diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/MacrosTreeController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/MacrosTreeController.cs
index 3f925eef8d..0649378aaa 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/MacrosTreeController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/MacrosTreeController.cs
@@ -59,11 +59,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Trees
             if (id == Constants.System.Root.ToInvariantString())
             {
                 //Create the normal create action
-                menu.Items.Add<ActionNew>(Services.TextService, opensDialog: true)
-                    //Since we haven't implemented anything for macros in angular, this needs to be converted to
-                    //use the legacy format
-                    .ConvertLegacyMenuItem(null, "initmacros", queryStrings.GetValue<string>("application"));
-
+                menu.Items.Add<ActionNew>(Services.TextService);
+                    
                 //refresh action
                 menu.Items.Add(new RefreshNode(Services.TextService, true));