diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/XmlPublishedCache/XmlCacheComponent.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/XmlPublishedCache/XmlCacheComponent.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 496818ab28..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/XmlPublishedCache/XmlCacheComponent.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-using Umbraco.Core;
-using Umbraco.Core.Cache;
-using Umbraco.Core.Components;
-using Umbraco.Core.Services;
-using Umbraco.Core.Strings;
-using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
-using Umbraco.Core.Scoping;
-using Umbraco.Web.HealthCheck.Checks.DataIntegrity;
-using LightInject;
-using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
-using Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent;
-using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Repositories;
-using Umbraco.Web.Routing;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache
-{
-    [DisableComponent] // is not enabled by default
-    public class XmlCacheComponent : UmbracoComponentBase, IUmbracoCoreComponent
-    {
-        public override void Compose(Composition composition)
-        {
-            base.Compose(composition);
-
-            // register the XML facade service
-            composition.SetPublishedSnapshotService(factory => new PublishedSnapshotService(
-                factory.GetInstance<ServiceContext>(),
-                factory.GetInstance<IPublishedContentTypeFactory>(),
-                factory.GetInstance<IScopeProvider>(),
-                factory.GetInstance<CacheHelper>().RequestCache,
-                factory.GetInstance<UrlSegmentProviderCollection>(),
-                factory.GetInstance<IPublishedSnapshotAccessor>(),
-                factory.GetInstance<IVariationContextAccessor>(),
-                factory.GetInstance<IDocumentRepository>(),
-                factory.GetInstance<IMediaRepository>(),
-                factory.GetInstance<IMemberRepository>(),
-                factory.GetInstance<IDefaultCultureAccessor>(),
-                factory.GetInstance<ILogger>(),
-                factory.GetInstance<IGlobalSettings>(),
-                factory.GetInstance<ISiteDomainHelper>(),
-                factory.GetInstance<MainDom>()));
-
-            // add the Xml cache health check (hidden from type finder)
-            composition.HealthChecks().Add<XmlDataIntegrityHealthCheck>();
-        }
-
-        public void Initialize(IPublishedSnapshotService service)
-        {
-            // nothing - this just ensures that the service is created at boot time
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index 814a6c5a64..c2f674f929 100755
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -470,7 +470,6 @@
     <Compile Include="PublishedCache\XmlPublishedCache\PreviewContent.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PublishedCache\XmlPublishedCache\PublishedMemberCache.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PublishedCache\XmlPublishedCache\SafeXmlReaderWriter.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="PublishedCache\XmlPublishedCache\XmlCacheComponent.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PublishedCache\XmlPublishedCache\XmlStore.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PublishedCache\XmlPublishedCache\XmlStoreFilePersister.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PublishedElementExtensions.cs" />