diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/template.resource.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/template.resource.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d6fec8640f..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/resources/template.resource.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-/**
-    * @ngdoc service
-    * @name umbraco.resources.stylesheetResource
-    * @description service to retrieve available stylesheets
-    * 
-    *
-    **/
-function templateResource($q, $http, umbRequestHelper) {
-
-    //the factory object returned
-    return {
-        
-        /**
-         * @ngdoc method
-         * @name umbraco.resources.stylesheetResource#getAll
-         * @methodOf umbraco.resources.stylesheetResource
-         *
-         * @description
-         * Gets all registered stylesheets
-         *
-         * ##usage
-         * <pre>
-         * stylesheetResource.getAll()
-         *    .then(function(stylesheets) {
-         *        alert('its here!');
-         *    });
-         * </pre> 
-         * 
-         * @returns {Promise} resourcePromise object containing the stylesheets.
-         *
-         */
-        getAll: function () {            
-            return umbRequestHelper.resourcePromise(
-               $http.get(
-                   umbRequestHelper.getApiUrl(
-                       "templateApiBaseUrl",
-                       "GetAll")),
-               'Failed to retrieve stylesheets ');
-        },
-
-        /**
-         * @ngdoc method
-         * @name umbraco.resources.stylesheetResource#getRulesByName
-         * @methodOf umbraco.resources.stylesheetResource
-         *
-         * @description
-         * Returns all defined child rules for a stylesheet with a given name
-         *
-         * ##usage
-         * <pre>
-         * stylesheetResource.getRulesByName("ie7stylesheet")
-         *    .then(function(rules) {
-         *        alert('its here!');
-         *    });
-         * </pre> 
-         * 
-         * @returns {Promise} resourcePromise object containing the rules.
-         *
-         */
-        getById: function (id) {            
-            return umbRequestHelper.resourcePromise(
-               $http.get(
-                   umbRequestHelper.getApiUrl(
-                       "templateApiBaseUrl",
-                       "GetById",
-                       [{ id: id }])),
-               'Failed to retreive template ');
-        },
-
-        saveAndRender: function(html, templateId, pageId){
-            return umbRequestHelper.resourcePromise(
-               $http.post(
-                   umbRequestHelper.getApiUrl(
-                       "templateApiBaseUrl",
-                       "PostSaveAndRender"),
-                       {templateId: templateId, pageId: pageId, html: html }),
-               'Failed to retreive template ');
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-angular.module('umbraco.resources').factory('templateResource', templateResource);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/BackOfficeController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/BackOfficeController.cs
index 0e7d48d3d9..91c26c603a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/BackOfficeController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/BackOfficeController.cs
@@ -196,11 +196,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
                                     "stylesheetApiBaseUrl", Url.GetUmbracoApiServiceBaseUrl<StylesheetController>(
                                         controller => controller.GetAll())
                                 },
-
-                                 {
-                                    "templateApiBaseUrl", Url.GetUmbracoApiServiceBaseUrl<TemplateController>(
-                                        controller => controller.GetById(0))
-                                },
                                 {
                                     "memberTypeApiBaseUrl", Url.GetUmbracoApiServiceBaseUrl<MemberTypeController>(
                                         controller => controller.GetAllTypes())
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/TemplateController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/TemplateController.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3799be7e23..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/TemplateController.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-using AutoMapper;
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Net;
-using System.Net.Http;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using System.Web.Http;
-using Umbraco.Core.Models;
-using Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing;
-using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;
-using Umbraco.Web.WebApi;
-using Umbraco.Web.WebApi.Filters;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
-{
-    [PluginController("UmbracoApi")]
-    [UmbracoTreeAuthorize(Core.Constants.Trees.Templates)]
-    public class TemplateController : UmbracoAuthorizedJsonController
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the content json for the content id
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="id"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        public TemplateDisplay GetById(int id)
-        {
-            var template = Services.FileService.GetTemplate(id);
-            if (template == null)
-            {
-                throw new HttpResponseException(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);
-            }
-
-            TemplateDisplay t = new TemplateDisplay();
-            t.Alias = template.Alias;
-            t.Content = template.Content;
-            t.Id = template.Id;
-            t.Name = template.Name;
-
-            return t;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Deletes a data type wth a given ID
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="id"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        [HttpDelete]
-        [HttpPost]
-        public HttpResponseMessage DeleteById(int id)
-        {
-            var foundTemplate = Services.FileService.GetTemplate(id);
-            if (foundTemplate == null)
-            {
-                throw new HttpResponseException(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);
-            }
-            Services.FileService.DeleteTemplate(foundTemplate.Alias);
-            return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
-        }
-
-        [HttpPost]
-        public HttpResponseMessage PostSaveAndRender(dynamic model)
-        {
-            var foundTemplate = Services.FileService.GetTemplate((int)model.templateId);
-            if (foundTemplate == null)
-            {
-                throw new HttpResponseException(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);
-            }
-            foundTemplate.Content = model.html;
-            Services.FileService.SaveTemplate(foundTemplate);
-
-            string result = string.Empty;
-            try
-            {
-                var url = "http://" + Request.RequestUri.Host + "/" + model.pageId + ".aspx?altTemplate=" + foundTemplate.Alias;
-                result = url;
-
-                WebClient wc = new WebClient();
-                result = wc.DownloadString(new Uri(url));
-            }
-            catch (WebException exception)
-            {
-                if (exception.Response != null)
-                {
-                    var responseStream = exception.Response.GetResponseStream();
-                    
-                    if (responseStream != null)
-                    {
-                        using (var reader = new StreamReader(responseStream))
-                        {
-                            result = reader.ReadToEnd();
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                result += ex.ToString();
-            }
-            
-                        
-            return new HttpResponseMessage()
-            {
-                Content = new StringContent(
-                    result,
-                    Encoding.UTF8,
-                    "text/html"
-                )
-            };
-        }
-
-
-       
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ContentEditing/TemplateDisplay.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ContentEditing/TemplateDisplay.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5291b9cca3..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ContentEditing/TemplateDisplay.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Runtime.Serialization;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing
-{
-    [DataContract(Name = "template", Namespace = "")]
-    public class TemplateDisplay : EntityBasic
-    {
-        [DataMember(Name = "content")]
-        public string Content { get; set; }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index c197ae6852..4c7e862f95 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Editors\EntityControllerConfigurationAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\ImagesController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\PackageInstallController.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Editors\TemplateController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\CanvasDesignerController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\UserController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="GridTemplateExtensions.cs" />
@@ -329,7 +328,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Editors\TemplateQueryController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\ContentEditing\ContentBaseItemSave.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\ContentEditing\MediaItemSave.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Models\ContentEditing\TemplateDisplay.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\DetachedContent.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\ImageCropAnchor.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\ImageCropCoordinates.cs" />