diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Controllers/Template/ScaffoldTemplateController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Controllers/Template/ScaffoldTemplateController.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 21cfb24207..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Controllers/Template/ScaffoldTemplateController.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-using Asp.Versioning;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
-using Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.ViewModels.Template;
-using Umbraco.Cms.Core.IO;
-using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models;
-using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.Controllers.Template;
-
-[ApiVersion("1.0")]
-public class ScaffoldTemplateController : TemplateControllerBase
-{
-    private readonly ITemplateService _templateService;
-
-    public ScaffoldTemplateController(ITemplateService templateService) => _templateService = templateService;
-
-    [HttpGet("scaffold")]
-    [MapToApiVersion("1.0")]
-    [ProducesResponseType(typeof(TemplateScaffoldResponseModel), StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
-    [ProducesResponseType(typeof(ProblemDetails), StatusCodes.Status404NotFound)]
-    public async Task<ActionResult<TemplateScaffoldResponseModel>> Scaffold([FromQuery(Name = "masterTemplateId")] Guid? masterTemplateId)
-    {
-        var scaffoldViewModel = new TemplateScaffoldResponseModel
-        {
-            Content = await _templateService.GetScaffoldAsync(masterTemplateId),
-        };
-
-        return await Task.FromResult(Ok(scaffoldViewModel));
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/OpenApi.json b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/OpenApi.json
index ebdeab2377..10007bb0ce 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/OpenApi.json
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/OpenApi.json
@@ -19798,86 +19798,6 @@
         ]
       }
     },
-    "/umbraco/management/api/v1/template/scaffold": {
-      "get": {
-        "tags": [
-          "Template"
-        ],
-        "operationId": "GetTemplateScaffold",
-        "parameters": [
-          {
-            "name": "masterTemplateId",
-            "in": "query",
-            "schema": {
-              "type": "string",
-              "format": "uuid"
-            }
-          }
-        ],
-        "responses": {
-          "200": {
-            "description": "Success",
-            "content": {
-              "application/json": {
-                "schema": {
-                  "oneOf": [
-                    {
-                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TemplateScaffoldResponseModel"
-                    }
-                  ]
-                }
-              },
-              "text/json": {
-                "schema": {
-                  "oneOf": [
-                    {
-                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TemplateScaffoldResponseModel"
-                    }
-                  ]
-                }
-              },
-              "text/plain": {
-                "schema": {
-                  "oneOf": [
-                    {
-                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TemplateScaffoldResponseModel"
-                    }
-                  ]
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          },
-          "404": {
-            "description": "Not Found",
-            "content": {
-              "application/json": {
-                "schema": {
-                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails"
-                }
-              },
-              "text/json": {
-                "schema": {
-                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails"
-                }
-              },
-              "text/plain": {
-                "schema": {
-                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails"
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          },
-          "401": {
-            "description": "The resource is protected and requires an authentication token"
-          }
-        },
-        "security": [
-          {
-            "Backoffice User": [ ]
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
     "/umbraco/management/api/v1/tree/template/children": {
       "get": {
         "tags": [
@@ -31033,19 +30953,6 @@
         },
         "additionalProperties": false
       },
-      "TemplateScaffoldResponseModel": {
-        "required": [
-          "content"
-        ],
-        "type": "object",
-        "properties": {
-          "content": {
-            "minLength": 1,
-            "type": "string"
-          }
-        },
-        "additionalProperties": false
-      },
       "TemporaryFileResponseModel": {
         "required": [
           "fileName",
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Template/TemplateScaffoldResponseModel.cs b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Template/TemplateScaffoldResponseModel.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 39f9a4dd2f..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Template/TemplateScaffoldResponseModel.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.ViewModels.Template;
-
-public class TemplateScaffoldResponseModel
-{
-    [Required]
-    public string Content { get; set; } = string.Empty;
-}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ITemplateService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ITemplateService.cs
index f4dfd60f90..a8eaae3852 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ITemplateService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ITemplateService.cs
@@ -44,13 +44,6 @@ public interface ITemplateService : IService
     /// <returns>The <see cref="ITemplate" /> object matching the identifier, or null.</returns>
     Task<ITemplate?> GetAsync(Guid id);
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Gets the scaffold code for a template.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="masterTemplateKey"></param>
-    /// <returns></returns>
-    Task<string> GetScaffoldAsync(Guid? masterTemplateKey);
-
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the template descendants
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/TemplateService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/TemplateService.cs
index 4b4f4b05e9..675f5e5cd8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/TemplateService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/TemplateService.cs
@@ -182,19 +182,6 @@ public class TemplateService : RepositoryService, ITemplateService
         }
     }
 
-    /// <inheritdoc />
-    public async Task<string> GetScaffoldAsync(Guid? masterTemplateKey)
-    {
-        string? masterAlias = null;
-        if (masterTemplateKey is not null)
-        {
-            ITemplate? masterTemplate = await GetAsync(masterTemplateKey.Value);
-            masterAlias = masterTemplate?.Alias;
-        }
-
-        return _defaultViewContentProvider.GetDefaultFileContent(masterAlias);
-    }
-
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public async Task<IEnumerable<ITemplate>> GetDescendantsAsync(int masterTemplateId)
     {