODEGEN: This call is required by the ASP.NET Web Form Designer.
+            //
+            InitializeComponent();
+            base.OnInit(e);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
+        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
+        /// </summary>
+        private void InitializeComponent()
+        {
+        }
+        #endregion
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/ping.aspx.designer.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/ping.aspx.designer.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7154280a25..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/ping.aspx.designer.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// <auto-generated>
-//     This code was generated by a tool.
-//     Runtime Version:2.0.50727.42
-//
-//     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
-//     the code is regenerated.
-// </auto-generated>
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-namespace umbraco.presentation {
-    
-    public partial class ping {
-    }
-}