diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
index 1982d6b018..a0ca59736f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@
     <Content Include="Umbraco_Client\Tablesorting\img\asc.gif" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco_Client\Tablesorting\img\desc.gif" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco_Client\Tablesorting\jquery.tablesorter.min.js" />
-    <Content Include="Umbraco_Client\Application\JQuery\jquery.hotkeys.js" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco_Client\Modal\jquery.simplemodal.1.4.1.custom.js" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco\Config\Lang\ko.xml" />
     <Content Include="Umbraco\Dashboard\FeedProxy.aspx" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/masterpages/umbracoPage.Master b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/masterpages/umbracoPage.Master
index 97b5daefd4..529c68db63 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/masterpages/umbracoPage.Master
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/masterpages/umbracoPage.Master
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     <umbClient:JsJQueryPlugins runat="server"/>
 
     <umb:JsInclude ID="JsInclude7" runat="server" FilePath="modal/modal.js" PathNameAlias="UmbracoClient" Priority="10" />
-    <umb:JsInclude ID="JsIncludeHotkeys" runat="server" FilePath="Application/jQuery/jquery.hotkeys.js" PathNameAlias="UmbracoClient" Priority="10" />
 
     <umb:JsInclude runat="server" FilePath="lib/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.2.3.2.min.js" PathNameAlias="UmbracoRoot" Priority="10" />
     <umb:JsInclude runat="server" FilePath="lib/umbraco/compat.js" PathNameAlias="UmbracoRoot" Priority="10" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/Application/JQuery/jquery.hotkeys.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/Application/JQuery/jquery.hotkeys.js
deleted file mode 100644
index fbd71c71ec..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/Application/JQuery/jquery.hotkeys.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * jQuery Hotkeys Plugin
- * Copyright 2010, John Resig
- * Dual licensed under the MIT or GPL Version 2 licenses.
- *
- * Based upon the plugin by Tzury Bar Yochay:
- * http://github.com/tzuryby/hotkeys
- *
- * Original idea by:
- * Binny V A, http://www.openjs.com/scripts/events/keyboard_shortcuts/
-*/
-
-(function(jQuery){
-	
-	jQuery.hotkeys = {
-		version: "0.8",
-
-		specialKeys: {
-			8: "backspace", 9: "tab", 13: "return", 16: "shift", 17: "ctrl", 18: "alt", 19: "pause",
-			20: "capslock", 27: "esc", 32: "space", 33: "pageup", 34: "pagedown", 35: "end", 36: "home",
-			37: "left", 38: "up", 39: "right", 40: "down", 45: "insert", 46: "del", 
-			96: "0", 97: "1", 98: "2", 99: "3", 100: "4", 101: "5", 102: "6", 103: "7",
-			104: "8", 105: "9", 106: "*", 107: "+", 109: "-", 110: ".", 111 : "/", 
-			112: "f1", 113: "f2", 114: "f3", 115: "f4", 116: "f5", 117: "f6", 118: "f7", 119: "f8", 
-			120: "f9", 121: "f10", 122: "f11", 123: "f12", 144: "numlock", 145: "scroll", 191: "/", 224: "meta"
-		},
-	
-		shiftNums: {
-			"`": "~", "1": "!", "2": "@", "3": "#", "4": "$", "5": "%", "6": "^", "7": "&", 
-			"8": "*", "9": "(", "0": ")", "-": "_", "=": "+", ";": ": ", "'": "\"", ",": "<", 
-			".": ">",  "/": "?",  "\\": "|"
-		}
-	};
-
-	function keyHandler( handleObj ) {
-		// Only care when a possible input has been specified
-		if ( typeof handleObj.data !== "string" ) {
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		var origHandler = handleObj.handler,
-			keys = handleObj.data.toLowerCase().split(" ");
-	
-		handleObj.handler = function( event ) {
-			// Don't fire in text-accepting inputs that we didn't directly bind to
-			if ( this !== event.target && (/textarea|select/i.test( event.target.nodeName ) ||
-				 event.target.type === "text") ) {
-				return;
-			}
-			
-			// Keypress represents characters, not special keys
-			var special = event.type !== "keypress" && jQuery.hotkeys.specialKeys[ event.which ],
-				character = String.fromCharCode( event.which ).toLowerCase(),
-				key, modif = "", possible = {};
-
-			// check combinations (alt|ctrl|shift+anything)
-			if ( event.altKey && special !== "alt" ) {
-				modif += "alt+";
-			}
-
-			if ( event.ctrlKey && special !== "ctrl" ) {
-				modif += "ctrl+";
-			}
-			
-			// TODO: Need to make sure this works consistently across platforms
-			if ( event.metaKey && !event.ctrlKey && special !== "meta" ) {
-				modif += "meta+";
-			}
-
-			if ( event.shiftKey && special !== "shift" ) {
-				modif += "shift+";
-			}
-
-			if ( special ) {
-				possible[ modif + special ] = true;
-
-			} else {
-				possible[ modif + character ] = true;
-				possible[ modif + jQuery.hotkeys.shiftNums[ character ] ] = true;
-
-				// "$" can be triggered as "Shift+4" or "Shift+$" or just "$"
-				if ( modif === "shift+" ) {
-					possible[ jQuery.hotkeys.shiftNums[ character ] ] = true;
-				}
-			}
-
-			for ( var i = 0, l = keys.length; i < l; i++ ) {
-				if ( possible[ keys[i] ] ) {
-					return origHandler.apply( this, arguments );
-				}
-			}
-		};
-	}
-
-	jQuery.each([ "keydown", "keyup", "keypress" ], function() {
-		jQuery.event.special[ this ] = { add: keyHandler };
-	});
-
-})( jQuery );
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Bundles/JsJQueryPlugins.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Bundles/JsJQueryPlugins.cs
index 413b5f82df..0c0ebde767 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Bundles/JsJQueryPlugins.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Bundles/JsJQueryPlugins.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.Bundles
     /// </summary>
     [ClientDependency(ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "modal/jquery.simplemodal.1.4.1.custom.js", "UmbracoClient", Priority = 2, Group = 4)]
     [ClientDependency(ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "Application/JQuery/jquery.metadata.min.js", "UmbracoClient", Priority = 4, Group = 4)]
-    [ClientDependency(ClientDependencyType.Javascript, "Application/jQuery/jquery.hotkeys.js", "UmbracoClient", Priority = 5, Group = 4)]
     public class JsJQueryPlugins : Control
     {
     }