diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Security/Identity/BackOfficeAuthServerProvider.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Security/Identity/BackOfficeAuthServerProvider.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index d3e33a14ad..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Security/Identity/BackOfficeAuthServerProvider.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity;
-using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin;
-using Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth;
-using Umbraco.Core.Security;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Web.Security.Identity
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// A simple OAuth server provider to verify back office users
-    /// </summary>
-    public class BackOfficeAuthServerProvider : OAuthAuthorizationServerProvider
-    {
-        private readonly BackOfficeAuthServerProviderOptions _options;
-
-        public BackOfficeAuthServerProvider(BackOfficeAuthServerProviderOptions options = null)
-        {            
-            if (options == null)
-                options = new BackOfficeAuthServerProviderOptions();
-            _options = options;
-        }
-
-        public override async Task GrantResourceOwnerCredentials(OAuthGrantResourceOwnerCredentialsContext context)
-        {
-            var userManager = context.OwinContext.GetUserManager<BackOfficeUserManager>();
-
-            if (_options.AllowCors)
-            {
-                context.OwinContext.Response.Headers.Add("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", new[] { "*" });    
-            }
-            
-
-            var user = await userManager.FindAsync(context.UserName, context.Password);
-
-            if (user == null)
-            {
-                context.SetError("invalid_grant", "The user name or password is incorrect.");
-                return;
-            }
-
-            var identity = await userManager.ClaimsIdentityFactory.CreateAsync(userManager, user, context.Options.AuthenticationType);
-
-            context.Validated(identity);
-        }
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Security/Identity/BackOfficeAuthServerProviderOptions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Security/Identity/BackOfficeAuthServerProviderOptions.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 61bd7b088c..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Security/Identity/BackOfficeAuthServerProviderOptions.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-namespace Umbraco.Web.Security.Identity
-{
-    public sealed class BackOfficeAuthServerProviderOptions
-    {
-        public BackOfficeAuthServerProviderOptions()
-        {
-            AllowCors = false;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// True or false to allow CORS (Cross origin resource sharing)
-        /// </summary>
-        public bool AllowCors { get; set; }
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index 2e10badd89..71964cf16f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -304,8 +304,6 @@
     <Compile Include="ApplicationContextExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="AreaRegistrationContextExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HtmlHelperBackOfficeExtensions.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Security\Identity\BackOfficeAuthServerProvider.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Security\Identity\BackOfficeAuthServerProviderOptions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UmbracoDefaultOwinStartup.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IUmbracoContextAccessor.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\ContentEditing\Relation.cs" />