diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ILocalizedTextService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ILocalizedTextService.cs
index 9d0a69497d..f167c64e0f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ILocalizedTextService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ILocalizedTextService.cs
@@ -47,13 +47,5 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         /// to resolve the full culture if possible.
         /// </remarks>
         CultureInfo ConvertToSupportedCultureWithRegionCode(CultureInfo currentCulture);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// HAAAAAAAAAAACK! Used for backwards compat to convert a user's real culture code to a region code - normally this would be two letters
-        /// TODO: REmove in v8
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="currentCulture"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        string ConvertToRegionCodeFromSupportedCulture(CultureInfo currentCulture);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/Implement/LocalizedTextService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/Implement/LocalizedTextService.cs
index 272d433f57..953e80594f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/Implement/LocalizedTextService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/Implement/LocalizedTextService.cs
@@ -203,23 +203,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services.Implement
             return attempt ? attempt.Result : currentCulture;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// HAAAAAAAAAAACK! Used for backwards compat to convert a user's real culture code to a region code - normally this would be two letters
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="currentCulture"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        public string ConvertToRegionCodeFromSupportedCulture(CultureInfo currentCulture)
-        {
-            if (currentCulture == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("currentCulture");
-
-            if (_fileSources == null) return currentCulture.Name;
-
-            var attempt = _fileSources.Value.TryConvert4LetterCultureTo2Letter(currentCulture);
-            return attempt
-                ? attempt.Result
-                : currentCulture.Name;
-        }
-
         private string GetFromDictionarySource(CultureInfo culture, string area, string key, IDictionary<string, string> tokens)
         {
             if (_dictionarySource.ContainsKey(culture) == false)