diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/App_Browsers/Form.browser b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/App_Browsers/Form.browser
deleted file mode 100644
index a15cd2c4c1..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/App_Browsers/Form.browser
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<browsers>
-
-  <browser refID="Default">
-    <controlAdapters>
-      <adapter controlType="System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm"
-               adapterType="umbraco.presentation.urlRewriter.FormRewriterControlAdapter" />
-    </controlAdapters>
-  </browser>
-
-</browsers>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
index 69347d0520..2a37f62462 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
@@ -474,7 +474,6 @@
     <Content Include="Umbraco\Webservices\codeEditorSave.asmx" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco\Webservices\legacyAjaxCalls.asmx" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco\Webservices\nodeSorter.asmx" />
-    <Content Include="App_Browsers\Form.browser" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco\Masterpages\default.Master" />
     <None Include="web.Template.config">
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LegacyRequestInitializer.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LegacyRequestInitializer.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index d84ff25d73..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/LegacyRequestInitializer.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Web;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Web.Routing
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// A legacy class for old style handling of URL requests
-    /// </summary>
-    internal class LegacyRequestInitializer
-    {
-        private readonly Uri _requestUrl;
-        private readonly HttpContextBase _httpContext;
-
-        public LegacyRequestInitializer(Uri requestUrl, HttpContextBase httpContext)
-        {
-            _requestUrl = requestUrl;
-            _httpContext = httpContext;
-        }
-
-        public void InitializeRequest()
-        {
-            var uri = _requestUrl;
-
-            // legacy - umbOriginalUrl used by default.aspx to rewritepath so forms are happy
-            // legacy - umbOriginalUrl used by presentation/umbraco/urlRewriter/UrlRewriterFormWriter which handles <form action="..."
-            // legacy - umbOriginalUrl also in Umbraco's back-end!
-            _httpContext.Items["umbOriginalUrl"] = uri.AbsolutePath;
-            // legacy - umbPage used by default.aspx to get the "clean url"... whatever...
-            _httpContext.Items["UmbPage"] = uri.AbsolutePath;
-            // legacy - virtualUrl used by presentation/template.cs to handle <form action="..."
-            // legacy - virtualUrl used by presentation/umbraco/urlRewriter/UrlRewriterFormWriter which handles <form action="..." too
-            // but, what if we RewritePath as soon as default.aspx begins, shouldn't it clear the form action?
-            _httpContext.Items["VirtualUrl"] = uri.PathAndQuery; //String.Format("{0}{1}{2}", uri.AbsolutePath, string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(frequest.QueryString) ? "" : "?", docreq.QueryString);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index cedb362aa1..6f62b11163 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -1175,7 +1175,6 @@
     <Compile Include="WebApi\Filters\ValidationFilterAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="WebApi\Filters\UmbracoUserTimeoutFilterAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Runtime\WebRuntime.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Routing\LegacyRequestInitializer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Mvc\ControllerExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Routing\ContentFinderByUrlAlias.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Routing\ContentFinderByIdPath.cs" />
@@ -1347,7 +1346,6 @@
     <Compile Include="umbraco.presentation\umbraco\Trees\TreeDefinition.cs" />
     <Compile Include="umbraco.presentation\umbraco\Trees\TreeDialogModes.cs" />
     <Compile Include="umbraco.presentation\umbraco\Trees\TreeService.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="umbraco.presentation\umbraco\urlRewriter\UrlRewriterFormWriter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="umbraco.presentation\umbraco\webservices\ajaxHelpers.cs" />
     <Compile Include="umbraco.presentation\umbraco\webservices\CheckForUpgrade.asmx.cs">
       <DependentUpon>CheckForUpgrade.asmx</DependentUpon>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoModule.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoModule.cs
index bc252dda70..1eff1f2000 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoModule.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoModule.cs
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
 
             // ok, process
 
-            // create the LegacyRequestInitializer
-            // and initialize legacy stuff
-            var legacyRequestInitializer = new LegacyRequestInitializer(httpContext.Request.Url, httpContext);
-            legacyRequestInitializer.InitializeRequest();
-
             // create the UmbracoContext singleton, one per request, and assign
             // replace existing if any (eg during app startup, a temp one is created)
             UmbracoContext.EnsureContext(
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/urlRewriter/UrlRewriterFormWriter.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/urlRewriter/UrlRewriterFormWriter.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e1845db6c..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/urlRewriter/UrlRewriterFormWriter.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Data;
-using System.Configuration;
-using System.Web;
-using System.Web.Security;
-using System.Web.UI;
-using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
-using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
-using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
-
-namespace umbraco.presentation.urlRewriter
-{
-
-    //TODO: Do we need these?????????
-
-
-    public class FormRewriterControlAdapter : System.Web.UI.Adapters.ControlAdapter
-    {
-        protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
-        {
-            base.Render(new UrlRewriterFormWriter(writer));
-        }
-    }
-
-    public class UrlRewriterFormWriter : HtmlTextWriter
-    {
-
-        public UrlRewriterFormWriter(HtmlTextWriter writer) : base(writer)
-        {
-            base.InnerWriter = writer.InnerWriter;
-
-        }
-
-        public UrlRewriterFormWriter(System.IO.TextWriter writer)
-            : base(writer)
-        {
-
-            base.InnerWriter = writer;
-
-        }
-        public override void WriteAttribute(string name, string value, bool fEncode)
-        {
-            if (name == "action")
-            {
-                HttpContext Context;
-                Context = HttpContext.Current;
-                if (Context.Items["ActionAlreadyWritten"] == null)
-                {
-                    string formAction = "";
-                    if (Context.Items["VirtualUrl"] != null && !String.IsNullOrEmpty(Context.Items["VirtualUrl"].ToString()))
-                    {
-                        formAction = Context.Items["VirtualUrl"].ToString();
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        formAction = Context.Items["umbOriginalUrl"].ToString();
-                        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(Context.Request.Url.Query))
-                        {
-                            formAction += Context.Request.Url.Query;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    value = formAction;
-                    Context.Items["ActionAlreadyWritten"] = true;
-                }
-            }
-            base.WriteAttribute(name, value, fEncode);
-        }
-    }
-}