diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs
index de2481f090..7b5b728e7d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Querying;
 using Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache;
 using Umbraco.Core.Events;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Validation;
+using Umbraco.Web.Models;
+using Umbraco.Web.WebServices;
 using Umbraco.Web._Legacy.Actions;
 using Constants = Umbraco.Core.Constants;
+using ContentVariation = Umbraco.Core.Models.ContentVariation;
 using Language = Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing.Language;
-using SortNode = Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing.SortNode;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
 {
@@ -955,35 +957,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
             return Request.CreateNotificationSuccessResponse(Services.TextService.Localize("defaultdialogs/recycleBinIsEmpty"));
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets child nodes of the current node (parentId) to be sorted
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="parentId">The current node in which to sort its children</param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        [HttpGet]
-        public SortNode GetContentSortOrder(int parentId)
-        {
-            var nodes = new List<SortNode>();
-            var parent = new SortNode { Id = parentId };
-
-            var entityService = Services.EntityService;
-
-            // Root node
-            if (parentId == -1)
-            {
-                var rootContent = entityService.GetRootEntities(UmbracoObjectTypes.Document);
-                nodes.AddRange(rootContent.Select(content => new SortNode(content.Id, content.SortOrder, content.Name, content.CreateDate)));
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                var children = entityService.GetChildren(parentId);
-                nodes.AddRange(children.Select(child => new SortNode(child.Id, child.SortOrder, child.Name, child.CreateDate)));
-            }
-
-            parent.SortNodes = nodes.ToArray();
-            return parent;
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Change the sort order for content
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ContentEditing/SortNode.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ContentEditing/SortNode.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b53d38808..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ContentEditing/SortNode.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing
-{
-    [Serializable]
-    public class SortNode
-    {
-        public int Id { get; set; }
-        public int SortOrder { get; set; }
-        public string Name { get; set; }
-        public DateTime CreateDate { get; set; }
-        public SortNode[] SortNodes { get; set; }
-
-        public SortNode()
-        {
-        }
-
-        public SortNode(int id, int sortOrder, string name, DateTime createDate)
-        {
-            Id = Id;
-            SortOrder = sortOrder;
-            Name = name;
-            CreateDate = createDate;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index 20dca7ee54..427c7fdd66 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Models\ContentEditing\Permission.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\ContentEditing\PostedFolder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\ContentEditing\SnippetDisplay.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Models\ContentEditing\SortNode.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\ContentEditing\TemplateDisplay.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\ContentEditing\TreeSearchResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\ContentEditing\UserDisplay.cs" />