diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/UmbracoAuthorizedApiController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/UmbracoAuthorizedApiController.cs
index e3d779d61d..080671d3dd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/UmbracoAuthorizedApiController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/UmbracoAuthorizedApiController.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
     [UmbracoUserTimeoutFilter]
     [UmbracoBackOfficeAuthorize]
     [DisableBrowserCache]
-    [UmbracoWebApiRequireHttps]
+    [RequireHttps]
     [CheckIfUserTicketDataIsStale]
     [MiddlewareFilter(typeof(UnhandledExceptionLoggerFilter))]
     public abstract class UmbracoAuthorizedApiController : UmbracoApiController
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Filters/UmbracoWebApiRequireHttpsAttribute.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Filters/UmbracoWebApiRequireHttpsAttribute.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index e2a1d942d9..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Filters/UmbracoWebApiRequireHttpsAttribute.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Net;
-using System.Net.Http;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Filters;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
-using Umbraco.Core.Configuration.Models;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Web.BackOffice.Filters
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// If Umbraco.Core.UseHttps property in web.config is set to true, this filter will redirect any http access to https.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <remarks>
-    /// This will only redirect Head/Get requests, otherwise will respond with text
-    ///
-    /// References:
-    /// http://issues.umbraco.org/issue/U4-8542
-    /// https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/carlosfigueira/2012/03/09/implementing-requirehttps-with-asp-net-web-api/
-    /// </remarks>
-    public class UmbracoWebApiRequireHttpsAttribute : TypeFilterAttribute
-    {
-        public UmbracoWebApiRequireHttpsAttribute() : base(typeof(UmbracoWebApiRequireHttpsFilter))
-        {
-            Arguments = Array.Empty<object>();
-        }
-    }
-
-    public  class UmbracoWebApiRequireHttpsFilter: IAuthorizationFilter
-    {
-        private readonly GlobalSettings _globalSettings;
-
-        public UmbracoWebApiRequireHttpsFilter(IOptions<GlobalSettings> globalSettings)
-        {
-            _globalSettings = globalSettings.Value;
-        }
-
-        public void OnAuthorization(AuthorizationFilterContext context)
-        {
-            var request = context.HttpContext.Request;
-            if (_globalSettings.UseHttps && request.Scheme != Uri.UriSchemeHttps)
-            {
-                var uri = new UriBuilder()
-                {
-                    Scheme = Uri.UriSchemeHttps,
-                    Host = request.Host.Value,
-                    Path = request.Path,
-                    Query = request.QueryString.ToUriComponent(),
-                    Port = 443
-                };
-                var body = string.Format("<p>The resource can be found at <a href =\"{0}\">{0}</a>.</p>",
-                    uri.Uri.AbsoluteUri);
-                if (request.Method.Equals(HttpMethod.Get.ToString()) || request.Method.Equals(HttpMethod.Head.ToString()))
-                {
-                    context.HttpContext.Response.Headers.Add("Location", uri.Uri.ToString());
-                    context.Result = new ObjectResult(body)
-                    {
-                        StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.Found,
-                    };
-
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    context.Result = new ObjectResult(body)
-                    {
-                        StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.NotFound
-                    };
-                }
-
-
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}